Comments the man himself; "We agree to play a few shows and show people that Wintersun is still alive. So after carefully weighing all the different possibilies, we think we need to play these shows to help the completion of the album. For now it will be four shows, three of them happening at Metalfest Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There´s lot of work and preparation to do for these shows, 'cause we have to update our live gear as well, sort out technical difficulties and of course rehearse the songs. This will most likely negatively affect the mixing schedule, so I can't give any predictions with that yet, but at the end of December this year I should be able to finally start mixing our new album."