EDENBRIDGE RETURN TO STEAMHAMMER/SPV!
Austrian symphonic metal band announces new album
Return to Steamhammer/SPV with ‘Set The Dark On Fire’
Major European tour in spring 2026
Edenbridge, one of Europe’s most successful symphonic metal bands, have announced their return to the Steamhammer/SPV fold. The Austrian act surrounding band mastermind Lanvall (guitar/keyboards) and vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher are set to release their latest studio offering ‘Set The Dark On Fire’ on 16 January 2026. Three singles, including videos, will be available ahead of the album’s arrival: ‘Cosmic Embrace’ (19 September 2025), ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ (7 November 2025), and the title track ‘Set The Dark On Fire’ (12 December 2025). Lanvall and Edelsbacher promise their fans a typical Edenbridge amalgam of powerful metal and tried and tested anthemic, symphonic elements, with a perceptible increase in heaviness, especially in terms of guitars, bass and drums. Lanvall: “‘Set The Dark On Fire’ sees us remain true to ourselves stylistically while making some important adjustments together with our long-standing mixing and mastering engineer Karl Groom (Threshold). The result is the most dynamic, heavy and at the same time most melodic work to date in the history of Edenbridge.”
The studio recordings as well as mixing and mastering of ‘Set The Dark On Fire’ have already been completed, as has the work on the stunning cover artwork. Edenbridge are currently busy preparing their European tour, which will take them through Austria, Germany, Holland and Switzerland from February to mid-March 2026. Speaking about their return to Steamhammer/SPV, Lanvall explains: “We’re delighted to be able to release our new album with the support of Olly Hahn and his dedicated team again. Due to the organisational restructuring of our previous label, we found ourselves without a contract and promptly received an offer from Olly that proves Steamhammer’s faith in us and builds on our successful collaboration between 2013 and 2021.” Steamhammer label manager Olly Hahn also looks forward to the new association with great confidence: “The band has a large fanbase and continues to impress with the amazing quality and passion of their music. I feel sure that ‘Set The Dark On Fire’ will successfully continue our collaboration of recent years.”
The full track listing of Edenbridge’s latest album release and dates of their 2026 European tour will be announced shortly.
NEW ALBUM "SET THE DARK ON FIRE", NEW CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN!
EDENBRIDGE will release their new, 12th studio album "SET THE DARK ON FIRE" in 2025 and are currently inmidst the recordings.
Lanvall: "We are staying in our 3 years cycle and looking forward to the release of our new album "Set The Dark On Fire". After the release of our last album "Shangri-La" I was busy working on the CD/DVD release of my first symphony "The Freystadt Symphony". Then I heavily needed a short break to recharge my creative batteries. Back with fresh ideas I started working on new songs in November 2023. Super exciting processes and elements outcrystallized, taking our trademark sound to new sonic worlds. From an epic wall of sound to the fastest and heaviest parts, we ever had on an album and to big balladesque moments, the sound is multilayered as never before. So be prepared for this journey!"
In the course of the album recordings, EDENBRIDGE start a big new crowdfunding campaign. You can become part of the new album more extensive than ever!
Sabine: "We have just written parts of the lyrics on Bali and now I am already in the studio and record vocals for our 12th album. The speed of events grows and sometimes challenges me and my voice. But simultaneously I am constantly busy to bring the essence of our time quality and the things that touch me into creative expression. Inspired music with profound lyrics has always been our pretension, from where we are surely not moving away. The songs get their own dynamics during singing and turning some plans upside down. The lyrics are constantly giving me a guide, or known from our predecessor album, a compass into my hand. But more of that later. Be prepared for an extremely expressive album that will leave no stone unturned. I am happy when you are on board again, when the fire of inspiration and joy is starting to blaze in you. Onward to new shores!"
Here you can find all details to the crowdfunding campaign of our new album!
YOUR NAME IN THE BOOKLET OF THE NEW ALBUM € 40,-
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Your name in the booklet of the album!
Click HERE to become "NAME 40 SPONSOR"!;)
YOUR NAME IN THE BOOKLET OF THE NEW ALBUM + CD € 55,-
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Your name in the booklet of the album!
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
Click HERE to become "NAME + CD 55 SPONSOR"!;)
PERSONAL DEDICATION € 75,-
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Written personal dedication on the album!
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
Click HERE to become "PERSONAL DEDICATION 75 SPONSOR"!
GUITAR STRINGS SET SIGNED (only 6 available) € 100,-
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One set of guitar strings, used on the recordings of the album, signed plus certificate on which songs the set was used!
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
Click HERE to become "GUITAR STRINGS 100 SPONSOR"!
DRUMSTICKS SIGNED (only 5 available) € 110,-
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Signed drumsticks used on the recordings of the album!
