The special VINYL edition of GLORIOUS COLLISION is definitely here for real. It’s very limited, so grab yours right now from the Evergrey shop HERE!

Swedish Metallers EVERGREY have confirmed the release date for “A Decade and a Half” a two disc greatest hits collection. This deluxe package containing the best songs of their career so far, previously unreleased live tracks and an extensive 24 page booklet (incl. liner notes and unreleased photos). It is out now in Europe and will be released in the USA/Canada on January 17th 2012.

Since the band arrived on the scene with their first album in 1998, EVERGREY have brought out eight studio albums and one live release. All of them made the top 20 in their native Sweden and the last two made the top 10. On top of that, their DVD “A Night To Remember” was number 1 for four weeks and nominated for a Grammy in Sweden. Their last single “Wrong” received a gold award in April 2011 for over 10.000 sold copies in Sweden.

Check out the video for the EVERGREY single “Wrong”:

TRACKLISTING “A Decade And A Half”:

CD 1
01. The Masterplan
02. Blackened Dawn ( Live )
03. Rulers Of The Mind
04. A Touch Of Blessing
05. Frozen
06. For Every Tear That Falls ( Live )
07. More Than Ever
08. Blinded
09. Faith Restored
10. These Scars
11. Broken Wings
12. Words Mean Nothing
13. Wrong (live) 03:12 (unplugged – previously unreleased)

CD 2
01.The Great Deceiver
02. Monday Morning Apocalypse
03. Wrong
04. Waking Up Blind ( Live )
05. Solitude Within
06. Recreation Day
07. Still In The Water
08. Leave It Behind Us
09. Fear
10. When The Walls Go Down ( Live )
11. Frozen (live) (unplugged – previously unreleased)

Current LINE-UP:
Tom S. Englund – vocals, guitars
Marcus Jidell – guitars
Johan Niemann – bass
Rikard Zander – keyboards
Hannes van Dahl – drums

Some other bands confirmed to play the festival are Accept, Blind Guardian, Epica, Finntroll, Freak Kitchen, Sonata Arctica etc. Tickets and more info about the festival can be found from www.ppmfest.com.

More information about the event is available from the Finnish Metal Expo (FME) website. Playing schedules will be added to the FME website later.

We will be selling a STRICTLY limited edition shirt for our friends at the Atlanta show – so for those of you going be ready, it WILL be a shortage of them. Fans with tickets to the Sold Out wednesday night acoustic show have first shot.”

Pictures of the shirt in question can be found at www.progpowerusa.com.

Sonisphere – Friday, July 8th: 18.10 / 18.50 EVERGREY – Saturn stage
Snow Hall Park – Amnéville

2 days of music, 2 stages, 20 bands including the Big Four:
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax with Papa Roach, Volbeat, Tarja, Diamond Head, Loudblast and Mass Hysteria on Saturday July 9th. Slipknot with Dream Theater, Airbourne, Mastodon, Gojira, Evergrey (last band added to the bill!), Bring me the Horizon, Symfonia, Bukowsky and Rise To Remain on Friday July 8th.

04.08.2011 Bolshoi – Goiania (GO), Brazil
06.08.2011 Hangar – Curitiba (PR), Brazil
07.08.2011 Teatro Odisséia – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil

Links for buying tickets to these 3 shows can be found on the Shows page.

28.07.2011 Porto Alegre, Teatro Ciee (BR)
29.07.2011 São Paulo, Carioca Club (BR)
31.07.2011 Sorocaba, Plaza Hall (BR)