Texas-based classic rockers Scorpion Child will release their second album, Acid Roulette, on June 10th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

"Acid Roulette chronicles the life trials of a traveling man who was imprisoned for a murderous crime," comments vocalist Aryn Jonathan Black. "He was forced into confessing by his wife and her wealthy lover so that they could live out their romance without him in the picture. Once sentenced to a life's term, he goes through extreme emotions dealing with the only woman he'd ever loved taking everything he'd known as "real" away from him. He has to create and redefine his own reality accompanied by its roller coaster of emotional reflection. He experiences many different psychological changes throughout the years and escapes by means of drugs and his writings. These songs become his diary of a madman. The focus is mainly on the seasons in a year, for each song represents a month. The songs exist to drive home the full power of human emotion as many albums do, however, Acid Roulette wires us into those extremes."

Once again, the band recorded at The Bubble in Austin, TX with Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith (The Answer, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead...) who produced and arranged the band’s self-titled, first full-length.Acid Roulette was mixed by Dave Schiffman (The Mars Volta, Dead Meadow, Jane's Addiction, Rage Against The Machine). The album's artwork, pictured below, was a collaboration by Aryn Jonathan Black, photographer Max Taylor and graphic designer Rob Kimura.

Tracklisting:

“She Sings, I Kill”
“Reaper’s Danse”
“My Woman In Black”
“Acid Roulette”
“Winter Side Of Deranged”
“Séance”
“Twilight Coven”
“Survives”
“Blind Man’s Shine”
“Moon Tension”
“Tower Grove”
“I Might Be Your Man”
“Addictions”

“She Sings, I Kill” lyric video:

Today, Scorpion Child kicks off their European trek as support for the legendary space rock icons Monster Magnet.

Commented Aryn Jonathan Black: “Monster Magnet are an amazing band! We can't wait to share the stage with them. We will be performing a great deal of new material that will be featured on the new album that's due out this summer! Can this tour hurry up and begin already??"

Tour dates:

March
7 - Bergen, Norway - Garage
8 - Stavanger, Norway - Folken
9 - Drammen, Norway - Drammen Scener
10 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgarn
11 - Stockholm, Sweden - Gota Kallare*
12 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset
13 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
14 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley’s
15 - Wien, Austria - Szene
16 - Lichtenfels, Germany - Paunchy Cats*
17 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
18 - Cologne, Germany - Gloria
19 - London, England - The Forum (+ Orange Goblin)
20 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Pitcher*
21 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
22 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Salzhaus
23 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
24 - Rheine, Germany - Hypothalamus*
25 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
26 - Ostende, Belgium - Zwerver
27 - Schijndel, Netherlands - Paaspop Festival*
28 - Rosenhof, Germany - Osnabrück

* Scorpion Child only

Scorpion Child is:

Aryn Jonathan Black - Vocals
Christopher Jay Cowart - Lead Guitar
Jon "Charn" Rice - Drums
Alec Caballero Padron – Bass
AJ Vincent - Keyboards

(Photo - Francois Berland)