Canadian blackened doom merchants WOODS OF YPRES' 2009 release, Woods 4: The Green Album, was reissued by Earache Records on March 14th in Europe and will be available March 22nd in North America.

Woods Of Ypres founding member and frontman David Gold discusses the writing process for the album (Part 2):

"A year from the day I arrived back in Canada, July 2009, we were in the studio with a new band, two tours already behind us, and we were recording W4: The Green Album. By the fall and another tour later, we were signed to Earache Records. Now, March 2011, The Green Album gets a worldwide release, less than two years since we started writing it and less than four years since I first said 'fuck it all' and moved to Seoul. What can I say? The plan? It was just so crazy that it worked!

"The Green Album was certainly the only album I knew how to write as it was the only thing still preoccupying what was left of my heart and brain at the time and I'm thankful that something good could come of it all, after all. The 16 songs of the album tell the story through the stages of such a journey that inevitably gets a whole lot worse before it gets any better. What starts with total life-changing devastation ends with the arrival of spring again and the promise of summer. If nothing else at all, at the time, it was enough.

"W4: The Green Album was certainly an inspired creation and has more reason to exist than anything else we'd ever written to date. It wasn't just more music for music's sake, but literally life and death, to me. That album is honest, about something real and based on true events. At nearly 80 minutes of music ranging from gothic doom, post-rock, sludge, prog and forest metal, listen, take what you like and leave the rest.

"These have been a rather painful four years for a lot of people. If you've recently felt your world shift and experienced change against your will, you'll likely relate to W4: The Green Album. Four years later, acceptance is hope for the rest of the journey, for we've found that the journey does continue after all. Grieve the loss of everything you once loved but always keep moving forward. Drag that weight!""

Read Part 1 at this location.

Woods Of Ypres have confirmed three US shows with NOVEMBERS DOOM, GWYNBLEIDD and GODDAMN ZOMBIE. A fourth show is in planning but Goddamn Zombie will not be on the bill.

The schedule is as follows:

May

6 - Worcester, MA - Ralph's Rock Diner
7 - Brooklyn, NY - Europa
8 - Wilmington, DE - Mojo 13
9 - tbc

Woods Of Ypres are currently on tour in Canada. Their schedule is as follows:

March

18 - St. John, NB - SunStar Lounge
19 - Halifax, NS - Coconut Grove
20 - Moncton, NB - The Manhattan Bar
21 - Fredericton, NB - The Capital Complex

Woods Of Ypres, has released a brand new music video for the song ‘I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery.’ Watch the video below:

As previously reported, Gold recently posted behind-the-scenes and live footage from their February 12th headline show at the Heart Of Winter Festival in Richmond, VA. It was edited by Gold to under 15 minutes, including being cutoff at 2:00am. Show clips start at around the 4:30 mark. Check it out below: