San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends DEATH ANGEL are giving a way a pair of tickets in most markets on their upcoming tour with SOILWORK this summer.

Visit the band’s official website to view their complete touring itinerary and to enter your name in the contest for a chance to win. For most shows, winners will be notified by email a week before the date.

Death Angel recently unveiled the artwork for their forthcoming album, Relentless Retribution, by Brent Elliot White (JOB FOR A COWBOY, CARNIFEX, WHITECHAPEL). Click image at left to enlarge artwork.

Relentless Retribution is a full return to the bands thrash roots and will be released on September 3rd in Europe and the 14th in North America. The album was recorded at Audio Hammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with production genius Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, WHITE CHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER).

Vocalist Mark Osegueda commented: “I haven't been as excited about the cover artwork on any other Death Angel album as I am for this one! It fits the whole theme of the album! Angry and aggressive! I think what excites me most is that Brent did the artwork based on our lyrics! It wasn't an already finished product. When we first saw Brent's work we were floored by the mixture of fantasy meets reality and we knew we wanted him to do the artwork for this album! In the end he surpassed our expectations with the fiercest Death Angel album cover to date! I haven't been as excited about the cover artwork on any other Death Angel album as I am for this one! It fits the whole theme of the album. Angry and aggressive! I think what excites me most is that Brent did the artwork based on our lyrics. It wasn't an already finished product. When we first saw Brent's work we were floored by the mixture of fantasy meets reality and we knew we wanted him to do the artwork for this album! In the end he surpassed our expectations with the fiercest Death Angel album cover to date!”

Cover artist Brent Elliot White added: “Originally the theme of this album was betrayal by those close to you and revenge against the deceitful. After a pretty spirited conversation with Rob and emails back and forth the saying "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" kept coming up. Basically we danced around that metaphor till it became pretty clear that a direct interpretation was the way to go. Illustrating betrayal and revenge in a single piece proved to be a challenge but as I received the lyrics to the songs things quickly fell into place.“

Death Angel will be direct support to Swedish melodic metallers SOILWORK this summer. Joining them will be Quebec’s tech-death masters AUGURY, Roadrunner Records recording artists MUTINY WITHIN, and pirate themed thrashers SWASHBUCKLE.

More on the band, including their live itinerary, at this location.