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SHOW US YOUR COLOURS & WIN 1 OF 5 VICTIM OF RITUAL CD SINGLES, SIGNED BY TARJA

Send us your reconstructed version of Tarja’s Victim Of Ritual (SINGLE OUT JULY 12th 2013) cover and win one of 5 signed CD singles! Simply take a picture of yourself, cover your face with colour and place the logo on top. Click here to download the “Victim Of Ritual” Logo. (right click -> save)

The competition ends July 7th 2013.

To take part, simply send us “your” Victim Of Ritual cover and your address via E-Mail to win_earmusic@edel.com

The winners chosen by Tarja will receive 1 of 5 signed CD singles (after the official release in July).

Good luck!

Tarja Victim Of Ritual Single Cover

Participation conditions: Participation is not dependent on product purchase. Contact information will be used exclusively for contest purposes and / or future newsletter mailings and will not be given to a third party. The prize will not be substituted with cash. Employees of earMUSIC/ Edel, Tarja and their relatives are forbidden from taking part in the contest. The contest ends on 7th of July 2013. The contest can be terminated or changed at any time without prior notification. Legal recourse is prohibited and no legal correspondence regarding the contest is possible. By taking part in the sweepstake the participant bindingly accepts the participation conditions. By taking part, you authorize earMUSIC/ edel & Tarja to use the pictures you've sent (in unchanged or adapted form) without any fee or compensation of any kind for any purposes. Therefore, you agree to transfer all exploitation rights concerning your photograph for the "Victim Of Ritual fan cover contest", exclusive and transferable, with no restrictions in content, time or place to earMUSIC.
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Greetings from Poland!

After the last Beauty and The Beat concert in Europe, I directly flew to Berlin, Germany to do some promotion for my new album. I have been making interviews several days there and as well in Milan, Italy.

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It has been nice and interesting to talk with many journalists and to hear their opinions about my new album, as they have been the ones to hear it already! The feedback has been amazing. I am for the first time really getting anxious about the release and what is really going to happen.

Today we flew over to Warsaw to continue this promotional tour. Next stops are Paris and London. I guess I will be talking and repeating the same things over and over again in these next days, but it has to be done  🙂

Yesterday we also filmed the music video for my first single “Victim of Ritual” in Berlin. The day was veeeeeryyyyyyy long. We started at 9 am and finished 4 am next morning! I had fun though!

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With love, Tarja

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“Colours In The Dark” promotion in Berlin, Germany

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“Victim Of Ritual”- First single and video coming in July!

PRESS RELEASE

An evocative snare-drum that sounds like it was coming from a mysterious place, the tender sound of an orchestra joins followed by a familiar and seductive melody played by an oboe. When Tarja’s distinctive voice resounds through the speakers, her warm timbre fills the room.

Tarja Victim Of Ritual Single Cover

Her melody is full of emotions and tender, before the song explodes into an epic, heavy chorus:

“Hysterical, tragical
Victim of ritual
Cynical, critical
Victim of ritual
She’s a killer, killer
She’s a killer, killer”

– Excerpt of ‘Victim Of Ritual’ by Tarja

Inspired by the one-movement orchestral piece ‘Boléro’ by Maurice Ravel, the almost six minutes long, ‘Victim Of Ritual’ is the first single from Tarja’s forthcoming album “Colours In The Dark”. The song will be released as download, CD single and 7” vinyl on July 12th, 2013 via earMUSIC.

Both physical releases will surely become rare collector’s items, being made available in strictly limited quantities. The 4-songs digipak CD-single is limited to 3.000 copies worldwide, whereas the 2-track 7” vinyl is limited to only 1.500 units worldwide.

A video to ‘Victim Of Ritual’ is scheduled to follow in July.

Tarja’s forthcoming new album “Colours In The Dark” will be released in August 2013 via earMUSIC. Mixed by Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2) in Austin, Texas, the album is definitely going to be one of the brightest moments for rock in 2013.

While Tarja´s fans will have to be patient and wait a bit longer for the first video-clip from the new album, a first glimpse can be enjoyed with the teaser song ‘Never Enough’, and an unusual lyric video was made available on Youtube, iTunes and Spotify.

For regular updates, fans should make sure to check the official album website www.tarja-coloursinthedark.com on which Tarja personally posts blog-entries about the process of the new album, revealing lyrics, information and keeps in touch with her fans.

