Sons of Gothenburg AVIANA announced supporting OUR HOLLOW, OUR HOME on their »EU/UK Tour Spring 2020« together with GHOSTIRIS and THECITYISOURS!
OUR HOLLOW, OUR HOME · »EU/UK Tour Spring 2020«
Special Guests: GHOST IRIS, AVIANA, THECITYISOURS
10.04.20 The Netherlands Schijndel @ Paaspop*
11.04.20 Germany Leipzig @ Impericon Festival*
12.04.20 Germany Nuremberg @ Z-Bau
13.04.20 Czech Republic Prague @ Rock Cafe
14.04.20 Austria Vienna @ Viper Room
15.04.20 Germany Berlin @ Cassiopeia
16.04.20 Germany Hamburg @ Bahnhof Pauli
17.04.20 Germany Hannover @ Béi Chéz Heinz
18.04.20 Germany Oberhausen @ Impericon Festival*
19.04.20 Germany Munich @Impericon Festival*
21.04.20 Switzerland Aarau @ KiFF
22.04.20 Germany Trier @ Mergener Hof
23.04.20 Germany Frankfurt @ Das Bett
24.04.20 Germany Karlsruhe @ Die Stadtmitte
25.04.20 Belgium Antwerp @ JC Bouckenborgh
27.04.20 UK Bournemouth @ The Old Fire Station
28.04.20 UK Bristol @ The Lanes
29.04.20 UK Birmingham @ O2 Academy 3
30.04.20 UK Leeds @ Key Club
01.05.20 UK Nottingham @ Albert’s
02.05.20 UK Manchester @ Academy
03.05.20 UK London @ O2 Islington Academy
*Our Hollow, our Home only
Ticket out now via link below:
https://smarturl.it/OHOH-Spring2020
AVIANA released their sophomore full length record »Epicenter« earlier this year in August! With the successful release of ‘Heavy Feather’, ‘My Worst Enemy’,‘Red Sky’ and ‘Frail’ they stired up the scene and give the genre a whole new dimension!
Buy and/or stream »Epicenter« here: https://AVIANA.lnk.to/Epicenter
AVIANA states: “We’re so happy to finally share ‘EPICENTER’ with all of you! We had no idea where we would end up with finding a new singer and overcoming that speed bump on the road. But here we are releasing our second album and we hope you guys love it as much as we do!”
Press quotes:
“The new boy’s presence is acutely felt on opening single My Worst Enemy, leading from the front as the quintet promptly set out their stall, set it alight, and dance wildly around it. This molten fury continues apace throughout, and to particularly powerful effect on Erased and Frail. As is the case with any metalcore outfit worth their salt, this wanton sonic destruction is countered by sublime melodies, particularly on Heavy Feather.” – KERRANG (UK)
“..this is one hell of a heavy album (…) From beginning to end, “Epicenter” is an unrelenting beast tearing through anyone and anything in its way, but what seems uncontrolled at first, turns out to be calculated and making a whole lot of sense. The three opening tracks (“My Worst Enemy”, “Red Sky”, and “Altitude Sickness”) are balls of beautiful chaos held together by the melodicity that never really leaves the equation, even in their most brutal moments. It is the fourth track – “Erased” – that shakes things up for the first time, venturing into hardcore territory with aggressive bass licks and competing distorted guitars.” – Tuonela Magazine (Finland)
“The album does start to feel like something of a metallic revolution. AVIANA talk openly about their diverse creative inspiration, shouting out everyone from DEFTONES right through to NORTHLANE and even EMINEM.” – Distorted Sound Mag (UK)
“It’s immediately clear that AVIANA sound heavier than ever.” – Distorted Sound Mag (UK)
“Combined with the crunchy, punchy production, this record is heavy enough to crush your house. 2019 has been a much better year than normal for modern metal/metalcore, and Aviana are now officially up there with the best of them in my book. Very highly recommended.” – Wonderbox Metal Blog
More on »Epicenter«:
Watch ‘Frail’ here: https://youtu.be/9KTeyYRgyNE
Watch ‘Red Sky’ here: https://youtu.be/ibNSn6_MoIM
Watch ‘My Worst Enemy’ here: https://youtu.be/vXk2MQqWbTM
Watch ‘Heavy Feather’ here: https://youtu.be/5V4GC8VVESI
»Epicenter« Full Album Stream:
https://youtu.be/yx5-uY0UQy4
»Epicenter« tracklist:
01.My Worst Enemy
02.Red Sky
03.Altitude Sickness
04.Erased
05.Heavy Feather
06.Look Away
07.Celosia
08.Frail
09.Melancholia
10.Hidden
11.Ikigai
12.More Than A Name
“The start of a new era!”
