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XANDRIA Release Seventh Studio Album ‘Theater Of Dimensions’
January 27th, 2017

Bielefeld, Germany-based symphonic metal band Xandria issued seventh full-length studio album Theater Of Dimensions on January 27th, 2017 through Napalm Records.

The outing was recorded at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, Netherlands, and produced by Joost van den Broek. Making guest vocal appearances are the likes of Henning Basse (Firewind), Zaher Zorgati (Myrath), Björn Strid (Soilwork) and Ross Thompson (Van Canto).

The band commented: “After the release of Sacrificium we embarked on our longest tour so far. Over 150 shows that took us around the globe. Through so many different countries and diverse cultures. Through so many different, yet inspiring dimensions. We brought back plenty of memories, sometimes just bits and pieces, but those stuck to our heads. And it made us see who we are and where we wanted to take our music. Made us fearless. Made us push our boundaries once more. Made us cross some so-called genre defining borders. Made us bundle all our trademarks and take them to the next level. All this makes the most colourful Xandria album so far. It contains our most heavy and most emotional moments. Again, producer Joost van den Broek did a phenomenal job capturing the atmosphere down to every detail. A theater of musical Dimensions. Can’t wait to share the songs with you”.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Where The Heart Is Home’
02. ‘Death To The Holy’
03. ‘Forsaken Love’
04. ‘Call Of Destiny’
05. ‘We Are Murderers (We All)’ (feat. Björn Strid)
06. ‘Dark Night Of The Soul’
07. ‘When The Walls Came Down (Heartache Was Born)’
08. ‘Ship Of Doom’ (feat. Ross Thompson)
09. ‘Ceilí’
10. ‘Song For Sorrow And Woe’
11. ‘Burn Me’ (feat. Zaher Zorgati)
12. ‘Queen Of Hearts Reborn’
13. ‘A Theater Of Dimensions’ (feat. Henning Basse)

Theater Of Dimensions’ recording line-up was as follows:

Dianne van Giersbergen (vocals)
Marco Heubaum (guitar)
Philip Restemeier (guitar)
Steven Wussow (bass)
Gerit Lamm (drums)

On September 13th, 2017 it was revealed that Xandria had parted ways with Dutch vocalist Dianne van Giersbergen.

A music video was filmed for the track ‘Call Of Destiny’. Directed and animated by Danny Stirn (Manic Molecule), a music video was also created for the song ‘Ship Of Doom’, featuring guest vocals from Van Canto singer Ross Thompson.

In addition, official lyric videos were created for the songs ‘We Are Murderers (We All)’ and ‘Queen Of Hearts Reborn’. All four clips can also be viewed below.

Sixth studio record Sacrificium was released in May 2014.