The artwork for GWAR's new album, Bloody Pit Of Horror, has been revealed and can be viewed below. As well, the first single from the album, 'Zombies, March!' is now streaming at this location.

As previously reported, Fangoria has announced that they will be working with Gwar on their next music video. The song 'Zombies, March!' will also be the first video from Bloody Pit Of Horror, which will be released on Metal Blade Records on November 9th. The video will be shot in Richmond, Virginia during September and October. Expect to see a finished product by late fall.

Fangoria's own David McKendry will be directing. McKendry (who just finished directing MUNICIPAL WASTE's video for 'Acid Sentence') is very excited to be working with this legendary group of monsters.

McKendry said, "When a few of the band members approached me about directing the video, I was pretty sure they were going to kill me and take my wallet, or kill my wallet and take me (it was a hard situation to read). But apparently it was legit, and they really want me to direct a video. I had always been a huge fan of Gwar's music. Plus the constant threat of being hurled into the jaws of GorGor keeps me on my toes."

Said infernal overlord and Gwar lead singer Oderus Urungus: "When I found out we were working with Fangoria on our new video, I immediately sacrificed 50 Norwegian babies on my Burning Altar of Syphilis. This has led to a huge reaction from the undead community; I mean they were literally coming through the walls! Indeed, I think we are going to have to have some kind of zombie try-outs... I don't want to be stuck with mostly old people and o.d.s. We are going for some real variety and everything from fresh abortions to chain-gunned Taliban members will be appearing!"

For the no doubt disturbing video, Fangoria will be recruiting around 75 zombie extras from the Richmond, Virginia/Washington DC area. Keep checking Fangoria.com for more details.

"I love working with the undead," said Gwar bass player and sexual sadist Beefcake the Mighty, "as long as the catering is adequate."

As previously reported: The surviving inhabitants of Planet Earth breathed a collective sigh of relief as the halfway point of Gwar's two-year long victory lap came and went with only vague reports of minor atrocities being committed in the name of the Universe's most dangerous band.

Speaking with a megaphone from a lofty parapet on the Gwar fortress, instead of proclaiming some cosmic doom, lead throat-thing Oderus Urungus took the opportunity to announce the release date of the new Gwar album, Gwar's Bloody Pit Of Horror (out November 9th on Metal Blade Records), and more of the cities slated for destruction on the Bloody Tour Of Horror, which begins October 2nd in Baltimore, MD.

In a remarkably redundant statement, Oderus was quoted as saying "I hereby announce the release date of the new Gwar album, Gwar's Bloody Pit Of Horror, out November 9th on Metal Blade Records, and more of the cities slated for destruction on the Bloody Tour Of Horror, which begins October 2nd in Baltimore, Maryland."

The tour, their longest one yet, will take Gwar all over their usual stomping grounds in the US and Canada, and will see the band travel across the Pacific to play their first shows in Australia and New Zealand as a part of the No Sleep Til tour.

"We're tickled pink," belched bellicose bass player Beefcake the Mighty, who then projectile-vomited a horde of fecal midgets onto a just-installed shag rug.

Fresh off a triumphant run of European festivals, the boys have returned to Antarctica to wrap-up preparations for the entirely new show, video, and general mayhem that will surround the much-anticipated follow-up to last year's critically-acclaimed musical opus, Lust In Space. When pressed for details, Oderus, who inexplicably, was dressed in the decaying funeral suit of long-dead glam pianist Liberace, had this to say: "This year sees no end to the torment, and delight, we shall heap upon you ungrateful slobs. Our new album has got some of the heaviest shit we have ever played, and our show is packed with brand-new, never-seen-before acts of violence, bestiality, and political in-correctness. I don't want to spoil anything... wait,yes I do! We are chopping Sarah Palin's tits off and feeding them to Gor-Gor, if he will have them!"

So get ready to show your love for the hardest working band in rock and roll history, as they roll out a brand new album, tour and video, all coming at you this fall!

Gwar tour dates:

Bloody Tour Of Horror (with THE CASUALTIES, INFERNAEON, MOBILE DEATHCAMP)

October

2 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
4 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
5 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium
7 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
8 - Ybor City, FL - The Ritz Ybor
9 - Orlando, FL - Firestone Live
10 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
11 - Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
12 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
13 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
14 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
15 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
16 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium - Rock N Shock Festival*
17 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Telus
19 - Moncton, NB - Club Oxygen
20 - Halifax, NS - The New Palace
22 - Quebec City, QC - Theatre Imperial
23 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
24 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
26 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
27 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
28 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
29 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
30 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's
31 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave

November

2 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
3 - Little Rock, AR - The Village
4 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
5 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
6 - Austin, TX - Waterloo Park*
8 - Lawrence, KS - Granada
9 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
10 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theater
11 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
12 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
13 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
14 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
15 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
16 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
17 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater
18 - Chico, CA - Senator Theater
19 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
20 - Bend, OR - Midtown Music Hall
21 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
22 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House Concert Hall
24 - Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
26 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
27 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House
28 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
29 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

December

1 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Centre
2 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall Ballroom
3 - Regina, SK - Riddell Centre
4 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick Centre
6 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cabooze

(*Denotes Festival Date)

No Sleep Til... Festival Dates

December

10 - Auckland, New Zealand - ASB Showgrounds
12 - Perth, Australia - Arena Joondalup
15 - Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
17 - Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Showgrounds
18 - Sydney, Australia - The Entertainment Quarter Moore Park
19 - Brisbane, New Zealand - RNA Showgrounds