Update from the IF camp!
We are now entering the final phase of songwriting for the forth coming album (yet untitled). However, before we enter the studio, we have two confirmed gigs, both in Copenhagen. The first gig will be the band’s tenth year anniversary celebration, and in that occasion we have teamed up with the members from the original line-up, who will be performing with us on stage. Secondly we will be performing at the Copenhagen metal Festival along with a lot of great bands, among them Evergrey and 1349. For the exact dates check the Dates section.Posted 6-02-2010 00:39 cet
Attention all Iron Heads!
Unfortunately the previously announced show at ProgPower Scandinavia (25/09-09)
has been canceled.
– In fact the entire ProgPower has been cancelled. This is not our decision and we are very disappointed that we won’t be able to bust your heads in with
Heavy fuckin’ Metal \m/. (details here)
Otherwise things are progressing as planned. Songwriting is coming along as expected. We are very psyched about the new material and looking forward to present it to you!!!
Stay Rockin’
Posted 17-08-2009 01:32 cet
News from the Stronghold!Hallo Metal Heads,
What’s up with the "To The Grave" tour?
- Well, due to financial circumstances we are sorry to say that we have no plans for touring right now. It is certainly not a situation we like in any way, but we are still working on being able to hit the road some time later this year…
So be sure to catch us at the shows already scheduled for this summer.At the moment we are working on some new songs that will be following an even darker and more sophisticated path than "To The Grave".
Furthermore, we will soon have new T-Shirts for all you hungry IF bangers out there…If you are on facebook and haven’t signed up already, be sure to joins us here too!
That's all for now!“Enjoy the summer with Metal and Beers”
Kill For Metal
/Iron FirePosted 29-05-2009 02:45 cet
Gig/Video Update!
Iron Fire has now been confirmed for the following shows:
Metal Royal April 8th - 2009
Progpower Scandinavia September 25/26 – 2009Please note that Marc Masters’s profile has been added to the members section of the website.
Furthermore we have posted two new videos on youtube, produced by former guitar player Kristian Iversen. Follow the links below to check them out.The Making Of To The Grave
Bridges Will BurnPosted 15-03-2009 00:16 cet
Announcement!
We are very proud to present to you, our new addition to the ranks of IRON FIRE:
Marc Masters.
He will be taking over JJ’s spot in the Iron Legion and he has trusted his axe in the battle for true Power Metal.Posted 18-01-2009 01:01 cet
Hey IronHeads!
Please note, the guestbook is up & running again!
So for all friends of the band, please feel free to drop by and leave a note…Posted 17-01-2009 13:31 cet
Hey Ironheads
We hope that you all had a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Here, in the beginning of the new year, we are very proud to present our new album “To the Grave”.
Even though this is a little behind schedule the album is finally out!
Thank you for your patience. Hope you will enjoy it, ‘cause this one’s for you!
- So what’s up now?…We are planning a tour supporting the new album, hopefully worldwide, so stay tuned for further updates.Posted 09-01-2009 01:23 cet
Release Party update!
In order to gain free access to the release party, send a mail containing only the full name of you and your buddies to this address: ironfirereleaseparty@yahoo.dk and your name(s) will be added to the guest list.
The festivities will commence at 21:00 – Late.Venue: The Rock, Skindergade 45-47, 1159 København K – Still lost?…
Site map
Posted 21-12-2008 00:21 cet
Official Invitation.
To celebrate the release of the upcoming album “To the Grave”, Iron Fire would like to invite you to participate in our release party. An evening of Metal \m/. Since this also happens to be Steene’s birthday, we will be celebrating this as well.
The entertainment of the night will be, DJ Evilsyde hittin’ the metal records, and when everybody has arrived, the new album will be played for the very first time. Later on, we will be taking on the stage and perform some of the new material, and of course some of the classics as well.
We will provide free entrance, a night of metal to remember, and the opportunity to buy the new album prior to the official release date at a favorable price.
So, there is no need to hesitate. We will welcome you all, Friday the 9th of January at “The Rock”.
For further details about the venue, please follow this link.Posted 13-12-2008 00:17 cet
Hey Metalheads
We have finally finished the new album TO THE GRAVE and we are psyched to announce that the release has been confirmed for the following dates:
07.01.2009 – Finland
09.01.2009 – G/A/S (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) & Sweden & France & Italy & Benelux
12.01.2009 – Rest of Europe
27.01.2009 – USA / CAPosted 01-11-2008 01:01 cet
We are sorry to announce that we will not be a part of Canarias Hard & Heavy Meeting after all.
