ANTHEMS TO THE DEAD TOUR 2014 : UK (PART 2)

Mayhem with guests at the Belgium show last weekend!

EUROPEAN TOUR UPDATE

Having an amazing time so far, 14 shows done, 13 more to come. GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM. ARE YOU READY????!!!!

New bassist announced

Absolva are delighted to announce new bassist Karl Schramm who will take up his new duties from 25th October after the completion of the current European Tour. For more details visit www.absolva.com

European Tour continues

The European Tour continues this week with 5 dates across Poland, Czech Republic & Germany. 

European Tour starts tomorrow!

ABSOLVA "Anthems To The Dead" Tour hits mainland Europe tomorrow, beginning with Arras (France). 28 shows in 7 weeks & joined for the first 3 shows this weekend by labelmates MOTHERLOAD.

See you out there!

Chris, Martin & Luke

Message from Chris Appleton....

Hi guys, I thought I'd best give you an update on what's happening as it's been a very busy week or so at the Absolva base. Everything is going great, Dan has left the band totally amicably, of course you all know my brother Luke Appleton is going to step in for the 2 Scottish Dates and the entire European Tour. We'd like to thank 'Jon Schaffer' of Iced Earth for letting us borrow him. We have decided to put some old 'Fury UK' songs in the setlist, aswell as songs from Absolva albums 'Flames of Justice' & 'Anthems to the Dead'. This tour will be Absolva's most extensive headline tour to date. As for new bass player, I've had many applicants come in and there a few which I think will be front runners in the audition process which I will be holding in the next 2 weeks before the tour. If anyone else is interested in applying, please email me : chris_apps2000@yahoo.co.uk

Just want to thank every single one of you guys, our fans for the love & support you give us throughout everything. It's business as usual for Absolva, we 'Never Back Down'. See you on the road.

Regards
Chris

Looking forward to hooking up with Luke Appleton of Iced Earth

Looking forward to hooking up with our metal brother Luke Appleton of Iced Earth, who plays bass for us in Scotland this month & then on tour across Europe in September-October.

It's gonna be fun choosing the setlist with the Fury UK line-up re-united for this tour.

ABSOLVA - SHORT RE-CAP ON TONIGHTS' NEWS

So, the past hour has been a roller-coaster! Just a quick re-cap on our news....

Dan Bate has left Absolva, amicably.
Luke Appleton comes in on bass with Absolva just for one tour, so we have the old Fury UK line-up playing together again.... Chris, Martin & Luke.
Luke continues in Iced Earth. Our thanks to Jon Schaffer for his kind permission for Luke to help us out. 
Absolva carries on now & in the future, & we'll soon be auditioning for a new permanent bassist.
Also, we should mention regarding the Blaze Bayley touring band - Dan will play one last show this weekend in Crete, after which Luke will also be playing in this band for a short term.

www.absolva.com

Doug Scarratt of Saxon & Luke Appleton of Iced Earth to join Absolva onstage at SOS Festival

Absolva launches French & German websites

Absolva launches French & German websites. These are fan-driven sites, with the German site up & running for a while now & our thanks go out to Ela Wyns for this. Meanwhile, Alain & Sylvie De Greef provided the necessary translations for the new French site. Click on the links below to view these sites....

FRANCE

GERMANY

Thanks to Philippe Bermon for this photograph

Yet more excellent review comments for the new album!

Yet more excellent review comments for the latest ABSOLVA album "Anthems To The Dead".... "The band has carved out their own distinctive sound that immediately makes them identifiable.... a killer record" >>>> themayfairmallzine.com

Video : "Only When It's Over" Live In Paris

Welcome metalheads!

Welcome metalheads to the brand new blog for British metal band ABSOLVA