Swallow the Sun

US release, tour and store, and other things!

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:42:00 +0300

We've been getting lots of questions about the US release of EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD, and we are happy to tell you that now we have lots of news. First of all, the new album will be released in US on September 4th by Spinefarm USA. We know it's been a long wait, but here it is at last!!

In addition to the release of the album, we will be joining the legendary KREATOR and ACCEPT on their Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 North American tour! The tour will take place in September and November, starting right after the album release on September 5th from Washington DC! We're stoked to be back, and here are the dates - including couple of cities we've never played before. Keep reading after the dates, we still got plenty to say!

5.9. The Howard Theater, Washington, DC
6.9. The Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
7.9. Best Buy Theater, New York, NY
8.9. The Palladium, Worcester, MA
9.9. Mavericks, Ottawa, ON
10.9. Metropolis, Montreal, QC
11.9. Imperial De Quebec, Quebec City, QC
12.9. Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
13.9. Station 58, Syracuse, NY
14.9. Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
15.9. Mojoes, Joliet, IL
16.9. The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO
18.9. Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
19.9. The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
21.9. Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
22.9. Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA
23.9. Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
24.9. Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
25.9. The Grand Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
26.9. Avalon, Hollywood, CA
27.9. The Grove, Anaheim, CA
28.9. Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
29.9. Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX
30.9. Emo's East, Austin, TX
1.10. Trees, Dallas, TX
2.10. House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
3.10. The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
4.10. Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC

So, if you want merchandise, you can do it now without having to ship it overseas. Head to omerch.theomegaorder.com for some T-shirts - for now, they will be expanding their selection later on!

So, before we embark on the tour, we'll be playing some summer festivals and a special acoustic show. The acoustic show will be the first of several acoustic clubs by Nosturi venue and the Inferno Magazine, it's going to be cool!

22.6. Nummirock, Nummij�rvi
29.6. Hard Rock Laager 2012, Vana Vigala, Estonia
30.6. Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2012, Suvilahti, Helsinki
15.7. Ilosaarirock, Joensuu
19.7. Sytyke-klubi, Alakerta, Nosturi, Helsinki - special acoustic show
28.7. Qstock 2012, Oulu
9.8. Brutal Assault Festival, Jaromer, Czech Republic
17.8. Dark River Festival 2012, Kotka

So, see you at the festivals and on tour!

European Tour with Pain, Moonspell and Lake of Tears

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:51:00 +0300

We will be joining PAIN, MOONSPELL and LAKE OF TEARS for an European tour in November 2012! The tour will include some of the countries we're missing on the upcoming tour in May, the tour dates being:

09.11. Musichall, Geiselwind, Germany
10.11. Backstage, M�nchen, Germany
11.11. Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
13.11. Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
14.11. Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
15.11. Estragon, Bologna, Italy
16.11. Arena, Vienna, Austria
17.11. MOR Cafe, Zlin, Czech Republic
18.11. Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
20.11. Hellraiser, Leipzig, Germany
21.11. Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
22.11. Garage, Saarbr�cken, Germany
23.11. LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
24.11. Matrix, Bochum, Germany
25.11. 013, Tilburg, Netherlands

Go check out the official Facebook page of the tour, like and share, share, share!! See you on tour!!!

Webstore open and a show in Japan!!

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:19:00 +0200

Our Official UK and European webstore has been opened at www.bandstores.co.uk/shop/swallowthesun/, go check it out! You can place your orders now, and they will start delivering on April 13th! We will also be opening a US store soon, more info on that and the US release - yeah, it's coming, don't worry - will be coming soon!

And to our Japanese fans: we're are thrilled to announce our first show in Tokyo in May! This is our first time there, and it is organized in collaboration with Music Export Finland as a part of their Finland Fest 2012! Other bands on the bill are Profane Omen, Amoral and our very dear friends Insomnium! Kanpai!

Couple more Finnish shows!

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:06:00 +0200

Kiitos ja thank you everyone for attending our Emerald Forest and the Blackbird Finnish shows!! Now, if you missed us, here's couple of dates more:

26.4. Helsinki, On The Rocks
27.4. Salo, Keikkamesta
28.4. Dinos, Mariehamn

See you on tour! Kippis!!

European Tour with Paradise Lost and some Metalfest shows!

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:18:00 +0200

For years we have thought that us and Paradise Lost would be a perfect line-up for a tour, and now it's coming to reality: we're happy and proud to join them on their European tour as their direct support! It's been a while since our last tour back in 2010, and we're excited to be back - see you on the road!!

2.5. Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
3.5. Den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
4.5. La Rodia, Besancon, France
5.5. Le Transbordeur, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
6.5. Le Bikini, Toulouse, France
7.5. Stereolux, Nantes, France
9.5. Bataclan, Paris, France
10.5. Le 106, Rouen, France
11.5. Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
12.5. Matrix, Bochum, Germany
14.5. Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
15.5. Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg, Sweden
16.5. Debaser, Stockholm, Sweden
17.5. KB, Malm�, Sweden
19.5. Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany
20.5. Essibfabrik, K�ln, Germany
21.5. Backstage, Munich, Germany
22.5. Arena, Vienna, Austria

In addition, we will be playing couple of Metalfest shows:

31.5. Metalfest Open Air Austria, Mining, Austria
1.6. Metalfest Open Air Germany West, Dessau, Germany
8.6. Metalfest Open Air Germany West, Loreley, Germany
10.6. Metalfest Switzerland, Pratteln, Switzerland

Emerald Forest and the Blackbird hits the charts!!

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0200

Emerald Forest and the Blackbird entered the official Finnish charts at position 2 and the independent record store charts at position 1! The week 6/2012 Finnish album sales top 3 are:

1. LEONARD COHEN - OLD IDEAS
2. SWALLOW THE SUN - EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD
3. ADELE - 21

The complete charts are available at http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2012/6, and the independent record store charts at http://www.rumba.fi/swallow-the-sun-johdatti-uutuusvyoryn-rumban-listalle-29577/

Thank you so much for pre-ordering and buying the album!! See you at shows, our touring schedule can be seen here.

New album stream available!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:42:00 +0200

You can stream the new album EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD for a week at Inferno Magazine's website here! Enjoy, and feel free to share the link as much as you can! Remember that you can pre-order the CD or 2LP with an exclusive shirt from Record Shop X!

Finnish Tour with The Man Eating Tree

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:37:00 +0200

We are very excited to present you our Finnish tour with our good friends of The Man-Eating Tree! The tour consists of 11 shows around Finland, starting from our home town Jyv�skyl�, including many cities and venues we haven't played in a while and ending at Nosturi, Helsinki. The dates are as follows:

�19.1.2012 Spinefeast at Sea *
�10.2. Jyv�skyl�, Lutakko
�11.2. Oulu, Nuclear Nightclub *
�17.2. Finnish Metal Expo *
�18.2. Kuopio, Henry's Pub
�23.2. Tampere, YO-Talo
�24.2. Kouvola, Rytmi-Katti
�25.2. Joensuu, Kerubi
�2.3. Turku, Klubi
�3.3. Vaasa, Amarillo
�9.3. Helsinki, Nosturi

* without TMET

We haven't played any shows in a year, so we're really looking forward to this - see you on tour!!

LP RELEASES!

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200

We are very happy to announce that both EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD and NEW MOON will be released on vinyl by Svart Records on February 1st!!

Emerald Forest will be released as a gatefold double LP on green vinyl (limited to 400 copies) and white vinyl (200 copies). The long-awaited New Moon vinyl release will be a single LP with a special manilla sleeve limited to 500 copies.

CATHEDRAL WALLS VIDEO SHOOT

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Last weekend we shot a video for the song CATHEDRAL WALLS from the upcoming album EMERALD FOREST AND THE BLACKBIRD. The video was directed by Tage R�nnqvist for Eva Lingon Ltd. This must have been our biggest video production so far, and it features some really gloomy imagery to complement the mood of the song. We will post more detailed information on the video when it's released, but check out some behind the scenes photos meanwhile!