The Gates Of Slumber have set a May 10, 2011 release date for their fifth full-length album The Wretch. Here is the pitch:"This record is frustration and disappointment put to music, said THE GATES OF SLUMBER frontman and founding member Karl Simon. "No heroics this time, no swords; no sorcery. No fantasy. That stuff is OK; it's fun...whatever, but we don't feel it these days. This one is all about others let you down almost as much as you let yourself down. It might not make sense to you, but then you probably only have the last two records as a digital download. That, or your world is summed up by someone else's soundbite."
Previous to the release of the new record, The Gates Of Slumber will head to Europe for a two week tour with Place of Skulls.
The band will wrap the European trek on April 16 with a performance as one of the featured acts at the 2011 Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland where it will share the stage with Candlemass, Swans and more.
The band will then kick off a U.S. tour alongside Orange Goblin on May 28 in New York City.
The Wretch was recorded during the cold British winter of 2010 at London's Orgone Studios and produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Angel Witch.
The track listing for The Wretch is as follows:
1.) Bastards Born
2.) The Scovrge Ov Drvnkenness
3.) To The Rack With Them
4.) Day of Farewell
5.) Castle of the Devil
6.) Coven of Cain
7.) The Wretch
8.) Iron and Fire
European tour with Place of Skulls:
March 31 Helsinki, Finland Kuudes Linja
April 1 Oulu, Finland Nuclear Nightclub
April 2 Turku, Finland Klubi
April 5 Nόrnberg, Germany Kunstverein (w/ Magma Rise)
April 6 Lenzburg, Switzerland Met Bar
April 7 Vienna, Austria Arean (w/ Acid King)
April 8 Vicenza, Italy Sabotage
April 9 Parma, Italy Onirica Club
April 10 Martigny, Switzerland Les Caves du Manoir
April 12 Paris, France Thιatre de Mιnilmontant
April 13 Barcelona, Spain TBA
April 14 Essen, Germany Turock (*Gates of Slumber only)
April 16 Tilburg, Holland Green Room (as part of the 2011 Roadburn Festival)
U.S. tour with Orange Goblin & Naam:
May 28 New York, NY Santos Party House
May 31 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
June 1 Atlanta, GA The Earl
June 2 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack's
June 3 Austin, TX The Scott Inn
June 4 Albuquerque, NM The Launchpad
June 5 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
June 6 Hollywood, CA The Troubadour
June 7 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
June 9 Portland, OR Dante's
June 10 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
