Swedish stars Cult of Luna have announced they will be releasing their sixth studio album entitled Vertikal on 25th January 2013 in the EU and on 29th January 2013 in the US via Indie Recordings.
The album will be the bands first studio produce since their 2008 album Eternal Kingdom. In the last five years the band have been trying to construct a suitable concept to structure their idea’s round. Vertikal will contain themes of machinery, repetition and clear linear structures derived from the timeless Fritz Lang classic, Metropolis.
The band have also announced they will be heading on a very extensive European tour starting in January and lasting all the way through to early May of 2013 as well as plans for US dates for later in the year.
Tour dates as follows:
January
17 – Knust – Hamburg
18 – Kulturfabrik – Luxembourg
19 – Ivory Blacks – Glasgow
20 – Corporation – Sheffield
21 – Slade Rooms – Wolverhampton
22 – Garage – London
24 – Le Divan Du Monde – Paris
25 – L’Echonova – Vannes
26 – Le Krakatoa – Bordeaux
27 – Sonora – Bilbao
28 – Hard Club – Porto
29 – Paradise Garage- Lisbon
30 – Caracol – Madrid
31 – Razzmatazz 3 – Barcelona
February
1 – Le Tremplin – Beaumont
2 – Stadtmitte – Karlsruhe
27 – Parkteatret – Oslo
28 – Debaser Medis – Stockholm
March
2 – Nosturi – Helsinki
Apri
18 – Pustervik – Gothenburg
20 – Roadburn Festival – Tilburg
22 – Fri-Son – Fribourg
23 – Bloom – Mezzago
24 – Traffic Live Club – Rom
25 – Boulevard – Misano Adriatico
26 – Gaswerk – Winterthur
29 – Silver Church – Bucharest
30 – Daos Club – Timisoara
May
2 – P.M.K – Innsbruck
3 – Asymmetry Festival – Wroclaw
5 – Kranhalle – Munich
6 – Universum – Stuttgart
7 – Forum – Bielefeld
8 – Gebaude – Cologne
