Greek melodic metallers
FIREWIND — who feature in their ranks current
OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist
Gus G. (real name:
Kostas Karamitroudis) — will take part in an acoustic performance, question-and-answer session and signing on Tuesday, February 19 between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at
Scrape Records in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For more information, visit the
Facebook event page.
FIREWIND successfully wrapped up the calendar year 2012 with four packed club shows in their native Greece (two nights in Thessaloniki and two nights in Athens), commencing the celebration of the band's 10th anniversary. Additionally, and right before the end-of-the-year festivities,
FIREWIND entered the studio in order to mix recordings from last year's
"Few Against Many" tour for an upcoming live album, to be released before the summer.
Expanding
FIREWIND's live agenda for 2013, the band will next hit the road with
TURISAS and
STOLEN BABIES on the
"Guards Of Glory - North American Tour 2013" and will perform at this year's
Summer Breeze (Germany),
PPM (Belgium) and
Rock In Den Ruinen (Germany) festivals.
Prior to the North American tour dates,
Gus will appear at
Jason Becker's
"Not Dead Yet 2" benefit concert on January 23 at Slim's in San Francisco alongside
Uli Jon Roth,
Ritchie Kotzen,
Steve Morse and many other guitar legends.
As previously reported,
Gus G. has begun collecting ideas and recording demos for his first solo album, to be released sometime in 2013. The CD will feature instrumental tracks as well as songs with guest singers.
FIREWIND's new album,
"Few Against Many", entered the official chart in Greece at No. 42 and in Germany at No. 90. Released in Europe on May 21, 2012 via
Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through
DisManic, Inc. via
eOne Distribution, the CD was mixed by
Jason Suecof and
Eyal Levi at
Audiohammer Studios (
TRIVIUM,
ALL THAT REMAINS,
DEATH ANGEL) in Sanford, Florida.
