FOZZY HITS THE BILLBOARD CHARTS!

NEW ALBUM DO YOU WANNA START A WAR

NOTCHES THE BANDS' HIGHEST CHART DEBUT ON THE BILLBOARD 200,

ROCK ALBUMS, HARD ROCK ALBUMS, AND INDIE ALBUMS CHARTS!

CHRIS JERICHO TO HOST A REDDIT AMA MONDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 3:30PM ET

Fozzy's new studio album Do You Wanna Start A War (Century Media Records) makes its debut on the Billboard charts today recording the band's highest chart debut on the Billboard 200 at #54 while also notching several major milestone debuts including #20 Rock Albums, #10 Independent Albums, and #9 Hard Rock Albums. Retailer, Best Buy, is carrying an exclusive version that includes a free Fozzy bandana bundled with the CD. Get it in your local store or online at http://smarturl.it/DYWSAWBBY. The bands' single "Lights Go Out" continues its rise at radio where it is currently Top 40 at Active Rock. Fozzy recently announced their first round of U.S. tour dates as they take to the road with Theory of a Deadman later this summer. A complete list of confirmed Fozzy tour dates and WWE dates, following Chris Jericho's recent return to wrestling, are listed below.

Chris Jericho recently announced he will host a Reddit AMA on Monday, August 4 at 3:30pm eastern. Everyone is welcome to join in the online Q&A session, as Chris will be interacting with and answering questions directly from fans at www.reddit.com/r/IAmA.

Led by the inimitable duo of guitarist Rich Ward, co-founder of the influential underground band Stuck Mojo, and vocalist Chris Jericho, famed WWE superstar and media personality, the band Fozzy recently released their new album Do You Wanna Start A War. Their sixth studio effort since 2000, Do You Wanna Start A War is the bands follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 release Sin and Bones. Featuring 12-tracks, the new album includes the debut single "Lights Go Out," alongside the title track and the return of the Theremin in "Bad Tattoo."

As described by Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour, "Do You Wanna Start A War is dark, dense and sharp. Sonically and lyrically, this feels like it's going somewhere big. I love it!" Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides calls the album "a full on assault! Excellently crafted songs, screaming guitars and soaring vocals! FOZZY have raised the bar and are ready to usher in a new era in rock and roll!"

Over the years, Fozzy has shared the stage with such music luminaries as Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Steel Panther, Shinedown, and many others. The band recently wrapped their spring tour performing across the country winning over thousands of fans at festivals including Rock on the Range, Carolina Rebellion, and Rockfest before crossing the Atlantic and winding down on the main stage of the Download Festival in the UK.
Fozzy is Chris Jericho on vocals, Rich Ward on guitars and vocals, Frank Fontsere on drums, Billy Grey on guitars, and Paul Di Leo on bass.

 

SABATON: New Album Debuts on Billboard Top 200

Heroes, the seventh studio release by Swedish heavy metallers & avid war historians SABATON – who devastated stages in the U.S. and Canada this past April & May as direct support for Iced Earth – has debuted at #99 on the American Billboard Top 200 album chart and at #105 on the Canadian Billboard Top 200 album chart.  Heroes also holds the #7 position on the American Hard Rock/Metal chart and #11 on the Canadian Hard Rock/Metal chart.

“More great news!” exclaims an enthused Pär Sundström from Sweden, who is the band’s bass player and one of SABATON’s founding members.  “We can feel that there is something going on in North America for SABATON and this proves that hard touring pays off.  We are proud, happy, and extremely thankful to all of you who supported us over the years. Heroes has reached higher positions in every country than anything we’ve done before.”

Worldwide first week chart positions for Heroes include:

#1 – Sweden
#2 – Finland
#3 – Germany
#4 – Czech Republic
#6 – Poland
#7 – Switzerland
#11 – Austria
#13 – Norway
#99 – United States
#105 - Canada

SABATON will be returning to North America this September with Amon Amarth & Skeletonwitch for a thirty-five show “Deceiver Of The Gods” tour that includes nine performances in Canada.  Tour dates and pre-sale ticket links can be found here.

Heroes was recorded at Abyss Studios with Peter Tägtgren (CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS, IMMORTAL); album art was created by Péter Sallai.  Album bundles – which include the CD & a t-shirt with exclusive artwork for North America – plus the import digi-pak, import vinyl, import earbook & earbook deluxe versions can all be ordered from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop: http://smarturl.it/SABATON-Heroes-Order

Watch the official video for “To Hell And Back” on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/hZNeastYxEc

Lyric video for “Resist And Bite”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGtEH1i78sI

Fans can download the FREE SABATON Smartphone App from Google Play and the AppStore.

ABOUT SABATON:

Formed in Falun, Sweden in 1999, the band is best known for singing almost exclusively about historical wars & battles, a direction SABATON members decided to take on after watching the 1999 Academy Award-winning film Saving Private Ryan.  “For us it means a lot more to write about historical events than to make up stories,” says bassist Pär Sundström, one of the main songwriters.  The band thoroughly researches their topics to ensure the songs paint accurate & objective portraits of the historical event they’re singing about, which are narrated from an omniscient point-of-view or in first-person as a soldier caught in the line of fire.  Like their home country, SABATON aims to remain politically neutral in their role as musical war historians. Heroes marks the band’s first appearance on the American Billboard Top 100.

SABATON is:

Joakim Brodén – Lead Vocals
Thobbe Englund – Lead Guitar
Chris Rörland – Lead Guitar
Pär Sundström - Bass
Hannes Van Dahl - Drums

SABATON Official Headquarters is online at www.SABATON.net.

Like: www.facebook.com/SABATON

Follow: twitter.com/SABATON

Watch: www.YouTube.com/SABATON