Hailing from the German city of Mannheim, sludge devastators BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS recently signed with Exile On Mainstream and are preparing for the release of their upcoming third full-length, Negative Black, in North America on June 5th.

Surging with nearly 80 minutes of material over seven suffocating hymns, Negative Black will be available on CD in a matte-varnished six-panel digifile, a 2xLP format with inside/out printed gatefold cover, and deluxe digital download. Check out the cover art below:

Recorded in the Winter of 2011 and twisted into shape at the mighty Tonmeisterei Studio, Negative Black - an album four years in the making - marks a new step for Black Shape Of Nexus. While the outfit already bears the reputation for unfurling some of the most destructive but still coherently-flowing sludge metal available, incorporating outside elements of crust, black metal and ambient/soundscape persuasion at times, Negative Black surges to even deeper caverns of auditory obliteration, pummeling you with painfully slow doom and finishing you off with acrid, harsh drones, and giving down-tempo a whole new meaning.

Negative Black features the following seven songs:

'Illinois'

'400H'

'60 WV'

'10000 µF'

'14d'

'RMS'

'Neg. Black'

Black Shape Of Nexus have been utilizing the D.I.Y. methods the members adopted from their various punk/hardcore backgrounds, and have toured throughout Europe since their 2005 inception, including appearances at Roadburn, Trashfest, South Of Mainstream, Dawn Of Doom, Doom Shall Rise and other renowned festivals. A German tour is confirmed for the month of April in support of Negative Black, confirmed shows are as follows:

April

14 - Immerhin - Würzburg, Germany
15 - Kult41 - Bonn, Germany
16 - Jubez - Karlsruh, Germany
17 - KV - Nürnberg, Germany
18 - UT Connewitz - Leipzig, Germany
19 - Red Rooster - Berlin, Germany
20 - Chemiefabrik - Dresden, Germany
21 - Nexus - Braunschweig, Germany