Friday, September 3, 2010

DIMMU BORGIR ANNOUNCE FALL 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH ENSLAVED, and BLOODTHRONE


Norwegian black metal legends DIMMU BORGIR and ENSLAVED will team up for a November North American tour with BLOOD RED THRONE.
FROM DIMMU BORGIR:
Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR will embark on a 32-date North American tour in November/December. Support on the trek will come from countrymen ENSLAVED and BLOOD RED THRONE, plus DAWN OF ASHES from Los Angeles.

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

Nov. 05 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
Nov. 06 - Northern Lights - Albany, NY
Nov. 07 - Recher Theater - Towson, MD
Nov. 08 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
Nov. 10 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
Nov. 12 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 13 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Detroit, MI
Nov. 14 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
Nov. 15 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 16 - Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 18 - MacEwan Ballroom - Calgary, AB - CANADA
Nov. 19 - Edmonton Events Center - Edmonton, AB - CANADA
Nov. 21 - Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, B.C. - CANADA
Nov. 22 - The Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA
Nov. 23 - Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR
Nov. 24 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
Nov. 26 - The Knitting Factory - Reno, NV
Nov. 27 - The Fox Theater - Pomona, CA
Nov. 28 - The Regency Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
Nov. 30 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
Dec. 01 - Rialto Theater - Tucson, AZ
Dec. 02 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
Dec. 03 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 04 - Gothic Theater - Englewood (Denver), CO
Dec. 06 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
Dec. 07 - House of Blues - Houston, TX
Dec. 09 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
Dec. 10 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 11 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
Dec. 12 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON - Canada
Dec. 13 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC - Canada
Dec. 14 - Imperial - Quebec City, QC - Canada

Tickets will go on sale online on Wednesday, September 15.

As previously reported, DIMMU BORGIR has launched its first and free iPhone app.

View photos, watch videos, get access to sound samples from the band's new album, "Abrahadabra"; share tweets; chat with other die-hards and more. This app syncs up with your Facebook and Twitter accounts, so connect directly with DIMMU BORGIR to get the latest news, music and information.

This DIMMU BORGIR iPhone app is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later and is available to fans in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

Download the DIMMU BORGIR app at this location.

Video footage of the new DIMMU BORGIR track "Gateways" being performed by KORK, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, can be viewed at this location.

"Gateways" is the first single from DIMMU BORGIR's ninth album, "Abrahadabra". The track is now available for purchase via iTunes.

"Abrahadabra" will be released in Germany on September 24, in the rest of Europe on September 27, and in North America on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The word "abrahadabra" (which roughly translates into "I will create as I speak") first publicly appeared in Chapter III of "Liber AL vel Legis" (commonly referred to as "The Book of the Law") written by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in 1904.

"Abrahadabra" track listing:

01. Xibir (2:50)
02. Born Treacherous (5:02)
03. Gateways (5:10)
04. Chess With The Abyss (4:08)
05. Dimmu Borgir (5:35)
06. Ritualist (5:13)
07. The Demiurge Molecule (5:29)
08. A Jewel Traced Through Coal (5:16)
09. Renewal (4:11)
10. Endings And Continuations (5:58)

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-