New Wintersun Album!

[rodneymunch (Doom)]

29.05.2012
Album update - tracklisting revealed!

Hello friends!

Time for some album(s) news. Wintersun's "Time" is going to be two albums, titled TIME I & TIME II. We made this decision simply because of few reasons:

- All the 80min of material won´t fit on a regular CD and we didn´t want to cut anything out.

- We want you to be able to hear new material sooner and not wait any longer and we want to go on tour sooner.

- The music is very full and complex, so listening this kind of "hard listening (not easy listening)" material straight for 80 minutes is a bit too much (even for me). Both albums will be approx. nice 40 min epic packages of fireworks.

- We like the idea of releasing two albums within one year, so the band will stay more visible longer, which is important in these "modern times". No more years of silence for us!

We hope you´ll approve our new little "plan" and support us when the "Time" comes!

The tracklisting for TIME I looks like this:

TIME I

1. When Time Fades Away
2. Sons of Winter and Stars
I Rain of Stars
II Surrounded by Darkness
III Journey Inside a Dream
IV Sons of Winter and Stars
3. Land of Snow and Sorrow
4. Darkness and Frost
5. Time

TIME I mix is set to be finished by July, mastered in the beginning of July and released in early fall of 2012! TIME II will be released in 2013. Conception of album artworks, videos, live shows incl. rehearsals will keep us busy during the summer and I´ll also continue mixing TIME II meanwhile. We´ll be hopefully posting some videos and teasers during summer. Also some new live show announcements soon, so stay tuned for those!

We can´t wait for you guys to hear TIME I material and play it to you live! Have a great summer!

Jari & Wintersun boys

WINTERSUN are confirmed to headline this year´s edition of the so-called HEIDENFEST tour kicking off in October supported by Korpiklaani, Varg, Trollfest and Krampus, before they go on touring the world. Further infos, dates and tickets on www.heidenfest.eu

Taken from www.wintermadness.net/

So it looks like Time is finally on its way. Hopefully there aren't anymore delays. I think we've all been waiting long enough for this. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[Cats (Doom)]

Jari was in dire need of cash last i looked, maybe related to that...doesn't matter I'll still buy both ASAP! Its surreal its actually going to be released.
So does our team need a battle theme song.

[rodneymunch (Doom)]

On the subject of "Extreme Majestic Technical Epic Melodic Metal", Ensiferum is coming out with a new album in August. The metal-archives has the track list is up, but there aren't any times or lyrics listed yet. I'm definitely going to have to pick that up too.

A little off topic, but Jari's self-described genre would make a pretty awesome team name. Extreme Majestic Technical Epic Airsoft!

[rodneymunch (Doom)]

Here's a song off Ensiferum's upcoming album.

[Cats (Doom)]

So both DoomMaster and myself feel that Ensiferum's new Unsung Heroes is pretty much a flop; now I've got all my hopes riding on the sun to shine brightly this winter ;D.

[rodneymunch (Doom)]

Oh well. At least there are plenty of other releases to look forward to this year.

[Cats (Doom)]

So I was able to buy Time I recently. Not the metal I was expecting but it's good none-the-less. Can't wait for Time II, hope its heavier; maybe we can count on a December 2013 release date this time around.

On a side note, Eluveitie's Helvetios is pretty good.