RAGE Announce New EP ‘Spreading The Plague’ – Out September 20222

On Tour with Brainstorm in Oct/Nov

‘Spreading The Plague’ consists of the songs “To Live And To Die”, “Spreading The Plague” and “The King Has Lost His Crown”, all three from the production phase of Rage’s 2021 album ‘Resurrection Day’ and previously unreleased. Peavy explains: “These are numbers that we recorded at the same studio quality level as our ‘Resurrection Day’ material but have deliberately held back until now to have something special up our sleeve for our fans when we’ll be able to tour again at last.” ‘Resurrection Day’ was a major success for Rage: The album scored high chart positions in a number of countries in September 2021, such as number 14 in Germany, number 12 in Japan, number 38 in Switzerland, and a more than impressive number 46 and 81 in the US and Canada, respectively.

The new EP is complemented by three bonus tracks: ‘A New Land’ is a new unplugged version; ‘The Price Of War 2.0.’ was first released a few months ago as a digital single, including a video clip to introduce new band members Jean Borman and Stefan Weber, but has not yet been available on any physical record, same as the Rage classic ‘Straight To Hell’, a live stream from the Balve Cave venue in July 2020.

So there are plenty of exciting things in the offing: a new EP (complete with exciting cover artwork courtesy of Karim König, who has also designed ‘The Devil Strikes Back’ and ‘Seasons Of The Black’, among others) as well as a big European tour in October / November 2022. It’s safe to say that Rage fans have plenty to look forward to…

‘Spreading The Plague’ Tracklisting:

01. To Live And To Die – 4:07

02. Spreading The Plague – 4:27

03. The King Has Lost His Crown – 4:29

04. A New Land (acoustic version) – 3:29

05. The Price Of War 2.0 – 4:07

06. Straight To Hell (Live from the Cave) – 5:08

“Spreading The Plague” will be released on September 30th, 2022 through SPV/Steamhammer in the following configurations:

=> DigiPak

=> LP, 140 g ,black vinyl, printed inner sleeve

=> Download / Streaming

Pre-Order Link: https://RageSPV.lnk.to/SpreadingThePlague

=> Exclusive CD/LP Bundle with a shirt only at the Steamhammer shop

Pre-Order Link: https://shop.steamhammer.de/artists/rage/store  

RAGE Live 2022:

 Festivals

23.07. IT-Zogno – Ambria Music Festival

30.07. DE-Hünfeld – Rhön Rock Open Air

06.08. DE-Regensburg – Metal United Festival

12.08. DE-Pfungstadt – Phungo Festival

20.08. DE-Essen – Turock Open Air

26.08. PT-Viseu – Milagre Metaleiro Open Air

27.08. DE-Tennenbronn – Metalacker

03.09. DE-Brüggen – Bongert Open Air

10.-12.10. ES-Mallorca – Full Metal Holiday

on tour with BRAINSTORM

13.10. DE-Mannheim – 7er Club

14.10. DE-Siegburg – Kubana

15.10. AT-Wörgl – Komma

16.10. DE-Munich – Backstage

18.10. CH-Pratteln – Z7

19.10. SK-Bratislava – Randal Club

20.10. HU-Budapest – Barba Negra

21.10. CZ-Zlin – Masters Of Rock Cafe

22.10. PL-Krakow – Hype Park

23.10. CZ-Prague – Rock Cafe

25.10. DE-Nürnberg – Hirsch

26.10. DE-Berlin – Lido

27.10. DE-Fulda – Kreuz

28.10. DE-Flensburg – Roxy

29.10. BE-Ittre – Zik Zak

30.10. DE-Osnabrück – Bastard Club

31.10. DE-Stuttgart – Im Wizemann

02.11. DE-Hamburg – Kulturpalast

03.11. DE-Übach-Palenberg – Rockfabrik

04.11. NL-Enschede-Metropool

05.11. BE-Sankt Vith – Triangel

06.11. DE-Trier – Mergener Hof

09.11. IT-Paderno – Slaughter Club

10.11. DE-Burglengenfeld – VAZ

11.11. DE-Neuruppin – Kulturhaus Stadtgarten

12.11. DE-Hanerau – Hademarscher Hof

13.11. DE-Bochum – Zeche