British metallers ORANGE GOBLIN have been announced as direct support on DOWN's UK tour dates this fall.

Dates include:

October

19 - Manchester, UK - The Academy
20 - Birmingham, UK - The Institute
21 - London, UK - The Roundhouse

On July 23rd, Rise Above Records released the first two Orange Goblin albums, Frequencies From Planet Ten and Time Travelling Blues, on vinyl for the first time ever. Both records come with awesome gatefold sleeves featuring killer artwork, a choice of coloured vinyl and a bonus 7" and 10" respectively.

Frequencies From Planet Ten - The album is available on transparent green, transparent orange and clear with orange specs 12" vinyl. This comes with a bonus 7" which features the tracks 'Aquatic Fanatic' and 'Sarumans Wish' (demo version).

Time Travelling Blues - The album is available on transparent orange, transparent blue and transparent purple 12" vinyl. This comes with a bonus 10" which features the tracks 'Nuclear Guru' (Mans Ruin version), 'Hand of Doom' (BLACK SABBATH cover), 'Black Shapes of Doom' (TROUBLE cover) and 'Blue Snow' (recorded live at the BBC, Maida Vale, London).

Orange Goblin deliver a heaping helping of deep-fried riffola, dancing girls and kaleidoscope eyes in this video for 'Acid Trial', directed by Tom J. Cronin:

Back on May 28th, Candlelight Records released a special edition version of the latest Orange Goblin album, A Eulogy For The Damned. This version comes in 'book' style packaging and features two discs.

The first disc (CD) features the album in full plus a cover of the Black Sabbath classic 'Symptom Of The Universe'. The second disc (DVD) features the video for the track 'Red Tide Rising', a short documentary about the making of the video as well as band interviews and footage from the band's recent Christmas concert at the Underworld in London, including the full live version of 'Red Tide Rising'.

A Eulogy For The Damned was originally released in February.

The video for 'Red Tide Rising' can be seen below: