VREID Issues Year-End Update

January 9, 2008

VREID, the Norwegian band formed by former WINDIR members Hváll (bass),Steingrim (drums) and Sture (vocals, guitar),has issued the following update:

"2007 was a fantastic year for VREID. In the spring we released 'I Krig', our third album. The response from fans, media and other interested was amazing, and judging from sales, 'I Krig' is our greatest success so far.

"We sure enjoyed doing our first U.S. show at the Heathen Crusade festival, and the Ragnarok festival in March in front of 3500 people was fantastic. During the year we also got great response at Metalcamp in Slovenia, and three great Norwegian festivals; Hits, Metal Heart and Støy.

"Nevertheless the highlight of 2007 was the Winter Europe tour with MARDUK and UNLEASHED. Those two bands proved every night why they are living legends of the metal scene. Horns up to our Swedish comrades. The tour was perfectly organized courtesy of the professional Massive Music and their crew. The tour visited 13 countries, and more than 10000 people attended these shows.

"We would like to say thanks and hail to all those who came to the show and supported us, you made these shows atmospheric and fantastic for us. See you again soon. Check out our tour report at our MySpace page, if you are interested in reading more about the tour.

"2008 will be another productive year for VREID: four festivals have already been confirmed In March we will return to the Ragnarok festival in Lichtenfels, Germany. The audience was brilliant last year, so we sure are looking forward to this one.

"On the 25th we are doing our first show in Haugesund, Norway. We will play the annual Karmøygeddon festival with bands like KREATOR, TAAKE and FINNTROLL, to name a few. July 18th we are doing our first outdoor show in Austria, playing at the Kaltenbach festival, located in the beautiful countryside of Austria. In August we are proud to announce that we will play at the legendary Party.San festival in Germany. Other bands confirmed are OBITUARY, IMPALED NAZARENE, BEHEMOTH, KAMPFAR. More shows will be added as we get them confirmed.

"We have also started working on album number four. Some ideas have been recorded, and the frames for six-seven songs are ready. We will continue working on the new material during the winter, and hopefully we will start the recordings during the summer. Our plan is an early 2009 release, but we will let you know as things develop. My impression so far is that this will be a blacker and more atmospheric album, but it will definitively be build on the foundation that we have made with our previous three albums."

Upcoming VREID live shows:

Apr. 25/26 - Karmøygeddon Festival - Byscenen/Karmøy, Norway
Jul. 17/19 - Kaltenbach Open Air - Kaltenbach, Austria
Aug. 8/9 – Party.San Open Air - Bad Berka, Germany

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