Beginning today, AOL Music will host an exclusive CHTHONIC listening party! Check out the band’s upcoming new full-length, Takasago Army, in its entirety HERE. The stream will run from August 29 through to September 5.
The sixth full-length from the long-running Orient metallers, Takasago Army will be released in North America on September 6, 2011 via Spinefarm Records. The ten-track offering was produced by Rickard Bengtsson (Arch Enemy, Nemesis) at Sweet Spot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden and completes a trilogy that binds together the band’s Seediq Bale and Mirror Of Retribution albums, released in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
Coinciding with the North American release of the record, the band will embark upon a near three-week tour supporting Arch Enemy. Sponsored by MetalSucks and Full Metal Jackie, the North American Khaos 2011 trek will commence on September 8 in Maryland and steamroll its way across the country and Canada. DevilDriver and Skeletonwitch will also be joining the tour.
CHTHONIC North American Khaos 2011 Tour
w/ Arch Enemy, DevilDriver, Skeletonwitch
9/08/2011 Ram’s Head– Baltimore, MD
9/09/2011 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
9/10/2011 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
9/12/2011 Imperial – Quebec City, QC
9/13/2011 Metropolis – Montreal, QC
9/14/2011 Phoenix – Toronto, ON
9/17/2011 The Garrick Center – Winnipeg, MB
9/19/2011 MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB
9/20/2011 Edmonton Events Centre – Edmonton, AB
9/22/2011 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
9/23/2011 Showbox – Seattle, WA
9/24/2011 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
9/26/2011 Regency Center – San Francisco, CA
9/27/2011 Nokia Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
9/29/2011 The Marquee – Phoenix, AZ
9/30/2011 The Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
10/01/2011 The Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO
10/03/2011 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
10/04/2011 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL
“CHTHONIC have made metal that’s traditional in so many ways, but finally provides a breath of fresh air from your normal death metal stomp-fest.” — Revolver
“Forget best album of the year. It’s one of the best black metal albums ever created. Period.” — Metal Undeground
“Takasago Army shows CHTHONIC at their most focused.” — RockSound
“Takasago Army just gives you more of everything from Chthonic. If you want something different from the Children Of Bodoms and Cradle Of Filths then you should most definitely check this out.” — Ultimate-Guitar
“…a very unique musical experience in melody, intensity and musical originality. Fans of symphonic metal certainly should check it out.” — Sea Of Tranquility
“Takasago Army is an album and a movement that deserves to be heard.” — Sorrow Eternal
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