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04.12.2009 - Guitar talk in the new Riffi Magazine

Ben and Silver are featured in the latest issue of Riffi Magazine, a Finnish music mag focused on gear. The guys go through their live gear in detail and talk about playing in general. So check out Riffi 7/2009 for geeky guitar talk!

09.11.2009 - Back home / near future plans

Hi folks,

We made it back alive! The falling down the stairs, the near-broken ribs, the "t-shirt incident", the breaking into our own van, the 16 000 km of driving in one month. Still, we'd get back on the road tomorrow if that was an option! We wanna thank Amorphis for being the great headliners that they were, and for taking us with them in the first place. Thanks to Before the Dawn for being the best possible co-support act, things have never run smoother. The crew, especially our designated driver Peki and our tour master Joey, you guys rule! Sami-Hannu, the sound engineer, for making us sound good night after night. Tuomas from BTD for stepping up and helping us out in Prague in our time of need. And the thousands of people we had the pleasure to play to this past month: thank you very much for the warm responses, the kind words after the shows and just for showing up in time to catch the first band of the evening! We hope to see you all real soon...

Back home now, we have the rest of the year off. Well, off from playing shows anyhow. The plan is to start working on new songs immediately. A bunch of new ideas have been waiting even before the tour, and new riffs were worked on every day at the backstages across Europe, so we have a lot to go with already. No schedules or deadlines yet whatsoever, but naturally we'll let you know as soon as something comes up.

Cheers,

-Ben & the guys

03.11.2009 - Finnish Metal Awards 2009

28.10.2009 - Tour blog in Finnish @ Radio Rock website

Just to make sure we don't have any spare time on tour, we're writing a second tour blog (in Finnish) for Radio Rock's website. We'll try to at least have some different pics on there to keep things interesting. Check out the blog here.

And be sure to keep following the main blog (updated more frequently) at this location.

26.10.2009 - Amoral forced to cancel Cracow show

We are sorry to announce that we will not be playing in Cracow two days from now, on tuesday the 27th. Yesterday our singer Ari slipped in a stairway and hurt his chest badly, among other places. Today, during our soundcheck in Prague, the pain got unbearable and he was taken to see a doctor. This was just an hour before our showtime, meaning he wouldn't be able to do tonight's show. Since we were already there, our gear all set up, we decided to play a short instrumental set without Ari. Tuomas from Before the Dawn stepped up and sang Pusher with us, which he learned just 30 minutes before the gig! A huge thank you to Tuomas for helping us out, and also to the amazing crowd, who were more than understanding and supportive of our situation. You guys rule! We can't wait to get back and play you a proper show.

We've decided, given the doctor's advice, to let Ari rest for the next two days. Unfortunately this means that the Cracow gig is a no-go. We hate cancelling shows more than anything, but this is absolutely nessessary to make sure he won't get worse and that we won't have to cancel the rest of the tour completely. We were really looking forward to the Cracow show, as we've never played in Poland before. We hope you understand and enjoy Before the Dawn's Amorphis' great gigs.

If all goes well and Ari gets better fast, we'll be joining the tour again in Budapest on wednesday the 28th. We'll keep you posted.

16.10.2009 - Wrong t-shirt, wrong place, wrong time...

After yestedays sold out show in Hannover, Germany, we had a lot of people come over and compliment us on a great gig, but also asking about Ari's stage shirt. Ari was wearing a Burzum t-shirt (a band he's not even into, he bought it as a "kvlt" joke while in Norway), which, we learned yesterday, is regarded as a very "pro-nazi" band in Germany. We want to make it clear that neither Ari, nor anyone else in Amoral, have ANY sympathy for these kind of ideologies, and want nothing to do with them. We apologise for any misunderstandings.

16.10.2009 - Request Amoral for Roskilde festival

Roskilde Festival, one of Europe's biggest summer events, wants to hear your requests for next year's lineup! So log in here, list the top five bands you'd like to see playing there, and make sure Amoral is on top of your list!

06.10.2009 - Ben featured in Young Guitar Magazine

Young Guitar Magazine, the leading guitar mag in Japan, conducted an interview with Ben, which is featured in the magazine's latest issue (10/09). Check it out if you have a chance!

05.10.2009 - Tour blog launched

You can keep track of our whereabouts, doings and mischief on the road by following our tour blog. We'll be updating it with texts and pics as often as we can, so stay tuned!

04.09.2009 - Finnish dates for January confirmed