The Greek melodic metal phenomenon FIREWIND, led by the young guitar sensation Gus G. has returned with the scathing new studio album effort entitled “Days Of Defiance”, which is easily their defining musical moment. The much anticipated disc is set for an October 25th, release in Europe as well as an October 26th release in North America. “Days Of Defiance” is a truly ambitious and dynamic opus featuring some of the most brilliant guitar playing the genre has seen in many years.

The front cover artwork of “Days Of Defiance” was designed by the band’s longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes.

FIREWIND’s guitarist and songwriter Gus G., currently on tour with Ozzy Osbourne in Europe, checks in with the following comment about the album and its artwork:

“I'm very excited and cannot wait for our fans to listen to our new album! We feel we've captured great performances and took our songwriting to the next level on this one. There's tons of cool guitar on there and I believe Bob has finally managed to reach warp-speed with his keyboard solos! Even more seriously, I highly recommend that you listen to this album at a very loud volume!!
As for the artwork, it was once again done by our visual wizard and webmaster extraordinaire, Gustavo Sazes. This time we asked Gustavo to come up with a great landscape scenery, with a more traditional approach and even get the "pencil" style of artwork on there, but also combine it with more modern stuff. So, he gave us that…with a slight futuristic, sci-fi element and I think the end result is stunning!”

The album’s final tracklisting will be as follows:

FIREWIND – “Days Of Defiance”
1. The Ark Of Lies
2. World On Fire
3. Chariot
4. Embrace The Sun
5. The Departure
6. Heading For The Dawn
7. Broken
8. Cold As Ice
9. Kill In The Name Of Love
10. SKG
11. Losing Faith
12. The Yearning
13. When All Is Said And Done

A special iTunes edition for “Days of Defiance” will feature the exclusive new track “Riding On The Wind” as digital bonus. As a taster of great things soon to come, the album’s first single, “World On Fire”, is already available for purchase on all relevant digital platforms worldwide NOW! An audio snippet of the track can be heard now at www.myspace.com/firewind

Click on the link below to view a new trailer featuring a short advance clip of the new “World On Fire” video, shot with acclaimed director Patric Ullaeus / www.revolver.se (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil , etc.): " target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDV3-svl4lg.

On related news, FIREWIND have been confirmed as support act for The Scorpions on their upcoming visit of Athens, Greece:

The Scorpions + Firewind:
October 6th, 2010 - Peace & Friendship Stadium, Athens, Greece