WINDS OF PLAGUE will release their new full-length release, The Great Stone War, on August 11th in the US and August 24th in Europe. A concept record and their most epic and unrelenting offering to date, this album is going to quickly propel the band to the forefront of the worldwide extreme metal scene.

The brand-new track 'Soldiers Of Doomsday' has now been officially premiered at the band’s MySpace page.

A video teaser giving you an impression of the album’s stunning artwork by Par Olofsson (THE FACELESS, EXODUS, PSYCROPTIC) can be viewed below.

Johnny Plague (vocals) further comments on the album’s concept: “I decided as a challenge to myself to write this new album as a story. I have always been a fan of concept albums as I feel it adds an overall depth to an album. Bands like Blind Guardian and Dimmu Borgir have been huge influences on me. Their albums always seem to have this narrative based feel to them. With this idea and I hope to achieve the same affect on others as their albums had on me. The idea of The Great Stone War is that civilization as a whole will digress and in time inevitably end with one final battle. This battle will not be fought with technology but with stone. Over the course of eleven tracks the listener hears about a journey foreseen through the eyes of a heathen in a religious world apocalypse. Even in the world’s darkest times you always have to take a step back and see life for what it is and not lose sight of what is most important.”

The Southern California based sextet kick off their massive worldwide touring campaign for “The Great Stone War” taking part in the star-studded Summer Slaughter touring package featuring SUFFOCATION, NECROPHAGIST and DYING FETUS, among a slew of others. They will follow this up with a lengthy North American run with HATEBREED and CHIMAIRA. European touring activities will be announced soon.

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