CROWBAR, the New Orleans, Louisiana-based sludge metallers fronted by DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein have announced that their new album will be titled Sever The Wicked Hand and it will be in stores February 8, 2011 via their new deal with E1 Music. Check out the artwork below:

The forthcoming album will be the follow up to the band’s last album, Lifesblood For The Downtrodden, which was released in 2005.

Crowbar debuted a new song at Emos in Austin, Texas recently. Check out the video below.

In other news, Crowbar have added a string of UK dates to their upcoming live schedule.

Crowbar's US headlining tour will kick-off on November 27th in openers BLACK TUSK’s hometown of Savannah, GA and will now conclude on December 18th in Shreveport, LA.

A listing of confirmed tour dates and cities can be found below:

November

27 - Savannah, GA - The Jinx
28 - Jacksonville, FL - The Pit
29 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
30 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11

December

1 - Charleston, SC - Jimbo's Rock Lounge
2 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall (with EYEHATEGOD)
3 - VA Beach - Hangar 09
4 - Trenton, NJ - Championship Bar & Grill
5 - New York, NY - Santo's Party House
6 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary Coast
7 - Providence, RI - Club Hell
8 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
9 - Niagara Falls, NY - Evening Star Music Hall
10 - Columbus, OH - Alrosa Vista
11 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
12 - St Louis, MO - Fubar
13 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
14 - Little Rock - Downtown Music
15 - Tulsa, OK - The Marquee
16 - Amarillo, TX - El Cien
17 - Dallas, TX - Trees
18 - Shreveport, LA - Riverside Warehouse (no Black Tusk)

January

13 - Colchester, UK - Colchester Arts Centre
14 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy 2
15 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy 2
16 - Leeds, UK - Cockpit
17 - Newcastle, UK - O2 Academy 2
18 - Glasgow, UK - King Tuts
19 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
20 - London, UK - Underworld
21 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy 2