Watain News

Posted on August 25, 2015

Season of Mist will release the first four WATAIN albums in a special priced 4-CD jewel box entitled ‘Satanic Deathnoise from the Beyond’ with bonus tracks. The box will hit the stores worldwide on October 16th and can already be pre-ordered from the Season of Mist shop.

Posted on January 9, 2013

At last, Swedish shouting stars WATAIN’s cult classic “Sworn to the Dark” is available in North America! Here are the cover artwork and tracklisting of WATAIN’s critically acclaimed third opus:

Posted on September 18, 2012

As any Black Metal fan knows, Sweden’s WATAIN have stormed from the hellish pits of the underground onto the covers of the biggest Metal magazines worldwide. Their latest masterpiece “Lawless Darkness” (2010) was praised by critics and fans alike, scored a massive number of highest grades and went on to collect many “album of the year” titles and top list entries.

Posted on June 12, 2012

Season of Mist is proud to announce that Swedish black kings WATAIN just won the Best Undergound Band award at the world famous Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2012! For the occasion, the band played a blinding, spectacularly gnarly set last Sunday. Congratulations to E. and the gang!

Posted on January 24, 2012

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.

Posted on January 19, 2011

Shouting stars WATAIN just won the national Grammy Award in the Hard Rock category! The ceremony was held at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Sweden, last Monday. Congratulations, guys!

Posted on December 14, 2010

A few days after their successful North American tour ended, Black kings WATAIN are proud to announce they will be back to spread their lawless darkness over Europe in February and March 2011, with fellow country(mad)men SHINING!

Posted on September 2, 2010

Lawless spirits, Werewolves, Watainiacs of North America, rejoice! We are proud to announce that despite the unfortunate cancellation of Behemoth, Watain are still touring the USA in November, as headliners!

Posted on June 23, 2010

We are very proud to announce that, two weeks after the release of WATAIN’s fourth monument “Lawless Darkness”, the album entered the Swedish charts! “Lawless Darkness” ranked number 26 in the album charts on June 14th, all musical genres taken together. Congratulations guys!

Posted on June 5, 2010

As previously announced, WATAIN’s song “Reaping Death”, off the “Lawless Darkness” album, was released in April as a 7″ picture disc and a CD single. The former was unleashed last week on Walpurgisnacht and is limited to 1300 copies worldwide, and the latter was exclusively distributed in Sweden and was certified gold for sales in excess of 10.000 copies. So it’s time for the whole world to get their hands on the song!

Posted on May 27, 2010

In next autumn, Swedish black kings WATAIN will hit the road for over a month, to spread their lawless darkness over Europe! The 28-gig tour will take the band through 14 different countries and is scheduled as follows:

Posted on May 27, 2010

In an official statement to American fans before the band’s headlining appearance at this year’s Maryland Deathfest, WATAIN frontman E. warns of the carnage to come: “We are leaving for the US in a few hours from now, armed to the teeth and ready to murder. The Watain performance at Maryland Deathfest shall be a triumphant holocaust of all that is holy, and a massive celebration of the gods of Lawless Darkness! Be prepared…”

Posted on April 29, 2010

Black kings WATAIN’s single CD “Reaping Death”, exclusively distributed in Sweden via Sweden Rock Magazine, got certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry on April 21st! Season of Mist congratulate the band and the magazine for having sold 10000 discs in two weeks.

Posted on April 8, 2010

WATAIN’s fourth album is now due in less than two months! Time to unveil the artwork and tracklisting of the Swedish black kings’ new monument…

Posted on March 24, 2010

Hereby we announce the title of the fourth WATAIN album to be released on June 7th. Its name shall be “Lawless Darkness”!

Posted on March 18, 2010

You can now pre-order WATAIN’s “Reaping Death” 7″ single on Season of Mist’s e-shop. Go to e-shop.season-of-mist.com/ and get your copy!

Posted on March 10, 2010

As previously announced, WATAIN’s upcoming fourth monument is set to a June 7th release. Its title still remains to be unveiled. In the meantime, you can get your share of pure Black Metal via two versions of the “Reaping Death” single, which is a song from the forthcoming album.

Posted on February 26, 2010

Swedish black metal kings WATAIN just completed their fourth full-length album, after two intense months at Necromorbus Studio!