After making their mark in Scandinavian Metal scene with the 2017 debut »Polarize«, sons of Gothenburg AVIANA are back in a new shape with their sophomore album »Epicenter« via Arising Empire this August. Despite being under the radar due to departure of their former vocalist, AVIANA is now back with new frontman and vocalist Joel Holmqvist (ex. WALKING WITH STRANGERS, OCEANS RED).
Inspired by 90’s Nu-Metal, blending a flawless mix of progressive guitar leads as foundation bringing on a modern era of breakdowns in the majority of their songs, AVIANA is a new type of heavy, a new era of Metal.
In collaboration with Jeff Dunne (FIT FOR A KING, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, ICE NINE KILLS, CRYSTAL LAKE), their latest work, »Epicenter«, is another proof that the Swedes are here to bring us the next level of their generation and the next big name from Gothenburg;
„We‘ve all been listening to a lot of different music the last couple of years, and also while growing up. But I would say a few of the bands that inspired us in writing music on our own is both bands like Limp Bizkit and Deftones, but even Northlane and Eminem“, explains guitarist Marcus Heffler. „We are all listening and taking inspiration on a diverse type of music that contributes in our songwriting, but we wanted to find a new fresh sound with Epicenter still sounding like Aviana with Joel, our new vocalist.“
Coming from a progressive side of Metalcore and the last couple of years developed Djent scene, the band have been taking another direction from »Polarize« with the new album »Epicenter« and still managed to keeping the AVIANA vibe to still be there.
Heavier than ever, the Swedes with their hit single ‘Solar’ from the debut album »Polarize« that has been streamed nearly 2,000,000 times on Spotify alone, two years after its release give us another leading example of how fantastic the West Coast based band is to develop yet more hit singles with the first song they are putting out from »Epicenter« with ‘Heavy Feather’.
The track that comes with a fantastic introduction of new vocalist Joel Holmqvist and a futuristic well invested visual music video you can see the band moving around with the »Epicenter« artwork moving in the background while heavy feathers is surrounding the band members.
Despite being around since late 2016, AVIANA have not been touring that much as you might think. Although for being a band that played just about 35 shows in total in their career, the live resume of AVIANA includes touring in the UK and Europe supporting Japanese Metalcore legends CRYSTAL LAKE as well as appearing on festivals like Morecore Festival in Cologne, Germany and True North Festival in Tokyo. While touring Japan in September 2018, the band also played shows together with artists like Australia‘s MAKE THEM SUFFER, Japan’s EARTHISTS, PALEDUSK and SAILING BEFORE THE WIND to name a few.
„Our biggest moment in the live career of the band so far was definitely headlining the Omega Stage at the True North Festival 2018. It was our first time outside of Europe, so coming to Tokyo and play our first show on that tour in front of 2500 people at the legendary venue Studio Coast is something that we will never forget. “ says bassist Sebastian Colque.
„We are super excited to get back at it again and to finally show the world what we have been working on for such a long time. The next chapter of Aviana together with Joel, the level of our music that we believe so much in and to get back to touring.“Sebastian adds.
AVIANA are:
Joel Holmqvist | Vocals
Marcus Heffler | Guitars
Sebastian Colque | Bass
Niclas Bergström | Drums
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