The first single from WATAIN's new album, The Wild Hunt, will be released on Summer Solstice, June 21st (see exact worldwide release dates below). The name of the single will be 'All That May Bleed'.

The band comments: "'All That May Bleed' shows but one facet of a quite diverse album, but we chose this song as a first glimpse into The Wild Hunt because of its bombastic lunacy and white-eyed malevolence which could be said to constitute a main foundation for the album. The lyric is an invitation to sacrificial blood letting, ecstatic zealotry and human sacrifice. The salt of Satan in the wounds of Christ!"

Side B will be a track called 'Play With The Devil', originally recorded by the black/heavy metal band TAIWAZ in 1988 in Watain's hometown, Uppsala (Gottfrid Åhman from IN SOLITUDE participates on solo guitar on Watain's version).

The single will be released in the following formats:

- Black 7" vinyl (limited to 2,000 copies worldwide)
- Red 7" vinyl with sticker (only available from www.wolfwear.net; limited to 500 copies worldwide)
- 7" Picture disc (available from www.cmdistro.com and www.wolfwear.net; limited to 500 copies worldwide)
- digital download

'All That May Bleed' physical release dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Finland / Norway and Worldwide via Cmdistro.com and Wolfwear.net: Friday, June 21st

UK Benelux / France / Poland: Monday, June 24th

US / Spain: Tuesday, June 25th

Sweden: Wednesday, June 26th

'All That May Bleed' digital release dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Finland / Norway / Italy / Australia / New Zealand: Friday, June 21st

UK: Sunday, June 23rd

Benelux / France / Greece / Denmark / Portugal / Rest Of Europe: Monday, June 24th

US / Spain: Tuesday, June 25th

Sweden / Hungary: Wednesday, June 26th

Upon announcing their upcoming fifth studio album Watain recently stated: "After 120 nights of iron will and ardent magic, the fifth full-length album of Watain is now complete. With broken bones and burning hearts we have ploughed our way through deepest winter into a new wilderness, to which we will open the gates at summers end. The Wild Hunt will be released on August 19th in Europe and August 20th in North America (via His Master's Noise in collaboration with Century Media Records). Beware the rising star of dawn..."

The Wild Hunt was mixed again at the Necromorbus Studio in Alvik, Sweden by Tore Stjerna. More details will be unveiled soon.

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