02.07.2008
Tourreport, first new song titles, new tabs
Finally a new update! At first big thanks to everybody who attended Chicago Powerfest and one (or even more) of the six Paganfest USA West Coast dates to witness our first live appearance on the North American continent! We knew before that there were some SuidAkrA fans coming to the shows, but we were absolutely, positively surprised at how many people really knew our music. To see people start singing along made each show a big metal party from the minute we started playing — it was a blast! There were people flying in from Alaska and even Japan to see us and it was a big pleasure to talk with them and a lot of other fans after the shows. Admittedly, there were also a number of people that hadn’t heard of SuidAkrA before, but we felt that they also got into it and had a good time nevertheless... ;-) Read our tour report with tons of pictures here!
Right after the US tour we started working on new material again. We managed to nearly complete the whole new record musically! In addition we have finalized the vocal arrangements of 4 songs and therefore we can reveal the first song titles:
- Scathach
- Gilded Oars
- Shattering Swords
- Isle Of Skye
We will play some festivals this summer, but there won't be any new shows announced except what's online here already! Maybe we'll meet some of you at WACKEN this year, but for a change, we're not playing -just attending. Haha.
Last but not least there are 2 new guitar tabs for you to download: Heresy and A Menhir's Clay, taken from our Best Of CD!
Enjoy the summer and festival season!
- SuidAkrA
Update 26.04.2008
Order DVD now! - listen to re-recorded tracks
Finally! Check out the updated webshop to order the "13 Years of Celtic Wartunes" DVD + Best Of CD Digipack package now! Of course we again offer one of our infamous special packages including the DVD, the brand-new "Celtic Wartunes" shirt and a SuidAkrA sticker for a special price. New "Celtic Red" girlie shirts are finally available, too!
To check out a 3-minute medley of the 4 re-recorded tracks taken from our Best Of CD just switch over to our re-designed (!) mySpace page...
Still worth a watch: the DVD trailer...
That's it for now. Thanks your attention and support!
- SuidAkrA
08.03.2008
"13 Years of Celtic Wartunes" - all the info!
Finally, we can announce the official release dates for the "13 Years of Celtic Wartunes" DVD + Best Of CD package:
Germany - April 25th
Europe - April 28th
USA - June 10th
"13 Years of Celtic Wartunes" will be released as a 6-page Digipack on the new Wackenrecords label, with worldwide distribution handled by SPV.
You can take a sneak peak by watching the trailer...
...and checking out the cover artwork, done by the master of his style, Kris Verwimp:
The Digipack, from front to back cover, and the booklet are designed to look like a book dating back to another time, and include comments from the band plus personal background information about the Wacken show, acoustic concert and the "Best Of" compilation. You'll also find personal, unreleased pictures spanning the history of the band.
Here we have the final tracklists:
DVD:
Live at Wacken:
1. Darkane Times
2. Gates Of Nevermore
3. Forth-Clyde
4. Pendragon’s Fall
5. The One Piece Puzzle
6. Dead Man’s Reel
7. The IXth Legion
8. Wartunes
Acoustic Concert:
1. The One Piece Puzzle
2. When Eternity Echoes
3. Rise Of Taliesin
4. Whiskey In The Jar
5. Medley: Dinas Emrys - Peregrin - Serenade To A Dream - Fall Of Tara
6. Wish You Were Here
7. The Ember Deid (Part II)
8. A Vision’s Demise
9. A Runic Rhyme
10. An Dùdlachd
11. Johnny B.
Bonus Material:
1. Interviews at Wacken with friends and fans
2. The IXth Legion videoclip
3. Forth-Clyde videoclip
Best Of CD:
1. Heresy*
2. Sheltering Dreams*
3. A Menhirs Clay*
4. An Dùdlachd*
5. Morrigan
6. Lays From Afar
7. The Arcane Spell
8. Wartunes
9. Rise of Taliesin
10. Intro
11. Darkane Times
12. Still The Pipes Are Calling
13. Signs For The Fallen
14. A Vision’s Demise
15. Reap The Storm
16. Dead Man’s Reel
17. Highland Hills
All tracks re-mastered except * re-recorded at Gernhart Studio August 5th-12th, 2007.