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
Click HERE to become "DRUMSTICKS 110 SPONSOR"!
DRUMHEAD SIGNED (only 7 available/5 toms, 2 snare) € 120,-
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Signed drumhead used on the recordings of the album!
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
Click HERE to become "DRUMHEAD 120 SPONSOR"!
PERSONAL AUDIO MESSAGE € 130,-
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Personal Audio Message!
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL LYRIC SHEET (only 8 available!)
€ 150,-
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Handwritten Original Lyric Sheet by LANVALL! These are the original pencil written scripts with all changes and rubs, each of them is UNIQUE !
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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HANDWRITTEN CLEAN LYRIC SHEET (only 8 available!) € 150,-
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Handwritten Clean Lyric Sheet by SABINE on parchment paper! Each of the 8 songs will only be written once, so each one is UNIQUE!
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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HANDWRITTEN GUITAR TABULATURE (only 9 available!) € 150,-
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Handwritten Guitar Tabulature by LANVALL! Each of the 9 songs will only be written once, so each one is UNIQUE!
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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TOUR KICKDRUM PRINT SPONSOR € 175,-
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Original Tour Kickdrumprint from the "Shangri-La Tour 2023" or the "25 Years Anniversary Tour 2024". Only 2 of each available, handsigned by the band
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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TELEPHONE CALL € 200,-
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Personal Telephone Call by Sabine and Lanvall!
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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TOUR SIDEDROP SPONSOR € 500,-
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Original Tour Sidedrop from the "Shangri-La Tour 2023" or the "25 Years Anniversary Tour 2024", only 2 of each available, handsigned by the band
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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DINNER WITH BAND IN LINZ (AUSTRIA) € 750,-
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SABINE and LANVALL cook a real Austrian dinner for you in their home town Linz (Travel costs to Linz not included)!
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Exclusive listening session of the album before its release!
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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SIGHTSEEING DAY IN VIENNA OR SALZBURG € 1000,-
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Spend one day with SABINE and LANVALL in Vienna or Salzburg/Austria. They will guide you through this beautiful city! (Travel costs to Vienna/Salzburg not included)
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT ON THE ALBUM € 2000,-
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THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PACKAGE! GET AN EXCLUSIVE CREDIT FOR BEING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE ALBUM!!!
- Personal Telephone Call by Sabine and Lanvall
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Written personal dedication on the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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Limited Edition CD signed by the band
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Free Shipping
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25 Years Anniversary Tour 2024!
EDENBRIDGE will embark on their "25 Years Anniversary Tour" in 2024 and will play a special show to their fans, performing songs from all 11 studio albums, celebrating a quarter century of music. The shows will be supported by Swiss Female Fronted bands DEEP SUN and DEVILSBRIDGE. You find all ticket links below.;)
29.01.-02.02. USA-Miami/70000 Tons of Metal Cruise*
19.04. A-Vienna/Szene* - Tickets
20.04. A-Enns/Kulturzentrum d'Zuckerfabrik* - Tickets
26.04. D-Siegburg/Kubana - Tickets
27.04. NL-Den Haag/Musicon** - Tickets
28.04. B-Bilzen/South of Heaven** - Tickets
29.04. D-Oberhausen/Helvete - Tickets
30.04. D-Landshut/Alte Kaserne - Tickets
01.05. D-Lindau/Club Vaudeville - Tickets
02.05. CH-Münchenstein/Rockfact - Tickets
03.05. CH-Wil/Gare de Lion - Tickets
04.05. DE-Hannover/Subkultur - Tickets
* without Deep Sun und DevilsBridge
** plus Epinikion
70000 Tons of Metal Cruise!
EDENBRIDGE will embark on the worlds' biggest heavy metal cruise again after. It is their 3rd appearance after 2017 and 2020. The ship will cruise from Miami to Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic).;)
LANVALL-The Freystadt Symphony CD/DVD! Order Now!
You can now order the handsigned CD/DVD digipack of LANVALL's epic and bombastic first symphony. The work was live premiered and recorded on June 29th 2022 in the Messehalle Freistadt (Austria) with the orchestra Junge Philharmonie Freistadt and the Hard Chor Linz.
For the mix and mastering Lanvall could win no less than his longtime friend GANDALF.
HERE you can order the CD/DVD digipack.
SVEN SEVENS REPLACES DOMINIK SEBASTIAN ON GUITAR!
Sven has already played the completed the "Shangri-La Tour" and proved himself as a great personality, humanly and musically, fitting in the band perfectly. Sven is also active in Crystallion together with bass player Steve.
Sven: "It is a big honor for me now to be part of one of the longest existing symphonic metal bands. I was able to gain a glimpse into the band life of Edenbridge on the "Shangri-La Tour" whihc ended much too soon last week. it was dominated by awesome gigs, professionality and a whole lot of fun. That impressed me heavily and convinced me to become part of the band. I am looking forward for times to come in Edenbridge."
