Metal Anarchy

Witherfall have announced that they will be releasing a new EP titled “Vintage” on March 22. The effort will feature covers, acoustic tracks, and more. Pre-orders can be found HERE.

“Vintage” Track Listing:

01. “Vintage Medley” (“Vintage I”, “Nobody Sleeps Here…”, and “Vintage II”)
02. “A Tale That Wasn’t Right” (Helloween cover)
03. “Ode To Despair” (acoustic)
04. “The Long Walk Home (December)”
05. “I Won’t Back Down” (Tom Petty cover)
06. “Vintage” (album version)

The band commented:

“During the sessions for A Prelude To Sorrow, two cover songs were recorded that showed a different side of Witherfall, originally intended to be bonus tracks. A dark and somber version of Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ with vocals recorded with Michael Wagener (Metallica, Skid Row) and an epic version of the Helloween classic ‘A Tale That Wasn’t Right’. With the announcement of the Sonata Arctica Acoustic Adventures tour, it was decided to release these covers along with a few acoustic renditions of favorite Witherfall tracks.

Along with new keyboardist Alex Nasla and session percussionist James “Timbali” Cornwell (Smokey Robinson, Earth Wind & Fire ), Joseph Michael, Jake Dreyer and Anthony Crawford retreated to Harmony Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA (Adele, Miley Cyrus) armed with acoustic guitars and bottles of wine to start working on acoustic arrangements for the tour. The sessions were fruitful and two acoustic versions of past Witherfall songs were recorded: a medley of ‘Vintage’ and ‘Nobody Sleeps Here…’ (originally on “Nocturnes and Requiems”) and an alternate arrangement of ‘Ode to Despair’. Instead of keeping these as secrets and finally making the rare ‘The Long Walk Home (December)’ also available to an audience outside of Japan, the Vintage EP offers a collection of music that shows another dimension of the Witherfall sound.”