Swedish black metal legends MARDUK have announced the SERPENT SERMON (fall) EUROPEAN 2012 TOUR. MARDUK have just unleashed the bands latest offering entitled "Serpent Sermon" 5/25/2012 on CENTURY MEDIA.
FROM MARDUK:
The hierophants of Swedish Black Metal have started preaching the "Serpent Sermon". MARDUK's 12th studio album will hit the streets today. "Serpent Sermon" is both a memorial for the glory of Black Metal as well as a signpost for a whole scene that far too often drowns in mediocrity and predictability, offering ten diverse songs within the entire spectrum of Black Metal. Be it the opener and title track with its majestic chorus, the creeping doom beast "Temple Of Decay", "Souls For Belial" or "Gospel Of The Worm" with their pure and untamed blasting ferocity or the epic "World Of Blades", each track of "Serpent Sermon" relegates every rivaling band further to the fringe. This is Black Metal mastery.
"Serpent Sermon" will be available in the following formats:
1. Standard CD Jewelcase
2. Deluxe Mediabook CD (with 40-page booklet and the exclusive track "Coram Satanae")
3. Deluxe LP (with 180g vinyl, gatefold sleeve and kingsize 12-page LP- booklet)
4. Digital download
Vinyl collectors beware: An exclusive LP version on dark-red vinyl is available on www.cmdistro.com. This version will also include an exclusive 7inch EP (on dark-red vinyl as well) with the bonus track of the Mediabook CD "Coram Satanae". Be fast as this version is limited to only 300 copies and almost gone by now.
MARDUK International press quotes:
"This is MARDUK's definitive album. A masterpiece"
9/10 Rock Hard (IT)
"MARDUK beats up every black metal act with its "Serpent Sermon" album."
Inferno (FI)
"...the vitriolic fire and brimstone is there in spades and ist poisonous bite is potent."
4/5 Terrorizer (UK)
"After 22 years this band still got it, we don't need to say more."
91/100 - Rock Tribune (BE)
"MARDUK proves again to be the absolute top of Black Metal!"
Aardschok (NL)
"MARDUK's latest album, 'Serpent Sermon', is something of a return to form-or more accurately a return to Satanism...'Serpent Sermon' is nothing if not a lyrical blitzkrieg on the tenets of Christianity."
Revolver Magazine (USA)
"Some beasts seem to be immune to the burdens of old age"
8/10 - Sweden Rock (SE)
"...maybe the most powerful black metal album of the year."
8/10 - Close Up (SE)
SERPENT SERMON EUROPE
The tour dates for the European part of the Serpent Sermon World Tour 2012/2013 has been announced!! There is still a few dates to be added. A second part is being planned as well with dates in the Baltic region and Scandinavia! More news to follow! No mercy!
30.08.2012 (POL) Warsaw / Progresja
31.08.2012 (GER) Berlin / K17
01.09.2012 (GER) Leipzig / Theater Fabrik
02.09.2012 (CZ) Ostrava / Barrak Music Club
03.09.2012 (HUN) Budapest / Blue Hell
05.09.2012 (ROM) Bucarest / Fabrica
06.09.2012 (BUL) Sofia / RBF Club
07.09.2012 (GRE) Thessaloniki / 8ball
08.09.2012 (GRE) Atheens / Kyttaro Live
09.09.2012 (MAC) Skopje / MKC
10.09.2012 (SER) Beograd / Gun Club
11.09.2012 (CRO) Zagreb / Mochvara
12.09.2012 (SLO) Ljubljana / Gala Hala
13.09.2012 (ITA) Firenze / Garage
14.09.2012 (ITA) Roma / Traffic Live
15.09.2012 (ITA) Trezzo sull'Adda (Mi) / Live Club
16.09.2012 (CH) Zurich / Dynamo
18.09.2012 (FR) Toulouse / Ramier
19.09.2012 (SP) Santander / Heaven
20.09.2012 (SP) Madrid / Ritmo & Compas
21.09.2012 (SP) Almeria / Jala Jala
22.09.2012 (SP) Valencia / Rock City
23.09.2012 (SP) Barcelona / Mephisto
25.09.2012 (FR) Toulon / Vox
26.09.2012 (FR) Lyon / tbc
27.09.2012 (FR) Paris-Savigny L'Empreinte
28.09.2012 (HOL) Drachten / Iduna
29.09.2012 (UK) London / Underworld
30.09.2012 (UK) Plymouth / White Rabbit
01.10.2012 (IRE) Dublin / The Pint
02.10.2012 (UK) Leeds / The Well
03.10.2012 (BEL) Leffinge / The Devils Corner
04.10.2012 (HOL) Rotterdam / Baroeg
05.10.2012 (GER) Essen / Turock
06.10.2012 (GER) Wurzburg / Posthalle
07.10.2012 (HOL) Rijssen / Lucky
08.10.2012 (GER) Bad / Oeynhausen Druckerei
09.10.2012 (GER) Munich / Backstage
11.10.2012 (A) Wien / Escape
12.10.2012 (CZ) Prague / Hoodoo
13.10.2012 (POL) Kraków / Kwadrat
14.10.2012 (POL) Łódź / Dekompresja
VIDEO BELOW: MARDUK: "SOULS FOR BELIAL":
MARDUK // Souls for Belial from Eldstål // Håkan Sjödin on Vimeo.
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-