NEMHAIN, featuring ex-CRADLE OF FILTH and AT THE GATES drummer Adrian Erlandsson and his wife Amber, has issued the following update:

"Greetings from the Nemhain sewer! All has been quiet on our blog for the past few months, but not because of any lack of activity. In fact, there are many exciting things afoot, but we’ve been busy doing stuff, rather than interwebbing, hence the radio silence!

Firstly, as any eagle (or pigeon, wombat or ordinary human)-eyed gig-goers might have noticed, our original guitarist, Sam Astley, has returned to our den of iniquity, joining Lakis on 6-stringed noisemaking duties. Their combined forces (and some rather nice -and loud- Orange amps) have really intensified our mission to weaken and deafen our audiences! Our last update saw us about to play the small but mighty Fighting Cocks in Kingston with our friends MUNICIPAL WASTE. That gig was Sam’s first with the band in nearly two years, and was a very cool venue to unleash him once again on an unsuspecting public! Not only was it a fun gig, but later that week, Municipal’s Tony and Phil joined us at Amber’s underwater birthday mayhem, and they almost managed to keep up with the Nemhainous partying! ;D

Since then, we’ve played a few gigs with the new lineup, and now have a short UK tour with SPIT LIKE THIS. We’re setting off on April 28th, with a plundering of Brighton Engine Rooms, so check out our list of tour dates and see if we’re invading your town: If you are (un)fortunate enough to find that we are, then make sure you get your arses (and the rest of you, obviously), into the venue for a night of audio weakening! We want to see your sweaty faces (not arses), packed in like a sea of rock n roll sardines!

The more inquisitive stalkers amongst you might be wondering what the hell is happening with the album… Well, we’ve more or less got From The Ashes ready to be released, but we’ve been in negotiations with a label to do a worldwide release, rather than go it alone. Everything’s just being finalised now, so we should be confirming a release date soon. More to come on this very shortly.

Way back in January, we dragged ourselves off to an icy studio in the frozen wastelands of west London to film a video for our version of The Gits - 'Second Skin' with Dr.Palser (MY DYING BRIDE, SALVATION and IMMORTAL). It features the charming Gramdrax of Ted Maul filling the unhinged plimsoles of Peter Dolving of THE HAUNTED, who duets with Morrigan on the track. This is the first single from the album, and the video has literally just been finalised, so for your viewing (dis)pleasure, here we are, in glorious technicolour! Turn it up to 11 and dance like nobody’s watching!"