It has been around thirteen years since A Perfect Circle’s (APC) 2004 eMOTIVe was released, but the wait for new music is finally over. Today, November 16th, APC have finally teased us with a new haunting video for their new single “The Doomed”. However, there is something extremely different in comparisons to A Perfect Circle’s past promotional endeavors.

In the past, when it came time for any of Maynard James Keenan’s projects to promote their new work, the band would appear normally in interviews, but would seldom appear in their videos. But, the past is the past and it would appear that Maynard and the rest of A Perfect Circle have ditched their old efforts so as to give us a new dark taste of APC. See them Perform it live here.

Directed by Jeremy Danger and Travis Shinn, the video for “The Doomed” opens and Maynard is already staring directly at you with his big, dark eyes. It almost feels like one witnesses an anomaly when Maynard’s face is full front and center. As if he is emoting himself so that we can see what he feels. As soon as we see his face it disappears and cuts to the other members of APC. Shifting from a single band member to the next, we soon get to see A Perfect Circle collectively as they give us a manifestation of “The Doomed” through their stirring stares.

As the last two weeks of their North American tour wraps up, Maynard James Keenan has released a statement pertaining to the newly released video and their upcoming album: “Fourteen years have passed since we released eMOTIVe. A new release is long overdue. In light of this current difficult and polarized social, spiritual and political climate, we artist types need to open our big mouths and share the light a little louder.”

Billy Howerdel, guitarist of APC also released a statement in connection with the album: “Years of life experience has brought our music to this moment. We know where we came from. Deeply connected path we’re on.”  This past June, Howerdel also scored the music for the film D-Love. Check our coverage on his music here.

For their album, and possibly more, A Perfect Circle have signed an enormous worldwide record deal with BMG for their follow up to 2004’s eMOTIVe with the same producer, Dave Sardy. If you need to see more than the video, have no fear! A Perfect Circle have also released an announcement for a world tour. The band’s lineup is Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel James Iha, Jeff Friedl, and Matt McJunkins. See the dates below:

November 17 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center

November 18 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center

November 19 Highland Heights, KY BB&T Arena

November 21 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre

November 22 Grand Rapids, MI The DeltaPlex Arena

November 24 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion

November 25 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center

November 28 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena

November 30 Vancouver, BC PNE Coliseum

December 1 Seattle, WA Key Arena

December 2 Portland, OR Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum

December 4 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena

June 1 Nürburgring, Germany Rock Am Ring

June 2 Nuremberg, Germany Rock Im Park

June 5 Stockholm, Sweden Fryshuset

June 6 Oslo, Norway Spektrum

June 8 Aarhus, Denmark Northridge Festival

June 9 Helsinki, Finland Sideways Festival

June 12 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester SOLD OUT

June 13 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT

June 14 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT

June 17 Berlin, Germany Zitadelle

June 20 Zurich, Switzerland Halle 622

June 23 Esch-Sur-Aizette, Luxembourg

June 26 Paris, France Olympia SOLD OUT

June 28 Madrid, Spain Download Festival Madrid

June 29 Barcelona, Spain Be Prog! My Friend Festival

July 1 Verona, Italy Rock The Castle

Photo credits: Marv Watson