Showing posts with label Lawless Darkness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lawless Darkness. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

WATAIN Update From The Road

Band Announces NYC Meet And Greet;
Lawless Darkness Earns The #2 Spot On Decibel Magazine's Top 40 Albums of 2010!

Swedish black metal titans WATAIN have been setting North America ablaze with a sound and stage show that is a true assault to the senses. Touring in support of their Lawless Darkness full-length released via Season Of Mist earlier this year, the wild ride commenced in Pittsburgh on November 6 and has been sweeping its way across the country with relentless fury. Support bands, Goatwhore and Black Anvil, have helped make the tour package one of the most pummeling (and talked about) of the year.

Said WATAIN in a collective statement: "The Lawless Darkness Tour marches on relentlessly across the States. Greetings to the legions of hungry fiends that have come out so far, and to all of you who have brought us gifts and artifacts for the stage, you will not be forgotten! It has been a wild ride, yet it is far from over... Denial of the flesh; Denial of the cunt; we are the cold seed of Satanas!"

Check out footage from the band's Seattle performance HERE OR BELOW.



WATAIN's final U.S. performance of the tour will happen this Thursday at Santos Party House in New York City. Following the show is a scheduled meet and greet at Duff's in Brooklyn. Check out the flyer HERE:

Duff's Brooklyn
168 Marcy Avenue (between S. 5th & Broadway)
Williamsburg, New York


Lawless Darkness was released via Season Of Mist on June 7. Recorded at Necromorbus Studio (Deathspell Omega, Funeral Mist, Ondskapt, etc.) in Alvik, Sweden with cover art by Zbigniew M. Bielak, the record continues to reap critical accolades from press nationwide and abroad. The band scored cover spots in some of metal’s most esteemed publications including Decibel, Terrorizer, and Subterranea (Metal Hammer’s extreme metal supplement) and the "Reaping Death," single was certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. In addition, Lawless Darkness recently earned the #2 position in Decibel Magazine's Top 40 Albums Of 2010 [January 2011 issue]. View the feature HERE.

WATAIN: Lawless Darkness North American Tour 2010 [remaining dates]
w/ Goatwhore, Black Anvil
11/30/2010 Sonar - Baltimore, MD
12/01/2010 Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
12/02/2010 Santo’s Party House - New York, NY
12/03/2010 Le Fou Founes - Montreal, QC
12/04/2010 Opera House - Toronto, ON

"...From the opening strains of 'Malfeitor,' WATAIN held the Rickshaw rapt with Satanic attention. Their reputation preceding them, the band completely revel in malevolence and black theatrics, from coating themselves in pig’s blood to utilizing flame as the major light source onstage. Frontman Erik Danielsson’s grim ringmastery commands attention and respect, while the band scorches their way through the soundtrack to damnation." -- Hellbound


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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

WATAIN Continue Their Mission To Desecrate North America

New Live Footage Posted

Swedish black metal legion WATAIN continue to pillage their way across North America in support of their latest release of unholiness, Lawless Darkness. The tour, featuring support from Goatwhore and Black Anvil, commenced on November 6th in Pittsburgh and has since been winding it's way across the U.S., with the band's unsettling ritualistic stage performance -- complete with candles and the scent of decay --reaping praise from devout fans and recent converts in every city they defile. Remaining tour dates include:


WATAIN: Lawless Darkness North American Tour 2010
w/ Goatwhore, Black Anvil
11/16/2010 Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
11/17/2010 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
11/18/2010 The Ruby Room - San Diego, CA
11/19/2010 The Whiskey - Hollywood, CA
11/20/2010 Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
11/22/2010 The Loft - Dallas, TX
11/23/2010 Emo’s - Austin, TX
11/24/2010 Numbers - Houston, TX
11/27/2010 Back Booth - Orlando, FL
11/29/2010 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11/30/2010 Sonar - Baltimore, MD
12/01/2010 Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
12/02/2010 Santo’s - New York, NY
12/03/2010 Le Fou Founes - Montreal, QC
12/04/2010 Opera House - Toronto, ON

Check out recent footage of WATAIN performing "Devil's Blood" and "Total Funeral" in DenverHERE or below.



"A WATAIN show is a religious ceremony, a time for the band to pay homage to their Gods. The theatrics and evil imagery, the dousing of themselves in (real) animal blood, and all of [Erik] Danielsson's philosophies on rejecting humanity for nothingness is their way of grasping at their own liberation" -- Portland Mercury

"Black metal bands seem to take pride in obfuscation: devising incomprehensible logos, concealing their faces with corpsepaint, releasing tiny-edition cassette tapes you can't find even in the most obscurity-worshipping record shops. In a more strictly musical sense that means that you rarely find black-metal bands that play likeWATAIN —heavy and dense but crisply defined. These scarily earnest Swedes summon a convincingly menacing thunder that doesn't blur out of focus..." -- The Chicago Reader