On January 7, 2026- Freedom Call released their new single “Heavy Metal Happycore” ft Petri Lindroos of Ensiferum that captured my attention instantly. I never heard of this band before, but after listening to this new single; I felt like this single was fun and will have large amounts of crowd participation when performed live!

 “The brand new song ‘Heavy Metal Happycore’ was born from the idea of creating a superlative to the musical style ‘Happy Metal.’ With ‘Heavy Metal Happycore,’ Freedom Call, known for their extremely melodic and catchy metal music style combined with positive and life-affirming lyrics, has created an additional and previously unprecedented and concise trademark. With the overwhelming images of our incredible audience in mind, we set out to write a song that immediately engages the listener and highlights all the typical elements of our musical style …a song that ultimately leads us to a new era of Happy Metal — HAPPYCORE!” – Chris Bay (Vocals/Guitar)

FREEDOM CALL LIVE 2026:
With Ensiferum and Dragony:

1/7 — Heidelberg, DE — Halle 02

1/8 — Treviso, IT — New Age

1/9 — Zürich, CH — Meh Suff! Winter Festival

1/10 — Hof, DE — Up To 11 Festival (Freedom Call only)

1/11 — London, GB  — The Dome

1/13 — Esch/Alzette, LU — Rockhal
1/14 — Haarlem, NL — Patronaat

1/15 — Cologne, DE — Live Music Hall

1/16 — Geiselwind, DE — Music Hall

1/17 —Leipzig, DE — Hellraiser

1/18 — Stuttgart, DE — LKA Longhorn

1/19 — Hamburg, DE — Markthalle

1/20 — Frankfurt, DE — Batschkapp

1/21 — Berlin, DE — Festsaal Kreuzberg

1/22 — Warsaw, PL — Proxima

1/23 — Kosice, SK — Colloseum

1/24 — Krakow, PL — Hype Park

1/25 — Budapest, HU — Barba Negra

1/27 — Munich, DE  — Backstage Werk

1/28 — Brno, CZ — Sono

1/29 — Salzburg, AT — Rockhouse

1/30— Memmingen, DE — Kaminwerk

1/31 — Nijmegen, NL — Doornroosje

2/1 — St. Niklaas, BE — De Casino