EVERGREY To Support WHITESNAKE In Sweden

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have issued the following update:

"First of all, we just wanted to take the oppurtunity to thank all of you for your loyalty, especially everyone who pre-ordered the [new EVERGREY album, 'Torn'] through either our homepage or any record store in the world. You already, even before the release dates, made the 20,000 limited-edition copies go out of stock! So thanks a million, from all of us!

"In other news, we are currently booking off shows for Europe, places where we usually dont pass on a European tour so be on the look out for that at our homepage.

"The new video 'Broken Wings' turned out awesome and we are extremely happy about it. We just hope that all of you will get to see the uncensored version. I mean, of course you will in one way or another ;)

"We are also going to be opening for WHITESNAKE in our hometown at Scandinavium and at Hovet in Stockholm! Just playing these venues are something we have been growing up dreaming about, so for us it is a great feeling. Then to be opening for one of the greatest hard rock bands ever doesn’t decrease that feeling. So for the ones who have the possibility, please come and take the chance to see us on a big stage.

"The release party went great. We had all of our friends there and of course a good chunk of our Swedish fans were there as well.

"The new songs are coming together nicely and feel awesome to play live and people seemed to enjoy it as well.

"We are currently promoting the hell out of this disc, making a million interviews and as you might have seen the reviews are fantastic pretty much everywhere so it seems we did something right!

"What else... well just be sure to do your best at helping us promote EVERGREY all over the world and we hope to see you on tour soon."

EVERGREY's new album, "Torn", was released in North America on September 23. The limited edition comes in a high-class digipack with one bonus track ("Caught In A Lie").

"Torn" was previously described by EVERGREY mastermind Tom S. Englund as a "modern mix of 'In Search Of Truth' and 'Recreation Day'." "The tracks are all guitar-oriented and very atmospheric," he said. "They have exactly the sound that our fans expect from us." According to Englund, the slightly more experimental direction of EVERGREY's previous release, "Monday Morning Apocalypse", has given way again to old strengths and virtues. "Two years ago we needed an album with a slightly different approach and an expensive producer, just to find out how that sort of thing works," he explained. "It was the right album at the time, but now we have returned to our typical trademarks." This is one of the reasons why the tracks on "Torn" were self-produced by Englund together with drummer Jonas Ekdahl. In addition, the band has a new bassist, Fredrik Larsson having been replaced by former STRATOVARIUS musician Jari Kainulainen.

EVERGREY performing at Metal Rock festival in Lillehammer, Norway on August 16, 2008: