On February 5th, CULT OF LUNA will release a new EP, entitled The Raging River, via Red Creek (red-crk.com) – the band’s newly created record label, which will be physically distributed by Metal Blade Records (in North America) and Season of Mist (in Europe). For a first preview of The Raging River, the new single “Three Bridges” can be heard now here:
Pre-order The Raging River at: metalblade.com/cultofluna (North American ltd edition pre-order; vinyl & CD) and red-crk.com (limited editions, band merch & more).
The Raging River is a seamless continuation of the writing process and the creative mindset that has guided Cult of Luna for the last couple of years. “‘The Raging River‘ feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019’s ‘A Dawn to Fear,'” the band adds. “It’s been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. But not only has it been a linear journey; some aspects of it are also clearly circular. For example, we have been a fan of Mark Lanegan for many years. So in 2005, when we wrote the song ‘And With Her Came the Birds’, we had his voice in mind, and the working title was ‘The Lanegan Song’. But we were not many years over 20, and our lack of self-confidence prevented us from even daring to ask. It took fifteen years for us to get the guts to ask him. Hearing his voice on ‘Inside Of A Dream’ is nothing more than feeling that we’re inside of a dream.”
The Raging River track-listing 1. Three Bridges 2. What I Leave Behind 3. Inside of a Dream (feat. Mark Lanegan) 4. I Remember 5. Wave After Wave
Featuring a guest appearance by Mark Lanegan; announces creation of their own record label, Red Creek – now distributed by Metal Blade Records in North America and Season of Mist in Europe.
On February 5th, Cult of Luna will release a new EP, entitled The Raging River, via Red Creek (red-crk.com) – the band’s newly created record label, which will be physically distributed by Metal Blade Records (in North America) and Season of Mist (in Europe). Pre-order The Raging River now at: metalblade.com/cultofluna (North American ltd edition pre-order; vinyl & CD) and red-crk.com (limited editions, band merch & more).
Cult of Luna comments: “After more than 20 years of touring, releasing albums and experiencing different kinds of deals and aspects of the music industry, we believed that it was the right time for us to seek more freedom and to reduce the distance between us and our audience. So, in 2020, Red Creek was born. It has been created as a safe home for our art, but we wanted to do more and offer our experience, expertise and network to the artists we love and believe in. Therefore, we gathered talents and partners around us to create a crafted solution to our needs that is adaptable also to the needs of other artists. Red Creek will be our home; if you’ve been with us for 20 years or 2 days, this will be your home too. We’re also pleased to team up with great companies such as Metal Blade for the distribution in North America and Season of Mist for the distribution in Europe.”
Red Creek’s debut release, The Raging River, is a seamless continuation of the writing process and the creative mindset that has guided Cult of Luna for the last couple of years. “‘The Raging River‘ feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019’s ‘A Dawn to Fear,'” the band adds. “It’s been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. But not only has it been a linear journey; some aspects of it are also clearly circular. For example, we have been a fan of Mark Lanegan for many years. So in 2005, when we wrote the song ‘And With Her Came the Birds’, we had his voice in mind, and the working title was ‘The Lanegan Song’. But we were not many years over 20, and our lack of self-confidence prevented us from even daring to ask. It took fifteen years for us to get the guts to ask him. Hearing his voice on ‘Inside Of A Dream’ is nothing more than feeling that we’re inside of a dream.”
The Raging River track-listing Side A -Three Bridges (8:45) -What I leave Behind (5:58) -Inside of A Dream (3:20) – featuring Mark Lanegan
Side B -I Remember (8:09) -Wave After Wave (12:22)
CULT OF LUNA will return to the US for a North American headlining tour early next year. The journey will run from February 25th through March 13th. Support will be provided by EMMA RUTH RUNDLE and INTRONAUT. See all confirmed dates below.
