Swedish black metal overlords WATAIN have issued the following update:

"Watain have just returned from a mad and fiery celebration of Satan at Hole In The Sky, Norway. This show marked the end of the Summer Holocaust festival tour.

The band would hereby like to salute those who have made it worthwhile; Rock the Nation, The Devil's Blood, Repugnant, Triptykon, Autopsy, the S.O.M crew and of course all ye wolfhearts and Watainiacs who attended the ceremonies and showed your support.

To all you infidels who dared to stand in our way, we laugh triumphantly at you now, worms. Victory is again ours!

As the darkness of the harvest season sets in, Watain are to embark on Three tours:

September 3rd - 11th - Scandinavia

October 24th - 31st - Europe

November 7th - December 4th - North America

More is to be announced in due time.

It is with great pride that we can show the cover of the final issue of legendary Slayer Magazine, the undisputed king of all metal magazines, where Watain has been chosen to adorn the front.

Watain raise their bloodfilled cups to Metalion for his great support of Watain and admirable devotion to the true ideals of black metal. Your work has been of great inspiration to each and every wildhearted metal warrior!

This final issue of Slayer mag, Blood Fire Death, will be out in a month.

Finally, the last copies of the much sought-after Bathory tribute shirts from the Sweden Rock concert earlier this year have now been made available from the merch store, along with other new items. Visit www.watainmerch.com to get a copy.

As previously reported, Watain's Lawless Darkness North American Tour 2010 (with GOATWHORE and BLACK ANVIL) includes the following dates:

November

11 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA
11 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL
11 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
11 - Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO
11 - Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT
11 - Branx (Loveland) - Portland, OR
11 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
11 - Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
11 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
11 - The Ruby Room - San Diego, CA
11 - The Whiskey - Hollywood, CA
11 - Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
11 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX
11 - The Loft - Dallas, TX
11 - Emo’s - Austin, TX
11 - Numbers - Houston, TX
11 - Back Booth - Orlando, FL
11 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD

December

1 - Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
2 - Santo’s New York, NY (no Goatwhore)
3 - Le Fou Founes - Montreal, QC (no Goatwhore)
4 - Opera House - Toronto, ON (no Goatwhore)