Midnight graces the cover of Decibel Magazine

 Set to kick off “Sanguine Sodomy of North America” tour with Mayhem and Watain next month

 
On March 4th, Midnight will release their fifth full-length, Let There Be Witchery, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the record, be sure to check out the April issue of Decibel Magazine, which features a cover story about Midnight and Let There Be Witchery. To purchase your copy online now, please visit: https://store.decibelmagazine.com/products/april-2022-210 
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Album artwork by: William Lacey

 

The previously released tracks, “Szex Witchery” and “Nocturnal Molestation”, can also be heard at: metalblade.com/midnight – where Let There Be Witchery can be pre-ordered in the following formats:

– jewelcase-CD

– 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)

– green marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 666 copies)

– indigo marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 500 copies)

– wine red marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 400 copies)

– violet marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 300 copies)

– clear lavender vinyl (Metal Blade Shop exclusive – limited to 200 copies)

– clear lilac vinyl (High Roller Records exclusive – limited to 200 copies)

– light grey marbled vinyl (US exclusive – limited to 300 copies)

– coke bottle clear vinyl (US exclusive)

– purple / black blend vinyl (US exclusive)

– clear / black haze vinyl (Band exclusive – limited to 200 copies) – SOLD OUT

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Filthy, belligerent and obnoxious, Midnight make music to start fights to. Since 2003, one-man-band Athenar has been churning out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits and EPs – and in 2022 he returns, delivering a catchy mixture of black metal, speed metal, and dirty punk rock. “I always want it to be loud and nasty,” he asserts. “That kinda thing never gets old with me. How funny will that look to see me at age 77 – if I reach that point – sitting on the porch blasting Hellhammer?”

 

The title is a combination of the song titles “Let There Be Sodomy” and “Szex Witchery”, Athenar wanting to maintain the tradition of using six syllables. Lyrically, the record is “unfiltered savage animalisticness”, and the deeper the listener delves, the dirtier they get, which is just the way it should be. When it came to tracking the record, Athenar returned to Mercenary Studios in Cleveland, OH and producer Noah Buchanan, who makes it very easy for him to cut loose and make noise, choosing to once again record all the instruments himself despite having a live band that could step in and help out. “It’s still just me and my science project gone awry. I realize I’m musically handicapped, but there’s a charm to it.”

 

Mulling over the question as to why anyone should actually give a shit about Midnight, he once again comes up with a typically Athenar answer: “If I were to give actual good advice, I would say stay clear of anything to do with Midnight. But I’m not a rational thinker, so as usual, I will give terrible advice and say punish your earholes and play this album as loud as your stereo goes, go out to a gig and mingle with others that you don’t know, lick their faces and rub upon each other’s sweaty torsos to the hellish, neanderthalish noise of a band called Midnight! You gotta release your demons somehow! That’s why you should give a shit, or two.”

 

Let There Be Witchery track-listing

1. Telepathic Nightmare

2. Frothing Foulness

3. In Sinful Secrecy

4. Nocturnal Molestation

5. More Torment

6. Let There Be Sodomy

7. Devil Virgin

8. Snake Obsession

9. Villainy Wretched Villainy

10. Szex Witchery

 

Shortly after record release, Midnight will hit the road with Mayhem and Watain for the “Sanguine Sodomy of North America” tour, before heading to Europe and the UK for an extensive trek with Night Demon. See below for all dates!

 

“Sanguine Sodomy of North America” tour dates

w/ Mayhem, Watain, Midnight

March 7, 2022 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom

March 8, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

March 9, 2022 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Nile Theater

March 11, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

March 12, 2022 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall

March 14, 2022 – Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live

March 15, 2022 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk

March 16, 2022 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

March 18, 2022 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

March 19, 2022 – Tampa, FL @ Orpheum

March 20, 2022 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground

March 22, 2022 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda

March 23, 2022 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix

March 25, 2022 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

March 26, 2022 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

March 27, 2022 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

March 29, 2022 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage

March 30, 2022 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Roxian

March 31, 2022 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic

April 1, 2022 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic

April 2, 2022 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre

April 3, 2022 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge

Midnight European tour dates

w/ Night Demon

May 24, 2022 – Eindhoven, NL – Dynamo

May 25, 2022 – Hamburg, DE – Logo

May 26, 2022 – Oberndoprff, DE – Metalheadz Open Air

May 27, 2022 – Kirchdorf bei Haag, DE – Bavarian Battle Open Air

May 28, 2022 – Vienna, AT – Viper Room

May 29, 2022 – Whittlebury, GB – Manor Rest

May 31, 2022 – Ljubljana, SK – Orto Bar

June 1, 2022 – Milano, IT – Slaughter Club

June 2, 2022 – Martigny, CH – Les Caves Du Milano

June 3, 2022 – Weinheim, DE – Café Central

June 4, 2022 – Oldenburg, DE – Amadeus

June 5, 2022 – Gelsenkirchen, DE – Rock Hard Festival

June 7, 2022 – Berlin, DE – Lido

June 8, 2022 – Leipzig , DE – Neumanns

June 9, 2022 – Prague, CZ – Morda Voice

June 10, 2022 – Schonberg Kubelberg, DE – Iron Fest

June 12, 2022 – Hasselt, BE – MOD

June 13, 2022 – Bristol, GB – The Exchange

June 14, 2022 – Glasgow, GB – Audio

June 15, 2022 – Manchester, GB – Academy3

June 17, 2022 – Derry, IE – Frost & Fireland

June 20, 2022 – Brussels, BE – Magasin4

June 21, 2022 – Aarau, CH – Kiff

June 22, 2022 – Lyon, FR – Rock n’Eat

June 23, 2022 – Barcelona, ES – Boveda

June 24, 2022 – Cartagena, ES – Rock Imperium Festival

June 25, 2022 – Bilbao, ES – Stage Live

June 26, 2022 – Clisson, FR – Hellfest

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Photo credit: Hannah Verbeuren

 

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