WATAIN Frontman ERIK DANIELSSON Talks Writing New Album - "We Were Very Focused On The Idea Of Empowerment" (Audio)

December 30, 2017, 6 years ago

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WATAIN Frontman ERIK DANIELSSON Talks Writing New Album - "We Were Very Focused On The Idea Of Empowerment" (Audio)

Erik Danielsson, frontman for Swedish black metal legends Watain, is featured in a new interview with Metal Wani. In the clip below he discusses the band's new album, Trident Wolf Eclipse - to be released on January 5th - social media, and their musical evolution.

Watain have released a second track from Trident Wolf Eclipse. Check out “Sacred Damnation” below.

Trident Wolf Eclipse will be available as LP, Standard CD, limited CD Digipak, digitally as well as in a limited deluxe box set of 3,000 copies. Check the links below for detailed information on the different formats and their content. The album is also available in a variation of different vinyl colours from selected mail order/retail stores.

Pre-order Trident Wolf Eclipse via the following links:

- Century Media mailorder and others

- Official Watain merchandise store

Trident Wolf Eclipse tracklisting:

“Nuclear Alchemy”
“Sacred Damnation”
“Teufelsreich”
“Furor Diabolicus”
“A Throne Below”
“Ultra (Pandemoniac)”
“Towards The Sanctuary”
“The Fire Of Power”

"Sacred Damnation" lyric video:

“Nuclear Alchemy” video:

Watain will celebrate the release of their forthcoming new album with a series of selected release shows on the following dates:

January
5 - Stockholm, Sweden - Kraken (Sold Out)
10 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
11 - London, England - The Dome (Sold Out)
12 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
13 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie

Watain have announced plans to conquer audiences across North America in early 2018 as they embark on a headlining tour next winter featuring direct support from Deströyer 666.

Says the band: "We are very pleased to announce our eager return to the North American continent with Triden Wolf Eclipse. The two Black Metal Warfare tours of 2015 clearly showed us the ever growing hunger and force of our American crowd, so with a new album out and the addition of none less than the mighty Deströyer 666 to the bill, this should turn into something legendary! A proud hail to all our North American supporters, see you in February, joined in morbid ecstasy and raw fucking power!"

Tour dates:

February
23 - Montreal, QC - Le National
24 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial Bell
25 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
26 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
27 - Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theater
28 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall

March
2 - Chicago, IL - Metro
3 - Minneapolis, MN - Studio B
4 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
5 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
6 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
7 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
9 - Calgary, AB - The Palace
10 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
12 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
13 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
14 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
16 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge
17 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda
18 - Phoenix, AZ - Club Red
20 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
21 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
23 - Atlanta , GA - Heaven
24 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
25 - TBD
27 - Greensboro, NC - Blind Tiger<
28 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Sound Stage
29 - Philadelphia, P  - TLA
30 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
31 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre

(Photo - Ester Segarra)



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