black midi announce new album 'Hellfire,' release "Welcome To Hell"—watch
black midi have announced their third album, Hellfire. The band also dropped lead single “Welcome To Hell,” which is accompanied by a music video.
The visual was directed by Gustaf Holtenäs and tells the tale of a man battling his way through an infernal landscape, all for love. Additionally, the band shared that they will be embarking on a world tour this year.
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The track features bombastic brass and half-frantic, half-heavenly percussion courtesy of Morgan Simpson.
Geordie Greep spoke about the track in a press release.
“Almost everyone depicted is a kind of scumbag,” he says. “Almost everything I write is from a true thing, something I experienced and exaggerated and wrote down. I don’t believe in hell, but all that old-world folly is great for songs. I’ve always loved movies and anything else with a depiction of hell. Dante’s Inferno. When Homer goes to hell in The Simpsons. There’s a robot hell in Futurama. Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Jewish writer who portrays a Satan interfering in people’s lives. There’s loads!”
Hellfire is out July 15. Look below for the video, tracklist and tour dates.
Hellfire tracklisting
1. “Hellfire”
2. “Sugar/Tzu”
3. “Eat Men Eat”
4. “Welcome to Hell”
5. “Still”
6. “The Race Is About to Begin”
7. “Dangerous Liaisons”
8. “The Defence”
9. “27 Questions”
black midi tour dates
05/10 – Grenoble, FR @ La Bobine
05/11 – Milan, IT @ Santeria
05/12 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
05/14 – Vienna, AT @ Flex
05/15 – Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory
05/16 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
05/18 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef
05/31 – Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival
06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/09 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound
06/11 – Mannheim, DE @ Maifeld Derby
06/12 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/17 – 06/19 – Vilnius, LT @ 8 Festival
06/22 – 06/26 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury
06/29 – 07/03 – Budapest, HU @ Kolorado Festival
06/30 – Bucharest, Romania @ Club Control
07/01 – 07/03 – Plovdiv, G @ Wrong Fest
07/07 – 07/09 – Trencin, SK @ Pohoda
07/13 – London, UK @ Summer Series at Somerset House
07/13 – 07/17 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
07/15 – Riga, LV @ Positivus Festival
07/21 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
07/23 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
07/24 – New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage
07/29 – Puglia, IT @ Sud Est Indipendente
08/12 – Rees Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop
08/17 – Essen, DE @ Ruhrtriennale
08/21 – Winterthur, CH @ Winterthurer Musikfestwochen
09/01 – 09/04 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/06 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
09/07 – Richmond, VA @ The National
09/09 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
09/10 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
09/12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
09/14 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
09/16 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
09/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress Plaza
09/22 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
09/23 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box
09/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
09/28 – Sacramento, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
09/29 – Reno, NV @ Cargo Concert Hall
10/03 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
10/04 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/07 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
10/08 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/12 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/14 – Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre
10/15 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
12/04 – Tokyo, JP @ O-East
12/05 – Osaka, JP @ Club Quattro
12/06 – Nagoya, JP @ The Bottom Line
