Today, notorious Swedish black metal collective WATAIN is proud to unveil the third and final single from their upcoming new studio album, “The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain,” which will be released on April 29th, 2022.

The song is called “We Remain” and represents the deepest shadow of the album. A profound contemplation on the winding abyss of the past. Fearlessly extending across the known borders of Watain’s musical wilderness, “We Remain” also features noble contributions by Farida Lemouchi (ex The Devil’s Blood, now Molassess) and Gottfrid Åhman (ex In Solitude, now PÅGÅ).

The video for “We Remain” was directed by Johan Bååth who has been documenting WATAIN‘s journey through the world for many years. 

LISTEN TO “WE REMAIN”: https://watain.bfan.link/we-remain.ema

Erik Danielsson (vocals) comments:

“I begun writing “We Remain” in 2012, as a meditation on the concept of Mythopoeia; our mythical origins and how our understanding and approach to them is shaped and transformed throughout time. The lyric is built around the five elemental wings of the Pentagram, and the mysteries embedded in that ancient symbol. It is a song about forgotten things that ought to be remembered, the search for truths that were lost, of the ever burning flame that illuminates the darkness of times immemorial, the passing of aeons and and our ponderable place therein.”

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“The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain” – Tracklist

01.	Ecstasies in night infinite
02.	The howling
03.	Serimosa
04.	Black cunt
05.	Leper’s grace
06.	Not sun nor man nor god
07.	Before the cataclysm
08.	We remain
09.	Funeral winter
10.	Septentrion

MORE FROM “THE AGONY & ECSTASY OF WATAIN:

LISTEN TO “SERIMOSA”: https://watain.bfan.link/serimosa.ema
LISTEN TO “THE HOWLING”: https://bfan.link/the-howling
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “THE HOWLING”: https://youtu.be/K_oPqu6xQDM

Watain crawled out of Satan’s cunt in 1998, and has since then ascended and grown into one of the world’s most well known and notorious Black Metal bands. Their legacy is often referred to with fear, love, confusion or awe, but seldom with indifference.
 
Their infamous live shows have become a worldwide phenomenon; inimitable ceremonies of wild Black Metal fanatism where the sacred and solemn collides with raw unadulterated force. With their greatly anticipated seventh studio album, Watain continues to arouse and electrify their audience with an unmistakable, adventurous brand of Black Metal Magic, processed and distilled over the course of a 25-year long history.
 
Recorded live by long time collaborator Tore Stjerna in his infamous Necromorbus studio, now re-located to an old church on the Swedish countryside, ”The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain” takes the listener one huge step closer to the innermost heart of a band that despite always being surrounded by rumors and controversy has always strived for a most sincere and genuine form of expression.
 
With 10 songs written by the founding trinity of Watain (E. Danielsson, H. Jonsson and P. Forsberg), it is also the first Watain album to be recorded live with a full line up completed by A. Lillo, H. Eriksson and E. Forcas.
 
The material is further enriched by noble contributions from Farida Lemouchi (ex The Devil’s Blood, now in Molassess) and Gottfrid Åhman (ex In Solitude, now in PÅGÅ).
 
The lyrics, always a central aspect of every Watain album, range from manic proselytism to profound contemplation on the relativity between life and death, sacred and profane, holy and unholy, agony and ecstasy, eagerly excavating the winding depths of mind and spirit with a new sense of clarity and determination.
 
Characterized by a morbid sense of beauty mingled with raw primal force, Watain is the wolf that keeps hunting, fearless and free, in the dark night of man.

WATAIN LIVE

FESTIVALS:

28.05.2022 – NL – Graveland Festival
19.06.2022 – FR – Hellfest
13.08.2022 – BE – Alcatraz Festival

CHARIOTS OF FIRE EUROPEAN TOUR 2022 

WATAIN / ABBATH | Co-Headliner 
Special Guests: TRIBULATION & BÖLZER

TOURDATES: 15.09.2022 – FR – Paris – Elysee Montmartre 
16.09.2022 – DE – Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle 
17.09.2022 – DE – Munich – Backstage  
18.09.2022 – IT – Milan – Live Club 
20.09.2022 – FR – Toulouse – Le Bikini  
22.09.2022 – PT – Lisbon – Lisboa Ao Vivo 
23.09.2022 – ES – Madrid – La Riviera 
24.09.2022 – ES – Barcelona – Apolo  
25.09.2022 – FR – Lyon – Transbordeur  
27.09.2022 – CH – Zurich – Komplex 457 
28.09.2022 – DE – Filderstadt – Filharmonie 
29.09.2022 – NL – Tilburg – 013  
30.09.2022 – UK – London – Earth 
02.10.2022 – BE – Antwerp – Trix 
04.10.2022 – DE – Hamburg – Markthalle  
05.10.2022 – DK – Copenhagen – Amager Bio 
06.10.2022 – NO – Oslo – Rockefeller 
07.10.2022 – SE – Stockholm – Fallan 
09.10.2022 – FI – Helsinki – Vanha

