FIREWIND: "Days Of Defiance" Details Announced

Greek melodic metal phenomenon FIREWIND, led by the young guitar sensation Gus G. has returned […]

By Dimitris Kontogeorgakos

• September 5, 2010

Greek melodic metal phenomenon FIREWIND, led by the young guitar sensation Gus G. has returned with the scathing new studio album effort "Days Of Defiance", which is easily their defining musical moment. The much anticipated disc is set for an October 25th release in Europe, as well as an October 26th release in North America. Days of Defiance is a truly ambitious and dynamic opus featuring some of the most brilliant guitar playing the genre has seen in many years.

The striking cover artwork was designed by the band's longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes (www.abstrata.net) and can now be viewed below.

A special iTunes edition for "Days Of Defiance" will feature the exclusive new track, "Riding On The Wind".

FIREWIND's guitarist and songwriter Gus G., currently on tour with Ozzy Osbourne in Europe, checks in with the following comment about the album and its artwork:

"I'm very excited and cannot wait for our fans to listen to our new album! We feel we've captured great performances and took our songwriting to the next level on this one. There's tons of cool guitar on there and I believe Bob has finally managed to reach warp-speed with his keyboard solos! Even more seriously, I highly recommend that you listen to this album at a very loud volume.

As for the artwork, it was once again done by our visual wizard and webmaster extraordinaire, Gustavo Sazes. This time we asked Gustavo to come up with a great landscape scenery, with a more traditional approach and even get the "pencil" style of artwork on there, but also combine it with more modern stuff. So, he gave us that! with a slight futuristic, sci-fi element and I think the end result is stunning!"

FIREWIND- "Days Of Defiance" (track listing):