We also have some new merchandise, called the 'Celtic Red' design. The artwork was done by Thomas Ewerhard, who has worked with bands such as Amon Amarth, Wintersun, Therion and many others. And for the first time, we are offering zipped hoodies! They look killer and are incredibly cosy, so you can bask in metal glory AND snuggle at the same time. There are also some new longsleeves, something else we couldn't offer for a long time, and regular t-shirts. As SuidAkrA like girls and girls like SuidAkrA, we refilled our stocks with some girlie shirts as well ('Celtic Red' girlie shirts will be available soon!). Click here to go to the webshop and take a look for yourself!
Now, from the glorious past to the glorious future! The band are already working hard on new songs, with more than half of the record written musically. The Gernhart studio is booked for the end of 2008, so progress will be swift! Apart from the recently added US dates at Chicago Powerfest and 6 "special guest appearances" at the Paganfest USA west coast dates, SuidAkrA won't be playing many shows this summer as the songwriting will take priority.
For those of you who are unable to catch SuidAkrA on stage in the near future, we've added some new live galleries, and some backstage pics from our Wacken gig in 2007. Click here to go to the gallery index.
That brings us up to date with all the goings on in the SuidAkrA camp, watch this space for further developments, and add them on MySpace to stay informed of the latest news!
- Helen
16.01.2008
SuidAkrA to join Paganfest USA on west coast dates
Although 2007 was a great year for SuidAkrA, we eagerly look forward to some great opportunities on the horizon for us in 2008! After being confirmed to make our debut at Chicago Powerfest (05/01-05/03), we can proudly announce that SuidAkrA will join PAGANFEST USA as special guests on the six west coast dates. The dates are as follows (subject to change):
05/05 Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
05/06 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
05/07 Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
05/08 Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
05/09 San Francisco/Santa Clara, CA - The Avalon
05/10 Long Beach, CA - The Vault
PAGANFEST USA will be storming the stage with the likes of Ensiferum, Turisas,
Tyr and Eluveitie. It shall indeed be a unique experience for fans, as a blend
of Viking/folk bands like this has never been seen in a tour on US soil before
and we're happy to be a part of it for those six shows!
We're still looking for sponsors, please scroll down to our last update to check
out the details -much appreciated!
In other news we can announce that new merchandise (including longsleeves and zipped hoodie shirts) are in the making! The new items will be presented here on the page pretty soon...
Expect some news about the DVD / Best of CD release date in the near future.
_SuidAkrA
06.12.2007
1st US appearance confirmed
Finally! SuidAkrA’s first US show has just been confirmed: we’ll rock the house at Chicago Powerfest in May 2008!! Being that we have to travel half way across the world for this show, we will also try to schedule a mini-tour with maybe four or five more gigs in one part of the US. Chicago Powerfest will be the only show in the Midwest, though.
However, we still need your support for this adventure! More precisely, let’s face it: we need help with financing this trip! Be assured that we would not use it to fill our pockets up, but more to the contrary - we are paying for this trip out of our own pocket and need to make sure that the expenses for traveling will not ruin us. If you have an idea to help sponsor SuidAkrA, please contact Alina Michelle by either sending her an email to support@suidakra.com or a message via her mySpace page.
If there are any promoters in the US that are wanting and have the means to bring SuidAkrA to their area in the week following Powerfest, please also contact Alina. We get a lot of emails asking us to play every little town in the US, which is a very nice thing of course, but it is hard to do such things without the support of a promoter. Also, instead of sending emails and messages to us like this, please use the “demand it” tool on our myspace page so we can see the areas that have the most interest in SuidAkrA. Please also understand that we can only reply to serious offers.
Let us briefly introduce to you Tim Siebrecht as our new live guitar player! As a former member of the band “Sleeping Gods”, he has a lot of experience already. He has been familiar with SuidAkrA for many years, including his own contribution of some clean vocal lines on “Emprise to Avalon” in 2001.
If you switch over to our mySpace page, you can be sure to hear the new instrumental version of “Fall of Tara” from Arkadius, which he uploaded as a gift to those who are anxiously awaiting the release of our DVD & Best of CD package...
More info will follow soon.
Horns up,
_SuidAkrA
13.11.2007
DVD news - 2008 plans - tabs - US appearance?
