MARDUK: North American Tour Announced

August 26, 2009

Following three very special U.S. appearances earlier this month in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York (effectively breaking their streak of visa issues),Swedish black metal battalion MARDUK will return for a full North American headlining tour this November. The band will be joined by NACHTMYSTIUM, MANTIC RITUAL, MERRIMACK and BLACK ANVIL (on select dates).

Dubbed U.S. Plague Tour 2009, the trek will kick off on November 20 at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts and run through 21 more dates before coming to a close in New York City on December 16 at the Gramercy Theater, where the band recently played to an overwhelming crowd response.

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 20 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA (w/ BLACK ANVIL)
Nov. 21 - Les Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC (w/ BLACK ANVIL)
Nov. 22 - Wreck Room - Toronto, ON (w/ BLACK ANVIL)
Nov. 23 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
Nov. 24 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
Nov. 25 - Brass Mug - Tampa, FL
Nov. 28 - Red 7 - Austin, TX
Nov. 29 - Ridglea Theater - Ft Worth, TX
Nov. 30 - The Marquee - Tulsa, OK
Dec. 02 - Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 03 - The Sets - Tempe, AZ
Dec. 04 - The Key Club - Hollywood, CA
Dec. 05 - The Jumping Turtle - San Marcos, CA
Dec. 06 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
Dec. 07 - Satyricon - Portland, OR
Dec. 08 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
Dec. 10 - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom - Denver, CO
Dec. 11 - Riot Room - Kansas City, MO
Dec. 12 - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
Dec. 13 - Station 4 - St Paul, MN
Dec. 14 - Blondie's - Detroit, MI
Dec. 15 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
Dec. 16 - Gramercy Theater - New York, NY (w/ BLACK ANVIL)

MARDUK's eleventh album, "Wormwood", will be released in the U.S. on October 13 via Regain Records. The CD, which will be made available in Europe on September 24, was recorded at Endarker Studios in Norrköping, Sweden with engineer/producer Magnus Devo Andersson. The album's release will be followed by a world tour, dubbed "Funeral Nation 2009/2010", which will kick off in Europe.

"Wormwood" track listing:

01. Nowhere, No-One, Nothing
02. Funeral Dawn
03. This Fleshly Void
04. Unclosing The Curse
05. Into Utter Madness
06. Phosphorous Redeemer
07. To Redirect Perdition
08. Whorecrown
09. Chorus Of Cracking Necks
10. As A Garment

MARDUK's last CD, "Rom 5:12", was released in North America in May 2007 via Regain/Koch.

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