Visions of Atlantis have just announced via Facebook that a new Live Album, “Pirates Over Wacken”, will be released on March 31 2023. The news of the release was apparently delayed due to the band currently (and perhaps somewhat appropriately) sailing the Caribbeans on the 70000tons of Metal Cruise.
The first single from the album, “Pirates will Return”, has already been revealed and can be watched below. You can pre-order the album here. A special release party in a vinyl pressing plant is also planned.
According to the band:
“There is something purely magical about Wacken Open Air. Maybe it is the collective belief that this is the Holy Ground of Heavy Metal. Maybe it simply is, the Holy Ground of Heavy Metal. Maybe this casts a specific energy around the stages and the fields of this special German town.
We didn’t miss to feel this magic, while shouting the name “WACKEN” out loud on stage or while looking around and seeing thousands of people, at peace, loving being there and sharing this together.
It was very special to us again, as if it wasn’t our first time playing WACKEN. We got overcome with emotion several times during the show. There was so much we wanted to say. We felt empowered as a artists and human beings. WACKEN is ones of these grounds where you feel you can change the world. Watching this crowd and talking to them on that very day felt like never before and we will remember it forever.
Nothing lasts forever but memories do. Thank you WACKEN for having made us a part of your legend.”
Visions of Atlantis
Don’t forget to catch the band on one of the below dates:
Pirates Over North America tour w/ The Spider Accomplice
07.02.23 US – Los Angeles, CA / 1720
11.02.23 US – Seattle, WA / El Corazon
13.02.23 US – Denver, CO / The Oriental Theater
14.02.23 US – Minneapolis, MN / The Cabooze
15.02.23 US – Chicago, IL / WC Social Club
16.02.23 US – Detroit, MI / The Sanctuary
17.02.23 US – Pittsburgh, PA / Black Forge
19.02.23 US – Rochester, NY / Montage Music Hall
20.02.23 CA – Quebec City, QC / L’Anti Bar & Spectacles
21.02.23 US – Boston, MA / Upstairs
22.02.23 US – Brooklyn, NY / The Meadows
23.02.23 US – Clifton, NJ / Dingbatz
24.02.23 US – Atlantic City, NJ / Anchor Rock Club
25.02.23 US – Chapel Hill, NC / Local 506
26.02.23 US – Spartanburg, SC / Ground Zero
28.02.23 US – Dallas, TX / Amplified Live
01.03.23 US – Austin, TX / Come And Take It Live
03.03.23 US – Phoenix, AZ / The Rebel Lounge
04.03.23 US –Las Vegas, NV / Backstage Bar & Billiards
05.03.23 US – San Diego, CA / Brick By Brick
Pirates Over Europe tour
/w Autumn Bride
31.03.23 AT – Austrovinyl Werk2 Fehring (Special Release Party)
04.02.23 DE – Cham / L.A.
05.04.23 IT – Bologna / Alchemica
06.04.23 CH – Monthey / Pont Rouge
07.04.23 FR – Montpellier / Secret Place
08.04.23 FR – Toulouse / L’usine A Musique
10.04.23 PT – Lisbon / RCA Club
11.04.23 ES – Mos-Pontevedra / Sala Rebullon
12.04.23 ES – Madrid / Revi Live
13.04.23 ES – Vitoria / Urban Rock Concept
15.04.23 BE – Gent / JH Asgaard
16.04.23 NL – Amersfoort / Fluor
18.04.23 DE – Aschaffenburg / Colos Saal
19.04.23 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage
20.04.23 DE – Essen / Turock
21.04.23 DE – Hanover / Musikzentrum
22.04.23 DE – Nuremberg / Der Cult
23.04.23 AT – Klagenfurt / Volxhaus
