Northern Irish metallers DARKEST ERA have announced a seven date UK tour to take place in September, which will be in support for their new album Severance, which was released on 13th June 2014 via Cruz Del Sur. Speaking about the UK Tour, Guitarist Ade Mulgrew said: “We toured the UK twice around the last album and had a great time. We made loads of new friends and we can’t wait to hit some of the same cities and see some familiar faces.

“We’re really looking forward to seeing how the new stuff goes down live and we’ll be working hard between now and September to make sure each show is completely killer.”

Joining Darkest Era as support are Farseer (First three dates only), Ancient Ascendant (Full tour/Main Support) and Hudnred (Last four dates). Dates and ticket links are below:

25th Sept – Birmingham Scruffy Murphys
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/129683

26th Sept – Manchester Sound Control
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/129029

27th Sept – Glasgow The Classic Grand
http://www.tickets-scotland.com/darke

28th Sept – Leeds Library
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/134591

29th Sept – Sheffield South Sea Live
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/darkest-era-with-ancient-ascendant–hundred-tickets/134829

30th Sept – Bristol The Louisiana
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/129119

1st Oct – London Garage
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/darkest-era-tickets/129549

METAL BLADE has issued the following:

DARKEST ERA has announced a very special late night performance at Ireland’s biggest metal club night, Dublin’s Club Poison, on Thursday September 20, 2012. The show is as a warm-up for the band’s 16 date European tour with Russian Folk Metal titans Arkona which kicks off at the end of this month.

Darkest Era guitarist Ade Mulgrew said: “This is going to be a really killer show and a great way to warm-up for the tour. We’re doing an Axl Rose and not hitting the stage until well after midnight, by which time the Poison faithful should rearing to go and ready to help us tear the place apart. There’s such a great vibe around Dublin right now about Club Poison and we’re really excited about hitting the place while it’s so hot.”

Darkest Era’s first ever European Tour (supporting Arkona) kicks off in the Czech Republic on September 27, 2012 and will see the band play 16 shows in 10 countries.

Club Poison is Ireland’s Biggest Metal night and takes place every Thursday at Andrew’s Lane Theatre, Dublin 2, between 10pm and 3am. Entry on September 10^th  is €5 before 11 and €7 after. Check Club Poison’s Facebook page for more info: www.facebook.com/pages/Club-Poison-Dublin…/248713655212347

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METAL BLADE has issued the following:

UK tour with Alestorm kicks off February 4th

Ireland’s Darkest Era has partnered up with BloodyDisgusting.com to debut their new video for An Ancient Fire Burns. The song comes from their debut album, The Last Caress of Light, which was highlighted in Decibel’s Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2011. The video features a grim story with a surprise ending and is as melancholy and emotional as the band’s music and was directed by Kieran Majury with Fastville Productions.

Watch An Ancient Fire Burns now HERE.

Comments guitarist Ade Mulgrew: “An Ancient Fire Burns is a song about primal instincts and desire; and in this video we used a narrative that we really hope will grip people. It’s an old school buried-alive-in-coffin concept that compliments the themes in the song. We also shot the band’s performance by torchlight in a 1000 year old monastery, once plundered by Vikings. It was a great setting and really adds to the atmosphere in the video.”

DARKEST ERA
Tour w/ Alestorm and Claim the Throne
02/04 Plymouth, UK White Rabbit
02/05 Stoke On Trent, UK Green Star UK
02/06 Sheffield, UK Corporation UK
02/07 Bristol, UK The Fleece
02/08 Southampton, UK The Cellar
02/09 Manchester, UK Moho Live
02/13 Leicester, UK The O2 Academy
02/14 Brighton, UK The Haunt
02/15 Wrexham, UK Central Station
02/16 Leeds, UK The Well
02/18 London, UK Islington Academy
02/19 Norwich, UK Waterfront
End Tour
04/27 Dublin, IE The Pint w/ Mael Mordha
04/28 Belfast, IE The Limelight w/ Mael Mordha

The Last Caress of Light was recorded at Foel Studios in Wales at the end of August 2010 with producer Chris Fielding. The result are eight tracks of dark, stormy, epic Celtic Metal with which mix the melancholy and atmosphere of Irish Folk with the epic might of heavy metal bands such as Warlord, Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy. The album stands out from all else as a record of intense emotional power and honesty; holding the listener within a dark heavy metal storm and not letting go until the last chords have rung out.

METAL BLADE has issued the following:

DARKEST ERA have been added to ALESTORM’s Useless Drunken Bastards UK and Ireland tour in February 2012!

Guitarist Ade Mulgrew comments: “We are really looking forward to hitting the road around the UK with Alestorm on what should be a crazy couple of weeks. It’s our first proper tour so a really big deal for us. Most of the cities involved are ones we’ve never been to before so it’s going to be cool seeing new places and meeting new people. What we are most looking forward to however, is getting to play live so many nights in a row – we’re at our best live and we can’t wait to unleash our full heavy metal torrent across the UK at last!”

The tour kicks off in Plymouth and zigzags all over the country before finishing up in Norwich’s Waterfront two weeks later. Catch them here:

ALESTORM
+ CLAIM THE THRONE
+ DARKEST ERA
04/02/12 – UK – Plymoth- White Rabbit
05/02/12 – UK – Stoke On Trent- Green Star
06/02/12 – UK – Sheffield – Corporation
07/02/12 – UK – Bristol – The Fleece
08/02/12 – UK – Southampton – Talking Heads
09/02/12 – UK – Manchester – Moho Live
10/02/12 – UK – Glasgow – Garage
11/02/12 – UK – Belfast – Speakeasy
12/02/12 – IE – Dublin – The Pint
13/02/12 – UK – Leicester – Sub 91
14/02/12 – UK – Brighton – The Haunt
15/02/12 – UK – Wrexham – Central Station
16/02/12 – UK – Leeds – The Well
18/02/12 – UK – London – Islington Academy
19/02/12 – UK – Norwich – Waterfront

Check out DARKEST ERA live footage from their recent Siege Of Limerick show HERE.

The Last Caress of Light was recorded at Foel Studios in Wales at the end of August 2010 with producer Chris Fielding. The result are eight tracks of dark, stormy, epic Celtic Metal with which mix the melancholy and atmosphere of Irish Folk with the epic might of heavy metal bands such as Warlord, Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy. The album stands out from all else as a record of intense emotional power and honesty; holding the listener within a dark heavy metal storm and not letting go until the last chords have rung out.

To read MSFinland’s interview with DARKEST ERA, please go HERE.