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Latest news: Tue, Jan 24 2012, WATAIN

Latest release: "Lawless Darkness"

Release date: Mon, Jun 07 2010, US Tue, Jun 08 2010

MP3 - WATAIN - Lawless Darkness - Reaping Death

Black metal kings WATAIN will join the first edition of the Decibel Magazine tour. This earth-scorching line-up sees WATAIN team up with BEHEMOTH, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD and IN SOLITUDE.

It only makes sense that Decibel would present a tour package with a sense of integrity, purpose and history. "It is a joint force of artistic adversity and sinister creativity," assures WATAIN frontman Erik Danielsson, "which makes me think of the glorious days when bands like VENOM, METALLICA, EXODUS and SLAYER toured together like a great middle finger raised towards their sheep-minded contemporaries." The Decibel Magazine Tour begins in April.

Fifteen premium packages will be available in each city that include your ticket to the show, a tour T-shirt, a tour poster and a super-exclusive "Skip the Line" pass to move you to the front when doors open. The price of this package is less than you would spend on a ticket and a tour shirt at the show! More details, including tour dates, venues and ticket info can be found at www.decibelmagazinetour.com. Every ticket purchased through Top Spin will come with a commemorative laminate, and all fans that purchase their ticket through Top Spin will be entered to win an ESP Guitar.

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WATAIN will also be part of Australia's Soundwave Festival in February. The tour will start on February 25th and is shaping up as follows:

25 Feb 12 Brisbane (AU) SoundWave
26 Feb 12 Sydney (AU) SoundWave
02 Mar 12 Melbourne (AU) SoundWave
03 Mar 12 Adelaide (AU) SoundWave
05 Mar 12 Perth (AU) SoundWave

WATAIN's whole b(l)ack catalogue and official band merchandising are available on Season of Mist's e-shop.

Biography

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Darkness descends, the foul stench of rotting flesh fills the nostrils and the iron taste of blood lingers on the tongue – welcome to the world of WATAIN. Out of the infernal depths their voices do not cry to the Heavens. The sinister hymns of these Swedes praise the Lord of Flies in feverish worship as they descend on the left hand path.

WATAIN have once more created an epic masterpiece, which celebrates the eclipse of the light. "Lawless Darkness" amalgamates severe blackness with an uncanny knack for eerie melodies and a harsh beauty of the darkest kind, which even attracted Carl McCoy of FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM to add his vocals in a stunning guest performance.

Clawing their way out of the Black Metal underground yet firmly remaining a part of it since their founding in 1998, the Swedes have become a major player in the dark genre. WATAIN established themselves as a phenomenon of most sinister kind as soon as their 7'' EP entitled "The Essence of Black Purity" was released in 1999.

WATAIN's acclaimed debut "Rabid Death's Curse" followed only a year later in 2000. The trio from Uppsala immediately gained a massive following by their merciless devotion and intense live rituals imbued with blood, fire and magic. Recorded in the chambers of Necromorbus studios, which owes a large part of its current fame and status to the trio, relentless Black/Death Metal lunacy "Rabid Death's Curse" was received with a roar of appreciation from the worldwide underground.

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Following the release of their debut, WATAIN began to hit the European stages with full force, performing along such bands as ROTTING CHRIST, DARK FUNERAL, MORTUARY DRAPE, ANTAEUS, MUTIILATION among others. It did not take long for the band to gain a massive reputation for their intense, ritualized live-performances embodying every aspect of traditional Black/Death Metal sorcery, violent ceremonies of blood, fire, death and magic. Their first complete European crusade - the Black War Tour- was raising hell in early 2002.

Expectations soared when WATAIN entered the Necromorbus studios once more in June 2003 to record their second full-length "Casus Luciferi", which has been composed over a period of three years. This fanatical monument of magical Black Metal has been hailed as one of the most relevant underground releases of this extreme genre in the new millennium. "Casus Luciferi" proudly unleashed the horrifying glory of the true, dangerous and by many shunned Black Metal legacy, without a hint of irony, doubt or uncertainty. At the time of release, WATAIN embarked on the "Stellar Descension Infernal" Tour raging throughout Europe in an unholy union with SECRETS OF THE MOON and AVERSE SEFIRA.