We see no need to go into further details about our cancellation.
But we hope that all who attend this great event will have a fantastic time.
We will do whatever we can to show up next year and smash your skull with true fucking Metal.Posted 30-10-2008 23:58 cet
Prior to the release of the new album, yet untitled, IronFire will be kicking ass at the
CANARIAS HARD & HEAVY MEETING Festival, December 5th & 6th 2008 \m/
Follow this link for more information.Posted 25-09-2008 22:57 cet
Hey Metalheads
Join the Iron Legion \m/
Follow this link to sign up!Posted 04-09-2008 20:19 cet
Finally! The initial recordings for the forth coming album will commence from this month on.
We are looking forward to a release date sometime early 2009!
Thanks for your support.
Iron Fire
Posted 06-06-2008 22:17 cet
15/1-08
Hello Metal heads, we hope you all have had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Now that the Tour of Triumph is over, we would like to thank all who came to our shows, for making it the best tour for us so far, and also give a big thanks to U.D.O, Primal Fear and crew. We will now be spending the next 2-3 months, writing the last couple of songs for the fourth coming album which, if everything goes as planned, will hit the streets late autumn 2008.
Thank you all for your support in 2007!
Iron Fire
20/10-07
Unfortunately Iron Fire has to announce that we will not be supporting Primal Fear in Finland on their fourth coming European tour. Instead Iron Fire will be relieved by Finnish SINAMORE.
We will of course do anything in our power to make it up to you guys in Finland.
The "Tour Triumph” will be carried out as planned.
For further details, check out the gigs section
21/9-07
Tour update!
IronFire will be touring Europe this fall along with German powermetallers
Primal Fear and legendary U.D.O. from November 11th – December 21th.
Check out the specific dates and venue details at the gig section!
Brotherhood unite - Join the Iron Legion.
At this location!
9/9-07
Photos
The Photo gallery is now available…check it out!
31/8-07
Iron Fire and Jens B no more…
After 3 years and 2 albums, Jens B has due to family issues, decided to leave Iron Fire.
Although we have known this for some time now we did not want to announce this officially, before we were absolutely sure that we had the right replacement for Jens. After months of auditions we finally found the Danish Metal machine with the German sounding name, Fritz Wagner. He will be the new drummer of Iron Fire.
Now we are focusing on writing new songs and getting prepared for the upcomming "Tour of Triumph", which will be hitting the roads, some time later this year.
We wish Jens the best of luck in the future, with his family and his other bands, and we welcome Fritz Wagner into the brotherhood.
Iron Fire
25/8-07
The new website is now up and running!
Hope that you will enjoy cruising around.
As you will notice it has been upgraded with a lot of new stuff. Please note that the photo section will be available very soon.
Thank you for your support…We really appreciate that.
19/5-07
Releaseparty for Blade Of Triumph! We will hold a releaseparty on the 30´th of June at Lades Kælder. More info for this evening will follow soon. Thanks to all of you that kicked ass with us on the last gig with Kamelot! Also we can present the first ratings on the new album check it out on the ratings page.
12/4-07
Release date for BLADE OF TRIUMPH! Hey all, We finally got the release date for the next album so here it goes. 29´th of June in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 2´th of July in the rest of the world.
29/3-07
New gig! Iron Fire are going too support Kamelot on stage on the 17´th of May at The Rock in Copenhagen! For tickets and information check out www.the-rock.dk or www.billetlugen.dk
30/12-06
Happy New Year! Hi one and all, Thanks for the support in 2006 and we hope too see all of you on the road next year. Happy New Year too all of you!
21/12-06
Birth of a new opus pt. II
Hey there everyone! I know, I know ... it's been quite a while since you heard from us. Guess you're dying to get some updates on our new album? As you may recall Kirk and I began to lay down our solos for the new album late in October. It all worked out pretty well, I think.
