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COLD RAVEN: Release Cover for WATAIN’s “Sworn To The Dark”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 23, 2016
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Photo by Marco Borroni

Photo by Marco Borroni

Melodic obscure black metallers COLD RAVEN are soon back on the road for the “The Evil Over Europe” Tour, supporting POSSESSED and BELPHEGOR, kicking off on December 2nd in Paris. Besides COLD RAVEN, the other support comes from ABSU. Today the band has released a new song, covering WATAIN‘s “Sworn To The Dark”, stream it here:

COLD RAVEN’s European Tour Dates 2016 with Possessed, Belphegor & Absu:

02nd Dec – Paris – Glazart (NO ABSU)
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/193025327774263

04th Dec – Zurich – Dynamo
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/997135473726145

06th Dec – Kosice – Collosseum
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1430882250258757

07th Dec – Lubljana – Kino Siska
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1583898155247015

08th Dec – Ostrava – Barrack Club
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1775480896073285

09th Dec – Wroclaw – Alibi
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1335524839795524

10th Dec – Berlin – Nuke Club
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/300922436934417

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COLD RAVEN are currently writing new material for their next album! The new album will represent an evolution in the band’s songwriting, though confirming the style shown in the previous work.

Melodic obscure black metal horde COLD RAVEN – formed in 2013 – released their debut full length album “Equilibrium & Chaos” in 2014, via Sliptrick Records. The band’s sound is influenced by the Black Metal scene in the early ‘90s as well by the bands that followed and contributed to open the horizons of the genre. So far COLD RAVEN has shared the stage with important acts, such as Nargaroth, Infernal War, Necromass, Dark Funeral, God Dethroned, Belphegor, Unleashed, Mortuary Drape, Impaled Nazarene, etc, and has played in several European countries.

Also check out
Official video “No Mercy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Aaum4ikFY
“Gates To Hell” (Obituary Cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfjEN4F6jvc

More information at:
BAND: http://www.facebook.com/coldraven666 – http://www.reverbnation.com/coldraven
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

MORTUARY DRAPE: Announce First Guests for 30th Anniversary Show

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 3, 2016
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Italian black metal gods MORTUARY DRAPE have decided to celebrate their 30th anniversary with a very special show! Many Italian and international important guests will take part in the event sharing the stage with the band to pay homage to Mortuary Drape history. All the performances and collaborations will be unique and exclusive!

Said this, the band has now confirmed the venue where all this goodness will happen, taking place on November 12th at LAB in Alessandria (Italy). Furthermore the band has announced the first guests for the show:

The frontman and singer of the Swedish black metal wolves WATAIN, Erik Danielsson (also designer of the official concert’s flyer), as well as the mighty AC Wild from legendary BULLDOZER will hit the stage with MORTUARY DRAPE.

MORTUARY DRAPE – 30th anniversary show
Featuring on stage:
Erik Danielsson (WATAIN)
AC Wild (BULLDOZER)

More guests will be announced soon!

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1745385535740215/

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WATAIN Announce Selected Dates Across Europe And New “The Wild Hunt” Vinyl Edition

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 29, 2016
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Sweden’s black metal gods WATAIN have announced the selected show dates across the Europe, furthermore their latest album “The Wild Hunt” will be available again on vinyl:

In WATAIN‘s own words: “We can now announce that in December this year, we will be performing Casus Luciferi in its entirety on a few select dates across Europe. These concerts will be done together with Mayhem, performing the entire De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.

The reason why there are only 6 dates is that these venues and promotors were the only ones across all Europe who had the guts to take on this tour package. All honour to them. Meanwhile, those that were too scared and morally subdued to accept the nature of the tour will keep on rotting in fear. For they know well that the law and order they are so desperately trying to uphold by boycotting Black Metal, is about to collapse.

Join us in December and witness the sacred horrors of the past come to life yet again… Black Metal Chaos awaits!”

WATAIN‘s latest album “The Wild Hunt” will be available again August 19th, 2016 on Black and Clear Vinyl. Pre-order here.

Vocalist Erik comments band about Casus Luciferi, the band’s second album that they will perform live:

“Casus Luciferi descended in our world in a most solemn and profound manner, and shaped Watain into something different and otherworldly. Things became very serious with this album. Not only for us as band and the way we did things, but even more so for our spiritual and philosophical approach to our work. It brought a sense of stern direction, a pale hand pointing into the darkness.

There are things on Casus Luciferi that come from distant nameless places, arcane and malevolent in nature. Revisiting those and chanelling their energy is what primarily motivates this tour. We have never performed an entire album live before, although the idea has always been tempting. There are also songs from the album that have never been performed live, and that will now finally come to manifest.

One of the most influential albums for the writing process of Casus Luciferi came out 10 years earlier, “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas” by Mayhem. The fact that the two albums will now be performed together, 13 years after our album came out, certainly fits into the sacred synchronicity inherent in Casus Luciferi and in Watain itself.”

Casus Luciferi was released by Drakkar and Norma Evangelium Diaboli, and has been reissued on LP and CD by Season of Mist. It was recorded by Tore Stjerna in Necromorbus Studio, Sweden. 3 of the 8 lyrics were written by members of Antaeus, Funeral Mist and Katharsis. The album has been hailed as one of the most influential Black Metal albums of the 2000s.