Dominik was in EDENBRIDGE for 15 years and wants to concentrate on his other bands in the future. Here is a photo of both "handing over" last Saturday at the final show in Enns. We wish Dominik the best for the future!
LANVALL-The Freystadt Symphony CD/DVD! Join in the crowdfunding!
LANVALL's first symphony, "THE FREYSTADT SYMPHONY" will be released on CD/DVD in Spring 2023. The late romantic work for big orchestra, choir and electric guitar with influences from film music and rock/metal was live premiered on June 29th 2022 in the Messehalle Freistadt (Austria) and was audio and video recorded. Together with 120 musicians from the "Junge Philharmonie Freistadt" and the "Hard Chor Linz", LANVALL on electric guitar himself presented the bombastic piece, originally written as a contractual work due to the 800 years' Anniversary of the city.
THE FREYSTADT SYMPHONY CD/DVD PACKAGE
CD
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Movement 4
Movement 5
Movement 6
DVD (Region Code 0)
Full Concert
Making Of
Interview
Around the release of the CD/DVD package, Lanvall has started a new crowdfunding campaign to finance the production and manufacturing.
Lanvall: "The world live premiere was initially planned for 2020 and I was extremely happy that it finally happened in 2022. For the mix and the master I was able to get no less than my longtime and dear friend GANDALF, who put his touches on the audio recording.
As we have been building upon your true fan support for 15 years now in EDENBRIDGE and VOICIANO, I hope you will also join in this time and you will like the various packages. Therefore I wanna thank you sincerely in advance!"
Please scroll down to see all crowdfunding packages!
YOUR NAME IN THE BOOKLET OF THE NEW ALBUM € 50,-
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Your name in the booklet of the album!
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CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "NAME 50 SPONSOR"!
PERSONAL DEDICATION € 75,-
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Written personal dedication on the album!
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Your name on the booklet of the album
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CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "PERSONAL DEDICATION 75 SPONSOR"!
SOLO INSTRUMENT SPONSOR € 100,-
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Choose one instrument from the woodwinds or brass group or the harp, organ or piano and get the handsigned "The Freystadt Symphony"score of the chosen instrument! Every instrument is only available once!
- Personal dedication on the booklet of the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "SOLO INSTRUMENT 100 SPONSOR"!
STRINGS GROUP SPONSOR € 150,-
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Choose one instrument of the strings group (1st Violin, 2nd Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) and get the handsigned "The Freystadt Symphony" score of the chosen instrument
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Personal dedication on the booklet of the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
- CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "STRING GROUP 150 SPONSOR"!
PERCUSSION GROUP SPONSOR € 200,-
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"The Freystadt Symphony" score of the percussion group handsigned by Lanvall
- Personal dedication on the booklet of the album
- Your name in the booklet of the album
- CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "PERCUSSION GROUP 200 SPONSOR"!
CHOIR GROUP SPONSOR € 250,-
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"The Freystadt Symphony" score of the choir group handsigned by Lanvall
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Personal dedication on the booklet of the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "CHOIR GROUP 250 SPONSOR"!
LANVALL GUITAR SPONSOR € 300,-
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"The Freystadt Symphony" guitar tab handsigned by Lanvall
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Personal dedication on the booklet of the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "LANVALL GUITAR 300 SPONSOR"!
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT ON THE ALBUM € 1000,-
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That is the ultimate package! Become „Executive Producer“ of "The Freystadt Symphony" und get your name into the credits of the album!
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Personal dedication on the booklet of the album
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Your name in the booklet of the album
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CD/DVD handsigned by Lanvall
Click HERE to become "EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 1000 SPONSOR"!
Shangri-La Tourdates 2023!
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We are happy to announce the dates for the upcoming "Shangri-La" Tour". Supports will be Swiss bands Deep Sun and Askara. The tour will be presented by the magazines "Rock It" and "Sonic Seducer".
17.02. A-Graz/Explosiv* (Special Guest: Dragony)
18.02. A-Vienna/Szene* - Tickets
19.02. tba
20.02. GER-Munich/Backstage - Tickets
21.02. CH-Münchenstein (Basel)/Rockfact - Tickets
22.02. GER-Frankfurt/Nachtleben - Tickets
23.02. GER-Hamburg/Logo - Tickets
24.02. GER-Eisenhüttenstadt/Rockhütte Gesellschaftshaus Schleicher - Tickets
25.02. GER-Siegburg/Kubana - Tickets
26.02. GER-Selb/Rockclub Nordbayern - Tickets
04.03. A-Enns/Kulturzentrum d'Zuckerfabrik* - Tickets
* without Deep Sun and Askara
;)