Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Killing Joke

Killing Joke will return with a new 11 track album simply titled 2012 on April 2nd. The band explain why 2012 is a special year and time for them on their official website:

2012 is the perfect year for us to be releasing an album that is as dense and as dark as the surrounding swirls of madness in the world. At a time when the news is fast-forward and the planet seems to be descending into madness, who better than Killing Joke to reflect this?

It’s in many different calendars – the great unveiling, the sky and the earth coming together. It’s a significant date. In the autumn, there is a major planetary alignment, and on that day I’m doing this rock festival, ‘A Party At The End of The Earth’, which is going to be in New Zealand. Everything is speeding up. It’s not just our minds shrinking. We are heading towards the Eschaton and no-one really knows what’s going to happen.

Read the entire statement and view the tracklisting for the record here. Killing Joke will also launch a European tour in the spring. Check out the list of dates here.


"Love Like Blood"