FINNTROLL Taking Time Off From Touring To Write New Material

February 19, 2009

Finnish folk metal band FINNTROLL has issued the following update:

"You may have noticed that there aren't any shows booked for us so far, but this doesn't mean that we won't play at all this year. We just decided after the Heidenfest tour that we will have half a year off from playing and be concentrating on writing a new and the best FINNTROLL album so far, also working on the DVD is a priority.

"We have now got the chance to start from a clean slate and so we will do. All gigs will be handled by ourselves for the time being, which means that if you have a festival/show/tour that you want us to play on, please be kind send your request to the following email: [email protected]. Every offer will be considered!"

Ross Empson, TOURETTES bass player and presenter of metal TV channel Rockalarm!, conducted an interview with FINNTROLL vocalist Mathias Lillmåns (a.k.a. Vreth) in December 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. Vreth compares touring experiences in the U.S. and Europe, talks about the current rise of folk and pagan metal in America and the difficulties of performing some of their acoustic stuff on stage. He also chats about the upcoming concert DVD, which was filmed last year in Amsterdam, and the process of writing new material. Watch the chat below.

FINNTROLL's fifth album, "Ur Jordens Djup", entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 91. The CD, which was recorded by Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, is the group's first release with Mathias Lillmåns following the departure of Tapio Wilska (SETHIAN, ex-WIZZARD, former session vocalist for NIGHTWISH) in January 2006.

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