BRAINSTORM: European Chart Positions Revealed

February 7, 2008

BRAINSTORM's new album, "Downburst", has registered the following first-week chart positions:

Hungary: #15
Germany: #53
Switzerland: #96

Commented the band: "We are overwhelmed, flattered and thankful — these are great news and it makes us very proud to see that it was worth all the work and all the sleepless nights. A big 'thank you' goes out to our fans, without you it wouldn’t have been possible — you rule! This makes us looking forward even more to our upcoming tour which will start March 4th. We are preparing some very cool stuff so make sure you don't miss the 'STORM when 'Downburst' comes to your town. Tickets are on sale now!

"We are rehearsing our asses off since weeks and it feels great, nearly unbelievable how the new songs fit to the old tunes and how everything fits together musically and personally. You will see the strongest BRAINSTORM lineup that entered a stage so far. Ladies and gentlemen, the braintrain is starting the engines!!!

BrooklynRocks has posted an audio interview with BRAINSTORM singer Andy B. Franck at this location.

Andy B. Franck previously stated about the new CD, "Together with our producers Sascha Paeth and Miro we created the most intense and diverse album in our history. 'Downburst' shows a very different side of us and on the other hand listening to the album is like meeting with an old friend. All the songs have so much power and such a deep atmosphere I really never expected it could get that far. The songs are bigger and better than anything we have done before and we stretched our musical borders even more than we ever thought. 'Downburst' is by far our heaviest but most beautiful album as well as it is the album where we discovered ourselves in a new way!"

BRAINSTORM's new single, "Fire Walk With Me", recently entered the Hungarian chart at position No. 1.

"Fire Walk with Me" (cover artwork) was released on October 19 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and October 22 in the rest of the world via Metal Blade Records.

BRAINSTORM has been confirmed for the ProgPower UK festival in Bristol, UK on Saturday, March 29 and the Metalcamp festival on July 5 in Tolmin, Slovenia.

Metal Blade in June 2007 released the first-ever BRAINSTORM DVD, "Honey from the B's (Beasting around the Bush)". The box set was released in digipack format "with special metal effect." The disc entered the Hungarian Music DVD chart at position No. 18.

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