
Latest news: Tue, Jan 24 2012, WATAIN
Latest release: "Lawless Darkness"
Release date: Mon, Jun 07 2010, US Tue, Jun 08 2010
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.

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
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.
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.
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
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| E | Vocals |
| P | Guitars |
| H | Hellhammers |
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| A | Bass |
| Set Teitan | Guitar |
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Reaping Death (single) |
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Rabid Death's Curse |
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Casus Luciferi |
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Sworn to the Dark |
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Tour dates
| Date | Country | Town | Venue | Other information |
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| 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 |












































