BLACK METAL UPDATES

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO

Fifteen years have passed since Immortal last released a music video. But they’ve just released a new one, for the title track of their most recent album, All Shall Fall.

It’s a great song — we’ve thought so since the first listen last year. But as much as we want to like this video, it just doesn’t match the intensity or grandure of the song — the dramatic setting notwithstanding. It’s the fucking design of their corpsepaint that’s at fault — that, and the unintentionally comical posturing. We’re sorry, but these guys just don’t look ominous or evil. They look more like Kiss with frowny faces.

Further details about the video are available at the Immortal web site.

And in other news, we have a new tour to report. Yesterday, we got all hot and bothered over the release (for free download) of the first song from Enslaved‘s forthcoming album. Now, we’ve seen the news that Enslaved will be touring North American in November and December as support for Dimmu Borgir. The other bands on the tour will be Blood Red Throne and Dawn of Ashes.

Online ticket sales will begin September 15. The dates and places are after the jump . . .

Nov. 05 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Nov. 06 – Northern Lights – Albany, NY
Nov. 07 – Recher Theater – Towson, MD
Nov. 08 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
Nov. 10 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Nov. 12 – Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 13 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
Nov. 14 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
Nov. 15 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 16 – Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 18 – MacEwan Ballroom – Calgary, AB – CANADA
Nov. 19 – Edmonton Events Center – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
Nov. 21 – Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
Nov. 22 – The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
Nov. 23 – Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR
Nov. 24 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
Nov. 26 – The Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
Nov. 27 – The Fox Theater – Pomona, CA
Nov. 28 – The Regency Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
Nov. 30 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Dec. 01 – Rialto Theater – Tucson, AZ
Dec. 02 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Dec. 03 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 04 – Gothic Theater – Englewood (Denver), CO
Dec. 06 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
Dec. 07 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
Dec. 09 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
Dec. 10 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 11 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
Dec. 12 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – Canada
Dec. 13 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC – Canada
Dec. 14 – Imperial – Quebec City, QC – Canada