British gothic metal act PARADISE LOST will release their new album, Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us, on Century Media Records on September 28th in Europe and October 6th in North America.

Now you can catch another glimpse at this gloomy masterpiece as the album’s title track has officially been launched at myspace.com/paradiselostuk.

Nick Holmes (vocals) comments on the track as follows: “This song had a massive overhaul in the last few weeks before recording, and thankfully it worked out well. Unlike many bands, we try to know exactly what we are doing once we are in the studio. So re-writes near recording time are as scary as they can be can be rewarding. This song is swathed in melancholy and the closest thing on the album to a “ballad” perhaps. Lyrically the title says it all. I find faith an oddity in that some people may have such devout belief that the only common ground with another human is death itself.”

The album’s artwork (click image on the left to enlarge), which is based upon a Danse Macabre woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger (first published in 1538), was created by Stefan Wibbeke at Medialogistics (LACUNA COIL, POISONBLACK, etc.).

To present you the new material live, the band will head out on a massive headlining tour through Europe and UK kicking off October 30th. This will be the first full tour with the band’s new drummer Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, CRADLE OF FILTH).

See below for all upcoming dates.

July

28 - Limassol, Cypress - Teepee Rock Club

August

7 - Vigo, Spain - Alternavigo Festival

Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us Tour 2009

October

30 - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts

November

1 - Newcastle, England - Academy
2 - Manchester, England - Academy
3 - London, England - Academy
4 - Sheffield, England - Academy
5 - Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall
7 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
8 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob
10 - Utrecht, Netherlands - De Helling
11 - Stuttgart, Germany - Die Roehre
12 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
13 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
14 - Mannheim, Germany - Alte Feuerwache
15 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
16 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Garage
18 - Bielefeld, Germany - Ringlokschuppen
19 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
20 - Cottbus, Germany - Glad-House
21 - Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk
22 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
24 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Rock
25 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
26 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
28 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Brew House
29 - Malmo, Sweden - KB Halle

December

1 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
2 - Krakow, Poland - Studio
4 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Hristo Botev Hall
5 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo
6 - Wien, Austria - Arena
8 - Milan, Italy - Musicdrome
9 - Rome, Italy - Alpheus
10 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Salzhaus
11 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Phillipshalle
12 - Solothurn, Switzerland - Kofmehl
14 - Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur
15 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
16 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Heineken
17 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzoky
18 - Cognac, France - Les Abattoirs
19 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre