Only about a year and a half after the presentation of their self-titled debut album in spring 2017, German-Italian melodic metal act The Unity are ready to strike again: 14 September 2018 will see the release of their current album Rise on SPV/Steamhammer. The recording features 13 brand-new songs and was cut by drummer Michael Ehré (Gamma Ray) at the B Castle Studio. Rise was produced by the band themselves and, like its predecessor, mixed and mastered by Spanish sound engineer Miquel A. Riutort at the Psychosomatic Recording Studio. The first single to be released from the album will be ‘No Hero’ on August 10th, the second single will be supported by an elaborate video clip. Aside from Ehré, The Unity continue to consist of guitarists Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray) and Stef, vocalist Gianbattista Manenti, bassist Jogi Sweers and keyboardist Sascha Onnen.

“The new songs reflect the amazing energy and extremely enthusiastic responses at our shows, but also the very positive media reactions,” Michael Ehré sums up the material on Rise. With their debut album The Unity were unanimously voted into the “Newcomer of the Year” category by the two leading German metal magazines, Metal Hammer and Rock Hard.  Subsequently the six-piece enthralled their fans at tours with Edguy and Sinner and cleaned up at festivals such as Bang Your Head, Metalfest and Winter Masters Of Rock.

Talking of which – soon after its release, Rise will also be presented to The Unity’s rapidly growing fan base as part of an extensive tour: from mid-October 2018, The Unity will accompany Axel Rudi Pell and his band, and the date of the big release show at Ehré’s home town of Nordenham has already been announced (see tour dates). So the second round of The Unity’s triumphal march is about to kick off!

Tracklisting:

01. Revenge 01:25
02. Last Betrayal 04:19
03. You Got Me Wrong 03:49
04. The Storm 04:52
05. Road To Nowhere 07:06
06. Welcome Home 04:26
07. All That Is Real 03:59
08. No Hero 05:17
09. The Willow Tree 04:23
10. Above Everything 03:52
11. Children Of The Light 04:51
12. Better Day 03:46
13. L.I.F.E. 05:20

Before THE UNITY will support AXEL RUDI PELL on his 2nd leg of his "KNIGHTS CALL-TOUR 2018" starting in October, we will play a one-off-show on June, 24th in Burglengenfeld/VAZ. We will enter the stage at 7pm!

The day before we´re headlining the SICKING HIGH ROCK-FESTIVAL in Weselberg...this is going to be a great weekend ;-)

The next dates so far:

16.05.18 (DE) Hamburg, Logo

18.05.18 (DE) Oldenburg, Cadillac

23.06.18 (DE) Weselberg, Sicking High Rock-Festival

24.06.18 (DE) Burglengenfeld, VAZ

12.-15.07.18 (CZ) Vizovice, Masters Of Rock-Festival

We´re happy to announce that THE UNITY is confirmed for this year´s  METAL HAMMER PARADISE-Festival!

The METAL HAMMER PARADISE will take place on 02. and 03. November in the beautiful surroundings of the holiday resort Weissenhäuser Strand situated right at the coast of the Baltic Sea. As some of us do appreciate a bit of comfort and do not necessarily need camping grounds, clammy sleeping bags, canned soup and waiting in line to use a porta-loo to get the real festival feeling, the resort provides fully equipped apartments, hotel rooms and several restaurants, cafés and bars.

The concerts and performances take place indoors on three stages. And when, after a long night of dancing and headbanging the neck feels a bit stiff and the head a bit heavy, a nice walk on the beach or a jump in the pool followed by some time in the sauna or a relaxing massage will feel just right and help to get one’s energy back.

The METAL HAMMER PARADISE combines the fun part of a true festival with the recreational effect of a short trip. It is a metal festival - but you won’t have to take a couple of days off to recover afterwards.

We have some fantastic news for you:

THE UNITY will hit the road again in October/November 2018 as special guest for AXEL RUDI PELL!
This is what we call "perfect timing" as we´re in the middle of the songwriting process for our second album, which will come out shortly before the tour with Axel starts!

“Chris Bay” (Freedom Call vocalist) will perform some acoustic songs on selected dates * !

The pre- sales just started! Make sure you get your tickets!

18.10. (DE) Bremen, Aladin
19.10. (CZ) Prag, Palac Akropolis
20.10. (CZ) Zlin, Masters Of Rock Cafe
21.10. (HU) Budapest, Barba Negra Music Club
23.10. (SK) Zvolen, Music Garden
24.10. (AT) Wien, Szene
26.10. (DE) Memmingen, Kaminwerk
27.10. (DE) Leipzig, Hellraiser
30.10. (DE) Langen (Frankfurt), Neue Stadthalle Langen
31.10. (DE) Karlsruhe, Substage
02.11. (DE) Emden, Live Music Center
04.11. (DE) Köln, Essigfabrik