CULT OF LUNA w/ Emma Ruth Rundle, Intronaut:
2/25/2020 Trees – Dallas, TX
2/26/2020 Come and Take It Live – Austin, TX
2/28/2020 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
2/29/2020 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
3/01/2020 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY
3/02/2020 Corona – Montreal, QC
3/03/2020 Opera House – Toronto, ON
3/04/2020 Metro – Chicago, IL
3/05/2020 Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
3/06/2020 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
3/07/2020 Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
3/09/2020 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
3/10/2020 Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA *
3/11/2020 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
3/13/2020 Auditorio Blackberry – Mexico City, MX **
*= no Intronaut
**= CULT OF LUNA only
CULT OF LUNA will be touring in support of their recently-released full-length, A Dawn To Fear. Building on twenty years of composing some of the most epic, emotive, and inventive heavy music unleashed on the world, there is no denying that CULT OF LUNA‘s A Dawn To Fear is a monster of a record. An album comprised of eight tracks running seventy-nine minutes, it embodies everything the band’s faithful have come to expect while still covering new ground. “Going into the process, we knew the album we wanted to make, an antithesis of what we’ve done before,” says vocalist, guitarist, and lead songwriter Johannes Persson. “For pretty much every album there’s been a very concrete theme. We’ve known from the start the kind of story we wanted to tell, and I didn’t want that to be the case. I’ve seen a lot of subtle changes and patterns in my own behavior and my own thinking the last couple of years, and I wanted this to be a completely spontaneous process. I just wanted to see what came out of me, and A Dawn To Fear is the result of that.”
On September 20th, CULT OF LUNA will release their new album, A Dawn to Fear – the band’s first material under their sole name since 2013′s Vertikal 1&2. For a preview of the record, a video for the new single, “Lay Your Head to Rest”, can be viewed here:
The previous single, “The Silent Man”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/cultofluna – where A Dawn to Fear can also be pre-ordered.
Building on twenty years of creating some of the most epic, emotive and inventive heavy music unleashed on the world, there is no denying that Cult Of Luna‘s A Dawn To Fear is a monster of a record. An album comprised of eight tracks running seventy-nine minutes, it embodies everything the band’s faithful have come to expect from them while covering new ground. “Going into the process, we knew the album we wanted to make, an antithesis of what we’ve done before,” says vocalist/guitarist and lead songwriter Johannes Persson. “For pretty much every album there’s been a very concrete theme. We’ve known from the start the kind of story we wanted to tell, and I didn’t want that to be the case. I’ve seen a lot of subtle changes and patterns in my own behavior and my own thinking the last couple of years, and I wanted this to be a completely spontaneous process. I just wanted to see what came out of me, and ‘A Dawn To Fear‘ is the result of that.”
Admitting he is perhaps still too close to the record to objectively describe the sound of A Dawn To Fear, Persson believes that it has a more organic feel to it, largely achieved through the use of organs and other acoustic instruments in place of electronic keyboards, and that it is perhaps a more melancholic collection. It is also arguably heavier than their last full-length, 2013′s Vertikal and their 2016 collaboration with Julie Christmas, Mariner, both in terms of the sheer density of the music and its tone. When it came to tracking the album, the band opted to work at Ocean Sound Recordings in Norway, which, as the name suggests, is located right by the coast, far from the nearest town. For eleven days the band lived at the studio, and enjoyed the process of constructing the record. With the finished product running to the length of a double CD, there was some discussion of cutting a track, but this did not get far. “We sat down and looked at that song list and we couldn’t. It would make it easier for us and everyone involved to cut one song, making it no problem when it comes to LPs and CDs, but we just couldn’t see the album any other way. These songs are the songs that make sense. If we cut this song or that song, it would screw up the whole dynamic of the record.”
