It’s a good job spring is on the way, because German happy metallers Freedom Call are bringing the sunshine back with a killer new album in ‘Silver Romance’, set for release on May 10th through SPV/Steamhammer. The band’s 11th album in a career that stretches back to the golden age of power metal with 1999’s epochal ‘Stairway To Fairyland’ is, according to singer/guitarist Chris Bay, one of the most diverse records they’ve ever made.
“Qualities such as clarity, freedom and lightness are attributed to silver as a precious metal,” explains Bay. “Silver is also said to strengthen your self-confidence and imagination. These are all features that also suit Freedom Call and that we’ve incorporated into our new material, both musically and lyrically.”
Chris Bay and bandmates Lars Rettkowitz (guitar), Francesco Ferraro (bass) and Ramy Ali (drums), the latter having returned from a private hiatus, have recorded more than a dozen new tracks for ‘Silver Romance’. Without giving too much away: The result is the most diverse and colourful album in the band’s history to date.
‘Silver Romance’ will be available on CD and for digital download on Steamhammer/SPV from 10 May 2024, and Bay and Co. are set to start their 2024 concert activities only a few days later. To ease the wait until then, four lead singles will be out ahead of the album release, starting from 21 February with the title track ‘Silver Romance’, including a making-of video, followed by ‘In Quest Of Love’ and ‘High Above’ on 20 March and 10 April, both of them complete with lyric clips. Two days before the album’s arrival, 8 May 2024 will see ‘Supernova’, supported by a superb video, round off the quartet of singles.
But for now, we have their brand new video for you, which just about leaps out of the speakers with rainbows and unicorns, as is the band’s custom, and shows a significant step up from 2019’s ‘M.E.T.A.L.’.
The artwork rocks, too!
Catch Freedom Call live throughout 2024 on the following dates:
09.05. DE-Munich – Backstage
10.05. DE-Memmingen – Kaminwerk
11.05. DE-Stuttgart – Im Wizemann
16.05. DE-Nürnberg – Hirsch
17.05. DE-Wacken – LGH
18.05. DE-Siegburg – Kubana
23.05. DE-Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
24.05. DE-Leipzig Hellraiser
25.05. DE-Karlsruhe – Substage
30.05. DE-Augsburg – Spectrum
31.05. DE-Duisburg – Rage Against Racism
01.06. DE-Burglengenfeld – VAZ
17.08. CZ-Moravský Krumlov – Rock Castle
23.08. PT-Pindelo Dos Milagres – Milagre Metaleiro Open Air
30.08. DE-Wennedach – Rock am Glois
21.09. DE-Dotternhausen – Upper Saw Festival