Hey everyone! Time to get you updated on whats been happening in Zonaria the last couple of days!
We've been planning alot for the music video and this shit is turning out to be really good. The video is gonna kick major ass.
Also as the topic reveals we got some bad and good news to announce. Our good friend Jerry Ekman has left his spot as bassplayer for Zonaria to sort his current life situation out. He felt that he couldn't pay 100% attention to what was happening in the band.
Good news is that we've already found a replacement in no other then Markus Åkebo. He's impressed on us with rabid bassplaying and headbanging skills.
Markus about joining the band:
"I'm really glad to be a part of this up and coming band thats soon going to take over the world. We're already working hard on plans to visit all of europé during this fall. See you all on the road soon."
As you all know, our debut "Infamy and the Breed" will be released on September 3 (U.K.), September 4 (North America), and September 7 (rest of Europe) through Pivotal Rockordings. The CD was recorded by Per Nilsson (SCAR SYMMETRY) and mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY) at Black Lounge Studios in Gälve, Sweden.
Hey All a bit of news! After the tour with Pain we got taste for blood and needed more.
Honestly-there is nothing like being on the road and playing in front of
thousands of fans. Therefore we're teaming up with two great Swedish bands, Marduk, and In Battle, and one great British band. We cant wait to get back to Slovenia, Croatia, Germany,
Austria again and visit all the new countries we've never been to before!
See you guys.
Please be sure to vote for us for best new coming band on the Swedish metal awards, see blog below!
We are really excited to hit the road with Marduk and In Battle, two cool bands from our country of Sweden. It'll be cool hitting the Balkans with those two plus Artisan. We did a short tour of the Balkans with Impaled Nazarene a few years ago and it was really fun, so we can't wait to get back and play over there as well as in Turkey and Greece for the first time ever! Will be a great tour! Also, we look forward to ending the trip in Berlin, where we had a great show with Pain last month! See you all out at the venues headbanging! Be sure to drop by the merch stand after the shows to have some beers with us. Also be sure to check out the two new songs we have posted online on our myspace page as well as all the other stuff we have going on with our myspace! We have a fan-made video from Slovenia of "The Black Omen" You can see it HERE
Zonaria has been nominated for "Best New-Comer" award on Swedish Metal. This is a huge honor for the band, as they are one of the few actual debut bands nominated in the category, which is dominated by Gothenburg bands. Vocalist Simon Berglund had the following to say regarding the news of the band's nomination:
"We are really honored to be nominated for the best new-comer award! Especially since we are one of the few debut bands on the list it means even more to us! We want to thank all of our loyal fans and especially all the new ones we have made on tour! We encourage everyone to vote not just for this category, but for every category in the contest and we only hope for the best results! Thanks again to everyone who has supported us and to all the fans who we will be playing to in the future!"
In order to vote for Zonaria, please visit Swedish Metal Awards
Then look for the "Bästa nykomling" category and click on "välj" and then scroll down and click on Zonaria
Please spread the word onto as many people as possible. Winning this award would be huge for the band and we would be forever thankful to everyone!
2007年12月6日 木曜日
ZonariaがSwedish Metal Awardsの「新人賞」にノミネート!
ZonariaがSwedish Metal Awardsで「新人賞」にノミネートされた。【みなさん、前回投票していただけたでしょうか??^^;】 新人賞にノミネートされたバンドは少ない上、Zonaria以外はゴテンバーグのバンドであるためこれはバンドにとって大きな名誉である。ヴォーカリストのSimon Berglundはノミネーションについてこう語った。
「新人賞にノミネートされて本当に光栄だよ!ノミネートされたバンド自体あんまりいないわけだから、このことは俺たちにとってすごく意味のあることなんだ。忠実なファンたちと、特にPainとのツアーで増えた新しいファンたちに感謝したいと思う。そして、Swedish Metal Awardsで新人賞だけじゃなく、全部のカテゴリーに投票してもらいたいな。いい結果を待ってるよ!ファンのみんなに感謝してます!」
We will soon give you an update from the road teling about our amazing trip through Europe so far! In the mean time there is a contest for the Sweden Rock festival! You can vote for who you want to see on Sweden Rock! So, get your curses ready to vote for Zonara! Simply fill in the blank tab in the center of the page with 'Zonaria' and hit the 'skicka' button.
http://www.swedenrock.com/frameset.cfm?pageID=397
Even if you will not be at the festival, please vote for Zonaria. It makes all the difference in the band's chances. Thanks for your support!
PS: For those of you Swedish speakers, filling this out should pose no problems! Tack!
やぁ、みんな!
もうすぐ、いままでの超すごいヨーロッパツアーのレポートを伝えるからね!
ところで、Sweden Rock Festivalの選考があるんだ!みんなはSweden Rock Festivalで見たいバンドに投票できるんだよ!それでみんなにZonariaに投票して欲しいんだ!投票方法は簡単。ページの真ん中にある欄にZonariaと記入して、SkickaのところをクリックすればOK!
