AMORPHIS, SAMAEL, VIRGIN BLACK Tour Update

Starting this Friday, AMORPHIS will embark on a North American tour alongside SAMAEL (also on Nuclear Blast!), and Virgin Black which will begin on September 27.

AMORPHIS will play one day eariler (September 26) at this years Progpower Festival so whoever will attend the event this year will get first dibs on watching one of Finland's greatest.

Esa Holopainen elaborates: “This is our first tour in this region with our latest album, Silent Waters. Tickets are selling well so we can only be happy. We picked Samael as support act because we know the guys and this kind of musical combination offers something for everyone.”

To find out if the bands will be hitting a town near you, please visit the AMORPHIS or SAMAEL MySpace pages. See you there!

In related news:
LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has issued the following update:

“We are terribly sorry to tell you that Napalm Records (Leaves' Eyes' record label) has decided to cancel our participation in the North American tour [with AMORPHIS, SAMAEL and VIRGIN BLACK]. This is due to the fact that the release of our first DVD has been postponed. We really regret this. Moreover, we've tried everything possible to save the tour. However, we now have to face the fact that we cannot change the situation. We wish AMORPHIS, SAMAEL and VIRGIN BLACK all the best for the tour, and we hope to be back in the States and Canada in 2009.”