In the following year 2004, WATAIN continuously invoked their demons on stages in the Czech Republic, Italy, Britain and Scandinavia, building further upon their now global reputation as one of the most passionate and eye-opening live acts of extreme Metal. When the darkness of winter fell upon the trembling plains of Europe, the Swedes embarked on a two-month and by now famous tour with their compatriots DISSECTION, marching victoriously through eighteen countries.

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Again it took WATAIN three years to define the nature of the work that became their third full-length. Even more praise than already before was heaped upon the musical extremists after releasing "Sworn to the Dark" in 2007. This album proved to be another stepping stone in their steeply rising career and saw the band teaming up with Season of Mist for the first time in several countries. At the time WATAIN regarded "Sworn to the Dark" to be an immense discharge of magic and death that marked the release as an ultimate Black Metal monolith.

Yet another three years went by, in which WATAIN prepared to surpass their own achievements. With the hellishly seductive "Lawless Darkness", the Swedes shed another snake skin to reveal an eerie beauty underneath. Their true dedication, epic approach and outstanding songwriting skills are bound to attract friends far beyond any black boundaries. The wolf pack is back and out to devour your heart, guts and soul!

Line-up

Name Instrument
E Vocals
P Guitars
H Hellhammers
Additional live members
A Bass
Set Teitan Guitar

Releases Season of Mist

Som203

Lawless Darkness

General information
: Mon, Jun 07 2010
: Tue, Jun 08 2010
: Black Metal
: SOM203
: available

Som203e

Reaping Death (single)

General information
: Black Metal
: SOM203E
: available

Som187

Rabid Death's Curse

General information
: Mon, Oct 27 2008
: Black Metal
: SOM187
: available

Som185

Casus Luciferi

General information
: Mon, Oct 13 2008
: Black Metal
: SOM185
: available

Som148

Sworn to the Dark

General information
: Mon, Feb 19 2007
: Black Metal
: SOM148
: available

Tour dates

Date Country Town Venue Other information
Sat, Feb 25 2012 AU Brisbane SoundWave
Sun, Feb 26 2012 AU Sydney SoundWave
Fri, Mar 02 2012 AU Melbourne SoundWave
Sat, Mar 03 2012 AU Adelaide SoundWave
Mon, Mar 05 2012 AU Perth SoundWave
Wed, Apr 11 2012 US Columbus, OH The Brewmasters Gate + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Thu, Apr 12 2012 US Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Fri, Apr 13 2012 US Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sat, Apr 14 2012 US St. Paul, MN Station Four + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Mon, Apr 16 2012 US Lawrence, KS Granada Theater + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Tue, Apr 17 2012 US Denver, CO Summit Music Hall + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Wed, Apr 18 2012 US Salt Lake City, UT The Complex + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Fri, Apr 20 2012 US Seattle, WA El Corazon + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sat, Apr 21 2012 CA Vancouver, BC Rickshaw + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sun, Apr 22 2012 US Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Mon, Apr 23 2012 US San Francisco, CA Slims + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Wed, Apr 25 2012 US Los Angeles, CA House of Blues + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Thu, Apr 26 2012 US Phoenix, AZ Nile Theater + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Fri, Apr 27 2012 US Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sun, Apr 29 2012 US San Antonio, TX White Rabbit + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Tue, May 01 2012 US Tampa, FL Orpheum + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Wed, May 02 2012 US Atlanta, GA Masquerade + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Fri, May 04 2012 US Charlotte, NC Amos Southend + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sat, May 05 2012 US Baltimore, MD Rams Head + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sun, May 06 2012 US Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Tue, May 08 2012 CA Toronto, ON Opera House + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Wed, May 09 2012 CA Montreal, QC Club Soda + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Thu, May 10 2012 CA Quebec City, QC Imperial + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Fri, May 11 2012 US Worcester, MA The Palladium + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Sat, May 12 2012 US New York, NY Irving Plaza + Behemoth + The Devil's Blood + In Solitude
Fri, Aug 03 2012 DE Wacken Wacken Open Air
Fri, Aug 10 2012 UK Catton Hall Bloodstock Open Air
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