Anneke van Giersbergen’s new band VUUR unveil details of their debut album

Anneke van Giersbergen’s new band VUUR have unveiled the cover artwork and tracklist for their forthcoming debut album, ‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’. The 11-track LP is due for release on October 20th via InsideOut Music and includes ‘Days Go By – London’, which the band released early June.

An album preview, including snippets of all songs is available here:

The album will be available on special edition CD digipak, gatefold 2LP + CD (including etching on side D) & digital download.

Pre-order bundles for the album are available here: https://vuur.tmstor.es/

Pre-order the album digitally via iTunes & Amazon and get ‘Days Go By – London’ immediately: http://smarturl.it/VUURInThisMoment

Regarding the cover artwork, band founder Anneke says:

“The cover is designed by Black & Finch with whom I’ve previously worked on the ‘Verloren Verleden’ release.

The lyrical themes of this album revolve around cities and freedom. Exposure to big cities can be overwhelming and you can feel engulfed by everything around you. At the same time it’s easy to be a stranger in a big city and for me that brings out a feeling of freedom as well. This past year I’ve thought a lot about the virtues of rural versus urban life, since me and my family are moving back to the city. It’s very exciting, but at the same time I know that sense of urban solitude from past experiences. The cover artwork represents this duality.”

VUUR’s full length debut was produced by Joost van den Broek, who was also involved in the writing process. Others co-writing partners are Mark Holcomb (Periphery), Esa Holopainen (Amorphis), Daniel Cardoso (Anathema), and both of VUUR’s guitar players wrote a song as well.

‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’ tracklist:

1. My Champion – Berlin
2. Time – Rotterdam
3. The Martyr And The Saint – Beirut
4. The Fire – San Francisco
5. Freedom – Rio
6. Days Go By – London
7. Sail Away – Santiago
8. Valley Of Diamonds – Mexico City
9. Your Glorious Light Will Shine – Helsinki
10. Save Me – Istanbul
11. Reunite! – Paris

The band also recently announced they will team up with Scar Symmetry for a short co-headline tour in December. Opening act for these exclusive shows will be My Propane.

Dec 07, 2017 Le Trabendo Paris (FRA)

Dec 08, 2017 Biebob Vosselaar (BE)

Dec 09, 2017 The Dome London (UK)

Dec 10, 2017 Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht (NL)

As well as this, in May 2018 Residentie Orkest The Hague will host an encounter with Anneke van Giersbergen. Both nights will feature a career-spanning concert with orchestral arrangements. The song selection will even include material from her yet to be released VUUR album.

Anneke comments: “It’s such an honor to be backed by these grand classical musicians with strings and brass interpreting my music. The material will be an interesting cross-section of my career. Some reworks will be a contrast from the original and some, for instance like the song ‘Travel’, will be given a treatment that is a logical extension of the The Gathering’s original album arrangement. “

May 18, 2018 013 Tilburg (NL)

May 19, 2018 Paard The Hague (NL)

VUUR began playing live this Summer, and have also been confirmed as main support to EPICA in late 2017. You can find the full list of confirmed live dates below:

VUUR as main support to EPICA

9^th November – Klub Studio, Krakow – Poland

10^th November – Masters of Rock Café, Zlín – Czech Republic

12^th November – Kesselhaus, Berlin – Germany

13^th November – Markthalle, Hamburg – Germany

14^th November – Essigfabrik, Cologne – Germany

15^th November – La BAM, Metz – France

17^th November – Stereolux, Nantes – France

18^th November – Krakatoa, Bordeaux – France

20^th November – La Riviera, Madrid – Spain

24^th November – Razzmatazz, Barcelona – Spain

25^th November – Le Moulin, Marseille – France

26^th November – Le Transbordeur, Lyon – France

29^th November – Backstage Werk, Munich – Germany

1st December – Estragon, Bologna – Italy

2nd December – Z7, Pratteln – Switzerland

3^rd December – L’Aéronef, Lille – France

VUUR are:

Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) – vocals

Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) – drums

Jord Otto – guitars (My Propane, ex-ReVamp)

Ferry Duijsens – guitars

Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) – bass

Look out for more information in the coming weeks!

VUUR online:
www.vuur.band
www.facebook.com/vuurband
https://instagram.com/vuur_band
https://twitter.com/vuur_band
https://www.youtube.com/c/VUUR_band

ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN online:
www.annekevangiersbergen.com
www.facebook.com/annekevangiersbergenofficial
https://instagram.com/annekeannique
https://twitter.com/AnnekeAnnique
www.youtube.com/AguaDeAnniqueMusic

INSIDEOUTMUSIC online:
www.insideoutmusic.com
www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV
www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic
www.twitter.com/insideouteu

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