Indigenous Black Metal project Blackbraid will be launching pre-sales for its highly-anticipated sophomore full-length, ‘Blackbraid II,’ on June 23 @ 10:00 A.M EDT // 16:00 CEST via the official Blackbraid E-shop and Bandcamp! The album will be available on CD as a 6-panel digi-sleeve, cassette, and two vinyl variants – a marbled emerald green “Moss” edition and golden/earth marbled “Spirit” edition.
Upon conquering North America on the recent Decibel Magazine Tour in which the band performed to many sold out audiences, Blackbraid has just arrived on European soil for the first time to kick off its appearances at several high profile festivals! The band will make its European debut this Thursday, June 15, at Hellfest Open Air and will then head to Denmark annihilate Copenhell on Saturday, June 17! Then, Blackbraid will headline the Kaupangr stage at this year’s edition of the mighty Midgardsblot Festival in the Viking Gravemounds at Norway’s iconic Borre Park from August 16-19. The full EU itinerary and ticket links can be found below!
‘Blackbraid II’ is due on July 7, 2023. The first two singles, “Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon” and “The Spirit Returns,” are now available on all streaming services!
‘Blackbraid II’ follows up the solo black metal project’s critically-acclaimed debut, which was named among one of the best metal albums if 2022 by Rolling Stone (#14), Decibel Magazine (#4), Metal Hammer UK (#7), and more!Blackbraidis a solo indigenous black metal project from from the depths of the Adirondack wilderness creating music as raw and powerful as the mountains from whence it came…
‘Blackbraid II’ Track Listing:
01. Autumnal Hearts Ablaze (2:10)
02. The Spirit Returns (4:37)
03. The Wolf That Guides the Hunters Hand (7:34)
04. Spells of Moon and Earth (2:24)
05. Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon (13:30)
06. A Song of Death on Winds of Dawn (11:04)
07. Celestial Passage (2:24)
08. Twilight Hymn of Ancient Blood (6:59)
09. Sadness and the Passage of Time and Memory (7:02)
10 . A Fine Day to Die (8:15)
Total Running Time: 65:59
Blackbraid Live Dates (EU):
06/15: Clisson (FR) @ Hellfest Open Air [TICKETS]
06/17: Copenhagen (DK) @ Copenhell [TICKETS]
08/16-18: Midgard (NO) @ Midgardsblot [TICKETS]
ICYMI: BLACKBRAID recently unveiled a pummeling live video for the song “Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil!” The clip was filmed during Blackbraid’s sold out performance at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY in conjunction with “A Sortilege of Hell” festival, which took place on October 7th, 2022! The clip can be found at THIS LOCATION.
The song is taken from Blackbraid’s debut full-length, Blackbraid I, which was released in the summer of 2022. The album can be ordered, downloaded, or streamed HERE.Blackbraid I can be ordered via Bandcamp or The Official Blackbraid Merch Store.
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