Category: BONFIRE

Since more than 35 years, BONFIRE are the embodiment of “Melodic Hard ‘n Heavy made in Germany”. September 22, 2023 will see the band reissue their most iconic albums “Point Blank”, “Fireworks” and “Don’t Touch The Light” as MMXXIII / 2023 re-recording versions with an entirely new artwork.
As one of the group’s founding members and its main composer, Hans Ziller came up with an ambitious idea: How would the songs from those now slightly dated releases sound if they were re-recorded in contemporary studio conditions? This concept was particularly exciting because the band’s current line-up. As Ziller comments: “What we wanted to do was to record the songs as if Bonfire had been a metal band in the Eighties!”
Naturally, you need first-rate musicians for this kind of ambitious, re-recording undertaking, and that’s precisely what BONFIRE mark 2023 have: Young Greek singer DYAN has recently joined the BONFIRE fold. The 30-year-old vocalist is a big BONFIRE fan since his teens, so it was easy for him to cut all the 35 songs from the three cult albums in less than two weeks.
”Don’t Touch the Light (MMXXIII Version)” just kills!!!
It’s pretty exciting to hear all of that classic songs done by a fresh, younger version of Bonfire, with modern recording/production values really making the songs shine…

Since more than 35 years, BONFIRE are the embodiment of “Melodic Hard ‘n Heavy made in Germany”. September 22, 2023 will see the band reissue their most iconic albums “Point Blank”, “Fireworks” and “Don’t Touch The Light” as MMXXIII / 2023 re-recording versions with an entirely new artwork.
As one of the group’s founding members and its main composer, Hans Ziller came up with an ambitious idea: How would the songs from those now slightly dated releases sound if they were re-recorded in contemporary studio conditions? This concept was particularly exciting because the band’s current line-up. As Ziller comments: “What we wanted to do was to record the songs as if Bonfire had been a metal band in the Eighties!”
Naturally, you need first-rate musicians for this kind of ambitious, re-recording undertaking, and that’s precisely what BONFIRE mark 2023 have: Young Greek singer DYAN has recently joined the BONFIRE fold. The 30-year-old vocalist is a big BONFIRE fan since his teens, so it was easy for him to cut all the 35 songs from the three cult albums in less than two weeks.
With the current Bonfire line-up, including the band’s new singer Dyan, the songs from ‘Fireworks‘ feels more metallic, with the dynamics increased which, together with a powerful sound, makes this re-recording to a good time travel back into the 80s.

Since more than 35 years, BONFIRE are the embodiment of “Melodic Hard ‘n Heavy made in Germany”. September 22, 2023 will see the band reissue their most iconic albums “Point Blank”, “Fireworks” and “Don’t Touch The Light” as MMXXIII / 2023 re-recording versions with an entirely new artwork.
As one of the group’s founding members and its main composer, Hans Ziller came up with an ambitious idea: How would the songs from those now slightly dated releases sound if they were re-recorded in contemporary studio conditions? This concept was particularly exciting because the band’s current line-up. As Ziller comments: “What we wanted to do was to record the songs as if Bonfire had been a metal band in the Eighties!”
Naturally, you need first-rate musicians for this kind of ambitious, re-recording undertaking, and that’s precisely what BONFIRE mark 2023 have: Young Greek singer DYAN has recently joined the BONFIRE fold. The 30-year-old vocalist is a big BONFIRE fan since his teens, so it was easy for him to cut all the 35 songs from the three cult albums in less than two weeks.
The songs from “Point Blank” are perhaps which better suit Bonfire’s current sound / line up, and the remakes feel natural, more metallic with dynamics increased but still melodic. ”Point Blank (MMXXIII Version)” just kills!

“Roots” is the title of the upcoming acoustic best-of album of Hard ‘n’ Heavy German legends BONFIRE, 2 CD’s with 24 songs, full of classics, reinterpreted in Bonfire’s unique manner.
Since there are still no live shows to the current last studio album, Bonfire decided to take it to heart: In summer 2020 they went to the “Flatliners Recording Studios” again to work on the album “Roots” in order to help the fans through hard times with new material.
They have been in business for 30 years and are far from getting tired, as heard on this vital recording…

German Melodic Hard Rock institution BONFIRE has been for a couple of decades one of the busiest touring bands and consistently also is a regular guest at numerous big European Metal festivals. On August 4th, 2018 the Ingolstadt based group once again set a highlight performance at the world’s biggest Metal festival: Wacken Open Air. And now we have here...

There has been more and more requests of BONFIRE material, and now we have here the delicious “One Acoustic Night [Live At The Private Music Club]” a live acoustic performance done by the band in Germany. The release also features a studio song dedicated to the victims of the tsunami disaster in Thailand, recorded in English, German and Spanish languages....

To be released tomorrow in Europe, the 2-CD release titled “Legends” is a very special tribute album for all rock legends, who are involved in the BONFIRE & Friends Tour 2018. Indeed, this is The Soundtrack for the Bonfire and Friends Tour, featuring 32 classic songs re-recorded by Bonfire with the Bonfire sound. All songs on this double CD are...

German legendary hard rockers BONFIRE will release their new album, “Temple Of Lies“, on April 13 via AFM Records. Few rock acts can look back at as long and successful a career as Bonfire. Counting the predecessor — a group called CACUMEN, which was also founded by Hans Ziller and featured more or less the same lineup — the band...