Following intense and very constructive discussions, Steamhammer/SPV
have announced their future collaboration with Swedish dark melodic
metal act, Evergrey. The deal includes not only the group's brand-new
studio album, Torn, which will arrive in September, but also
Evergrey's complete back-catalog. SPV Head of Labels, Ulrike Rudolph
says: "We are all happy to welcome Evergrey to the SPV/Steamhammer
Family, and are looking forward to a great future together." Evergrey
mastermind Tom S. Englund is also looking forward to a productive
cooperation with Steamhammer, explaining: "After long and intense
negotiations, we feel that we have arrived at optimum conditions for
everybody involved. We are confident that Evergrey will continue to
grow artistically under the terms of this contract, that SPV will
enjoy our cooperation and - this is definitely the most important
aspect - that our fans will thoroughly benefit from the new deal."



The first stage of this ambitious target will see the release of
Evergrey's new studio album, Torn, at the beginning of September,
featuring eleven compositions, described by Englund as a "modern mix
of In Search Of Truth and Recreation Day". "The tracks are all guitar-
oriented and very atmospheric. They have exactly the sound that our
fans expect from us." According to Englund, the slightly more
experimental direction of Evergrey's previous release, Monday Morning
Apocalypse, has given way again to old strengths and virtues. "Two
years ago we needed an album with a slightly different approach and
an expensive producer, just to find out how that sort of thing works.
It was the right album at the time, but now we have returned to our
typical trademarks." This is one of the reasons why the tracks on
Torn were self-produced by Englund together with drummer Jonas
Ekdahl. In addition, the band has a new bassist, Fredrik Larsson
having been replaced by former Stratovarius musician Jari Kainulainen.



Since the band arrived on the scene in 1998, Evergrey have brought
out six studio albums and one live cut. All of them made the top 20
in their native Sweden and the last two made the top 10 (no. 6 and 3,
respectively). On top of that, their DVD was number 1 for four weeks
and nominated for a Grammy in Sweden. The band has toured around the
globe several times, together with In Flames, Nevermore, Throwdown,
Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom and Iced Earth, among others. Along
with Torn, their new contract with Steamhammer/SPV includes the
band's complete back-catalog, so top-quality reissues featuring a
selection of bonus tracks are likely in future. "There is so much
additional material for each album that we could theoretically re-
release it on an extra DVD. Whatever we manage to do – premium
reissues are certainly a possibility."



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