It's been quite a while since you guys last got an update on the actions of SuidAkrA, but don't be fooled into thinking they've taken a well earned holiday!! The forthcoming DVD & Best Of CD package has been keeping them busy and it's paid off -- apart from the final layout, everything's finished. The content of the DVD has changed since it was first announced -- it will now feature SuidAkrA's Wacken 2007 show, instead of Wacken 2006. Expect an early 2008 release for this fine package; more info about the exact date and tracklisting will follow soon and, of course, will appear here first.
We have a couple of new live galleries up, from Wacken and Up From The Ground Festival -- both great shows for SuidAkrA, as were Rock Harz, Revoltallo Festival in Spain and Ultima Ratio last week. Cheers and thanks to everybody who showed up at those festivals!
The first tourdates for 2008 have been confirmed, hopefully there's something near you! 2008 will probably not see as much live action from SuidAkrA as 2007 did, because attention is beginning to turn to the next album! They have just started working on some new songs which will eventually form their next (multi-platinum selling) record ;)
Autumn is the season for change and moving on, so the band would like to wish all the best to Marcel who has decided to take a step back from all band activities in order to concentrate fully on his job. A new live guitar player has already been recruited and will play the forthcoming shows.
Now some good news for those of you who play the guitar: we have loads of new guitar tabs up on the downloads page! Go and annoy your roommates by playing the same SuidAkrA song over and over again!!!
Finally, a few words from SuidAkrA themselves: "We have the chance to play in the United States in 2008! Unfortunately, it costs a shitload of money for flights and whatnot to make this happen... So if anyone can help "sponsor" us at all, we would absolutely appreciate it! We know we have a lot of fans in the US and it's long overdue for us to make our first appearance over there. Please do not seek direct contact from us about this, as we cannot give out any information yet, nor are we involved in the sponsorship. Instead, please contact Alina Michelle by either sending her an email to support@suidakra.com or a message via her mySpace page with the subject line of SUIDAKRA SPONSORSHIP, as she will manage all offers of help. Please understand that she cannot give out any information about dates or events unless it is to people who really can consider helping out... We hope to meet you next year! Thanks for any help!"
- Helen
29.07.2007
Festivals - bagpipes - DVDs!!!!
It’s been 4 weeks since SuidAkrA's mini tour of Ireland, but nevertheless the band would like to thank Jim, the guys of Sirocco and Archeron Promotions for all the fun times over those few short days! At the same time, a big fuck you goes out to Dublin promoter Nailz who nearly managed to fuck up not only the Dublin show, but also the two shows in Cork thanks to his organizational ineptitude and his paranoid nature. We would seriously warn any band or promoter against working with this person!
On to more pleasant things: The new girlie shirts are finally available! In addition we decreased the prices for the other items. Check it out here.
Just a few days left until Wacken Open Air! As a surprise and as an additional incentive (as if it was needed!) for you to be at front of the Party stage for 11 AM, the band will be accompanied by Axel and his highland bagpipes! The opportunity to see SuidAkrA live on stage with bagpipes doesn't happen every day, so be sure not to miss it! To see Axel in action, check out our video clips here.
After Wacken the band will stagger into the Gernhart studio to record some old SuidAkrA tracks and re-master the newer ones for a Best Of compilation. This album will be released together with a live DVD containing the Wacken 2006 show, the acoustic show at the Kielowatt Festvial 2006 and various other video clips. This fine package will be complimented graphically with artwork by Kris Verwimp, so this will surely be a must-have for every SuidAkrA fan, and fans of the future! More info soon.
SuidAkrA are looking forward to meeting a lot of you at Wacken, and rest assured that they never turn down the offer of a beer! If you can't make it to Wacken, you can still buy them a drink at the Revoltallo Festival in Spain or at the Up From The Ground Festival in Gemünden/Germany at the end of August. More tourdates here.
Enjoy Wacken if you're going, and we'll have more SuidAkrA updates soon!
- Helen
22.05.2007
SuidAkrA confirmed for WACKEN OPEN AIR
Hey, we're confirmed for Wacken 2007!!!
See you there!
_SuidAkrA
21.05.2007
Caledonia US release
First, a message from SuidAkrA:
"The European Tour was a blast! Thanks and greetings to everyone involved, be it our booker (Miriam, you're the best!), the other bands Ensiferum & Naildown, the crew, the promoters and last but not least you -the fans! We hope to see you soon again! Cheers!"
