Avatar drop regal new song "A Statue Of The King"—listen
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Theatrical metalheads Avatar just released a new single, “A Statue Of The King,” along with an appropriately regal new music video. The tune's the first to be unleashed from the upcoming Avatar Country, out Jan. 12, 2018.
Read more: Avatar stake their claim in metal's 'parallel universe'
Avatar Country is the Swedish metal band's seventh studio effort, following their 2016 full-length Feathers & Flesh, which gave us the show-stopping video for “Night Never Ending.” From the looks of it, it seems like Avatar Country will take us further inside the band's conceptual “parallel universe”—check out the new album's cover art and track list after the clip.
“Metal exists in a parallel universe that is so much better than this one,” Avatar singer Johannes Eckerström recently told AP. “It's where the ugly becomes beautiful, the ridiculous becomes awesome and the normal becomes mundane. We're trying to carve out our own little piece of land.”
Avatar will be indeed getting the lay of the land in January when they head out for a U.S. tour with the Brains and Hellzapoppin. Get the dates below.
Avatar – “A Statue Of The King”
Avatar Country track listing:
1. “Glory To Our King”
2. “Legend Of The King”
3. “The King Welcomes You To Avatar Country”
4. “King's Harvest”
5. “The King Wants You”
6. “The King Speaks”
7. “A Statue Of The King”
8. “King After King”
9. “Silent Songs Of The King Pt. 1 Winter Comes When The King Dreams Of Snow“
10. “Silent Songs Of The King Pt. 2 The King's Palace“
Avatar tour dates:
01/06 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
01/07 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
01/09 – Montreal, QC @ Astral
01/11 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
01/12 – Boston, MA @ Brighton
01/13 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
01/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of Living Arts
01/16 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
01/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Buckhead Theatre
01/18 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
01/19 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
01/20 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
01/21 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec
01/23 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
01/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater
01/25 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
01/28 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
01/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
01/31 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
02/01 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
02/02 – Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
02/03 – Green Bay, WI @ Sandlot
02/05 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada
02/07 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall
02/08 – Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
02/09 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe
02/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
02/11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
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