The Dream Calls For Blood, the seventh album from San Francisco Bay Area thrash veterans DEATH ANGEL, sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position #72 on The Billboard 200 chart. This now makes it the band’s highest charting record since their reformation in 2004. In contrast the group’s previous CD, Relentless Retribution, opened with 2,700 units in September 2010 and came in at #188.

The Dream Calls For Blood tracklisting:

'Left For Dead'

'Son Of The Morning'

'Fallen'

'The Dream Calls For Blood'

'Succubus'

'Execution - Don’t Save Me'

'Caster Of Shame'

'Detonate'

'Empty'

'Territorial Instinct / Bloodlust'

Digipack bonus track:

'Heaven And Hell'

Digipack bonus DVD:

The Making Of The Dream Calls For Blood

'The Dream Calls For Blood':

Preview trailer:

Check out BraveWords scribe Carl Begai's new Death Angel feature at this location. Our review of The Dream Calls For Blood here.

Death Angel's North American headlining tour in support of The Dream Calls For Blood features support from 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, BATTLECROSS, REVOCATION, and DIAMOND PLATE.

Tour dates:

October

23 - Dirty Dog - Austin, TX
24 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
25 - South By So What - Dallas, TX
26 - Chameleon Room - Oklahoma City, OK
27 - FuBar - St Louis, MO
29 - Webster Hall (Marlin Room) - New York, NY
30 - Empire - Springfield, VA
31 - Altar Bar- Pittsburgh, PA

November

1 - Mojo 13 - Wilmington, DE
2 - Middle East - Boston, MA
3 - Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC
4 - Opera House - Toronto, ON
5 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL
7 - Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
8 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
9 - Rocky Point - Tempe, AZ
10 - Observatory - Santa Ana, CA

Death Angel have announced the full support package for the upcoming European Tour. Accompanying the San Francisco based five piece will be German thrash institution DEW-SCENTED, Italian groove monsters EXTREMA and Roman progressive force ADIMIRON.

European tour dates:

November

26 - Katowice, Poland - Mega Club
27 - Prague, Czech Republic - Nova Chmelnice
28 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
29 - Arcicolony, Italy - Brescia
30 - Gualtieri, Italy - Temprock Club

December

2 - Vienna, Austria - Szene
4 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
6 - Erfurt, Germany - Centrum
7 - Eeklo, Belgium - Kubiek
8 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
10 - London, England - Underworld
11 - Essen, Germany - Zeche Carl
12 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Eindhoven Metal Meeting , Effenar Hall
13 - Alsfeld, Germany - Stadthalle
14 - Zürich, Switzerland - X-Mas - Metal Meeting, Stadthalle Dietikon
15 - Geiselwind, Germany - Christmas Metal - Festival, Eventhall