MORBID ANGEL's 'Nevemore' Is Amazon's Most Downloaded Hard Rock/Metal Track
May 18, 2011Florida-based extreme metal veterans MORBID ANGEL have issued the following update:
"World Management and MORBID ANGEL would like to announce that [May 16] was Morbid Monday with the new single, 'Nevermore', reaching #1 most downloads on Amazon.com for hard rock / metal category. The single as a remix also charted at #3.
"We thank all the fans for helping making this happen and hope they enjoy the first offering from the new album which we are all very proud of.
"The band are in rehearsals in Tampa and are getting ready for their shows all around the world starting with MORBID ANGEL's first-ever show of Singapore, followed by two shows in Australia as previously reported. We would also like to announce that we have added a headline show at Tuska Festival in Helsinki, Finland to the list and will shortly announce a surprise North American show for this summer as well."
"Nevermore" comes off MORBID ANGEL's new album, "Illud Divinum Insanus" which will be released on June 7 (one day earlier internationally) via Season of Mist. The cover artwork was designed by Gustavo Sazes and can be viewed below.
Relapse Mailorder is the only North American outlet to offer the deluxe, limited-edition wooden box set of MORBID ANGEL's brand new album, 'Illud Divinum Insanus". The box set includes the "Illud Divinum Insanus" CD in a real leather-bound book, "Illud Divinum Insanus" on double, 180-gram vinyl, two black candles with red wax blasphegrams, incense and incense burner, an exclusive MORBID ANGEL poster and full-color t-shirt. The box itself is a wooden six panel box with pull-out drawer and engraved markings. All of the items have been made exclusively for this limited edition and will not be available separately.
The "Illud Divinum Insanus" box set will be released in North America on June 21 and is available for pre-order at this location.
"Illud Divinum Insanus" track listing:
01. Omni Potens
02. Too Extreme!
03. Existo Vulgor
04. Blades for Baal
05. I Am Morbid
06. 10 More Dead
07. Destructos Vs. the Earth / Attack
08. Nevermore
09. Beauty Meets Beast
10. Radikult
11. Profundis - Mea Culpa
"Illud Divinum Insanus" will be available in the following formats:
* Wooden foldout box
* Metal starpak CD (outside North America)
* Deluxe digipak CD (North America only)
* Double gatefold LP with download card
* Jewel case CD
* Digital download
"Existo Vulgor" audio stream:
Photo credit: Alex Solca
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