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Friday, March 07, 2008
Zonaria inks management deal
Zonaria has inked a management & booking agreement with the Swedish artistmanagement & booking agency Headlight Productions. The bands new manager RonnieBacklund, who has among his previous references jobs as tour manager and/or soundengineer for other well reputed Swedish acts such as Opeth, Amon Amarth, Katatonia,Entombed etc, comments the signing: "I am really happy about the signing and I'mlooking forward to our new cooperation. Zonaria is one of very few bands in a verylong time that instantly got me hooked with their supreme songwriting and extremelyprofessional attitude. These guys represent the new generation of Swedish metal andI'm quite sure the future will hold great success for the band!"
Zonariaは2007年10月に(9月じゃなかったっけ??)"Infamy and the Breed"でデビューし、すでに2本のヨーロッパツアーを成功させた。10月と11月にPainとの初ツアー、そして東ヨーロッパとバルカン半島に重点を置いたMardukとのツアーを今年1月に終えた。そしてその努力は報われ、Swedish Metal Awards 2008で「新人賞」にノミネートされた。
VADER, SEPTICFLESH and ZONARIA will team up for a European tour between October 17 and November 2. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. Support on this tour will come from Gilla Bruja.
Time for an update eyh? We just got confirmed for the 17th version of the annual Trästockfestival in Skellefteå, Sweden. Since this most likely will be our only show the summer of 2008 recommend all die-hard fans to show up for this unforgettable night. More information about time and day will come later on.
Soon we got some hughely awsome news, that i unfortunately cant unveil quite yet – all regarding huge parts of Zonarias future. So remember to expect great things the year of 2008 from us.
For the Vader tour Septic Flesh have changed place with Swedish legends Grave. Dates are as follows:
17.10.2008 LIT Vilnius @ Mulen Ruzas
18.10.2008 LAT Riga @ Melna Piektdiena
19.10.2008 EST Tallin @ tba
20.10.2008 FIN Helsinki @ Nosturi tba
21.10.2008 FIN Turku @ Klubi
22.10.2008 FIN Tampere @ Hella
23.10.2008 FIN Oulu @ tba
24.10.2008 SWE Umea @ Midnight
25.10.2008 SWE Vasteras @ Sigurdsgatan
26.10.2008 NOR Oslo @ John Dee
27.10.2008 SWE Goteborg @ tba
28.10.2008 SWE Stockholm @ Debaser
29.10.2008 SWE Norrkoping @ Black Horn
30.10.2008 DEN Copenhagen @ The Rock
31.10.2008 DEN Odense @ Kansas City
01.11.2008 DEN Aarhus @ Train
17.10.2008 LIT Vilnius @ Mulen Ruzas
18.10.2008 LAT Riga @ Melna Piektdiena
19.10.2008 EST Tallin @ tba
20.10.2008 FIN Helsinki @ Nosturi tba
21.10.2008 FIN Turku @ Klubi
22.10.2008 FIN Tampere @ Hella
23.10.2008 FIN Oulu @ tba
24.10.2008 SWE Umea @ Midnight
25.10.2008 SWE Vasteras @ Sigurdsgatan
26.10.2008 NOR Oslo @ John Dee
27.10.2008 SWE Goteborg @ tba
28.10.2008 SWE Stockholm @ Debaser
29.10.2008 SWE Norrkoping @ Black Horn
30.10.2008 DEN Copenhagen @ The Rock
31.10.2008 DEN Odense @ Kansas City
01.11.2008 DEN Aarhus @ Train
Swedish death/black hopefuls ZONARIA have signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records and have just entered the studio to record their second full-length album, which is about to surface later this year. The band comments on its new label home as follows:
"We are extremely happy to announce that we've just been signed by long running extreme metal label Century Media. It is amazing how all this hard work paid off, and we can guarantee you great things this year and beyond. It has been a dream for all of us since we first started listening to metal. We listened to bands like Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Iced Earth and Dream Evil when we were just around 13-14 years old. If someone would have told us that we are going to be signed to the same label back then I'm pretty sure none of us would have believed it. Another equally great thing is that we are about to enter Studio Fredman (!), the studio where almost any great band worth mentioning has recorded their albums, to record our follow up to "Infamy And The Breed". If any recording studio has been an unreachable dream for us so far - it has been this one! So everyone, expect great things!"
Formed in 2002 by guitarist, main-songwriter, and vocalist Simon Berglund along with axeman Emil Nyström (both were only 15 years old at that time) ZONARIA have outgrown their local underground status with the debut album "Infamy And The Breed" (Pivotal Recordings, 2007) and gained Europe-wide attention due to tours with Impaled Nazarene, Marduk, Pain and Vader. With influences ranging from Hypocrisy over Dimmu Borgir to Arch Enemy, ZONARIA's misanthropic mix of brutal riffs, melodic harmonies, maniacal drumming, and ominous synth lines was well received within the metal community and the band succeeded to shape their own, unique sound. With their second album currently in the works and being confirmed for supporting Vader on their 25th anniversary tour through Northern Europe in October/November 2008, ZONARIA are well prepared to become the new Swedish extreme metal sensation!
For regular updates on the current recordings visit
and read ZONARIA's exclusive
studio blog. To learn more about the band, songs and videos please visit
http://www.myspace.com/zonaria!
