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APOCALYPTICA will return to the U.S. this summer/fall.
The Finnish cello rockers, who are currently in the middle of a North American tour with
LACUNA COIL, have announced a new batch of dates for September and October 2022 with support from
LEPROUS and
WHEEL.
Earlier today (Monday, April 25),
APOCALYPTICA said in a statement: "Surprise! This tour has gone so well that we are coming back out to North America next September with our friends in
LEPROUS and
WHEEL! Of course, singing for
APOCALYPTICA will once more be our dear friend
Franky Perez!
"Our exclusive artist presale launches tomorrow at 10AM local time (of each venue) and runs til 10pm local time on the 28th.
You can access it with the code: CELL0 (Note, that's the number zero, not the letter 'O').
"We're so excited for this!
"See you out there!"
APOCALYPTICA tour dates with
LEPROUS and
WHEEL:
Sep. 06 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
Sep. 07 - Charlotte, NC - Underground
Sep. 08 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
Sep. 09 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage
Sep. 10 - Blue Ridge, VA - Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Sep. 13 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
Sep. 14 - Long Island, NY - Paramount
Sep. 15 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
Sep. 16 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
Sep. 17 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
Sep. 18 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
Sep. 19 - Ft Wayne, IN - Pierres
Sep. 21 - Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
Sep. 22 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life Festival
Sep. 23 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
Sep. 24 - Indianapolis, IN - Vogue
Sep. 25 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles
Sep. 26 - Sauget, IL - Pops
Sep. 27 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
Sep. 28 - Denver, CO - Summit
Sep. 30 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
Oct. 01 - San Diego, CA - Observatory
Oct. 02 - Santa Ana, CA - Observatory
Oct. 04 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
Oct. 05 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
Oct. 06 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
Oct. 07 - Sacramento, CA - Aftershock Festival
Earlier this month,
APOCALYPTICA's
Eicca Toppinen spoke to Mexico's
Summa Inferno about his band's plans for a follow-up to 2020's
"Cell-0" LP. He said: "We have started to talk about the next possible album. But in the meanwhile, we've been recording individual songs so we could release something constantly. So now we have already [planned out the] three next releases after [the recent single]
'I'll Get Through It'. We're gonna have something for the later [part] of the year as well; we're gonna have something for the winter. So we are working on different fields — on the instrumental field, on some special fields and then also on the vocal field.
"I would guess we'll start to write for the new album," he continued. "We've been starting to talk about what it could be, what would be exciting to do for us, but [those discussions have] not [gone] very far yet. Because the mindset is now we're doing the
'Cell-0' tour. And it's not that easy at the same time to get very high inspiration and motivation to write a new album, because writing a new album and recording it is a huge process; it takes a lot of time [and] a lot of energy. So, now we have so much touring that it's not possible to do it now. But I think we [will be] starting on it [soon]."
Released last month,
"I'll Get Through It" was written for
APOCALYPTICA by American award-winning songwriter
Diane Warren. It features
Franky Perez — guest vocalist in
APOCALYPTICA's 2015 record
"Shadowmaker" — as well as
Geezer Butler of
BLACK SABBATH on bass guitar.
The song was born out of a visit
Geezer and
Franky paid to their friend
Diane, who had already written the track
"Not Strong Enough" for
APOCALYPTICA, included in their 2010 record
"7th Symphony".
"
Franky and I were visiting my friend,
Diane Warren, at her studio," commented
Geezer. "She played us this song, saying that she thought it would work well with
Franky's voice. He gave it a try on the spot. We loved it.
Franky then suggested sending it to
APOCALYPTICA. They loved it, and the rest is history."
Perez shared the same feeling of enthusiasm upon hearing the track for the first time. "I knew this song was special from the moment
Diane Warren played it for
Geezer and me," he said. "So much so, that I framed the lyrics from the session the very next day. They have been hanging on my wall ever since. This song speaks to me lyrically which made for an honest performance. Musically, there is no better collaboration than
Geezer and
APOCALYPTICA to do the song the justice it deserves. I feel very fortunate to be a part of it."
"I'll Get Through It" marks the first collaboration between
APOCALYPTICA and
Perez since he sang on
"Shadowmaker", which adds to the excitement for the members of
APOCALYPTICA, according to
Perttu Kivilaakso. "We are more than thrilled working with our great and talented friend
Franky Perez again!" he said. "It's been a while since our previous collaborations in
'Shadowmaker' album and tour, and we are also highly awaiting for getting back on road with him this April all across the States!"
Perttu also added about the song: "
'I'll Get Through It' is a meaningful and beautiful song by an incredible songwriter
Diane Warren, with whom we've also had the pleasure of working with before. We can't wait for you to hear the final result… falling in love again with
Franky's sensual performance,
Geezer's earthshakingly powerful bass, and our wistfully haunting cellos, among the inevitable presence of all the rhythms and groove!
"We hope you'll enjoy the track as much as we do! Gonna be a blast performing it also live!"
2015's
"Shadowmaker" was
APOCALYPTICA's first album to feature just one singer —
Perez — instead of guest collaborators. The disc was recorded with
Grammy Award-winning producer
Nick Raskulinecz (
FOO FIGHTERS,
DEFTONES,
MASTODON).
Prior to enlisting
Perez, who is accompanying
APOCALYPTICA on the band's 2022 North American tour, the group released eight albums that melded the classically trained cello mastery of the three core bandmembers with the harder elements of the rock world, including drums and guest vocalists, such as
Gavin Rossdale from
BUSH, and
Corey Taylor of
SLIPKNOT and
STONE SOUR fame.
APOCALYPTICA's
"The Cell-0 Tour" of North America was set to begin in May 2020 before being moved back to early 2021 and to late summer 2021 and then finally to April/May 2022.
In April 2021,
APOCALYPTICA released the official music video for its collaboration with
PAPA ROACH singer
Jacoby Shaddix on a cover version of the
CREAM classic
"White Room". The track was produced by
Howard Benson at
West Valley Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California and mixed by
Chris Lorde-Alge.
"White Room" was the first release from
APOCALYPTICA since
"Talk To Me", which arrived in August 2020. That song was a collaboration with
HALESTORM frontwoman
Lzzy Hale.
"Cell-0" came out in January 2020. The effort was the band's first fully instrumental record in 17 years.
Back in 2018,
Toppinen stated about
APOCALYPTICA's decision to make an all-instrumental album at this point in the group's career: "On the previous ones, we always combined the instrumental songs with the vocal songs, and it was great to have the featuring artists, it was great to work with
Frank Perez for the
'Shadowmaker' album. But then, on the other hand, it became a bigger interest for us, like, okay, it would be interesting to make a full instrumental album, so there's no compromise with anything."