OCTAVIA SPERATI To Utilize Session Bassist, Drummer For UK Tour

November 3, 2007

Norwegian metal band OCTAVIA SPERATI has issued the following update:

"We will be using a session bass player and a session drummer during our upcoming UK tour. Don't worry, there are no problems in the Octavian camp. It so happens that both Trine and Ivar's partner are pregnant. Due to this joyful situation it's impossible for them to tour at the moment.

"The great session musicians we are taking with us are bass player Tom-Erik Svendsen and drummer Jan-Åge Svendsen. They are both experienced musicians from Bergen-based bands TEMPLE SLEEP and THE SOUL EXPRESS ORCHESTRA. We have been rehearsing with them for a while and things are going very well. They are both really looking forward to the tour, and so are the rest of us.

"It will be so great to come back and play in the UK again. See you all soon."

OCTAVIA SPERATI UK dates:

Nov. 22 - Submarine - Cleethorpes, UK
Nov. 23 - Leopard - Doncaster, UK
Nov. 24 - Legends - Newcastle, UK
Nov. 25 - West Riding - Huddersfield, UK
Nov. 26 - Pressure Point - Brighton, UK
Nov. 28 - 12 Bar - Swindon, UK
Nov. 29 - Sawyers - Kettering, UK
Dec. 01 - Borderline - London, UK *
Dec. 02 - Club Academy - Manchester, UK

* Candlelight Records Xmas 2007 Party with DAM, OCTOBER FILE and ONSLAUGHT

An e-card for OCTAVIA SPERATI's new album, "Grace Submerged", can be accessed at this location.

"Grace Submerged" was released on May 10 in Norway and May 21 in the rest of Europe via Candlelight Records.

OCTAVIA SPERATI's video for the song "Moonlit" can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on March 9-11 with director Tommy Næss, who has previously worked with SAHG, AUDREY HORNE, I and GORGOROTH, among others.

OCTAVIA SPERATI recorded the new CD with producers Herbrand Larsen (ENSLAVED, ex-AUDREY HORNE) and Arve Isdal (I, ENSLAVED and AUDREY HORNE),who previously worked with the group on their "Winter Enclosure" debut.

Formed in 2000, OCTAVIA SPERATI's current lineup includes singer Silje Wergeland, bassist Trine C. Johansen, guitarists Gyri S. Losnegaard and Bodil Myklebust, keyboardist Tone Midtgaard and drummer Ivar Alver.

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