Swedish rock band WITCHCRAFT has announced a US headlining tour in support of itsnew album, The Alchemist. The band will kick off its tour on October 18 in NYC.

"We’re looking forward to once again crossing the Atlantic, this time to play songs from our new album "The Alchemist,” states Witchcraft vocalist Magnus Pelander. “We are ready for you and we know you are ready for us!” Support on the majority of the Witchcraft tour will come from fast-rising Oakland, CA quartet Saviours.

Witchcraft’s The Alchemist is set to drop on October 23. The album was recorded 100% pro-tools and digital free at Stockholm's UpandRunning studios using only vintage amplification.

The Witchcraft tour launch will see the band performing as part of the 2007 CMJ New Music Marathon. The band has been added to the stellar lineup of the Kemado Records showcase on October 18, joining a hand-picked selection of that label’s finest, and the quartet will follow that with a live set on October 19 at Brooklyn’s Death By Audio. The U.S. tour will hit major markets that, among others, include Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Austin, TX, where Witchcraft will perform a high-profile live set as part of the Fun Fun Fun Festival on November 3, sharing the stage with AGAINST ME!, THE SWORD, NEUROSIS, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY and more.

An advance listen to what Witchcraft's new album holds in store is available now as the record's smashing tracks 'Walk Between the Lines' and 'Hey Doctor' have been posted online at this location. Written in a hotel room in Seattle during the fall of 2006, the album’s lead track 'Walk Between The Lines' evokes the spirit of the many early seventies British bands which have colored the Witchcraft sound.

'Walk Between The Lines', according to Witchcraft guitarist John Hoyles, came together simply because the band "wanted to write a short up-tempo song in the old classic rock vein". He adds, "I think it has an early WISHBONE ASH, STRAY or INCREDIBLE HOG vibe to it. Or that’s what I wanted it to sound like." Described by frontman Magnus Pelander as being "essentially about not losing yourself and reminding yourself what you enjoy in life", 'Walk Between The Lines' was the first track the band recorded as part of the new album's sessions and its basic tracks were nailed on the second take.

The final tracklisting for The Alchemist is as follows: 'Walk Between the Lines', 'If Crimson Was Your Colour', 'Leva', 'Hey Doctor', 'Samaritan Burden', 'Remembered', 'The Alchemist (parts 1, 2 & 3)'.

Upcoming Witchcraft live dates can be found here.