Equilibrium to tour Europe with Heidevolk, Finsterforst and Nothgard

German epic metal pioneers, EQUILIBRIUM, will release their brand-new opus entitled »Armageddon«, on August 12th via Nuclear Blast Records. In support of this upcoming release, the band will tour Europe this autumn to present the new material to the fans! Direct support will come from Dutch pagan folk metallers HEIDEVOLK. Black Forest metallers FINSTERFORST and epic melodic death virtuosos NOTHGARD - EQUILIBRIUM's Dom R. Crey is playing the guitar in them as well - will be playing as opening acts! Find all dates below!

René Berthiaume commented on the tour:

"We're really looking forward to tour Europe once again after two years. Our new album has become extremely wicked; now we want to cement this fact live as well. We're also happy about HEIDEVOLK, FINSTERFORST, and NOTHGARD joining us on this run. I think the fans can look forward to exciting and diverse shows, packed with epic, pagan and melodic death metal!"

»Armageddon« - Europe 2016

Presented by: RockHard, Legacy, metal.de, Noizeletter, Nuclear Blast, RTN Touring

w/ HEIDEVOLK, FINSTERFORST, NOTHGARD

• 22.09. D Nürnberg - Hirsch
• 24.09. D Leipzig - Hellraiser
• 25.09. CZ Prague - Nova Chmelnice
• 26.09. A Wien - Szene
• 28.09. PL Cracov - Kwadrat*
• 29.09. PL Warsaw - Progresja*
• 30.09. D Berlin - Bi Nuu
• 01.10. D Bochum - Matrix
• 02.10. NL Eindhoven - Dynamo
• 03.10. UK London - Underworld*
• 05.10. F Paris - Divan Du Monde*
• 06.10. F Rennes - Antipode*
• 07.10. F Toulouse - Metronum*
• 08.10. E Madrid - Arena*
• 09.10. E Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2*
• 10.10. F Lyon - CCO Villeurbanne*
• 11.10. CH Pratteln - Z7
• 12.10. B Vosselaar - Biebob
• 13.10. F Colmar - Grillen
• 14.10. D Karlsruhe - Substage
• 15.10. D München - Backstage
• 16.10. A Dornbirn - Conrad Sohm

*without NOTHGARD

More EQUILIBRIUM dates:

• 24.06. FIN Nummijärvi - Nummirock
• 13.07. H Dunaujvaros - Rockmaraton Festival
• 14.07. D Balingen - Bang Your Head!!! Festival
• 15.07. D Neukirchen-Vluyn - Dong Open Air
• 05.08. D Wacken - Wacken Open Air
• 11.08. E Villena - Leyendas Del Rock
• 12.08. D Schlotheim - Party.San Open Air
• 17.08. D Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze
• 20.08. S Falun - Sabaton Open Air

Guitarist, composer and lyricist René Berthiaume spent almost two years working on the new opus, »Armageddon«. The result is rather dark, yet remains the bombast and folk elements of the previous records.

This time, the album was recorded, mixed and produced by René himself and was mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Los Angeles). The cover artwork was again created by Skadi Rosehurst.

René states: "Once more, Skadi created a wonderful piece of art, which captures the more darker atmosphere of »Armageddon« perfectly. As on the album, you can discover a lot of details in the artwork as well. Skadi's style - traditionally drawn motifs become one overall picture digitally - fits marvellously to our music. Again and again, it's an exciting feeling if the music becomes even more concrete and livelier by the artwork."

More details coming soon!