''Days of Defiance'' is the sixth studio album by Greek heavy metal band

Firewind Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in Thessaloniki in 1998. The group is currently signed to AFM records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, '' Nocturnal Symphony'', in 1998. Firewind ...

. It was released on 25 October 2010 in Europe and 26 October in North America. The guitars, bass, keyboards and drums were recorded at Sound Symmetry Studios and Zero Gravity Studios in

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while the vocals were recorded at Studio Landgren 5,0 in

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. All backing vocals were recorded by Marcus Pålsson. The artwork was done by Gustavo Sazes.

Track listing

Singles

Two singles were released from ''Days of Defiance'': "World on Fire" and "Embrace The Sun".

Personnel

Apollo Papathanasio Apostolos "Apollo" Papathanasiou (; born 15 March 1969) is a Swedish heavy metal vocalist of Greek descent, who is currently with the band Spiritual Beggars. He has also sung for Firewind, Meduza, Evil Masquerade, Gardenian, and Richard And ...

– vocals *

Gus G. Konstantinos Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek Heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream ...

– lead guitars *

Bob Katsionis Babis "Bob" Katsionis (; born February 17, 1977, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek guitarist and keyboardist and the lead guitarist and keyboard player for the heavy metal/power metal bands Stray Gods, Warrior Path, Outloud, and Serious Black; he was ...

– rhythm guitars and keyboards *

Petros Christo Petros Christodoulidis (), born March 4, 1975, in Greece, is the current bass player of the Power metal band Firewind. He has also played in Breaking Silence. He is the owner of The Wet Match Cafe, which was known as Emerald Cafe in the past, i ...

– bass * Mark Cross - drums (credited for recording all drums on the album, no longer a member and not featured in album promotional material and artwork) *Michael Ehré – drums (recorded none of the material with the exception of "Breaking the Law")

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Firewind albums Century Media Records albums