Swedish Black Metal veterans Watain are scheduled to release a brand new album, titled "The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain", on the 29th of April via Nuclear Blast. Over the last few months, a total of three tracks from the album have been made available for listening, with the most recent one, "We Remain", due to premiere later today in the form of a music video via the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel. Check it out:

The label commented briefly:

The video was directed by Johan Bååth, who also directed the "Opus Diaboli" movie and the video for "Outlaw". It was filmed throughout many years and ...

Last month, Swedish Black Metal juggernauts Watain revealed the details for what will be their seventh full-length studio recording, "The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain". The album will be released on the 29th of April via Nuclear Blast, and while we wait, a brand new track has just dropped on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel in the form of a lyric video for the album's third track, "Serimosa". Check it out:

The label commented on the meaning behind the song:

Serimosa tells of the electric notion of the coming of a great power. The appearance of cracks in the dam that holds the flood of ...

Swedish Black Metal veterans Watain have just revealed the details for what will be their seventh full-length studio album, titled "The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain". The new album will be released on the 29th of April via Nuclear Blast, and will be the first album to be released through the label after signing with them last year.

Together with the announcement, the band premiered a music video for the album's second track, "The Howling", directed by Claudio Marino:

The complete tracklist for "The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain" is as follows:

Ecstasies in Night Infinite The Howling ...

German label Century Media Records, who currently have the pleasure of featuring Swedish Black Metal veterans Watain in their roster, have just announced on their website that the band has recently entered the Necromorbus Studio to begin work on recording what will be their fifth full length album. The album is scheduled to be released in August 2013, and the label promises to reveal more details soon, so stay tuned. This will be Watain's first album to be released through Century Media.

Previous Watain albums are available on Amazon.com.

Fans of Swedish Black Metal band Watain will be pleased hear that Season of Mist has today made available a limited edition box set featuring each of the band's four full length albums on vinyl, with three of the albums including an exclusive bonus track in addition to the usual banners, patches, and other extensive merchandise that is normally included in box sets.

Also worth noting, the vinyl reissues will come in different colours compared to the original vinyl releases of the albums, and the box itself is made of beech wood and leather, with the band's logo imprinted.

The track lists ...

Swedish Black Metal band Watain have just signed a deal with German label Century Media Records, one of the the global leaders of producing extreme metal since 1988. The band's previous label was Season of Mist, with whom they released their last two full length albums, "Sworn to the Dark" and "Lawless Darkness", and also a limited box set that has been released today.

Century Media USA president Don Robertson had this to say:

Century Media is massively excited to work with Watain. This band has it all: charisma, the firm will to conquer the world, and an authenticity you rarely find ...

Season of Mist has recently announced that they will soon be releasing a limited edition box set of Watain's four full length albums on vinyl, with three of the albums featuring an exclusive bonus track, as well as banners, patches, and all the usual extensive merchandise that is included in box sets.

Additionally, the reissues will come in different colours compared to the original vinyl releases of the albums, and the box itself is made of beech wood and leather, with the band's logo imprinted. The release date is set for the 16th of November.

The trackvlists for the four vinyl reissues of ...