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Concerts: Evergrey To Perform Entire ''In Search Of Truth'' Album At ProgPower USA

Posted on Saturday, March 26 @ 16:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Swedish progressive metallers Evergrey have confirmed a world-exclusive performance of their 2001 epic concept album, In Search Of Truth, in its entirety at the ProgPower USA XII kick-off show on September 15 at the annual progressive and power metal festival held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Commented Evergrey frontman Tom Englund: "Glenn (Harveston, ProgPower USA festival promoter) asked me for a special show ... what else is new, as he always does ... hrmpff. So to pay tribute to one of our most loved albums, we decided to celebrate the tenth anniversary of In Search Of Truth by playing the whole damned thing. This will be an exclusive for Atlanta and the ProgPower USA show alone.

"One thing I do need to mention is that the backing tracks for the songs are long gone, BUT we will try to do it justice as well as we can.

"Don't miss this shit as it will be an EPIC milestone....or failure!

"This is Tom signing out from the rehearsing room, trying to learn the damn string-skipping part of 'The Encounter.'"

Evergrey will also perform a U.S. exclusive acoustic show at the Mid-Week Mayhem on September 14 to start the week's festivities.

Bands confirmed for the festival:

Arcturus**
Creation's End
Darkwater**
Dream Evil**
Eldritch**
Evergrey
Haken**
Labyrinth**
Mob Rules**
Red Circuit**
Sanctuary
Therion**
Vanden Plas**
Voyager
While Heaven Wept

** U.S. exclusive

Ticket and show information can be found at the ProgPower USA web site.

In related news, Glorious Collision, the new album, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 49 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Occasionally a musician has to take a step back into the past to develop artistically. Tom Englund, guitarist and vocalist with Evergrey, took this risk and reorganized his artistic environment. "The most recent Evergrey lineup had reached a point where we no longer had fun as a group," he confesses, adding: "So we went our separate ways to save our friendship. There were no angry words, and we're still friends privately."

Naturally, the decision to break up wasn't easy for these long-standing friends, especially for Englund and his remaining keyboardist, Rikard Zander, for whom a continuation of Evergrey was never called into question. Yet they both had to face a new challenge. In the beginning, we weren't sure whether we'd be able to write a new album without the wealth of experience that the previous lineup brought in," Englund says. "But after Rikard and I had composed a full three numbers during the first week, we felt that was a real coup."

Listeners will feel this positive energy throughout Glorious Collision, which is described as "a dynamic goody bag featuring the most diverse material ever released on an Evergrey album."

"This may sound like a contradiction in view of our personnel situation, but Rikard and I have allowed more influences on Glorious Collision than ever before," Englund says. "Some elements on Glorious Collision are classic rock, based on a metal format, sometimes the tracks are quiet and haunting, sometimes wild, demanding and gripping."

This diversity is also expressed in the instrumentation of this extremely dynamic studio production which presents the new band members Marcus Jidell (guitar), Hannes Van Dahl (drums) and Johan Niemann (bass). "It's great to hear what a breath of fresh air Marcus, Johan and Hannes have brought into the band," Englund enthuses. "Although the entire material, except for two songs to which Marcus contributed on the compositional side, had already been decided when we started recording, they all left their own, very personal mark on this album." The great experience of Jidell and Niemann, who have worked with acts such as Royal Hunt and Therion, among others, and have now contributed lots of positive energy together with the 20-year-old drummer Van Dahl, can be felt throughout the album.

[Source: Blabbermouth.net

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