No time to dwell on past success though, as the summer festivals beckon! Beyond that, some new dates in the autumn have now been confirmed, see tourdates for details.
On 22nd May, "Caledonia" will be released in the US via Locomotive Records! So those of you in the US will hopefully now be able to take a trip to your favourite music store and return home triumphant with a copy of "Caledonia"! Remember -- if you can't see it on the shelves, then ask the store to order it from Locomotive Records -- then maybe next time you won't have to ask ;)
If you're the kind of person who never leaves the house (maybe you're an IT professional, or have the job of updating SuidAkrA's website), fear not. You can order the album from amazon.com by clicking here.
Finally, a new SuidAkrA girlie shirt will be available through the webshop over the next few days, so keep a lookout for that!
- Helen
12.04.2007
On the road again!
Spanning one week and 4000km on the road, SuidAkrA's recent Russia - Ukraine tour was an exhausting but rewarding one. Now that they're back, they'd like to thank everyone who came to the gigs for making it such a great experience. Check out our five new galleries from the tour!
No rest for the wicked though, as the band prepare for their next tour: European "Tour Towards Victory". After two headlining shows in south Germany, they will join Ensiferum and Naildown for the remaining 2 weeks of the tour. Here are the dates:
15.04. Modena (IT) - People of Art
16.04. Milano (IT) - Transilvania Live
17.04. Uster (CH) - Rock City ***
18.04. Hildesheim (DE) - Rockclub
19.04. Dornbirn (AT) - Schlachthaus
20.04. Wien (AT) - Arena
21.04. Budapest (HU) - Almassy MK
22.04. Salzburg (AT) - Rockhouse
23.04. Geiselwind (DE) - Geiselwind Music Hall
24.04. Hof (DE) - Rockwerk
25.04. Frankfurt (DE) - Nachtleben
26.04. München (DE) - Backstage
*** exclusive SuidAkrA headlining show without Ensiferum!
The band will not be accepting any new shows until August, so check out the final dates for the first half of 2007 after this tour here. SuidAkrA look forward to seeing you all on the road this summer!
- Helen
13.02.2007
Co-Headlining European Tour - Russia-Ukraine Tour - US Release of Caledonia
It may seem like a long time since the last update, but SuidAkrA haven't taken a holiday -- they've been busy playing shows in the Netherlands and Belgium ("thanks for the great response at those 3 shows! We'll be back...") and preparing for forthcoming tours. In March they will be getting heads banging in Russia and Ukraine with 8 shows...
This will no doubt get them used to an excessive consumption of Vodka in time for the "Tour Towards Victory", which they are co-headlining with Finland's Ensiferum in April 2007! Due to other commitments, SuidAkrA will join the 4-week trek for the last 2 weeks only, but make sure to not miss this folk/melodic death metal bonanza!
Also confirmed are the first-ever SuidAkrA live appearances in Ireland in June and summer festivals Rock Harz and Up From The Ground in Germany! More shows are being planned... click here to see all the confirmed dates.
In other news, we are happy to announce that Caledonia is set for release in the US on 22nd May 2007 via Locomotive Records! This means that the possibility of 2007 marking SuidAkrA's first appearance on the other side of the Atlantic is getting ever greater... we're sure we can count on your support in making this happen!
Stay tuned for more news, tour updates, celebrity gossip (...well maybe not that). It's exciting times in the SuidAkrA camp right now!
- Helen
24.12.2006
Happy Christmas and New Year from SuidAkrA
Firstly, as we reflect on the past year, some words from the band...
"2006 is coming to an end and we want to thank everybody who made 2006 another special year for SuidAkrA! Caledonia was released some weeks ago and the reactions have been nothing other than positive. We take this and the lots of emails and kind words we received from fans all over the world as an acknowledgment for the hard work and time we brought up to release this album! Thanks a lot. Have a metal Christmas and a rocking new year! See you on tour in 2007!"
As a special Christmas present, we have a bunch of new photo galleries including live pictures and some behind-the-scenes action from the recent photo and video shoots. Check out the gallery page!
