American black metal legion, Abigail Williams, will release their first new full-length in three years via Candlelight Records on October 30th. Titled The Accuser and now featuring the punishing lineup of founding vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron (ex-Lord Mantis), guitarist Jeff Wilson (Wolvhammer, Chrome Waves, Doomsday, La Chant Funebre), and drummer Charlie Fell (Cobalt, ex-Lord Mantis, ex-Avichi) with recording bassist Will Lindsay (Indian, Lord Mantis, Anatomy Of Habit), the diseased offering was recorded, mixed and mastered in just five days by Sorceron at the band's home studio in Olympia, Washington, boasts a guest appearance by Neill Jameson (Krieg, Twilight) and includes the tripnotic cover renderings of Portland-based illustrator/tattoo artist, Stevie Floyd (Dark Castle, Taurus).

The new track “Lost Communion” can be heard below:

 
Corrosive and grim, Abigail Williams' The Accuser will quickly be viewed as the band's best effort since their genesis in Los Angeles in 2004. The eight hymns comprising The Accuser are bleak, dark, and infinitely engrossing.

"It took three years to make this because I'm an indecisive bastard and I didn't want to make the same record again," confides Sorceron of the lengthy gap between full-lengths. "It felt unnatural to try and reproduce what I did on [2012's] Becoming," he continues, "which, up to that point I felt was our strongest album. So once again we are covering new ground with this release. The songs are the most personal to date with the themes mostly being about living shitty, addictions, sex, loss and failure all through the eyes of a nihilistic occultist shithead."

The Accuser tracklisting:

“Path Of Broken Glass”
“The Cold Lines”
“Of The Outer Darkness”
“Will, Wish And Desire”
“Godhead”
“Forever Kingdom Of Dirt”
“Lost Communion”
“Nuummite”

Abigail Williams are on tour with Today Is The Day. The tour will visit 30 cities before it concludes October 16th in San Francisco. Vocalist/guitarist Sorceron recently noted, "after a year off from touring, we are looking forward to getting in the van again”

Tour dates with Today Is The Day:

October
1 - Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
2 - Tampa, FL - Epic Problem
3 - Margate, FL - O’Malley’s
4 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
5 - Pensacola, FL - Handlebar
7 - San Antonio, TX - Korova
8 - Ft. Worth, TX - Rail Club
9 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog Bar
10 - Abilene, TX - Rose Park Activity Bldg.
11 - Albuquerque, NM - Blu Phoenix Venue
13 - Phoenix, AZ - Joe’s Grotto
14 - W. Hollywood, CA - The Whiskey
15 - Las Vegas, NV - Dive Bar
16 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge