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2.2.2007 - Finnish Metal Expo 2007
Come see us at Finnish Metal Expo
16.-17.2.2007 at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki! We'll be hanging around the TWU Music's sales
booth (booth #28 at Merikaapelihalli) for the whole weekend selling albums, shirts and
other merchandise. We will also play a short set at Musamaailma -stage! Check out the
timetables and other program here!
29.1.2007 - Finnish tour dates announced
We have added a bunch of Finnish dates to the upcoming gigs,
check it out!
And to remind you, we'll be having a pre-listening party of Hope at
Inferno-bars at Helsinki and Tampere next
Wednesday (31.1.2007)! Pasi will be at Helsinki and Mikko and Aleksi at Tampere!
See you there!
24.1.2007 - European Tour Dates announced!
Swallow the Sun will do an tour with Moonsorrow,
check out the gigs here!
22.1.2007 - YleX, reviews & SubTV
Raivio will be on Yle X's
program Todistaja X next Thursday 25.1.2007 21:00-22:00.
Don't Fall Asleep will be aired on SubTV tomorrow 23.1. at 22:55 and
next Monday 29.1. at 22:55, check it out!
In addition, check out Rokkizine's review of Hope
here (in Finnish)!
And here's some reviews Hope has got from media abroad:
Rock Hard - 8,5/10, Soundcheck position 10 out of 44
Metal Hammer UK - 8/10
Metal Hammer - 7/7, Soundcheck position 5 out of 30
Legacy - 12/15, Soundcheck position 8 out of 43
Heavy - 11/12
Ancient Spirit - 11/12
Daredevil Records - 9/10
Black Forces Webzine - 7/10
MSTOS Webzine - 4/5
Metallized Webzine - 8/10
The-Pit - 10/10
Metal-Dungeon - 9/10
Metal-Mirror - 8/10
Musik.Terrorverlag - "a must-have for fans of Katatonia and My Dying Bride"
Metalspheres - "epic and melodic Doom/Death combined with some Gothic-elements - great"
Music-Scan - 9/10
Evilized Webzine - 95/100 - "Highlight"
Metal.de - 9/10
Metalmessage Online - 10/10
18.1.2007 - Don't Fall Asleep hits the charts
Don't Fall Asleep CDS entered the Finnish single charts at no. 3!
Thanks to everyone who bought the single and supported us! You can
view the charts here.
16.1.2007 - Wacken Open Air & pre-ordering Hope
Swallow the Sun has been confirmed for Wacken Open Air
2007! More information coming up later!
Click here to view
the layout of the boxer shorts/g-strings that come with the pre-ordered Hope. Pre-order
the album from
Levykauppa X
(international orders here)
By the way, you can get your tickets to the record release gig at Lutakko
from here!
10.1.2007 - Don't Fall Asleep & gig at Lutakko
Don't Fall Asleep -CDS is released! The single features two versions of Don't Fall
Asleep (Horror pt. 2), the video version and the album version, and These Low Lands,
a cover of Trio Niskalaukaus song Alavilla Mailla. These Low Lands features a lead vocal
appearance by Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis. You can see the video of Don't Fall Asleep
on Youtube!
Check it out, and get your copy of the single from your local shop or order it from
Levykauppa X.
In addition, we are going to play a record release gig at Lutakko on 10.2.2007! We are going to make it something special, so be there!
18.12.2006 - Pre-ordering Hope!
You can pre-order Hope from Levykauppa X / Record Shop X! Get your limited edition digipak from
here (Finland)
and from here (other countries).
Record Shop X supports credit card and Paypal payments and they ship worldwide. Pre-orders
ship with Swallow the Sun boxers or strings! Pictures coming up soon.
8.12.2006 - Competition, Soundi CD & biography
We would like to announce a design challenge for you
guys! New album is coming out, touring is starting right afterwards and we'll
need new merchandise design for it. We have had many requests how should
they look like and what kind of items we should provide. Now we give you a
change to design shirts for us, basic printing which is to be used on
t-shirts and hoodies, etc. You can get our new photos and logos from
http://www.swallowthesun.net/design/.
Be creative and you add your own flavour into it! During
christmas holidays we will rate your creations and print the best
designs to our coming merchandise set. We will think of something really
nice for the creators of best designs. Post your questions and material
with your personal info to info@swallowthesun.net.
Good luck and Thank you in advance!!!
In other news, a shortened version of These Hours of Despair can
be heard on Soundi CD, a free sampler that comes with the magazine, and a renewed
bioraphy has been added to the About-section. In addition,
there will be a pre-listening party at both Inferno -bars31.1.2007, in Tampere and in Helsinki.
29.11.2006 - Listening party in Hamburg
Just to remind you that there's a pre-listening party of
Hope at Ballroom Hamburg
tomorrow! Mikko and Juha will be there, so if you are around, go check it out!
21.11.2006 - Listening Party & Video News
On November 30th, the Headbangers Ballroom in Hamburg, Germany will play
host to members of MOONSORROW and SWALLOW THE SUN, who will preview their
new albums for the fans.
Moonsorrow's Ville Sorvali (vocals / bass) and Marko Tarvonen (drums) will
be in attendance to present their new album, V - Hävitetty, while M.
Kotamäki (vocals ) and J. Raivio (guitars) from Swallow The Sun will
present their new album, Hope. There will be an autograph session and
giveaways on the night as well.
Doors open at 9:00pm.
In other news, last weekend we shot a video of Don't Fall Asleep. It was produced
by Medialouhos and directed by Antti Hyyrynen. More information about the video coming up
later!
16.11.2006 - Samples and single artwork
We have good news for you, because we know that
this is what many of you have been waiting for: samples of three songs have
been added to audio files and a cover
artwork of the single to the about-section!
Check them out!
8.11.2006 - Studio diary
We wrote a studio diary during the recording of the album
at Tuhma -website. Check out a
translation of the diary here!
6.11.2006 - Picture galleries!
Check out a few picture galleries here!
1.11.2006 - Welcome to 070207.com
This site is all about Swallow the Sun's forthcoming album
'Hope'. Here you'll find info, downloads and other stuff about different phases
of making 'Hope' happen.
These pages are still a work in progress and we will be adding
all kinds of information and media for you to download, so check back here
every now and then. We are very sorry for the lack of content on some sections.
Though we don't have that much to download - yet - check out the
videos for a new clip from last year's show in Lutakko.
And there's some reports from the pre-listening sessions here
Keep a close eye also to the column to the right - we'll be
adding important dates and events there as they turn up.
| 30.12.2006 | Deadline for design challenge. |
| 10.1.2007 | The single Don't Fall Asleep is released. Read more about it here! |
| 31.1.2007 | Pre-listening party at Inferno -bars at Tampere and Helsinki! |
| 7.2.2007 | Hope is released! |
| 10.2.2007 | Record release party at Lutakko, Jyväskylä. Get your tickets from here! |
| 16.-17.2.2007 | Finnish Metal Expo! |
