WINTERBORN: Farewell To Saints album will be released in Japan

WINTERBORN is going to release their sophmore album titled "FAREWELL TO SAINTS" in Japan through Avalon/Marquee label. The releasedate for the album is November 19th 2008.

More information coming soon concerning the releasedates in Europe.

Earlier this year the guitarist Pasi Vapola describes their sophmore album "FAREWELL TO SAINTS":

"Well, first of all, I have say that nobody expected that it would take this long to get the album done. And actually, its not even completely finished yet. It was like all the things possible to slow down the process hitted us with this one. You know, the line-up changes, the renovation of the studio and so on. The list goes on. But now, we have still the art work to do and the final mastering. We did one mastered version but it wasn`t even close what we wanted for, so we have to do it again. When we have the time and the money. And it was impossible to do the artwork because we didn`t have the whole band together, and the whole vibe was depending on what kind of line-up we would get. And we have some difficulties with our record company considering money of course.

But we`ll see how that turns out. But fighting with them have cost us a lot of time. It has felt few times like this album is impossible to get finished because all the troubles and difficulties. But now when we have the new line-up and the album mixed, its just a matter of time. And we also have to make a new contract for Finland with some label. It will also take time. But we are planning to start doing live shows as soon as possible. And what comes to the new album itself, I know it is worth waiting for. I can tell you its so much better than the first, it sounds like Winterborn. Its heavier than before but still very melodic. Its a very whole album, and some people might get suprised how heavy it is in some parts.

And one thing that has to be mentioned about this album is Koskelas vocal performance. Its simply astonishing. We have managed to write such songs that fit Teemus voice perfectly. And he has found so much more confidence and different dimensions in his singing. If you liked the first album, you going to absolutely fell in love with this one. Its better in every way. It has a very different sound than the first one. And it sounds very different than almost anything out there. We tried to capture the real sound of the band, and we didn`t use any samples or anything. And as little all the pro-tools stuff as possible to make it sound like real band, not like million others out there that all sound like machines. You know, drums that sound like real drums and so on. I think we managed to do what we wanted. Its like this album sort of " breathes". Its more easier on your ears and it still rocks the hell out of you. Of course we still have to get the mastering right. We keep updating the news here in our website. And there may be coming a few sound clips from the new album in myspace. So stay tuned."