A Dawn to Fear track-listing
1. The Silent Man
2. Lay Your Head to Rest
3. A Dawn to Fear
4. Nightwalkers
5. Lights on the Hill
6. We Feel the End
7. Inland Rain
8. The Fall
Cult Of Luna EU tour dates
Oct. 11 – Väven – Umeå, Sweden +
Oct. 12 – Kultura HEns – Luleå, Sweden +
Oct. 14 – Nosturi – Helsinki, Finland
Oct. 16 – Parkteatrer – Oslo, Norway ++
Oct. 17 – Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, Denmark +++
Oct. 18 – Pustervik – Gothenburg, Sweden +++
Oct. 19 – Vasateatern – Stockholm, Sweden +++
Nov. 24 – Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany *
Nov. 25 – Stollwerck – Cologne, Germany *
Nov. 26 – Melkweg Max – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov. 27 – Trix – Antwerp, Belgium**
Nov 28 – Stylus – Leeds, UK*
Nov 29 – Electric Ballroom – London, UK*
Nov. 30 – Le Trianon – Paris, France *
Dec. 1 – Z7 – Pratteln, Switzerland *
Dec. 3 – Alcatraz – Milan, Italy*
Dec. 4 – Kino Siska – Ljubljana, Slovenia *
Dec. 5 – Technikum – Munich, Germany *
Dec. 6 – Arena – Vienna, Austria *
Dec. 7 – Praha – Palác Akropolis*
Dec. 8 – Progresja – Warsaw, Poland*
* =w/ A.A Williams & Brutus
** =w/ A.A Williams
+ =w/ This Gift is a Curse + Blodet
++ =w/ This Gift is a Curse + Attan
+++ =w/ This Gift is a Curse + Brutus
THIS GIFT IS A CURSE have announced new Scandinavian tour dates in support of CULT OF LUNA! The band will kick off the road rage at the Väven venue in Umeå (SE) on October 11. The sludge black metal overlords will be playing in support of their freshly released album, ‘A Throne of Ash.’
The band comments on the tour: “We have been fans of CULT OF LUNA for a very long time and this opportunity to open for them is a huge honor. Brace yourselves, this will be a good one.”
THIS GIFT IS A CURSE Scandinavian tour
+Cult of Luna
10/11: Umea (SE) @ Väven
10/16: Oslo (NO) @ Parkteatret
10/17: Copenhagen (DK) @ Pumpehuset
10/18: Gothenburg (SE) @ Pustervik
10/19: Stockholm (SE) @ Vasateatern
THIS GIFT IS A CURSE live
09/21: Stockholm (SE) @ Hus 7 (Release party)
10/24: Stockholm (SE) @ Close-Up Båten
11/01: Eskilstuna (SE) @ Lokomotivet (Halloween Meltdown)
THIS GIFT IS A CURSE will be playing in support of their freshly released album ‘A Throne of Ash’ which can be listened to in full HERE.
CULT OF LUNA have released a new single, “The Silent Man” – the group’s first taste of new material under their sole name since Vertikal 1&2 (2013). The track will also appear on Cult Of Luna‘s new album, which will be released at the dawn of fall.
Stream “The Silent Man” here:
Stay tuned for more details about Cult Of Luna‘s album coming soon!
Recognized for their apocalyptic live performances that unrestrainedly explore the audience’s imagination, transposing music-triggered sensations visually, Cult Of Luna will bring their stunning live show to fans across Europe soon – appearing at both festivals this summer, as well as headlining a tour in Nov./Dec. with A.A Williams. See below for more details.
Cult Of Luna live
May 18 – Huskvarna Folkets Park – Sweden
June 1 – Fortarock – Netherlands
June 21 – Graspop Metal Meeting – Belgium
June 22 – Hellfest Open Air – France
June 28 – Tuska Festival – Finland
June 29 – Provinssi Festival – Finland
July – Resurrection Festival – Spain
August – Brutal Assault Festival – Czech Republic
Aug. 9 – Øya Festival – Norway
August – Rock Altitude – Switzerland
August – Arctangent Festival – UK
Cult Of Luna tour dates w/ A.A Williams
Nov. 24 – Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
Nov. 25 – Stollwerck – Cologne, Germany
Nov. 26-29 – TBA
Nov. 30 – Le Trianon – Paris, France
Dec. 1-3 – TBA
Dec. 4 – Kino Siska – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dec. 5 – Technikum – Munich, Germany
Dec. 6 – Arena – Vienna, Austria
Dec. 7 – TBA
