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Just announced and there's presale codes on 3.

"Back in the Studio – After All These Years! We started working on new material at Nicke's studio — digging into the riffs, tones, and everything in between. Even dusted off the Peavey Studio Pro 40, the same amp used on 'Left Hand Path', to see if it still had some magic left in it.

"Things are coming together, and we can't wait to share more with you all as soon as possible. Stay tuned!"

Looking forward to this with Nicke back with the lads. And hopefully he's doing vocals.

Gama Bomb w/Raised By Owls

Grand Social:16/5
Dolans:17/5
Limelight:18/5

Very tempted for Manchester. Great supports too!

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/11/12/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2024/

Decibel just posted their top 40. No major surprises as it was always gonna come down to those two!

Just announced on DME's Instagram. Tickets on sale this Thursday

"Blood Incantation announce new album 'Absolute Elsewhere,' ft. mems of Tangerine Dream
Blood Incantation have finally announced their long-awaited new album, Absolute Elsewhere, their first proper album since 2019's Hidden History of the Human Race, which also follows 2023's two-song single Luminescent Bridge, 2022's ambient release Timewave Zero, and this year's Spectral Voice album Sparagmos (a band featuring 3/4 of Blood Incantation). The album was named after Absolute Elsewhere, the short-lived '70s prog band featuring King Crimson percussionist Bill Bruford, and vocalist/guitarist Paul Riedl calls it "our most potent audial extract/musical trip yet; like the soundtrack to a Herzog-style Sci-Fi epic about the history of/battle for human consciousness itself, via a 70s Prog album played by a 90s Death Metal band from the future."

The album is broken up into two lengthy tracks, "The Stargate" and "The Message," both of which clock in at over 20 minutes. It was produced by Arthur Rizk, and it features synths, Mellotron, and programming from Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning on "The Stargate [Tablet II]"," synths/keys, piano, and Mellotron from Hällas' Nicklas Malmqvist on the full album, and guest vocals by Malte Gericke (Sijjin/ex-Necros Christos) in his native tongue. It also features contemporary paintings by veteran sci-fi artist Steve R. Dodd.

The album comes out October 4 via Century Media, and while they haven't released any music from it or launched pre-orders yet, they did launch Stargate Research Society, a discord and app for Blood Incantation discussions. The announcement reads, "Researchers at the society recently unearthed an 80's era floppy disk containing vintage celestial tracker software. The researchers were able to re-activate the space tracker and through meticulous study of the visible solar system have noticed the appearance of a new red planet in the vicinity of Orion's Belt. The researchers also claim that the new planet is intermittently emitting signals, although no recordings of these transmissions have been captured yet. The society has made their research available to the public in an effort to warn citizens of the planet's rapid approach toward Earth, with a possible collision occurring in October 2024."

The band also have tour dates being announced "soon," so stay tuned for that.

Blood Incantation Absolute Elsewhere
Tracklist
1. The Stargate (20:20)
2. The Message (23:23)

Just announced a new album and tour. Heard the last gig was savage so might hit this one up.

Belfast Limelight/Dublin Opium
Just spotted this on DME's Instagram.
Tickets on sale Thursday @10am