Having recently announced the addition of CARPATHIAN FOREST drummer Anders Kobro to its ranks, Norway’s DEN SAAKALDTE has now announced a series of live dates during March and April of this year.

Appearing with Den Saakaldte on various dates will be fellow black metallers SARGEIST and PANTHEON I. Confirmed dates as follows:

March

19 - Venue / City TBA - Netherlands (with Pantheon I)
20 - Roermond Festival - Netherlands
21 - Venue / City TBA - Belgium (with Pantheon I)

April

9 - Venue TBA - Helsinki, Finland (with Pantheon I)
10 - Kings Of Black Metal Festival - Hessen, Germany
11 - Dynamo - Zürich, Switzerland (with Sargeist)
12 - Venue / City TBA - Germany (with Sargeist)
13 - Escape Metalcorner - Vienna, Austria (with Sargeist)
14 - Gleis - Annaberg - Buchholz, Germany (with Sargeist)
15 - K-17 - Berlin, Germany (with Sargeist)
16 - From Hell - Erfurt, Germany (with Sargeist)
17 - Helvete - Oberhausen, Germany (with Sargeist)
18 - Baroeg - Rotterdam, Netherlands (with Sargeist)

With a line up that includes founder Sykelig on guitars, Niklas Kvarforth (SHINING, SKITLIV) on vocals, Seidemann (1349, Pantheon I) on bass, Kvebek (Pantheon I, ex-1349) on guitars, Honey Lucius (DHG) on synths and effects, and Kobro (Carpathian Forest, NEONGOD, IN THE WOODS) on drums, Den Saakaldte is due for a busy year in terms of releases.

The band’s sophomore album is due for release towards the end of the year on Pulverised Records, with whom the band recently signed. Whilst due out shortly on Aesthetic Death Records, are two versions of Den Saakaldte’s Øl, Mørke og Depresjon, which first appeared in early 2008 on Eerie Art Records.

The new versions will be available on CD in digipack format, and on LP in a gatefold edition, limited to 500 copies.

Both versions will include bonus tracks not previously available, with artwork designed by Den Saakaldte’s Sykelig.

In addition to the above, a double LP edition of Den Saakaldte’s debut full-length album All Hail Pessimism will be released soon on Temple of Darkness Records. The edition will be limited to 500 copies, and will include as a bonus a cover of 'Wheel of Fortune', a track from the legendary US band PENTAGRAM,

More information about Den Saakaldte can be found on the band’s MySpace page at this location.