Swallow the Sun

European tour with S�lstafir and Mar de Grises

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:56:00 +0300

We are proud and more than happy to announce that we will be joining forces with S�lstafir and Mar de Grises for another European tour next December!! The dates are as follows:

SWALLOW THE SUN
S�LSTAFIR
MAR DE GRISES
presented by Rock Hard, Legacy, Metal.de

1.12. Steinbruch Theater, Darmstadt, Germany
2.12. Magnet, Berlin, Germany
3.12. Eastclub, Bischofswerda, Germany
4.12. Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
5.12. Exit Chmelnice, Prague, Czech Republic
6.12. Randal Club, Bratislava, Slovakia
7.12. Arena, Wien, Austria
8.12. Hirsch, N�rnberg, Germany
9.12. Kiff, Aarau, Switzerland
11.12. TBA, France
12.12. Be Cool, Barcelona, Spain
13.12. Ritmo y Compas, Madrid, Spain
14.12. Music Box, Lisboa, Portugal
15.12. Hard Club, Porto, Portugal
16.12. Tartufo, Bergara, Spain
17.12. Le Ferrailleur, Nantes, France
18.12. Glazart, Paris, France
19.12. Underworld, London, UK
20.12. Kade, Zaandam, Netherlands
21.12. Matrix, Bochum, Germany
22.12. Haus 11, Stuttgart, Germany

See you there!

Remember everyone that we'll be leaving for our North American tour with Katatonia next tuesday! Check the dates at www.swallowthesun.net! Cheers!

Swallow the Sun in Portugal and Spain!

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:40:00 +0300

We are going to play a few shows in Portugal and Spain next October!! It's been almost 3 years since we have played in Portugal, so we are really excited about this! The dates are:

29.10. LX Extreme Metal Fest, Side B, Benavente, Portugal
30.10. Bracara Extreme Fest, Braga, Portugal
31.10. Madrid is the Dark Fest, Sala Caracol, Madrid, Spain

See you there!

ARTmania Festival in Romania confirmed!

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:31:00 +0300

Swallow the Sun has been confirmed to play at ARTmania Festival in Sibiu, Romania August 13th with such bands as Sisters of Mercy and Kamelot, among others. This being our first time in Romania we are very excited about this! For more information see www.artmaniafestival.ro. See you there!

Shows in Finland, North American tour and merchandise sale!

Mon, 10 May 2010 18:06:00 +0300

We're back from the longest tour we've done so far, which consisted of touring Europe for 5 weeks with Katatonia and Long Distance Calling, and 4 weeks of touring North America with Finntroll and Moonsorrow. Big thanks to everyone who showed up at the shows and gave us their support, and especially to all the bands and the crew we toured with for making these two tours so special!

Now that we're back, we're going to play a few shows in Finland in just a few weeks. The dates are:

21.5. Club Teatria, Oulu
22.5. Tivoli, Rovaniemi

Pre-sale tickets to Teatria can be bought through the usual ticket outlets (Tiketti, Lippupalvelu) and to Tivoli from Grande at Rovaniemi.

In addition we have confirmed a show at our hometown venue Lutakko at 28th of August. This is a special occasion, as it also marks the 20th anniversary of Live Music Association of Jyv�skyl�. We're honoured to play there!

Then, there's some cool discounts on our shirts at our webshop at http://www.fanzone.fi/swallowthesun/ - you can get our European tour shirts and girlies for dirt cheap! Check it out!!

And then something really, really cool! We're are proud and glad to announce that we'll be back to North America later this year, and this time it is with our long time friends from Katatonia! The other support act on the tour is Orphaned Land from Israel. The tour dates are as follows:

8.9. Sonar, Baltimore, MD, US
9.9. Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA, US
10.9. Gramercy Theater, New York, NY, US
11.9. Palladium, Worcester, MA, US
12.9. Petit Campus, Montreal, QC, Canada
13.9. Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada
14.9. Peabody's, Cleveland, OH, US
15.9. Blondie's, Detroit, MI, US
16.9. The Rave, Milwaukee, WI, US
17.9. Reggies Rock Club, Chicago, IL, US
18.9. Station 4, St. Paul, MN, US
21.9. El Corazon, Seattle, WA, US
22.9. Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
23.9. Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR, US
24.9. Thee Parkside, San Francisco, CA, US
25.9. Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, CA, US
26.9. Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, US
27.9. U.B.'s Bar, Mesa, AZ, US
28.9. The Rock, Tucson, AZ, US
30.9. Trees, Dallas, TX, US
1.10. Emo's, Austin, TX, US
2.10. The Warsaw, Houston, TX, US
4.10. The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, US
5.10. Uncle Pleasants, Louisville, KY, US
6.10. Volume 11, Raleigh, NC, US
7.10. Jaxx, Springfield, VA, US

So, see you soon!!

Swallow The Sun to Play in Israel for the first time!

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:37:00 +0200

We are glad to announce that we'll be playing Tel Aviv, Israel for the first time ever! The show will take place at Barby Club in Thursday June 3rd. For online ticket reservations go to www.ravenmetal.com!

Stated Promoter Yishai Schwartz of RAVEN MUSIC:

"I am proud to announce the first ever gig of Swallow The Sun in Israel, I followed the band since early days and was highly impressed by the process and progression the band has been through, nowdays Swallow The Sun reached a high level of both creativity and success, it is a direct proof for me that quality and artistic expression can still make it in today's musical world, and Swallow The Sun definitely brings� great artistic vision and musical expression in greatest form"

Support band will be Israeli Gothic Metal act DISTORTED.

New Night over Europe!

