WATCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nAvatar began their touring cycle with a massive North American headline run, with their biggest headline show to date in Mexico City. After North America, Avatar traversed through Europe and then back to North America, wrapping up earlier this month. The American run included stops at Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple, gaining widespread acclaim from US media.<\/p>\n
Now, Avatar are back in Europe, winning over the souls of\u00a0Metallica<\/strong>\u00a0fans, opening for the juggernaut in four EU cities.\u00a0And today, Avatar unveil the video for new standalone single \u2018Crying Fire<\/strong>\u2018.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\u2018Crying Fire\u2019 is no throwaway b-side. This is Avatar. The band intentionally withheld the track and decided to strike when the time was right. Fortunately for fans, that time is now.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrying Fire\u2019 is very special to all of us. It was written and recorded as part of the Don\u2019t Go In The Forest sessions. When making the final\u00a0selection for album tracks, this one was a given. But then we started asking ourselves something: What if we saved the best for later? What if we kept this gem away from the world for a while?,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Eckerstr\u00f6m explains.<\/p>\nHe continues,\u00a0\u201cIt certainly stands tall on its own. I hear a relentless firestorm of emotions. It hits me in a deeply hidden place, and I hope it does the same for you. I could say a lot about what the song is about, but I\u2019ve learned that sometimes it\u2019s better to get out of the way and simply let it be heard for what it is. The best I can say today is that it\u2019s about enduring pain and loving passionately.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nThis track is so very\u2026 Avatar. As is the band\u2019s newly announced \u201926 tour dates across Europe, and the UK following their return to Australia, and New Zealand.AVATAR ON TOUR \u2013 \u2018DON\u2019T GO IN THE FOREST \u201926\u2019:<\/u><\/strong> SUPPORTING METALLICA \u2014 SUMMER 2026<\/u><\/strong> ADDITIONAL FESTIVAL DATES \u2014 2026<\/u><\/strong> AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND DATES \u2013 2026<\/u><\/strong> AVATAR ARE:<\/u><\/strong> \u2018CRYING FIRE\u2019 SMART LINK<\/strong>https:\/\/avatarmetal.tunelink.to\/cryingfire<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source metalplanetmusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as\u00a0AVATAR\u00a0\u2014 vocalist Johannes Eckerstr\u00f6m, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim \u00d6hrstr\u00f6m, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson \u2014 unleashed their latest masterwork\u00a0Don\u2019t Go in the Forest\u00a0last year on Halloween; how fitting! Listen and get the album\u00a0HERE. BRAND NEW SINGLE & VIDEO \u2013\u00a0WATCH Avatar began their touring cycle with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2445094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2445093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avatar-release-\u2018Crying-Fire-\u2013-brand-new-single-video.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445095,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445093\/revisions\/2445095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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