SANCTUARY Announce New Guitarist Nick Cordle For European Tour

The 2014 comeback album The Year The Sun Died from legendary Seattle band, Sanctuary, took the metal world by storm. The four original band members Warrel Dane (vocals, ex-Nevermore), Lenny Rutledge (guitars), Jim Sheppard (bass, ex-Nevermore) and Dave Budbill (drums) proved to be still on top of the game with an album that pleased every old fan without sounding old fashioned.

Now, Sanctuary announce the next chance to witness old and new songs live in Europe. The tour starts with a very special show in London before they join the mighty Overkill on a couple of mainland shows while finishing the trip with two headlining gigs in Greece.

The live lineup will be completed by the guitar talent of Nick Cordle. Lenny Rutledge comments: “Brad Hull has recently parted ways with Sanctuary. We are excited to welcome Nick Cordle from Arch Enemy and Arsis to the Sanctuary team. Nick is an amazing musician and we believe he will bring a fresh energy to the lineup. You can see Nick Cordle with Sanctuary this March touring Europe on the Killfest tour.”

Nick Cordle: “It’ll be a great pleasure to join Sanctuary on tour in Europe! I’ve admired the band for a long time and The Year The Sun Died is a breath of fresh air.  It’s a welcome challenge to work up these songs and I’m excited to get moving!”

Tour dates:

March
3 – London, England – Underworld
4 – Braunschweig, Germany – Meiers Music Hall*
5 – Leipzig, Germany – Hell Raiser*
6 – Memmingen, Germany – Kaminwerk*
7 – Worgl, Austria – Komma Vz*
8 – Vienna, Austria – Szene*
9 – Beograd, Serbia – Dom Omladine*
10 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Kino Sisak*
11 – Zagreb, Croatia – Tvornica*
13 – Budapest, Hungary – Club 202*
14 – Katowice, Poland – Mega Club*
15 – Gdansk, Poland – B90*
17 – Zwolle, Netherlands Hedon*
18 – Metz, France – Les Trinitaires*
20 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Eightball Club
21 – Athens, Greece – Gagarin205

* supporting Overkill

The Year The Sun Died was released on October 6th in Europe and October 14th in North America and features 11 tracks. The album landed at #13 on the BravePicks 2014 list.

There is a deluxe media book, available exclusively at CM Distro in the United States, which features expanded packaging and the bonus track, “Waiting For The Sun”, originally recorded by The Doors. The vinyl version comes with a CD featuring this bonus track as well.

The Year The Sun Died album artwork was created by Travis Smith (Opeth, Nevermore).

The 11 songs on the CD and LP are as follows:

“Arise And Purify”
“Let The Serpent Follow Me”
“Exitium (Anthem Of The Living)”
“Question Existence Fading”
“I Am Low”
“Frozen”
“One Final Day (Sworn To Believe)”
“The World Is Wired “
“The Dying Age”
“Ad Vitam Aeternam”
“The Year The Sun Died”

“Exitium (Anthem Of The Living)” lyric video:

“Frozen” video:

“Arise And Purify”: