Century Media Records have announced the following news:
WATAIN entered their national Swedish album charts on #1 with their new album “The Wild Hunt”. And even in the second week it’s still on #5! German fans helped WATAIN to achieve their first ever German chart entry on position #18. In The US the album entered #158 in the Billboard Top 200.
The band played their album release show last Saturday in their hometown Uppsala in Sweden. The sold-out show was a feast of blood, sweat and fire – a night to remember.
As a special gift to dedicated fans you can get a free download of the b-side from the “All That May Bleed” 7” single that came out on Summer Solstice, June 21st, 2013. The Side B is a track called “Play with the Devil” originally recorded by the Black/Heavy Metal band Taiwaz in 1988, in Watain’s hometown
Uppsala. Gottfrid Åhman from In Solitude participates on solo guitar in Watain’s version. In many means a very special song. You can download “Play with the Devil” at http://thewildhunt.se
WATAIN’s own label His Master’s Noise and their partner Century Media Records thank all of you dedicated fans.
E. from WATAIN: “It’s always a special feeling to release an album with Watain; to let the levee break and have the hungry waters gush forth again, swallowing everything in its way. Hail to all of our supporters who gave the release of The Wild Hunt the attention and dignity it deserves! See you on the long and winding road that now lies ahead of us.”
According to Century Media, The new WATAIN album “The Wild Hunt” is coming out this week in Sweden (August 14th) and Germany (August 16th). UK (August 19th), US (August 20th) and the rest of the world following early next week.
Check out this in-depth interview with vocalist E. for more info on the album:
“The Wild Hunt” will be released worldwide in the following formats:
–standard CD jewelcase
–limited edition CD mediabook
–2LP, 180gr black vinyl
–limited edition box set
–digital download
On the 24th of August, Watain will conduct the grand opening of “The Wild Hunt” world tour in their hometown Uppsala. For those who want to see Watain’s infamous live ceremony taken to a new level; this is your chance. And also your chance to see WATAIN’s brothers In Solitude and Degial. The world tour continues in North America with support from In Solitude and Tribulation:
Oct. 8-New York, NY-Irving Plaza
Oct. 9-Philadelphia, PA-Underground Arts
Oct. 10-Worcester, MA-Palladium Upstairs
Oct. 11-Montreal, QC-Foufounes Electriques
Oct. 12-Toronto, ON-Opera House
Oct. 14-Detroit, MI-The Magic Stick
Oct. 15-Chicago, IL-Bottom Lounge
Oct. 16-Minneapolis, MN-Triple Rock Social Club
Oct. 18-Denver, CO-Marquis Theatre
Oct. 19-Salt Lake City, UT-In The Venue
Oct. 21-Seattle, WA-Studio Seven
Oct. 22-Vancouver, BC-Rickshaw
Oct. 23-Portland, OR-Hawthorne Theater
Oct. 25-Oakland, CA-Oakland Metro
Oct. 26-Los Angeles, CA-VEX
Oct. 27-Phoenix, AZ-Rocky Point Cantina
Oct. 28-Albuquerque, NM-Launch Pad
Oct. 30-Austin, TX-Red 7
Nov. 1-Atlanta, GA-Masquerade Hell
Nov. 2-Charlotte, NC-The Casbah
Nov. 3-Baltimore, MD-Baltimore Sound Stag
European Dates to be announced soon.
“Say can you see the flames glow at the brooding gates of dawn? At last, we are nearly there…” (WATAIN – Holocaust Dawn)
With the release of their forthcoming full-length, The Wild Hunt, drawing near, Swedish black metallers WATAIN are now ready to announce their first North American tour in support of the album. Featuring IN SOLITUDE and TRIBULATION as support, this month-long headlining trek (aptly named The Wild Hunt North America) showcases some of Sweden’s finest metal from coast to coast. See below for all upcoming dates.
Watain comments: “Starting the first full tour for The Wild Hunt in North America seems quite appropriate, considering how many severe experiences and sleepless nights that country has bestowed upon us while riding through its strange wilderness…A thousand years and a thousand deaths have passed since we last visited the States, so prepare yourself to face something very, very old and very, very hungry. Deformed from both victory and defeat, distorted by a constant influx of powers residing beyond the borders of this world, we now return to join forces with our ever loyal US supporters. With us we will have two acts that have the capacity of transforming the audience into one big open wound before we go on stage, ready then to receive the lethal yet illuminating venom of Watain.”
Tour dates include:
October
8 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
9 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
10 – Worcester, MA – Palladium Upstairs
11 – Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
12 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
14 – Detroit, MI – The Magic Stick
15 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
16 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
18 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
19 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
21 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
22 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
23 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
25 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Metro
26 – Los Angeles, CA – VEX
27 – Phoenix, AZ – Rocky Point Cantina
28 – Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad
30 – Austin, TX – Red 7
November
1 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Hell
2 – Charlotte, NC – The Casbah
3 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Sound Stage
Watain’s The Wild Hunt, their fifth full-length album, will be released on August 19th in Europe and August 20th in North America, through the band’s own label His Master’s Noise and Century Media Records.
The Wild Hunt will be released worldwide in the following formats:
Standard CD Jewelcase (and digital download):
‘Night Vision’
‘De Profundis’
‘Black Flames March’
‘All That May Bleed’
‘The Child Must Die’
‘They Rode On’
‘Sleepless Evil’
‘The Wild Hunt’
‘Outlaw’
‘Ignem Veni Mittere’
‘Holocaust Dawn’
Limited Edition CD Mediabook with additional artwork:
‘Night Vision’
‘De Profundis’
‘Black Flames March’
‘All That May Bleed’
‘The Child Must Die’
‘They Rode On’
‘Sleepless Evil’
‘The Wild Hunt’
‘Outlaw’
‘Ignem Veni Mittere’
‘Holocaust Dawn’
‘…’
2LP, 180 gr black vinyl in special gatefold cover:
Side A
‘Night Vision’
‘De Profundis’
‘Black Flames March’
‘All That May Bleed’
Side B
‘The Child Must Die’
‘They Rode On’
Side C
‘Sleepless Evil’
‘The Wild Hunt’
‘Outlaw’
Side D
‘Ignem Veni Mittere’
‘Holocaust Dawn’
Limited Edition Box Set contains:
– 2LP, 180gr black vinyl in special Gatefold cover
– Limited Edition CD Mediabook with additional artwork
– Altar cloth (100cm x 100cm) *
– Poster (120cm x 60cm) *
– Metal pin *
– Postcards *
– ‘When Stars No More Shine’ 7” single * (The first Watain song ever written, in two versions from 1998 and 2013)*
* exclusively available in the box set
This version is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, available through normal retail channels.
2,000 copies the Limited Edition Box Set will contain the 2LP in gold vinyl, only available through http://www.cmdistro.com – the pre-order start will be announced soon.
2,000 copies of the ultimate Limited Edition Box Set will contain the 2LP in red vinyl, a signed postcard and a very special second ‘XI’ 7” single (Music and lyrics by Jon Nödtveidt and Set Teitan, performed by Watain) that won’t be available anywhere else, exclusively available to pre-order now at the band’s own shop Wolfwear.net.
According to Century Media Records, In anticipation of their album’s release, Swedish black metallers WATAIN are now unleashing yet another new track from their forthcoming full-length, The Wild Hunt, which is due out August 19th in Europe and August 20th in North America through the band’s own label His Master’s Noise via Century Media Records. Watch below the new song “The Child Must Die”.
WATAIN comments: “‘The Child Must Die’ is a song of sorrow and liberation, of the sacrifices that the path of adversity requires. Musically it shows yet another side of ‘The Wild Hunt,’ being more Heavy Metal-rooted perhaps than ‘All That May Bleed’.”
For another preview of The Wild Hunt, be sure to check out the album’s first single, “All That May Bleed”, which is now available for purchase as a digital download and as an exclusive 7″ at www.wolfwear.net and www.cmdistro.com.
And to give you even more to listen to this weekend: WATAIN have teamed up with the American Decibel Magazine to give fans a white-on-black flexi disc for the exclusive cover song “Fuck Off, We Murder” (made famous by GG Allin). To hear the track, head over to Metal Sucks.net!
WATAIN comments: “Driven by an inner fire and a genuine contempt for society and all its particles, GG Allin lived and died as a true rock n roll outlaw, and is to this day an inspiration for anyone to whom conformity and authority are things that must be fought and eliminated, not only by words but by action.”
The flexi disc for “Fuck Off, We Murder” will be available for subscribers only in Decibel’s September issue (out in August).
Produced once again by Tore Stjerna at his Necromorbus studio in Alvik (Sweden), The Wild Hunt is a sonic and lyrical tour-de-force that explores WATAIN’s roots, such as BATHORY and DISSECTION, while also remaining truly unique. Having lost none of their integrity, WATAIN continues to push the boundaries of the scene with their fifth full-length, refusing to compromise their sound and vision. Amid the tracks teeming with the band’s classic sound, The Wild Hunt also features clean vocals (a first for the band!) which, as front-man Erik puts it, “…is just us being brutally personal and honest. It shows another important facet of the WATAIN world.” As this new album will soon prove, WATAIN truly lives in a world all their own.
The Wild Hunt will be released worldwide in the following formats:
–standard CD jewelcase
–limited edition CD mediabook
–2LP, 180gr black vinyl
–limited edition box set
–digital download
The Wild Hunt track-listing
1. Night Vision (3:39)
2. De Profundis (4:33)
3. Black Flames March (6:21)
4. All That May Bleed (4:36)
5. The Child Must Die (6:04)
6. They Rode On (8:43)
7. Sleepless Evil (5:38)
8. The Wild Hunt (6:21)
9. Outlaw (5:07)
10. Ignem Veni Mittere (4:39)
11. Holocaust Dawn (7:07)
Century Media Records have announced the following news:
Taking things to the next step – whatever the costs are. This has always been WATAIN’s goal from day one and this has never been truer than with “The Wild Hunt”, their fifth full-length album coming out August 19th in Europe and August 20th in North America through the band’s own label His Master’s Noise and Century Media Records.