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:24:00 +0200

We are more than happy to announce that we will be supporting for KATATONIA on their upcoming New Night over Europe -tour! Third band on the bill is Long Distance Calling from Germany. The dates are as follows:

3.3. Logo, Hamburg, Germany
4.3. Luxor, Cologne, Germany
5.3. Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands - SOLD OUT
6.3. P60, Amstelveen, Netherlands
7.3. Biebop, Vosselaar, Belgium
9.3. Manchester Academy 3, Manchester, UK
10.3. Rock City Basement, Nottingham, UK
11.3. Garage, London, UK
12.3. Hammerfest II, Prestatyn, Wales, UK
13.3. Barfly, Cardiff, UK
14.3. Little Civic, Wolverhampton, UK
15.3. Kulturfabrik, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
16.3. Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
17.3. Camji, Niort, France
18.3. Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain
19.3. Ramdall, Madrid, Spain
20.3. - Espace Tatry, Bordeaux, France
22.3. CCO Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
23.3. Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland
24.3. Alcatraz, Milano, Italy
25.3. Alpheus, Rome, Italy
26.3. Rockplanet, Cervia, Italy
27.3. Gala Hala, Ljublana, Slovenia
28.3. Scene, Wien, Austria
29.3. D�rer Kert, Budapest, Hungary
30.3. Exit Chmelnice, Prague, Czech Republic
31.3. Rotunda, Krakow, Poland
1.4. Stodola, Warsaw, Poland
2.4. Lido, Berlin, Germany
3.4. Zeche, Bochum, Germany
4.4. Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany

After this tour we'll be embarking on the Finnish Metal North American tour with Finntroll, Moonsorrow and Survivors Zero. See you on tour!

North American tour confirmed!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:17:00 +0200

We are thrilled to announce that we are going to do an all Finnish North American tour next year with Finntroll, Moonsorrow and Survivor's Zero! The dates are as follows:

6.4. Jaxx, Springfield, VA, US
7.4. Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA, US
8.4. Gramercy Theater, New York, NY, US
9.4. Palladium, Worcester, MA, US
10.4. Club Soda, Montreal, QC, Canada
11.4. Imperial de Quebec, Quebec, QC, Canada
12.4. Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada
13.4. Peabody's, Cleveland, OH, US
14.4. Blondie's, Detroit, MI, US
15.4. The Rave, Milwaukee, WI, US
16.4. Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL, US
17.4. Station 4, St. Paul, MN, US
19.4. Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO, US
21.4. El Corazon, Seattle, WA, US
22.4. Red Room, Vancouver, BC, Canada
23.4. Peters Room, Portland, OR, US
24.4. Thee Parkside, San Francisco, CA, US
25.4. House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA, US
26.4. U.B.'s Bar, Mesa, AZ, US
27.4. The Rock, Tucson, AZ, US
29.4. Emo's, Austin, TX, US
30.4. Meridian, Houston, TX, US
1.5. The Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth, TX, US

Tickets go on sale today exclusively at EnterTheVault.com until December 26, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.

New Moon enters Heatseekers charts

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:10:00 +0200

We are proud to announce that on it's first week in United States New Moon landed at position #148 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200!

New Merchandise!

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:59:00 +0200

We have lots of new merchandise in our webshop at www.fanzone.fi/swallowthesun, check it out! You can see all the tour merchandise here!

The shows in Finland were awesome, thanks to all the people who showed up! So, the European tour starts next Friday, see you on road!!!

Hitting the charts, the tour starts now and other updates!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:00 +0200

Hey everyone! We are proud to announce that New Moon hit the official Finnish Top 40 Charts at position 10 on its first week! Big thanks to everyone who bought the album!! If you liked it - as we hope you did - please go and vote for us at Finnish Metal Awards! You can vote for us at www.imperiumi.net/fma

So, now that you've had the chance to listen to the new album a bit, it's time to hit the road again. We'll be starting our New Moon Over Europe tour tomorrow November 17th from Henry's Pub, Kuopio!

In addition, Mikko, Aleksi and Markus will be performing a special acoustic set in Levykauppa �x, Turku, before the actual show on Wednesday 18th at 18:00!! We haven't played acoustic show in Turku ever before, so we are looking forward to this!

The Finnish dates are:

17.11. Henry's Pub, Kuopio
18.11. Levykauppa �x, Turku (free acoustic set at 18:00)
18.11. Klubi, Turku
20.11. Tavastia, Helsinki (w/ Insomnium)
21.11. Rytmikorjaamo, Sein�joki (w/ Amorphis)
22.11. Lutakko, Jyv�skyl� (w/ Soulfallen)

You can get tickets to the shows from www.tiketti.fi and to Lutakko from www.jelmu.net

After the shows in Finland we'll embark on the New Moon Over Europe tour with our friends Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum! Starting at Nov 27th from Rotterdam, Netherlands we will play 22 shows in 9 countries! The dates are:

27.11. Baroeg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
28.11. Turock, Essen, Germany
29.11. Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium
30.11. White Rabbit, Plymouth, UK
1.12. Rios, Leeds, UK
2.12. Central Station, Wrexham, UK
3.12. The Star and Garter, Manchester, UK
4.12. Ivory Blacks, Glasgow, UK
5.12. O2 Academy 2, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
6.12. Seven, Nottingham, UK
7.12. Underworld, London, UK
8.12. De Kelder, Amersfoort, Netherlands
10.12. Glazart, Paris, France
11.12. Feierwerk, M�nchen, Germany
12.12. Blackout Club, Rome, Italy
13.12. Sottotetto Club, Bologna, Italy
14.12. Arena, Wien, Austria
15.12. Randal Club, Bratislava, Slovakia
16.12. Exit Chmelnice, Prague, Czech Republic
17.12. K17, Berlin, Germany
18.12. Landespavillon, Stuttgart, Germany
19.12. Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany

See you on tour!