AMORPHIS Announces 'Forging Europe Tour 2009'

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a one-month "Forging Europe Tour 2009" European headlining tour in October/November.

Confirmed dates are as follows:

Oct. 07 - Kato, Berlin (D)
Oct. 08 - Club Romein, Leeuwarden (NL)
Oct. 09 - De Nieuwe Pul, Uden (NL)
Oct. 10 - Underworld, London (GB)
Oct. 11 - Biebob, Vosselaar (B)
Oct. 13 - L'ubu, Rennes (F)
Oct. 14 - La Locomotive, Paris (F)
Oct. 15 - Musik Zentrum, Hannover (D)
Oct. 16 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (D)
Oct. 17 - Masters Of Rock Café, Zlin (CZ)
Oct. 18 - Boogaloo, Zagreb (HR)
Oct. 20 - Szene, Vienna (A)
Oct. 21 - Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg (D)
Oct. 22 - Z7, Pratteln (CH)
Oct. 23 - Juz Live Club, Andernach (D)
Oct. 24 - Hellflame Festival, Lichtenfels (D)
Oct. 25 - Rock Café, Prague (CZ)
Oct. 27 - Loch Ness, Cracow (PL)
Oct. 28 - Diesel, Budapest (HU)
Oct. 29 - Sala Da Concerte, Bucharest (RO)
Oct. 30 - Blue Box, Sofia (BUL)
Oct. 31 - Principal Club Theatre, Thessaloniki (GR)
Nov. 01 - Gagarin 205, Athens (GR)
Nov. 03 - Alpeus, Rome (I)
Nov. 04 - Musicdrome, Milan (I)
Nov. 05 - Substage, Karlsruhe (D)
Nov. 06 - Backstage, Munich (D)
Nov. 07 - Turock, Essen (D)

Tickets for the "Forging Europe Tour 2009" will go on sale on Monday, April 27.

Support acts will be announced later.

A video trailer for AMORPHIS' new album, "Skyforger", which is scheduled for release on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27 in Finland), can be viewed below. The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band's native Finland, was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Sampo
02. Silver Bride
03. From The Heaven Of My Heart
04. Sky Is Mine
05. Majestic Beast
06. My Sun
07. Highest Star
08. Skyforger
09. Course Of Fate
10. From Earth I Rose
11. Godlike Machine (bonus track; digipack only)

Check out the cover artwork below.

AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

The "Silver Bride" single will include the radio-edit and full-length album versions of the title cut along with the non-album track "Separated".

The radio edit is already for sale as part of Nuclear Blast Records' new "Track Attack" sampler, which contains five songs (also including new tracks from CANDLEMASS, ELUVEITIE, CHIMAIRA and SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY) and is available for puchase for 0.99 euros.