SUSPERIA guitarist Cyrus will join DIMMU BORGIR on DANZIG's Blackest Of The Black North American Tour, which starts at The Fillmore, Miami Beach, FL on October 9th. See below for full tour dates.

Due to a recent addition to his family, Dmmu Borgir guitarist Galder will not be able to do the tour. Cyrus has been long time friends with both Galder and Silenoz, so was apparently the natural choice to fill the role.

States Dimmu guitarist Silenoz: "We have some new, temporary personnel on this tour. We needed an experienced live guitarist and found him in an old friend of mine and Galder: Cyrus of Susperia. We're happy he can step in and don't plan on giving him a hard time on the road."

Work on Susperia's new studio album, the follow up to their 2007 release Cut From Stone, will continue while Cyrus is away. The band have been working continuously throughout the year and pre-production is now nearing completion on approximately ten songs.

Commenting on the work to date, Susperia state that, "Our writing sessions have had a good vibe going on, with input coming from all of us. We've disciplined ourselves more this time round and we're happy with the way it's going. It's a mix of hard and fast songs with some nice touches of melody."

Susperia are currently looking at options for studios and producer with recording sessions expected to start soon. A tentative release is scheduled for early 2009.

Susperia released their fourth studio album, Cut From Stone, in 2007 through the Tabu label in Europe and Candlelight Records in the USA. It entered the Norwegian chart at #18 and was the No.1 most added album on the influential CMJ Loud Rock and FMQB radio charts in the U.S.

Cut From Stone was recorded at Strand Studio, Oslo, Norway during 2006. The mix was completed by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MUSHUGGAH, SOILWORK) at Dug Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden, with the production handled by Susperia and Marius Strand.

Blackest Of The Black tour dates:

October

9 - The Fillmore - Miami Beach, FL
10 - Hard Rock Live – Orlando, FL
11 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
12 - The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC (Dimmu headlining show; no Danzig)
13 - Toad’s Place - Richmond, VA
14 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
15 - Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY
17 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
18 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC
19 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
20 - The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI (Dimmu headlining show; no Danzig)
21 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
22 - Myth – St. Paul, MN
24 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
25 - Congress Theatre - Chicago, IL
26 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
28 - House Of Blues - Houston, TX
29 - Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX (Dimmu headlining show; no Danzig)
30 - The Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX
31 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO

November

1 - The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
2 - Big City Night Club – Farmington, NM (Dimmu headlining show; no Danzig)
3 - Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
4 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
5 - Gibson Amphitheater - Los Angeles, CA
7 - Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR
8 - Showbox - Seattle, WA
10 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA