SLUDGE Announce US And Further European Release Dates
May 11, 2008, 16 years ago
Lava, the new album from Swiss doom metallers SLUDGE which was released in some parts of Europe at the beginning of the month, will see it’s release in the US and Germany on the 12th of May, to be followed by Italy on the 26th. Dates for its release in Greece, Hungary and Australia are still to be announced.
The band will perform live at the official launch party for Lava which is set to take place at Le Romandie in the band’s hometown of Lausanne, Switzerland, on the 16 May. The album is released on the Mighty Music label and features two new members – Ulik on bass and Odin (HOUSTON SWING ENGINE, UNFOLD) on vocals. Much to the band’s surprise, they found themselves at No 1 in the Metal Charts of music networking site, www.fuzz.com, and No 3 in the Punk Charts. Commented bass player Ulik “Metal is understandable, but Punk was completely unexpected. Still, we’re happy that we seem to be reaching such a large cross-section of fans”.
Formed by SAMAEL guitarist Makro, the band had been streaming various tracks from the new album on their MySpace page for a limited period, but due to the response they have been receiving from fans, they have decided to extend the streaming for a few more weeks, and have now uploaded the three most popular tracks including the title track “Lava”. The three tracks, together with others from previous albums, can be heard at www.myspace.com/sludgedoomers.
The video below is the official video for the track '60 mm' from Lava:
