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The Swedish industrial rock band DEATHSTARS returns with a blast when they release their long anticipated fourth studio album »The Perfect Cult«, on June 13th. deathstars-perfect-cult.jpg?x=500 While their predecessor, 2009's »Night Electric Night« was spawned with the band fairly off the hook of their »Termination Bliss« touring cycle, only to see the band hitting the road yet again. For the upcoming new output, DEATHSTARS finally managed to give themselves the needed time span to work in a “calm and methodic manner, fully exploring the music writing process which resulted in the most dramatic Deathstars album to date.” »The Perfect Cult« has been captured in several studios: drums, guitars and bass were recorded in Bohus Sound Recording, Kungälv Sweden, vocals in Gig Studios in Stockholm, Sweden and keyboards, orchestration and editing was done in Black Syndicate, Stockholm. While the mix as usual was handled by legendary Stefan Glaumann (RAMMSTEIN, WITHIN TEMPTATION), guitarist/keyboardist Nightmare took care of the production from bottom to top. For the drum-, guitar- and bass-production, Nightmare worked together with Roberto Laghi (ENTOMBED, IN FLAMES) at Bohus Sound Recording. The Mastering was done by Svante Forsbäck (VOLBEAT, RAMMSTEIN) at Chartmakers, Helsinki, Finland. As far as the lyrics are concerned vocalist Whiplasher states that “all the tracks are about our lives. Each song is a reflection on a situation or a topic that deals with our experiences, usually from a jet black perspective.” With visions inspired by amoral excessive lives, human fears and decay, the songs will be nothing less than a dark playground set between straight forward tracks, atmospheric anthems and the unwashed loins of lawless rock. The tracklist of »The Perfect Cult« will be as follows: 01. Explode 02. Fire Galore 03. All The Devil’s Toys 04. Ghost Reviver 05. The Perfect Cult 06. Asphalt Wings 07. Bodies 08. Temple Of The Insects 09. Track, Crush & Prevail 10. Noise Cuts Don’t miss the chance to see DEATHSTARS live on their “Claws Through Europe Tour” 2014: 20.09. RUS Saint Petersburg - Zal Ozhidaniya Club 21.09. RUS Moscow - Volta 25.09. FIN Jyväskylä - Lutakko 26.09. FIN Helsinki - Tavastia 27.09. FIN Tampere - Klubi 02.10. DK Copenhagen - Vega 03.10. S Gothenburg - Sticky Fingers 04.10. S Stockholm - Debaser Strand 15.10. D Hamburg - Logo 16.10. D Berlin - Magnet 17.10. D Leipzig - Hellraiser 18.10. CZ Prague - Meet Factory 19.10. CZ Zlin - Masters Of Rock Cafe 20.10. HU Budapest - A38 21.10. P Krakow - Fabryka 22.10. AT Vienna - Szene 24.10. I Bologna - Zona Roveri 25.10. I Romagnano Sesia - R'N'R Arena 26.10. D Munich - Backstage 28.10. D Stuttgart - Universum 29.10. F Strasbourg - La Laiterie 30.10. CH Pratteln - Z7 KONZERTFABRIK 31.10. F Paris - Divan du Monde 01.11. BE Vosselaar - Biebob 02.11. UK Bristol - Thekla 03.11. UK Manchester - Manchester Academy 3 04.11. UK Glasgow - Cathouse 05.11. UK Newcastle Upon Tyne - O2 Academy 2 Newcastle 06.11. UK Wolverhampton - The Slade Rooms 07.11. UK London - The Garage 08.11. NL Utrecht - De Helling 09.11. D Cologne - Underground Read more... then come back and comment below.

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