It would be easy to call this the most important album of their career but then again, all their albums are. Yet resting on their laurels never was an option and so WATAIN decided to go into seclusion for over six months to compose their new album, followed by four long and excruciating months in four different studios to record this beast. With mixing duties handled by the faithful Tore Stjerna at the famous Necromorbus studio in Alvik (Sweden), “The Wild Hunt” marks another gigantic achievement and most importantly once again ups the ante compared to WATAIN’s extremely well received previous releases.
“The Wild Hunt” will be released worldwide in the following formats:
Standard CD Jewelcase (and digital download)
1. Night Vision (3:39)
2. De Profundis (4:33)
3. Black Flames March (6:21)
4. All That May Bleed (4:36)
5. The Child Must Die (6:04)
6. They Rode On (8:43)
7. Sleepless Evil (5:38)
8. The Wild Hunt (6:21)
9. Outlaw (5:07)
10. Ignem Veni Mittere (4:39)
11. Holocaust Dawn (7:07)
Limited Edition CD Mediabook with additional artwork
1. Night Vision (3:39)
2. De Profundis (4:33)
3. Black Flames March (6:21)
4. All That May Bleed (4:36)
5. The Child Must Die (6:04)
6. They Rode On (8:43)
7. Sleepless Evil (5:38)
8. The Wild Hunt (6:21)
9. Outlaw (5:07)
10. Ignem Veni Mittere (4:39)
11. Holocaust Dawn (7:07)
12. …
2LP, 180gr black vinyl in special Gatefold cover
Side A
1. Night Vision (3:39)
2. De Profundis (4:33)
3. Black Flames March (6:21)
4. All That May Bleed (4:36)
Side B
5. The Child Must Die (6:04)
6. They Rode On (8:43)
Side C
7. Sleepless Evil (5:38)
8. The Wild Hunt (6:21)
9. Outlaw (5:07)
Side D
10. Ignem Veni Mittere (4:39)
11. Holocaust Dawn (7:07)
Limited Edition Box Set
Contains:
2LP, 180gr black vinyl in special Gatefold cover
Limited Edition CD Mediabook with additional artwork
Altar cloth (100cm x 100cm) *
Poster (120cm x 60cm) *
Metal pin *
Postcards *
“When Stars no more shine” 7” single * (The 1st WAITAIN song ever written, in 2 versions from 1998 and 2013)*
* exclusively available in the Box Set
This version is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, available through normal retail channels.
2,000 copies the Limited Edition Box Set will contain the 2LP in gold vinyl, only available through www.cmdistro.com – the pre-order start will be announced soon.
2,000 copies of the ultimate Limited Edition Box Set will contain the 2LP in red vinyl, a signed postcard and a very special second “XI” 7” single (Music and lyrics by Jon Nödtveidt and Set Teitan, performed by WATAIN ) that won’t be available anywhere else, exclusively available to pre-order now at the band’s own shop www.wolfwear.net
“ALL THAT MAY BLEED”, the first single of WATAIN‘s new album “The Wild Hunt”, is now available as 7” and digital download. Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgKyfrdcDwY to listen to the entire song!
On the 24th of August, WATAIN will conduct the grand opening of “The Wild Hunt” world tour in their hometown Uppsala. For those who want to see Watain’s infamous live ceremony taken to a new level; this is your chance. The venue chosen for this night of unchained metal magic is Svandammshallarna, located in the heart of the city. Tickets are on sale now through www.evenemang.se
According to Century Media Records, ‘All That May Bleed’, the first single of Watain’s new album “The Wild Hunt”, is now available all across Europe. Check it out below:
“All that May Bleed shows but one facet of a quite diverse album, but we chose this song as a first glimpse into “The Wild Hunt” because of its bombastic lunacy and white-eyed malevolence which could be said to constitute a main foundation for the album. The lyric is an invitation to sacrificial blood letting, ecstatic zealotry and human sacrifice. The salt of Satan in the wounds of Christ!”
Side B is a track called “Play with the Devil” originally recorded by the Black/Heavy Metal band Taiwaz in 1988, in Watain’s hometown Uppsala. Gottfrid Åhman from In Solitude participates on solo guitar in Watain’s version. The “ALL THAT MAY BLEED” single is available now in the following formats:
*Black 7″ vinyl – limited to 2,000 copies worldwide
*Red 7″ vinyl with sticker (only available from www.wolfwear.net) limited to 500 copies worldwide
*7″ Picture disc limited to 500 copies worldwide available from www.cmdistro.com and www.wolfwear.net
* Digital Download smarturl.it
Some formats are already sold out by pre-order, so hurry up to catch the last few copies.
WATAIN’s upcoming album “The Wild Hunt” will be released August 19th in Europe and August 20th, 2013 in North America by His Master’s Noise, via Century Media Records. On the 24th of August, Watain will conduct the grand opening of “The Wild Hunt” world tour in their hometown Uppsala. For those who want to see Watain’s infamous live ceremony taken to a new level; this is your chance. The venue chosen for this night of unchained metal magic is Svandammshallarna, located in the heart of the city. Tickets are on sale now through www.evenemang.se
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