As some of you might know, this is my very first album, and I can tell you that working with Kirk has been a really great experience. He has this great ability to tell you in a polite way, when you suck and when you don't. Thanks dude! Anyway, we recorded our solos and had great fun all along! At the same time Steene laid down his vocal tracks. Early November I went to Hellfire Studios to listen to some of the tracks, and it almost blew me away. First and foremost because Martin has pushed his vocals to a higher level higher than on the "Revenge" album. Secondly the electrifying choir arrangements simply give me the chills! Listening to tracks like "Dawn of Victory", "Steel Invaders" and "Dragonheart" really thrilled my ears. So get ready to get blown away! On November 15th we took a break from recording and played a 45-minute set, supporting Glenn Hughes in Amager Bio. We played a few tracks from "Revenge" and some oldies from "Thunderstorm" and "On the Edge". We also played two new tracks "Lord of the Labyrinth" and "Jackal's Eye" and they were enthusiastically received by the audience.
Late November it was time for Lund to record the bass … there's not much to be said, really. The guy knows his shit. So in a few days the recording was near completion and in the beginning of December Kirk added some keyboard in his home studio. Right now (December 18th) Frederik Nordström is mixing the whole thing at Fredman Studios in Gothenburg, and we should get the album early January 2007! Then we're going to do a mastering at Media Sound in Copenhagen, and artwork, track list etc. will be posted on line in January. The new album will be titled “Blade of Triumph” and it will be released by Napalm Records in April. So be warned and be aware!
See y'all!Cheers
J.J.
17/12-06
Update! Hi there, You can now buy Iron Fire´s Revenge album at Legal Download.
21/11-06
Pictures! There is new pics from the studio on the photo page, check them out!
27/10-06
Gig! Iron Fire can now present the first show in almost a year, and it is going to be as a support act to Glenn Hughes at Amager bio on the 15´th of November. This may be the only show Iron Fire will do in Denmark this year so be sure to be there! Doors open at 19:00. In other news Iron Fire are well on the way with the new record and things are really sounding great (it´s the best Iron Fire album I ever heard!).
14/10-06
Studio Report!
Birth of a new opus part I!
It's been months since you last heard from the IF camp. "No concerts, no news, no nothing. What's happening?" you might ask yourself. Well, we're in the process of creating the heaviest Iron Fire record to date! Jens finished the drumtracks early in september in Earplug Studios in Copenhagen (1/9-5/9). He checked in Thursday to set up his gear, change the drumheads and get the right sound. The first day went as planned, and in the evening Jens finished a real doomsday-like tune "Dawn of Victory". Hopefully it'll blast your ears off! Saturday went as scheduled, and the entire band (except me, I was laid down with a flu) went to The Rock, Copenhagen's one and only true rock club!, to catch another fine Danish Power Metal act, Manticora, in action! Sunday, Monday and Tuesday went fine (expect some wrong click tracks on a few songs, which Kirk fixed), and Jens really did an excellent job playing his heart and soul out. Everything was now ready for the recording of the rhythm guitars which Kirk and I recorded in Kirk’s studio ”Area51” in Birkerød, a suburb North of Copenhagen. But first we recorded the album's acoustic song at Earplug Studios. I laid down most of the acoustic guitar tracks, and then, a few weeks later, Kirk added some great guitar parts at the end of the song. Martin got the vocal down and everything really went cool, lots of fun, lots of red wine… There will be a guest appearance on this song, and I promise you, it's gonna be really interesting! By the way, did you know how close you can make a box of salt sound like whiskers? Then it was time for the rhythm guitar. We decided to use a Schecther Diamond Series for the rhythm tracks to make them sound as tight as possible. And it really worked out fine.
"Island of Damnation" really gave me a rough time. (Be warned all you Running Wild fans out there!). It took me nearly one day to record that piece. Kirk had to re-record another song, when he realized that we weren't in tune (muahahahaha!), “Nothing more to say about this, really”. Kirk would lend me some of his horror movies, by the way, I'd almost forgotten how great "Army of Darkness" is. Oh, anyway ... we got the rhythm tracks down, so "the Martins" could begin to lay down vocals and bass. Kirk and I have just begun to record some solos, and you can read much more about that in a couple of weeks!
As for the live news, there are currently no live shows for Iron Fire, not till 2007, but you can vote for us to play at Roskilde Festival (www.roskilde-festival.dk) and Sweden Rock Festival (www.swedenrock.com). As soon as we know something we'll let you know! Meanwhile if you live in Copenhagen (or nearby) check Martin Steene and Martin Lund's new band, Nighlight, playing it's very first concert at The Rock 11th of November. For more information check out www.the-rock.dk and certainly not www.the-rock.com (oink)!
Stay heavy out there!Cheers
J.J.
15/8-06
Words from Steene! Hail all my fellow warriors.. The time has come for the recording of a new Iron Fire album; we are starting on the first of September and will be mixing in late December. The mix will be done by Fredrik Nordstrom at Fredman Studio. This will be the first Iron Fire album without Tommy Hansen behind the mixing disk, Its a scary thing for me personally to do a production without Tommy witch has become a big part of the Iron Fire family over the years but we had an opening with Fredrik and we tuck it, we hope and think that he will push our sound to new heights. Another thing witch will be new on the next album is that there will be 3 songs written by Kirk Backarach And 1 song written by Martin Lund, it is the first time in Iron Fire history that I share song writing and I'm sure it will bring new and fresh energy to our music. We will try to bring you some photos and studio reports along the way of the recording and revile album and song titles. So stay tuned for a little look inside the dungeon where we create the fourth Iron Fire opus. As for the our cancelling at the Dragonforce show in Copenhagen I would like to point out that we had nothing to do with that, it was all a big and embarrassing mistake from the Booker. We hope to make up for it some time soon. That's all for now, until next time yours in blood and steelMartin Steene
9/8-06
The Rock! Iron Fire are very sorry to inform all of you out there, that Iron Fire wont support Dragonforce at The Rock at the 26´th of October. We will try to make it up to all of you with a headline show as soon as we can!
23/7-06
GIG! We can now present the first gig in a long time, Iron Fire is going to support Dragonforce at The Rock in Copenhagen Denmark at the 26´th of October. for details see the gigs page.
10/7-06
My Space! Metalheads, Iron Fire is now on My Space.com go and check it out at http://www.myspace.com/officialironfire
9/7-06
The Saga Of Caine! Here it is Iron heads we now have a link up on our home page with the story and concept behind Revenge, due to different circumstances the story did not make the booklet but now you have the chance to dive into the world that the lyrics are based on. A little fiction story that are inspired by the struggle that me and Kirk went trough in the past 4 years leading up to our current line up and the signing with Napalm Records. The record and the lyrics are made in such way that you don't need the concept story to understand what its all about, it just gives you a closer look into what went on in my head when i wrote those lyrics. I would like to thank my old friend Anders Power Jørgensen for helping me making it all sound more like understandable English:) And Kirk for all the cozy evenings with to much red vine, discussing the hole concept while we where blasting the sound track form The lord of the rings out in my old apartment. My brothers and sisters of metal i give you The Saga of Caine.Enjoy.
Martin Steene
24/6-06
Steene Talks! Hey Iron heads here is a little up date from the dark dungeons of Copenhagen. We have been laying pretty low on the live performance side since we came home from touring with Demon and Seven witches,and there is a reason for it.. We have decided to concentrate fully on writing new material to the next Ironfire album and have been locked away in the rehearsal room for months now. The songs are almost done and we will start pre production within a few weeks. And what can you expect, well we will continue the path of Revenge, the no bull shit metal that we do. There will be songs going in different directions this time but nothing drastic just a little Regay and Samba, Just kidding:) Don't worry it will be full blown warrior metal to the bone.. If everything goes as planed(witch it never does in this band:) we will enter the studio in September.. Maby we will do one Show in Copenhagen later this year if it dosent collide with recording. And yes i know we haven't been playing Denmark for a while, but we will do all we can to make up for it after the release of our next album some time early next year. That's all for now. Hail to the hammer of metal and to Danish beer:)Cheers
Martin Steene
Tour Pics!
I have uploded some pics from Beibob in Beliguim, taken by Nico. You can see them here Tour Pics.
The Rock!
Iron Fire is not going to play as support act to Metal Church at the rock 10´th of june. You should always check our Gig page for confirmed gigs.
Tour ends!
Iron Fire is back home after a very good tour. We had a blast and kicked ass every night, a big thanks to Demon and Seven Witches those guys are amazing.
Ratings!
The first ratings are starting to drop in and so far it´s looking good. Check them out on the ratings page.
Iron Fire on Tour!
Iron Fire will tour europe in April along with Demon (UK), Seven Witches (US) and Axtra (Italy). Check out the Gigs page for contrys and dates.
Attention all Ironheads!
We are happy to announce that we are finally done recording our new album, BLADE OF TRIUMPH and that we all feel that is the greatest album we’ve done so far. What we need now, is the final cover detail. As soon as it is ready, we will of course up date you with the artwork and a release date.