For those of you who are running low on SuidAkrA supplies, we still have some merchandise available from the online shop. Also, check out the frequently updated tourdates page to catch the band live in 2007 -- more dates will be announced (hopefully in a town near you!) as soon as they're confirmed.
In the meantime, enjoy the holidays and get ready for more SuidAkrA in 2007!
- Helen
15.11.2006
Get your orders in now!
The webshop is finally open and ready to take your orders for the new album and/or new Caledonia merchandise, including two different shirt designs plus a new girlie shirt! If you decide to place your order and pay now, it will be shipped as soon as the goods are delivered from the manufacturer (most likely on 17th November). Go take a look at the great value Caledonia packages on offer, featuring various combinations of shirts, stickers, patches and, of course, the CD itself! If you have any questions, please email merch@suidakra.com for some friendly customer service :)
In other exciting news, SuidAkrA are raffling two tickets for the Kielowatt Festival in Kiel, where they will play their first ever acoustic set! Send whatever you like to kielowatt@suidakra.com -- the funniest, most original, entertaining, hot, .... um... best! entry will (probably) be presented here on the page and will win the tickets! You have until Monday, 20th of November to send in your entries, so get to it...!
There's only a couple of days to go until Caledonia will hit the charts in Europe (hehe), so to add to the tension you may want to read what the press have to say about the new release here.
Finally, the tourdates have been updated, with more dates coming soon!
- Helen
15.10.2006
„The IXth Legion“ video clip
The first ever SuidAkrA video clip is now completed! The clip was produced
by Sebastian Radtke, who so far has made himself a name with underground horror
movies such as „Psychotica“.
But don't fear, there's no blood running in the new SuidAkrA video, only sweat!
If some of you have a large amount of bandwidth to use, you can download the video in high quality (142MB) here: http://suidakra.headcounter.org/ (In case a 403 error message shows up, please try again later!)
We have received many questions regarding the release of the new album. Yes,
„Caledonia“ will definitely be available worldwide via our Webshop.
At this moment we're working on the new shirt designs together with Kris Verwimp,
hoping that on 3rd of November everything will be ready for pre-ordering at the webshop.
We will even have the long-awaited SuidAkrA patches finally available at that
time as well.
So mark November 3, 2006 in bold on your calendars and get
youself a copy of „Caledonia“! For those of you who wish, you can
also sign up for the Newsletter on our
site for news and reminders, too.
Horns up,
_ SuidAkrA
03.10.2006
Welcome back to SuidAkrA.com!
Welcome to the new SuidAkrA homepage, based on the theme of the new album, "Caledonia", which is due for release on 17th November!
So, have a good look around, and if you have any problems please feel free to contact the webmistress (me!) at webmistress@suidakra.com. The site is optimised for up-to-date browsers, preferably with flash enabled. We've even given you some control over what the site looks like! We have two different themes for you to choose from -- a "roman" theme [default] and a "pictish" theme. Make your selection by clicking the link in the top right hand corner. For those of you wondering what the Romans have to do with anything, or who the Picts were, you can learn a bit about these historical themes, which are explored on "Caledonia", on the concept page.
We've got plenty of information about the new album for you on the releases page, including the tracklist and the lyrics. To go with that, the band have also prepared a studio report for your reading pleasure (and possibly despair). Some of you may have already seen the studio video clip which has been available to view on SuidAkrA's official mySpace profile, but for those of you who have missed it, you can check it out here:
If you enjoyed that, then you'll be pleased to learn that the band recently made a clip for the track "The IXth Legion"! It is currently in postproduction, but we can at least let you see some pictures from the set.
Unfortunately, it's not just good news that I'm bringing you today. Ragnarok Metalfest UK, which would have been SuidAkrA's first ever gig in Scotland, has been cancelled. The guys are really sad about this, as they were looking forward to returning to the UK after the success of their appearance at least year's Bloodstock, and they're especially sad about missing the chance to play in Scotland - Caledonia itself! There are, however, new plans to return to the UK in the near future, so keep an eye on the tourdates page or sign up to the newsletter to stay informed. If you are interested in booking the band, don't hesitate to get in touch (booking@suidakra.com), as the plans for a European tour next year are still in the making...
Finally, we hope you enjoy the new-look SuidAkrA.com -- let us know by signing the guestbook!
- Helen