WATAIN live:
13.12.2016 L’Etage, Rennes, France (with Mayhem)
14.12.2016 Le 106, Rouen, France (with Mayhem)
15.12.2016 Trabendo, Paris, France (with Mayhem)
16.12.2016 Eindhoven Metal Meeting, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (with Mayhem and more)
17.12.2016 Progresja, Warsaw, Poland (with Mayhem)
18.12.2016 B90, Gdansk, Poland (with Mayhem)

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WATAIN online:
www.templeofwatain.com
www.facebook.com/watainofficial

 

WATAIN: “Music, Blood And Spirit – The Life And Work Of Erik Danielsson” – Documentary To Be Premiered In Fall 2015

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 20, 2015
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In 2013 Claudio Marino from the Stockholm based film production company Artax Film started the “Blood and Spirit” trilogy that seeks to capture the souls of artists and those who tread their own path to personal enlightenment and creative wealth, reports Century Media Records.

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The first part, “Ink, Blood and Spirit” was a biographical portrait of the self-taught tattooer and artist “Little Swastika”, whose work is well known worldwide. He has made a name for himself with his unique, bold and controversial style, while he also wants to show that the swastika has a totally different meaning than the last 70 years would have us believe.

The second part, “Fight, Blood and Spirit”, portraits the Swedish prizefighter Magnus “Jycken” Cedenblad who fights for the number one mixed martial arts organisation – The Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Coming this Fall 2015, “Music, Blood and Spirit”, deals with the life and work of Erik Danielsson. Although mainstream now, the black metal music scene was a small but violent underground movement in the mid 90’s. With the inception of VENOM and BATHORY, the second wave of black metal hailed from Norway and was the result of a lot controversy. Erik “E” Danielsson is the creative mind behind WATAIN, a Swedish black metal band reaping success not only among fans but also in the public eye.

Erik Danielsson comments: “While Music, Blood & Spirit is in no way a Watain project, but rather someone else’s portrait of me as a person, Claudio’s stern and solemn approach to his work reminded me much of how we do things with Watain. I can recommend the movie to everyone who wants a different angle on my person than what they might be used to, since the focus here lies on what motivates and drives me personally, rather than Watain itself.”

You can watch a video trailer here:

The first announced screening is happening at the LEAFMEAL FESTIVAL November 27th, 2015 at the FZW in Dortmund, Germany (along live acts Crippled Black Phoenix, Long Distance Calling, Sulphur Aeon, Chapel Of Disease, Disillusion, Hexvessel, Dead Lord, Bombus and more). Tickets available at: metaltix.com/leafmeal-festival

More screenings will be announced soon. Check artaxfilm.com for updates and more info on the “Blood and Spirit” trilogy.

WATAIN And MAYHEM Announce Second Leg Of Co-Headlining North American Tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 20, 2015
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After their successful co-headlining tour with MAYHEM in January 2015, Swedish black metal outfit WATAIN has announced a second leg of the trek, set to take place in November, reports Century Media. Featuring ROTTING CHRIST as support, fans can expect another dose of wild blasphemy this winter. See below for all dates.

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WATAIN and MAYHEM tour dates with ROTTING CHRIST:
November 5th–New Orleans, LA–One Eyed Jacks
November 6th–Houston, TX–Warehouse Live
November 7th–Austin, TX–Fun Fun Fun Fest Nights
November 8th–Dallas, TX–Gas Monkey Live!
November 10th–Albuquerque, NM–Sunshine Theater
November 11th–El Paso, TX–Tricky Falls
November 12th–Phoenix, AZ–Club Red
November 13th–San Diego, CA–The North Park Theatre
November 14th–Santa Ana, CA–The Observatory
November 15th–Sacramento, CA–Ace of Spades
November 17th–Salt Lake City, UT–The Depot
November 18th–Colorado Springs, CO–The Black Sheep
November 20th–Palatine, IL–Durty Nellies
November 21st–Detroit, MI–St. Andrews Hall
November 22nd–Pittsburgh, PA–Mr. Smalls
November 23rd–Philadelphia, PA–Union Transfer
November 24th–Brooklyn, NY–Music Hall of Williamsburg
November 25th–Baltimore, MD–Baltimore Soundstage
November 27th–Tampa, FL–Orpheum
November 28th–Atlanta, GA–Masquerade

WATAIN will be touring in support of their critically acclaimed fifth full-length, The Wild Hunt, which was unleashed in 2013 worldwide via Century Media Records. check out the video for “Outlaw” here:

The Black Metal Warfare tour part II will also be the final US tour for The Wild Hunt. Vocalist Erik comments:
“As with every album tour, it is always towards the end that the all the ingredients of our performances melt together properly and become most powerful. The Black Metal Warfare tour was a very special project for us and I am very pleased we get to end our Wild Hunt in the US with this second leg, with such a legendary package and in front of our ever faithful US militias! While Black Metal Warfare part II is of course a continuation of the first one, quite a few surprises can be expected, both in terms of the setlists as well as on the stage itself. All that is certain is that November shall wail and reek of burning, blistering, banging, bloody Black Metal War! A victorious ending before it’s time to yet again embark on the ever winding paths into the great unknown…”

WATAIN: Hits #2 On Swedish National Chart

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 27, 2015
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Tonight ‘We Raise Our Cups And Toast In Angels Blood’ by Swedish black metallers WATAIN is on the Swedish National Chart – The limited vinyl reached position #1 on the vinyl chart and number 2 on the national chart.

When black metal’s single most important visionary is interpreted by the band that has had the greatest success within the same genre, words like “cover” or “tribute” aren’t really strong enough. Five years after the intense and atmospheric “I was there” event at Sweden Rock Festival, Watain‘s live memorial to Bathory is finally unleashed on vinyl (limited to 1300 copies).
Seven Bathory classics performed by a Watain on fire plus a short, touching introductory speech by Quorthon‘s father Börje “Boss” Forsberg.

http://www.hitlistan.se/

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