Tracklist
7″ vinyl
Side A: Victim Of Ritual
Side B: Victim Of Ritual (First Demo)

Maxi Single
1. Victim Of Ritual
2. Victim Of Ritual (First Demo)
3. I Walk Alone (Live From Luna Park)
4. Underneath (Live From Luna Park)

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“Never Enough” Official Lyric Video – Teaser Song from “Colours In The Dark” Out Now!

83 days left until the release of “Colours In The Dark”. Here is something to tide you over! Watch the official lyric video for “Never Enough”, here.

Want to have it on your mp3 player? Get it now exclusively via iTunes & Spotify: http://bit.ly/15nH1Rt

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NEVER ENOUGH

The time to have the first glimpse of “Colours In The Dark” has arrived. The teaser song “Never Enough” will be available on YouTube and exclusively on iTunes this Friday! Keep an eye on www.tarja-coloursinthedark.com,tarjaofficial and our page to listen to it and to watch the unusual lyric video.

 

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Tarja “Colours In The Dark” Special Edition Album Cover

Pre-Orders & description of contents coming soon! Click here for the Standard Edition album cover. 

Tarja "Colours In The Dark" Special Edition Cover Artwork

Tarja “Colours In The Dark” Special Edition Cover Artwork

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The tour goes on

Dear friends!

Greetings from Saint Petersburg. Here the Beauty and The Beat concert was held in a really beautiful venue and was sold out.

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It has been amazing to perform these cross over shows again with Mike. We have been having such a great time with the orchestras and choirs! The atmospheres in all the concerts have been very special. Thank you for all those “bravos” Saint Petersburg!

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We started our journey from Bucharest where we tried to do the show some weeks ago, but unfortunately needed to postpone it due to my illness. This time I was still recovering, but we managed to do the show and saw how the place was packed with enthusiastic Romanians. This definitely was the biggest show I have ever done in Romania, so it makes me very happy. And the love was definitely in the air!

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After Romania we travelled to Wroclaw, Poland. I was happy to visit this city for the first time ever. We performed with the academy orchestra and they played very well. It was fun to perform with young and talented people. We really had a great time with these lovely people and the Polish audience. I felt very welcome in Wroclaw and the concert made me realize that I have to make more shows in Poland in the future. Very nice feeling!

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Poland was left behind and after another a couple of flights we arrived to Moscow, Russia.

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Russians really play music with emotions, wow! The orchestra conductor is not speaking English, but we manage with German! Hehehe.

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Great, great concert in Moscow and again I received hundreds of flowers from the lovely audience. Russians, you are crazy with the flowers!  🙂

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Today we’ll travel to Tallinn, Estonia where we are going to play tomorrow. It is going to be my third time in Estonia, so cannot wait to see what happens.

Tomorrow, Monday 20th, we are going to disclose you the second album cover for the Special Edition of “Colours in the dark”, so come back to check it at www.tarja2013.com

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With love, Tarja

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Tarja “Colours In The Dark” Standard Edition Album Cover

Pre-order coming soon! Stay tuned for updates! Release: August 2013

Following up on the success of the multi-platinum and gold awarded previous records “My Winterstorm” (2007) and “What Lies Beneath” (2010), Tarja finally returns with her long-awaited new rock album. “Colours In The Dark” will be released on August 23rd, 2013 via earMUSIC, the label which also released “Act I”.

Mixed by Tim Palmer in Austin, Texas (Pearl Jam, U2), the songs on “Colours In The Dark” do not shy away from taking a risk and surprising musical turns, introducing new sounds and new musical atmospheres. Still, they maintain a heaviness that will surely bring a big smile to the hardest of rockers.
With its grand orchestra and choir arrangements, Tarja’s next milestone emphasises once again the impressive vocal range of the Finnish artist and shows her artistic growth. 
With ten brand new songs and over one hour of music, “Colours In The Dark” is definitely going to be one of the brightest moments for rock in 2013.

Tarja will perform the songs from “Colours In The Dark Tour 2013” starting with her forthcoming tour in Europe.

 

Tarja Colours In The Dark Album Cover Standard Edition

Tarja Colours In The Dark Album Cover Standard Edition

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Greetings from Moscow!

The first day of rehearsals for the Beauty and the Beat concert in Moscow is over.

Everything is going fine. We will play 4 concerts with the same orchestra and choir what is very nice. They will be with us in Saint Petersburg, Tallinn and Helsinki.

This will be the last post you will read until Thursday 16th when the artwork cover for “Colours in the Dark” will be disclosed in this web page.

Hoping that you will like what you’ll see, I’ll leave you with the name of the last new song in my album: Mystique Voyage.

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With love, Tarja

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