San Francisco-based doom rockers ORCHID have released the first album trailer for their upcoming album, The Mouths Of Madness, which is scheduled for a April 26th release via Nuclear Blast. Check out singer Theo Mindell talking about the album's artwork below:

The Mouths Of Madness tracklisting:

'Mouths Of Madness'

'Marching Dogs Of War'

'Silent One'

'Nomad'

'Mountains Of Steel'

'Leaving It All Behind'

'Loving Hand Of God'

'Wizard Of War'

'See You On The Other Side'

Track-by-track commentary below:

'Mouths Of Madness' - "One of the first tracks written for this album. I was struck immediately by the soaring, yet totally sinister sounding vocals against that pulsing beat. A great opening number." - Mark Thomas Baker, guitar

'Marching Dogs Of War' - "We really struggled with this one to get "the feel" right. It's a simple enough song on the surface but the subtlety of the shuffle can really be illusive sometimes. Do we swing on the light or dark side? Is it a slow enough tempo but not dragging? I'm very happy it didn't end up on the cutting room floor since I think it is critical to the overall story the album tells." - Keith Nickel, bass

'Silent One' - "The quintessential doom song of the album. The evil sludgy intro followed by the most crushing verse that I have ever played. My favorite drum song on the album." - Carter Kennedy, drums

'Nomad' - "I've had the riffs for this song scattered about in my brain since we started the band. We'd jammed on different versions of the song and Mark always really liked it. One day it finally just fell together. I really like the feeling of it. It really feels like a journey through different emotions I've gone through about spending so much time away from home but then feeling restless when I'm at home...no peace." - Theo Mindell, vocals

'Mountains Of Steel' - "A song that creeps into your soul. Very psychedelic imagery and a great heavy groove that makes it a blast to play. I'm always transformed by this song whether it's jamming it with the band or just listening in my car." - Keith Nickel, bass

'Leaving It All Behind' - "Man, this song was a pretty heavy one for me. I had the music for this one for a while and felt like it sounded really kind of sad but sentimental and loving at the same time. Honestly as funny as it sounds, I was driving and the ELTON JOHN song ‘This Is Your Song’ came on the radio. My mother has been really ill, she pretty much raised me on her own. I grew up pretty poor, just she and I really struggling to make ends meet when I was little. So this song just ended up being my way of saying thank you to her, not very evil. But I've never wanted to be in a band where I couldn't say the things I wanted to, or feel limited by some poser identity of being a dark band all the time." - Theo Mindell, vocals

'Loving Hand Of God' - "Started off as an ORCHID take on traditional blues like LIGHTNING HOPKINS. When I heard the finished track, the vocals gave me goosebumps and the feeling was much more of a Victorian era England than a Mississippi Delta." - Mark Thomas Baker, guitar

'Wizard Of War' - "This song just kind of happened in one night at practice. Mark had had this riff floating around for years that He and I would joke around about saying it sounded like ENTOMBED or early CELTIC FROST. I always really liked it and we'd jam on it periodically. One night we worked on it and I went home and wrote a chorus and a bridge and the next practice it was just done. It was just one of those songs that kind of wrote itself. It’s just a straight ahead rocker, no frills." - Theo Mindell, vocals

'See You On The Other Side' - "I always loved the riff, and especially the middle section, which grew to a point beyond what I thought was its potential." - Carter Kennedy, drums

A lyric video for 'Wizard Of War' can be seen below:

The Mouths Of Madness was produced by Will Storkson, who also took care of all other Orchid outputs so far.

WITCHCRAFT and Orchid will embark on a tour together in April and May. Dates include:

April

26 - Lichtenfels, Germany - Paunchy Cats
27 - Berlin, Germany - Desertfest
28 - Warschau, Poland - tbc
29 - Krakau, Poland - Lizard King
30 - Wien, Austria - Szene

May

1 - Darmstadt, Germany - Steinbruch Theater
2 - München, Germany - Backstage Halle
3 - Siegen, Germany - Vortex
4 - Paris, France - Trabendo
6 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
7 - Aarau, Switzerland - Kiff
9 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 3
10 - Madrid Spain - El Sol
11 - San Sebastian Spain - C.C. Intxaurrondo
12 - Toulouse, France - Le Saint des Sains
13 - Milano, Italy - Lo Fi Club
14 - Rome, Italy - Traffic Live Club
15 - Bologna, Italy - Freak Out Club
16 - Dornbirn, Austria - Schlachthaus
17 - Stuttgart, Germany - Universum
18 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
19 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Rock Hard Festival (Orchid only)