Orden Ogan I Tour of Fear

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ORDEN OGAN is an absolute highlight of the power metal scene and an integral part of the international metal scene.

This is no coincidence, but the result of a rare combination of quality and hard work. Since their debut "Vale" (2008), ORDEN OGAN have gone from being an insider's tip to a force to be reckoned with. With their latest record "Final Days", the band reached number 3 (!) in the official German album charts in 2021 and has over half a million monthly listeners on Spotify. A new record, but just another logical step for the band. Now their latest, quasi-self-titled epic "The Order Of Fear" is here - and continues the saga of ORDEN OGAN with a particularly triumphant lesson in dark power metal.

The seventh record from the Sauerland-based band led by mastermind Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann is a triumphant triumph, a lesson in fact: a record that bangs like rarely before and is probably the heaviest ORDEN OGAN have ever unleashed. "The album is much more pared down," agrees Seeb. "To the point. Therefore also more metallic, more direct and much more 'real'." The guitars are more in the foreground, but it's not quite possible without orchestral elements," he laughs.

"The Order of Fear" fits seamlessly into the band's impressive catalog: less progressive than "Easton Hope", less poppy than "Final Days" and heavier than "To The End". It fills a gap with shorter, catchy songs. And Seeb can write songs, as the last few years have shown more than impressively: Anthems such as "Gunman" or "The Things We Believe In" each get around 15 million clicks on Spotify.

Nevertheless, the creation of "The Order of Fear" was no easy task, as Seeb recalls: "At the beginning of composing, we were at an impasse. We knew where we wanted to go, but we weren't really making any progress." Then came the really amazing twist: a hardcore fan from Uruguay caught the band's attention with his great cover versions of ORDEN-OGAN songs. Seeb comments: "One phone call later, it was clear that we would compose together. This guy is crazy, he breathes ORDEN OGAN and immediately knew what we had in mind for "The Order of Fear"." A Hollywood story ready for the movies.

There are ten tracks on "The Order Of Fear", three of which feature parts by him. For Seeb, it was a unique opportunity to see his band through different eyes - and for ORDEN OGAN, it was a much-needed outside perspective. After that, the knot burst, followed by a veritable explosion of good ideas. "The rest practically wrote itself. It was clear to me all along where I wanted to go, I just didn't see the way there beforehand." After the corona crisis, which resulted in two canceled headlining tours for ORDEN OGAN (with the supports "Grave Digger" and "Rage" and "Brothers of Metal" and "Wind Rose"), this was a real liberating blow.

A beast of a record lurks behind a grandiose artwork by Dan Goldsworthy, featuring numerous references to earlier album covers. A manifesto of dark power metal that continues the dark story of the cursed protagonist Alister Vale. "The story we told on our earlier albums has long since developed a life of its own," says Seeb. "It has now become a real lore, but outside of the lyrics, it hasn't been written down yet."

Until now: "It all started in 2008 on our debut "Vale"," the mastermind elaborates. "The eponymous protagonist lives in a dark parallel world and is a member of a circle of Aris-tocrats who, disguised as a kind of government, pursue dark machinations behind closed doors. Believing he is doing good, Vale smashes the circle, but is cursed for it and must wander forever as a consequence. However, everything he leaves behind also perishes. Our 2015 album "Ravenhead" is about the monastery of the same name, where the ancient monks of the ORDEN OGAN reside. This is where Vale searches for answers."

And that is just the beginning: far away from this monastery, there is a more radical splinter group of the ORDEN OGAN, the Order of Fear. "Vale hears the 'call' of this order," continues Seeb. "Voices in his head tell him that they can free him from his curse. So he sets off on the long journey there with his old companion Abel. The monks explain to him that the only way to break the curse is to commit an even more heinous act than the one that was done to him: He is to spill the blood of his one true friend by moonlight. A philosophical question: does the suffering of the many outweigh the suffering of the individual? Vale unceremoniously beheads his companion and then has to realize that he has been deceived. The curse is not broken, but intensifies. It was never the Order's intention to help Vale, but to turn the power of the curse against humanity in order to destroy it." How does it end? We can only find out with the whole album.

This cinematic story is told in ten massive songs, but will soon also be available in a reading version via ORDEN OGAN's official fan club. The gruesome tale is perfectly accompanied by some of the greatest anthems this band has written to date. The ballad "My Worst Enemy", the brute "The Order of Fear", "Moon Fire" with its blistering riffs or the crashing "Kings of the Underworld" make the story vivid, while two special tracks refer to the band's history. "The Long Darkness" comes from the 2017 "Gunmen" sessions, while "Anthem to the Darksi-de" even goes back to the band's school days. "I've wanted to re-record this song for years and now it's finally happened," comments the band founder. "We wouldn't write a number like that today, but it still feels right and like ORDEN OGAN in context. Besides," he adds, "it fits perfectly thematically."

"The Order of Fear" was recorded at Seeb's Greenman Studios (www.greenman-studios.de) with the unchanged line-up of Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann (vocals), Pat-rick Sperling (guitar), Niels Löffler (guitar), Steven Wussow (bass) and Dirk Meyer-Berhorn (drums). Mixing and mastering was done by Seeb himself, as with the previous albums.

In April, ORDEN OGAN presents the first new singles on a tour with Feuerschwanz. On 05.07.2024 ORDEN OGAN release "The Order Of Fear" at the Rock Harz Festival. After an extremely busy festival summer, they will then go on headline tour in early 2025! One thing is already certain: The future belongs to ORDEN OGAN.

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