Atmospheric black metallers FEN are set to reissue their 2009 debut album, The Malediction Fields, as a limited edition vinyl pressing on Germany’s Eisenwald Productions. The album, which was first released on CD by Code666, has been re-mastered by frontman The Watcher, and features two exclusive bonus tracks and new artwork and layout by bassist Grungyn.

The Malediction Fields will appear as a gatefold double LP, strictly limited to 500 copies, of which 300 will be on classic black vinyl and 200 on copper-coloured vinyl. Release date is expected to be late April, to coincide with the band’s upcoming European tour supporting AGALLOCH.

Drawing their inspiration from the desolate Fen region in England, The Watcher (guitars and vocals) and Grungyn (bass and vocals), formed Fen in 2006, and today’s lineup includes Derwydd on drums. The band’s sound has been variously described as post-black metal, shoegaze and progressive, but however you choose to label it, the music of Fen manages to meld the cold rage of black metal with introspection and reflection to create a distinctive, other-worldly atmosphere. Dustwalker the band’s third full-length album was released in January on Code666, with whom the band recently signed a deal for a further three albums.

Fen are set to appear at the Depressive Fest in Moscow on April 13th April and the Phantoms on Pilsen Festival in the Czech Republic in October. They hit the road for the Lucifer Over Europe tour with Agalloch in late April. Routing for the tour, which takes in a total of 16 countries throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, as follows:

April

21 - Berlin, Germany - K17
22 - Aalter, Belgium - Kadans
23 - Nantes, France - Le Ferrailleur
24 - Bilbao, Spain - Sala Rockstar
25 - Barroselas, Portugal - SWR-Fest
26 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Caracol
27 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala Apolo 2

28. - Luynes, France - Le Korigan

29 - Die Stadtmitte, Germany - Karlsruhe
30 - Stuttgart, Germany - Club Zentral

May

1 - Leipzig, Germany - Moritzbastei
2 - Wroclaw, Poland - Asymmetry-Fest (Agalloch only)
3 - Vilnius, Lithuania - New York Club
4 - Tallinn, Estonia - Tapper
5 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
6 - Helsinki, Finland - Korjaamo
7 - Oulu, Finland - Nuclear Nightclub
8 - Umea, Sweden - Scharinska Villan
9 - Trondheim, Norway - Familien
10 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret
11 - Göteborg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
12 - Arnhem, Netherlands - Willemeen
13 - Köln, Germany - Werkstatt
14 - München, Germany - Backstage
15 - Nova Gorica, Slovakia - Mostovna
16 - Roma, Italy - Traffic Club
17 - Travagliato, Italy - Circolo Colony
18 - Vienna, Austria - Viper Room
19 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Barrak

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