KILLING JOKE released their new album, MMXII (2012), on April 2nd via Spinefarm Records/Universal. The album is available on CD hardcopy and digital formats, as well as on double coloured gatefold vinyl.

Radio Metal has issued an interview with Killing Joke vocalist Jaz Coleman. An Excerpt follows:

Q: There are at least two songs on the album that seem to have a sense of spirituality to them. These are 'Rapture' and 'On All Hallow’s Eve'. Is spirituality important for you, in order to have a kind of place to take refuge into during dark times?

Jaz Coleman: "It’s everything. All the members of Killing Joke are deeply spiritual people. They always have been. That’s what differentiates Killing Joke from all the rubbish like MINISTRY and this dog meat from America. There’s a spirit and a dream. I love the guys in my band so very much, because they’re dreamers. They’re deeply compassionate and good people."

Read the full interview at this location.

Live Nation has announced that three of the most incendiary bands from the alt rock era are coming together to tour arenas throughout the UK this September. THE CULT, THE MISSION and Killing Joke will be hitting the road together for the first time in celebration of the dazzling trails they've continually blazed through the musical landscape since their respective inceptions. This incredible tour, the likes of which hasn't been seen before, will be hitting arenas in Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and London. Tickets are available at Livenation.co.uk.

Since the emergence of the post punk scene Killing Joke have been pioneers across multiple genres from metal, industrial to dance. They have been covered by everyone from METALLICA to FOO FIGHTERS evolving and influencing musical generations for three decades. In 2008 the original members Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Youth and Big Paul Ferguson reunited for a sold out world tour which culminated in the band recording the critically acclaimed album Absolute Dissent on Spinefarm/Universal.

Speaking on the tour, Youth adds: "Killing Joke are honoured and are proud to celebrate together and play alongside the mission and the cult, at this great gathering of the tribes , we look forward to unleashing an apocalypse of sonic destruction and giving the crowd a good kick in the teeth."

Confirmed dates for The Cult's 2012 European tour are as follows:

June

28 - Belgrade, Serbia - USCE Park (with Ozzy & Friends)
29 - Graz, Austria - Schwarzl Freizeit Zetrum (with GN'R)

July

1 - Bucharest, Romania - Rock the City Festival (with GN'R, Faith No More)
3 - Split, Croatia - Spaladium Arena (headline)
4 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska (headline)
7 - Zottegem, Belgium, Rock Zottegem Festival
8 - Weert, Netherlands - Bospop Festival
10 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli (headline)
13 - Pizzola Sul Brenta, Italy - Contarini Festival (headline)
14 - Rimini, Italy - Velvet Rock (headline)
15 - Milano, Italy - Carroponte (headline)
17 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz (headline)
18 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera (headline)
19 - Porto, Portugal - Mares Vivas Festival (with Garbage)