black midi have announced their third album, Hellfire. The band also dropped lead single “Welcome To Hell,” which is accompanied by a music video.
The visual was directed by Gustaf Holtenäs and tells the tale of a man battling his way through an infernal landscape, all for love. Additionally, the band shared that they will be embarking on a world tour this year.
The track features bombastic brass and half-frantic, half-heavenly percussion courtesy of Morgan Simpson.
Geordie Greep spoke about the track in a press release.
“Almost everyone depicted is a kind of scumbag,” he says. “Almost everything I write is from a true thing, something I experienced and exaggerated and wrote down. I don’t believe in hell, but all that old-world folly is great for songs. I’ve always loved movies and anything else with a depiction of hell. Dante’s Inferno. When Homer goes to hell in The Simpsons. There’s a robot hell in Futurama. Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Jewish writer who portrays a Satan interfering in people’s lives. There’s loads!”
Hellfire is out July 15. Look below for the video, tracklist and tour dates.
Hellfire tracklisting
1. “Hellfire” 2. “Sugar/Tzu” 3. “Eat Men Eat” 4. “Welcome to Hell” 5. “Still” 6. “The Race Is About to Begin” 7. “Dangerous Liaisons” 8. “The Defence” 9. “27 Questions”
black midi tour dates
05/10 – Grenoble, FR @ La Bobine 05/11 – Milan, IT @ Santeria 05/12 – Zurich, CH @ Mascotte 05/14 – Vienna, AT @ Flex 05/15 – Prague, CZ @ Meetfactory 05/16 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg 05/18 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef 05/31 – Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival 06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/09 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound 06/11 – Mannheim, DE @ Maifeld Derby 06/12 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret 06/17 – 06/19 – Vilnius, LT @ 8 Festival 06/22 – 06/26 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury 06/29 – 07/03 – Budapest, HU @ Kolorado Festival 06/30 – Bucharest, Romania @ Club Control 07/01 – 07/03 – Plovdiv, G @ Wrong Fest 07/07 – 07/09 – Trencin, SK @ Pohoda 07/13 – London, UK @ Summer Series at Somerset House 07/13 – 07/17 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival 07/15 – Riga, LV @ Positivus Festival 07/21 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club 07/23 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes 07/24 – New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage
07/29 – Puglia, IT @ Sud Est Indipendente 08/12 – Rees Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop 08/17 – Essen, DE @ Ruhrtriennale 08/21 – Winterthur, CH @ Winterthurer Musikfestwochen 09/01 – 09/04 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival 09/06 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live 09/07 – Richmond, VA @ The National 09/09 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel 09/10 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre 09/12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn 09/14 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 09/16 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk 09/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress Plaza 09/22 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House 09/23 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box 09/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre 09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre 09/28 – Sacramento, CA @ The Warfield Theatre 09/29 – Reno, NV @ Cargo Concert Hall 10/03 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre 10/04 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre 10/07 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada 10/08 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown 10/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 10/12 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall 10/14 – Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre 10/15 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall 12/04 – Tokyo, JP @ O-East 12/05 – Osaka, JP @ Club Quattro 12/06 – Nagoya, JP @ The Bottom Line