The Grey Area

Hey !!!

Pheeeeeeeeeeewwwww…. it’s been a long fucking year negotiating this deals, not something we’ve enjoyed too much , it’s taken its toll on everything from economy to psyche. BUT now it’s finally done and we are extremely curious on what the future has in it’s hands for us !

We have made changes in everything surrounding Evergrey , everything from management, record-label to booking and, perhaps most important, changed our own approach to this thing called EVERGREY.

It came to a time a while ago where we ALL were tired of everything surrounding this bitch called the music-industry. It affected our whole perception of what and who we were, it most certainly killed everything close to joy and in the end made it feel like a boring 9 - 5 job where you don’t like your co-workers and just want to go home.

But as I said , we’ve been through that now and coming out on the other end of this rather dark tunnel are 5 guys who have the same determination, goals and fire to keep this ball spinning for another couple of laps!

Below you have the 3rd trailer that I know you have been eagerly awaiting , somethings up with the compression level that makes the pics smaller so those look like shit… but hey …. you’re here to h e a r the God-damned thing, right ? It contains all song titles for the regular edition of this release and the release day is the 2nd week of September but , you’ll see something will probably come up and change that for the 10th time…..

I hope you enjoy it and we wish to hear ALL your thoughts , as they are what matter the most to us !

Below is also the new cover , spill your guts about that too.

yours in metal

Tom, Henrik, Jonas, Rikard and Jari

So here it is guys, the April edition of our trailers.Just to clarify, these are excerpts of many different songs, it’s not one song as some of you seemed to think when watching the 1st one. Be sure to let us know what you think! We sure hope you’ll enjoy it …More news coming soon!

All the best Tom, Henrik, Rikard , Jonas and Jari

Wassup!

After a couple of turbulent weeks we have now finally mastered our album.

When we listened to the finished product for the first time we all agreed that we were beyond satisfied with the result and can’t wait for you to hear it! We have also decided to post video teasers for you to enjoy, there will be a new “trailer” every month up until we release the damn thing and oh, the title for it is  “ T O R N ” !

Complete tracklisting will be presented here as soon as we have decided what songs will end up on special editions and / or bonus tracks for singles etc.

Other than that I am glad to read that all of you seem to love our new Evergrey “EY” logo. It will look pretty cool on a shirt that’s for sure.

Tomorrow we play a show in Mariestad with our friends from All Ends so those of you who have the chance please stop by.

Summer festivals and tours for the fall are being booked as I write so be sure to check this area for all official confirmations. We will start rehearsing songs from TORN next week so MAYBE, and I mean maybe, we will play some of them in Finland in two weeks. Playing Finland is always a blast and it’s nice to be with people that can keep up with us on the booze . Both me and Jari have lot’s of relatives and friends coming out to the shows so that should be fun.

Tampere on the 19th and Helsinki on the 20th be sure to join in if you have the chance.

So enjoy the music combined with the fantastic photos courtesy of our friend René Asmussen http://www.reneasmussen.com/ - an award-winning Danish photgrapher who have graced us with his work which will be used in the booklet for ” TORN ” .  That alone will be worth the money .

please let us know your feelings, ideas expectations after hearing what you now will hear.

Later

‘ t

Hey !

We have now confirmed the first one of next years European Tours .

This will be a Co-Headlining tour together with German metal band Brainstorm. We will also bring along a special guest for these dates.  We are really looking forward to meeting all of you guys again!

Countries that are not covered in this tour will of course be visited by us later on in the year.

We are still writing heavily in our respective homestudios and things are starting to sound really epic, dark and of course fantastic, awesome and all that…  yeah whatever   ; ) We are having a blast doing it and it is nice to, for the first time in a while, feel that we have all the time we need to do this. So please be patient and don’t give up on us , it will be worth your wait !

Til’  next time

Rockboxxx

‘ t

29.02.08 Fri SE Göteborg @ Trädgårn
01.03.08 Sat SE Mariestad @ Rotundan
02.03.08 Sun SE Stockholm @ Klubben
04.03.08 Tue DK Copenhagen @ The Rock
05.03.08 Wed DE Hamburg @ Markthalle
06.03.08 Thu NL Amsterdam @ Melkweg
07.03.08 Fri NL Hengelo @ Metropool
08.03.08 Sat DE Memmingen @ Kaminwerk
09.03.08 Sun DE Saarbrücken @ Garage
11.03.08 Tue CH Pratteln @ Z7
12.03.08 Wed FR Mulhouse @ Noumatrouff
13.03.08 Thu FR Lyon @ CCO
14.03.08 Fri FR Paris @ Elysee Montmartre
15.03.08 Sat BE Antwerp @ Hof Ter Lo
16.03.08 Sun DE Langen @ Stadthalle
17.03.08 Mon NL Eindhoven @ Effenaar
18.03.08 Tue DE Bochum @ Zeche
19.03.08 Wed DE Nürnberg @ Hirsch
21.03.08 Fri AT Wien @ Szene
22.03.08 Sat HU Budapest @ venue tba
23.03.08 Sun SVK Bratislava @ Randal Club

Our new bass-players name is Jari Kainulainen!

Some of you might know him as a former member of Stratovarius and we are extremely happy to have him in the band as we know he will improve our sound in a great way which he already proved when we rehearsed together. 

Me and Henrik talked after the rehearsal and both said we had goosebumps and this coming from a a guy playing bass. Before it’s always been like - hey whatever it’s only bass - but now we really feel that Jari will bring our sound up to a new level . 

We got along great and it of course also helps a lot that Jari is a very experienced player when it comes to playing live with his several world tours together with Stratovarius as proof.

This was one of the main things we were looking for in a bass-player except for the playing of course, so that we wouldn’t end up with a person who after 100 gigs finds out that this was not what he was meant for, cause this is, whether you believe so or not, a very weird and demanding life that let’s you experience the greatest things in the world as well as the sickest, most draining moments of utter insecurity - that of course immediately vanishes as soon as we get to play for you guys!  

We are so much looking forward to the coming months of recording and playing and it honestly feels like a fresh start and an injection I think we needed.

I’m going to leave you with a few words from Jari himself.

All the best

‘ t

What can I say? When I heard that Evergrey was searching for a new bass player, I immediately  contacted  Tom to let him know that I was extremely interested!

Then they asked me to come and audition for them. I can’t even start to explain how nervous I was!

But everything just matched, and sounded great! And before we knew it we were all shit faced and celebrating the Scandinavian way! See you on the gigs!

-Jari Kainulainen-

Hi friends

Just wanted to let you know that on Monday the 6th we will announce our new bass-player !

We are very excited and eager to let you know who it is and the Monday morning post will also consist of comments from him as well as a photo and more comments from us and I think some of you know him already from somewhere else.

I can tell you that the songs we rehearsed together have NEVER sounded better and made the rest of us also sounding more jaded than ever .

His first show will be at the Fosen Rock Festival in Fosen Norway and we can’t wait to tear it up live again !

So, see all of you on Monday : )

‘ t

It’s been a long time coming, but we are now pleased to welcome you to “The Grey Area” - the Official Evergrey Blog!

Tom and the gang will be dropping in to fill you all in with studio reports, road reports, inside band news and just about anything that pops into their heads.

The band continues to work on new material as well as searching for the perfect label to call their new home. Stay tuned over the next day or so for the first blog post!