‘Erik Danielsson‘ from ‘Watain‘ joins The Zach Moonshine Show, to talk about the new release ‘The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain‘ and much more! Erik talks about the recording process of the new record, recording as a band, the special guest appearances from Farida Lemouchi from ‘The Devils Blood‘ / ‘Molassess‘ and Gottfrid Åhman from ‘In Solitude‘ / ‘Repugnant‘. We also talk about the possibility of Erik playing guitar on the US tour if Pelle Forsberg is not able to enter the country again. We feature new music from the band as well as new releases from Behemoth, Black Altar, Vulture Lord, Goat Blood Fetish, Midnite Hellion, Ghost In The Atlantic, Testimony of Apocalypse , and Snipers of Babel ! We also played some classics by request from Carpathian Forest, Empyrean Fire, Acid Bath, Goatwhore, Gravehuffer, Brutal Death Fuck, Pantera, Metallica, Slayer, St. Madness, Ghost, AC/DC, Warlock , and Metal Church

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Notorious Swedish black metal collective WATAIN is proud to unleash “The Howling” – the first single from their upcoming new studio album, “The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain,” which will be released on April 29th, 2022. 

“The Howling” sets the tone for what will be offered on the band’s 7th full-length, an unsettling blackened voyage in 10 chapters that is as inexorably vicious as it is enticing.

E. Danielsson (vocals) adds:
“The Howling refers to the wordless voice of the wild, wailing eerily through the ages, urging us to leave our safe spaces and explore the dark recesses of the great Abyss both within and without. To see it, to learn from it, to know it. “

The single is available in both digital and physical form – a strictly limited 7” with “The Howling” on its A-side and the Profanatica cover “I Arose” on its B-side can be bought as of today (no pre-order!). The Black Vinyl is exclusively available through Nuclear Blast Mailorder, whereas the Oxblood colored version is being sold in the band’s own shop. Act quick as these will be gone fast!

LISTEN TO “THE HOWLING”: https://bfan.link/the-howling

“The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain” – Tracklist
01. Ecstasies in night infinite
02. The howling
03. Serimosa
04. Black cunt
05. Leper’s grace
06. Not sun nor man nor god
07. Before the cataclysm
08. We remain
09. Funeral winter
10. Septentrion

Watain crawled out of Satan’s cunt in 1998, and has since then ascended and grown into one of the world’s most well known and notorious Black Metal bands. Their legacy is often referred to with fear, love, confusion or awe, but seldom with indifference.

Their infamous live shows have become a worldwide phenomenon; inimitable ceremonies of wild Black Metal fanatism where the sacred and solemn collides with raw unadulterated force. With their greatly anticipated seventh studio album, Watain continues to arouse and electrify their audience with an unmistakable, adventurous brand of Black Metal Magic, processed and distilled over the course of a 25-year long history.

Recorded live by long time collaborator Tore Stjerna in his infamous Necromorbus studio, now re-located to an old church on the Swedish countryside, ”The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain” takes the listener one huge step closer to the innermost heart of a band that despite always being surrounded by rumors and controversy has always strived for a most sincere and genuine form of expression.

With 10 songs written by the founding trinity of Watain (E. Danielsson, H. Jonsson and P. Forsberg), it is also the first Watain album to be recorded live with a full line up completed by A. Lillo, H. Eriksson and E. Forcas.

The material is further enriched by noble contributions from Farida Lemouchi (ex The Devil’s Blood, now in Molassess) and Gottfrid Åhman (ex In Solitude, now in PÅGÅ).

The lyrics, always a central aspect of every Watain album, range from manic proselytism to profound contemplation on the relativity between life and death, sacred and profane, holy and unholy, agony and ecstasy, eagerly excavating the winding depths of mind and spirit with a new sense of clarity and determination.

Characterized by a morbid sense of beauty mingled with raw primal force, Watain is the wolf that keeps hunting, fearless and free, in the dark night of man.

NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS are proud to announce the signing of notorious Swedish black metal collective  WATAIN. The band has now entered Necromorbus Studios, located inside of a church north of their hometown Uppsala, to record a new album and follow-up to the ferocious 2018 opus “Trident Wolf Eclipse”. The new full-length is scheduled for a release through Nuclear Blast in the Spring of 2022.

The band states:
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great reverence and infernal hunger alike that we now stand before the next chapter of Watain. Armed with the faith, force and fire accumulated during the Trident Wolf Eclipse era we are now entering terra incognita, to again face our inner selves and the ever expanding abyss that roars within. A few months of hard noble work lay ahead, and we could not be more ready for it. We are most eagerly looking forward to sharing the result with you all in the wild times to come. Until then: stay hungry, stay deviant, stay free and fuck the world!” – WATAIN, Uppsala 2021

Jens Prüter, Head of A&R Europe at Nuclear Blast, comments:
“I have always been fascinated how Watain build their own cosmos based on their primordial fire of will. It’s more than just music. It’s an universal experience of darkness and light. I first started working with Watain in 2013 and was thrilled to contribute then to their success and highest chart entries the band has ever had. It’s a pleasure to welcome them now to Nuclear Blast Records to continue accompanying their path – wherever it will take us because the path is the goal.”

WATAIN recording line-up MMXXI:
E. Danielsson
P. Forsberg
A. Lillo
H. Eriksson
E. Forcas