Swallow The Sun announce their first ever live album »20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live in Helsinki«
Finnish melodic doom/death metal masters Swallow The Sun announce their first ever live album, »20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live in Helsinki«, which will be released on July 30th, 2021 via Century Media Records.
Recorded live on February 26th, 2020 at Tavastia Club, Helsinki on their 20th anniversary tour. The first eight tracks are an acoustic set featuring the entire second disc of the »Songs From The North« album. The other songs were selected via a fan poll on social media asking for their favourite tracks from the remaining albums in their catalogue.
“Finally some good news after a year of cancellations and shitshow! We managed to play only 10 of these special 20th anniversary gigs before the whole world shut down in March 2020 and the rest of the tour got cancelled. Luckily we filmed and recorded one of the gigs, which we now release as our very first live album as we wait to be able to get back on stages again. Enjoy!”, comments Mikko Kotamäki
About the production he states, “We played the whole »Songs From The North II« with a string quartet—comprised of very professional musicians, two of whom played on our previous album and appeared with us on the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise in 2018. For the first time, we also asked our fans on social media to vote for their favorite songs from each album. We then played the most-voted songs from every album.”
Photo by Jussi Ratilainen
Two sets: one acoustic set & one fan-voted set, including the band’s classics from the past 20 years. Filmed and recorded at Tavastia Club in Helsinki!
Tracklisting:
CD1
01. The Womb Of Winter
02. The Heart Of A Cold White Land
03. Away
04. Pray For The Winds To Come
05. Songs From The North
06. 66°50’N, 28°40’E
07. Autumn Fire
08. Before The Summer Dies
CD2
01. Lost And Catatonic
02. Empires Of Loneliness
03. Falling World
04. Cathedral Walls
05. Plaque Of Butterflies
06. Don’t Fall Asleep
07. Stone Wings
08. The Giant
09. Swallow
10. Here On The Black Earth
DVD
01. The Womb Of Winter
02. The Heart Of A Cold White Land
03. Away
04. Pray For The Winds To Come
05. Songs From The North
06. 66°50’N, 28°40’E
07. Autumn Fire
08. Before The Summer Dies
09. Lost And Catatonic
10. Empires Of Loneliness
11. Falling World
12. Cathedral Walls
13. Plaque Of Butterflies
14. Don’t Fall Asleep
15. Stone Wings
16. The Giant
17. Swallow
18. Here On The Black Earth
»20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live in Helsinki« will be available as Ltd. 2CD+DVD Digipak, Gatefold 3LP+DVD and as digital album.
All physical formats can be pre-ordered as of now HERE.
Bundles:
• omerch.com/shop/swallowthesun
• recordshopx.com/…
The vinyl version will be available in the following colors:
• Black vinyl, unlimited
• Golden vinyl, limited to 200 copies worldwide, only available at Levykauppa Äx
• Dark green vinyl, limited to 200 copies worldwide, available at CMDistro
• Deep blood red vinyl, limited to 200 copies worldwide, only available at EMP
• Mint colored vinyl, limited to 200 copies worldwide, only available at Nuclear Blast
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well