Photo by Nikdesign.
ZONARIA Live:
19.07.2008 SWE Skelleftea @ Trästockfestival (http://trastockfestivalen.se/2008/)
XXV Anniversary North Tour '08
Vader
Grave
ZONARIA
Gilla Bruja
17.10.2008 LIT Vilnius @ Mulen Ruzas
18.10.2008 LAT Riga @ Melna Piektdiena
19.10.2008 EST Tallin @ tba
20.10.2008 FIN Helsinki @ Nosturi tba
21.10.2008 FIN Turku @ Klubi
22.10.2008 FIN Tampere @ Hella
23.10.2008 FIN Oulu @ tba
24.10.2008 SWE Umea @ Midnight
25.10.2008 SWE Vasteras @ Sigurdsgatan
26.10.2008 NOR Oslo @ John Dee
27.10.2008 SWE Goteborg @ tba
28.10.2008 SWE Stockholm @ Debaser
29.10.2008 SWE Norrkoping @ Black Horn
30.10.2008 DEN Copenhagen @ The Rock
31.10.2008 DEN Odense @ Kansas City
01.11.2008 DEN Aarhus @ Train
Booking: http://www.massive-music.pl
Also visit:
http://www.zonaria.com
http://www.headlightproductions.se / Management
Zonaria and Pivotal Rockordings Comment on Century Media Signing
Pivotal Rockordings congratulates Swedish death metallers ZONARIA on its signing with Century Media Records. Guitarist Emil Nyström comments on the amicable parting of ways with his band's now former label:
"So it might seem weird that we leave Pivotal Rockordings after releasing only one album, but it's nothing like that! We put out a great debut on the greatest small label in the world. They have been like our brothers in supporting us since day one with everything they had in them. Pivotal made sure we got to do several tours and got us good press, so much so that it allowed for a lot of bigger labels to become interested in us. And since the staff of Pivotal is 100% in it for the music and gives all the money they make back to the bands without pocketing a cent, they helped us to develop further as artists. Zonaria would like to thank them for the time in every way possible."
Adds Pivotal Rockordings co-founder Alexi Front:
"We are very proud to see Zonaria - a band we spent years developing -move onto a large label like Century Media. The Infamy And The Breed release was a great success, indicative of not only the band's hard work, but also our ability to help them get to the next level. Now that they are there, we look forward to seeing their continuous success. We will continue to work with the band to certain extents, and we look forward to seeing Zonaria succeed in their upcoming releases through Century Media. Zonaria leaves Pivotal Rockordings on the best of terms, and we know that the future will only bring them success."
Hey everyone, we've been confirmed as support
to Satyricon and Evile during their European tour
this november and December. Be sure to catch us
one one of these following dates:
NL Rotterdam - Waterfront 19.11.2008
NL Amsterdam - Melkweg 20.11.2008
FR Nançy - Chez Paulette 21.11.2008
FR Rennes - Antipode 22.11.2008
FR Paris - Locomotive 23.11.2008
UK Birmingham - Barfly 24.11.2008
UK Leeds - Rio 25.11.2008
UK London - ULU 26.11.2008
BE Antwerp - Hof ter Lo 27.11.2008
FR Lyon - Epicerie Moderne 29.11.2008
CH Lausanne - Le Romandie 30.11.2008
CH Winterthur - Salzhaus 1.12.2008
IT Milano - Alcatraz 2.12.2008
IT Rome - Alpheus 3.12.2008
SLO Ljubljana - Media Park 4.12.2008
CRO Zagreb - Boogaloo 5.12.2008
AT Wien - Gasometer 6.12.2008
CZ Prague - Futurum 7.12.2008
PL Wroclaw - WZ 8.12.2008
PL Warzaw - Progresja 9.12.2008
DE Berlin Columbia Club 10.12.2008
DE Cottbus - Gladhouse 12.12.2008
DE Lengerich - Satans Convention 13.12.2008
DE Frankfurt - Batsckapp 14.12.2008
DE Lindau - Club Vaudeville 15.12.2008
DE Stuttgart - Röhre 16.12.2008
DE Saarbrucken - Garage 17.12.2008
DE Munchen - Metropolis 18.12.2008
DE Halle - Easy Schorre 19.12.2008
DE Hamburg - Knust 20.12.2008
Zonaria regretfully must drop off the Winterfest 2009 tour featuring Deicide, Vader, Samael, and others due to unforseen circumstances. This is the first time in the band's career that Zonaria has ever dropped off a tour, and we vow this will never happen again. Once again, we apologize to our awesome fans expecting to see us on that tour- we will return!
In the meantime, catch us on tour with Satyricon right now!
Emil Nyström and Simon Berglund is now endorsed by In Tune guitarpicks. Be sure to check out their amazing guitarpicks - we can guarantee you they have nothing but great guitarpicks for every guitarist out there!
EmilとSimonがIn Tune Guitarpicksとエンドースを組んだ模様です。
In Tune Guitarpicksのサイトはこちら: http://www.intunegp.com/index-0.html