WATAIN announce celebrative show in their hometown

WATAIN have announced the three last shows of the "Trident Wolf Eclipse" era,of which the first one will be a celebration in their hometown Uppsala on Walpurgis Night (April 30th).

"Traditionally, valborgsmässoafton – Eve of the Valborg Mass – is when the Devil’s children gather in celebration; a time of fire and rapture, magic and ecstasy, Death and Rebirth. Precisely what this event of ours is intended for", explains the band in the official announcement, published earlier today.

The event will be in the form of an all-encompassing festival, gathering under the banner of WATAIN other bands, craftworks, art, food and beverage, and according to the announcement, it will also be the last chance for quite some time to see the band performing in Sweden.

Tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning, January 11th, at 9:00 am CEST, on Tickster.com, an official event page has been set up at this link. More details are expected to be disclosed in the next weeks. May it be a fiery night of celebration for all those who will attend this special event!
The other two shows will be appearances at Hellfest 2020 in July, and Psycho Las Vegas in August.

WATAIN's "Trident Wolf Eclipse" on cassette

Tape maniacs! It has come to our attention that the latest WATAIN's creature, "Trident Wolf Eclipse", has just been issued also on cassette by the Greek label Floga Records. It is a limited edition of 500 copies, on pro-made tape, with slipcase. Black tape,of course.

At the moment, it appears to be available on Floga Records' store, while on Nuclear Blast's store it is listed as a pre-order. More images of this edition can also be seen Discogs.

Three-part video interview with Erik Danielsson

While Watain was in Toronto for their show at The Opera House on February 25th, 2018, Erik Danielsson has been interviewed on Aggressive Tendencies, the digital video channel of Canadian magazine Exclaim!, and in this three-part video he talks about Watain and its roots in Black metal tradition, how its music, and the concepts it deals with, are perceived and approached by the audience from different perspectives and different depths; about the current misconceptions regarding the presence of political ideologies of any sort in Watain; how comparing "Rabid Death's Curse" and "Trident Wolf Eclipse" (respectively the first and the latest album of Watain's discography) shows that although created at different points of Watain's history they are both drawing from that same fascination with the extreme side of the search for advancement, and furthermore he elaborates a bit on the album title "Trident Wolf Eclipse" and its symbolism. The three videos can be watched below.

Part I : About Watain and Black metal tradition

Part II : About misconceptions and erroneous political interpretation of Watain

Rock Hard Sampler January 2018: WATAIN & Tribulation

The issue #368 (January 2018) of German music magazine Rock Hard comes with an interesting free promo CD that features three WATAIN tracks: "Nuclear Alchemy" and "Sacred Damnation" from the upcoming album "Trident Wolf Ecplise" and a rehearsal version of "Sleepless Evil"; and three Tribulation tracks: "The Lament" and "Lady Death" from their upcoming album "Down Below" and their cover of The Cure's song "One Hundred Years", originally appeared on their 2015 single "Waiting for the Death Blow".

Although most songs featured on this promo CD are probably by now already well known to followers of the bands, the rehearsal version of "Sleepless Evil" might surely hold some interest for all the appreciators of primal, raw black metal sound, as this version certainly adds even more viciousness to an already violently dark song.
The full Sampler CD can be heard below (click on track titles to jump to a specific song):

01. WATAIN - "Nuclear Alchemy"
02. WATAIN - "Sacred Damnation"
03. WATAIN - "Sleepless Evil"
04. TRIBULATION - "The Lament"
05. TRIBULATION - "Lady Death"
06. TRIBULATION - "One Hundred Years" (The Cure Cover)

Watain unveil new song from "Trident Wolf Eclipse"

A second track premiere from Watain's upcoming sixth full-length "Trident Wolf Eclipse" has been revealed today: the song, reeking of ancient black vibes, is titled "Sacred Damnation" and it has been presented through a lyric video that can be seen below.

"Trident Wolf Eclipse" will be released on January 5th, 2018 and can be pre-ordered on Watain's official webshop Wolfwear.net.

Erik Danielsson talks about "Trident Wolf Eclipse" on Loud TV

Watain are about to unveil a new song from their upcoming album in just a few hours (Friday, Dec. 15th) and for those who want to hear an introdution to "Trident Wolf Eclipse" in advance directly from its main maker, Loud TV is featuring an extensive interview with Erik Danielsson about the record.
Eight tracks of relentless Black and Death metal, straight to the point and infused with predatory instinct rather than focused on atmosphere and detail, this is how Erik describes Watain's new opus, for more details about it (and also a few questions on other topics) , watch the entire interview below:

Watain release video for "Nuclear Alchemy" and album details

After premiering the new song on Swedish Radio, Watain have revealed today a fiery video for "Nuclear Alchemy", directed by Claudio Marino (Artax Film, also director of "Music, Blood and Spirit", the short documentary-interview about Watain's vocalist and songwriter Erik Danielsson).

Details about the band's upcoming sixth full-length have also been disclosed today: titled "Trident Wolf Eclipse", to be released on January 5th, 2018 through Watain's label His Master's Noise and Century Media, it "contains eight songs and is our shortest and, I suppose you could say, most to-the-point record so far. Out of all the depths explored through our past work, I believe this holds some of our strongest and most relevant material to date.", explains Erik Danielsson on the interview conducted by Bardo Methodology ,  also published earlier today.