BRAND NEW GROUND

Absolva’s new music video ‘Stand Your Ground’ is revealed today, featuring a tongue-in-cheek satirical look at the music business, filmed at the fabulous Eleven venue in Stoke-on-Trent. The audio, taken from the band’s ‘Fire In The Sky’ album, was recorded at Rocksector Records HQ in North Manchester and mastered by Ade Emsley, famous for his work with Iron Maiden, amongst others.

The video is available to view now on youtube ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR7DItU0Fdo???

The narrative introduces the fictitious character by the name of Timothy Swindler. Frontman Chris Appleton comments “We decided it was about time we take a different approach. Apart from ‘Code Red’ from our debut album ‘Flames of Justice’, our videos have been almost entirely performance based, so we thought why not have a bit of fun with the next one? Gradually the ideas developed into this music business scenario and the Timothy Swindler character emerged. We had an absolute blast shooting the video, our guest actors did a great job, and the guys at Lion Island Media have done us proud.”

‘Stand Your Ground’ is from Absolva’s latest album ‘Fire in The Sky’ which is the band’s 6^th studio release, celebrating their 10^th anniversary in 2022. During that year the band toured extensively in Europe and UK, with a fitting climax in December at Planet Rockstock.

In January Absolva confirmed UK tour dates for March 2023, including their flagship show at Camden Underworld on the 11^th. See below for the full UK itinerary, plus European shows. The band plays this tour as special guests of Blaze Bayley(Iron Maiden singer 1994-1999). Tickets are on-sale now and links are available at absolva.com

Band members…
Christopher Appleton – lead vocals, lead guitar
Luke Appleton – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Martin Mcnee – drums
Karl Schramm – bass, backing vocals

Guest actors in the music video…
Tom Atkinson (from Vice)
Stig Chell (from Quiet The Thief)
Gareth Harding (from Quiet The Thief)
Dean Cowen (from The Event)
Tim Cooper (as Timothy Swindler)

Discography…
‘Flames of Justice’ 5^th November 2012
‘Beyond Live’ 30^th September 2013
‘Anthems to the Dead’ 5^th May 2014
‘Never a Good Day to Die’ 12^th October 2015
‘Defiance’ 28^th July 2017
‘Side by Side’ 17^th April 2020
‘Live in Europe’ 4^th December 2020
‘Fire in the Sky’ 18^th February 2022

‘Stand Your Ground’ Tour 2023…
March
3^rd UK, Grimsby, Yardbirds Rock Club
4^th UK, Glasgow, Ivory Blacks
5^th UK, Newcastle, Trillians
9^th UK, Crumlin, The Patriot
10^th UK, Peterborough, The Met Lounge
11^th UK, London, Underworld
12^th UK, Cannock, The Station
16^th UK, Norwich, Brickmakers
17^th UK, Sheffield, Corporation
18^th UK, Blackpool, Waterloo
19^th UK, Stoke, Eleven
29^th Germany, Cham, LA
30^th Austria, Vienna, Viper Room
31^st Czech Republic, Brno, Melodka
April
1^st Czech Republic, Pilsen, Serikovka
2^nd Germany, Erfurt, From Hell
20^th France, Lille, Black Lab
21^st Belgium, Verviers, Spirit of 66
22^nd France, Nancy, Chez Paulette
24^th France, Lyon, Rock n Eat
26^th France, La Rochelle, Crossroad
27^th France, Toulouse, L’Usine A Musique
28^th France, Marseille, Jas Rod
29^th France, Clermont-Ferrand, Chorus