POWERWOLF postpone European Wolfsnächte headline tour

In 2021, the high priests of heavy metal – POWERWOLF – continued their impressive incomparable story with their latest successful and critically acclaimed studio album Call Of The Wild. They’d made history once again with the single ‘Dancing With The Dead’ reaching gold status only a few days after release, and the studio album was crowned by streams in double figured millions.

Order the album here: https://powerwolf.napalmrecords.com/

Now, due to the current pandemic circumstances, POWERWOLF have to postpone their headlining tour through Europe announced for 2021, to 2022. The Wolfsnächte 2022 headline tour will lead through Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, UK, the Netherlands and Belgium in November and December.

To shorten the waiting time, POWERWOLF are happy to announce the top-class support acts for the upcoming tour: British power metallers Dragonforce and the heavy metal warriors Warkings, poised and promising to make the crowds shake.

The band state: “Dear friends, we fought until the last breath and tried ALL possible options to see all of you again, but unfortunately we have to postpone our Wolfsnächte tour due to the ongoing pandemic and decisions far beyond our control. Words cannot describe the feeling of not being able to meet you all again, we truly miss celebrating with you!

“But let’s focus on better times: We are excited to announce two great special guests with Dragonforce and Warkings to join us next year! Together we will celebrate the holy metal mass wilder than ever! All tickets will remain valid for the dates in 2022, see you there and stay safe, your wolves!”

On their tour appearance, Dragonforce‘s Herman Li adds: “We love POWERWOLF! Their music is awesome and super fun at the same time, just the way we like it. We can’t wait for the tour!”

The Tribune of the mighty Warkings continue: “When wolves, dragons and kings unite for glorious battles all over Europe no warrior and no shieldmaiden can stay away from the battlefields. Join us on our crusade with our brothers in POWERWOLF and Dragonforce!”On their upcoming tour, fans can not only expect brand new heavy metal anthems to be played and chanted along by thousands, but also the biggest and most epic production POWERWOLF has brought to the stage thus far, once again cementing their status as one of the most intense live bands.

Wolfsnächte 2022 tour dates:

NOVEMBER
11.11.22 DE – Berlin / Velodrom
12.11.22 DE – Munich / Zenith
13.11.22 CZ – Prague / Tipsport Arena
14.11.22 PL – Katowice / MCK
16.11.22 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra
17.11.22 AT – Vienna / Gasometer
18.11.22 DE – Stuttgart / Schleyerhalle
19.11.22 CH – Zurich / Samsung Hall
21.11.22 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz
22.11.22 ES – Madrid / Riviera
24.11.22 IT – Milano / Alcatraz
25.11.22 DE – Frankfurt / Jahrhunderthalle
26.11.22 DE – Oberhausen / König Pilsener Arena
27.11.22 FR – Paris / Zenith
29.11.22 UK – London / Roundhouse*
DECEMBER
01.12.22 NL – Amsterdam / Afas Live
02.12.22 DE – Hamburg / Sporthalle
03.12.22 DE – Saarbrücken / Saarlandhalle
04.12.22 BE – Antwerp / Lotto Arena 

*Without Dragonforce

“With Call Of The Wild, the album sounds unmistakably like POWERWOLF and is so much more at the same time. Besides new territory like the Celtic instrumentation in ‘Blood for Blood (Faoladh)’ or the ballad-like ‘Alive or Undead’, we have raised all our trademarks to a new level. Until now, we never sounded so powerful and wild – in the truest sense of the word. We are more than happy to be able to share this beast of an album with you all!”

Once again created in cooperation with the honourable producer duo of Jens Bogren and Joost van
den Broek, the masterpiece will open a new chapter in the band’s history. The eighth studio album serves both old and newly recruited POWERWOLF devotees with well-known and loved classic trademarks, and will equally surprise and delight them at every stage of this wild 11-track ride with stylistic developments on an unprecedented scale!

The record comes as the follow-up to their 2018 #1-charting and gold-award winning studio album Sacrament Of Sin, and manifests the band’s inimitable success story and proves once again that they sit unchallenged on the throne of the genre.

The first music video from the new album for ‘Beast Of Gévaudan’ has already gained more than 1.7 million views on YouTube.

First enthusiastic press quotes on Call Of The Wild:

“Germany’s high-powered lycanthropes claw their way to world domination.” – Metal Hammer UK

“The packs mightiest howl so far!” – Sweden Rock

“Call Of The Wild is not only strong as usual and offers everything you love the band for, but also impresses with various strong surprises in terms of sound, energy and lyrical concept.” – Metal Hammer Germany

“Call Of The Wild puts a diamond-studded crown on the pack’s output to date!” – Rock It!

“A really strong album with which POWERWOLF – as assuredly as you’d hear ‘Amen’ said in church – will place themselves at the top of the charts again.” – Rock Hard Germany

“Any way you slice it – the music of POWERWOLF is inexplicably catchy.” – Aardschok

Call Of The Wild track-listing:

01. Faster Than the Flame
02. Beast of Gévaudan
03. Dancing with the Dead
04. Varcolac
05. Alive or Undead
06. Blood for Blood (Faoladh)
07. Glaubenskraft
08. Call of the Wild
09. Sermon of Swords
10. Undress to Confess
11. Reverent of Rats

Various formats (2-CD Mediabook, 3-LP Vinyl Box, 3-CD Earbook, digital) of the new album include the bonus album Missa Cantorem – a cross-section of the Wolves‘ success story with newly recorded vocals by friends and companions of the band.

Missa Cantorem (bonus album) track-listing:
 

01. Sanctified With Dynamite – feat. Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear)
02. Demons Are A Girl‘s Best Friend – feat. Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)
03. Nightside Of Siberia – feat. Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth)
04. Where The Wild Wolves Have Gone – feat. Doro Pesch
05. Fist By Fist (Sacralize Or Strike) – feat. Matthew Kiichi Heafy (Trivium)
06. Killers With The Cross – feat. Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork)
07. Kiss Of The Cobra King – feat. Chris Harms (Lord Of The Lost)
08. We Drink Your Blood – feat. Johannes Eckerström (Avatar)
09. Resurrection By Erection – feat. Christopher Bowes (Alestorm)
10. Saturday Satan – feat. Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun)