Khemmis Announces New Album Desolation for June 2018 Release

Khemmis has announced an upcoming album, Desolation, for release in June 22nd. The album will be released through 20 Buck Spin and Nuclear Blast. This follows the band’s recently finished Decibel Magazine Tour.

Desolation is said to be an album that for the fans of Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, Spirit Adrift, Pallbearer, Yob, Warning, Atlantean Kodex, High On Fire, Metallica, and Corrosion Of Conformity. According to the press release, the cover artwork for Desolation by Sam Turner, well known for Black Breath, 3 Inches Of Blood, and In The Company Of Serpents. The cover artwork has not yet been released.

In anticipation, the band has released its first single for the album. “Isolation” is a music video directed by Italo Ganni. The video consists of walking through the people walking through the field and fighting as it switches from character to character. The video can be watched below.

Along with the working of the upcoming album, the band will be going on tour. As of current, this tour begins in April 19th and will be ending on July 29th. This tour consists of stops such as Roadburn Festival, Doom Over Leipzig Festival, Maryland Death Fest, Migration Fest and Heavy Montreal. More tour dates are expected to be added. The track list and the tour dates are listed below.

Desolation 
01. Bloodletting
02. Isolation
03. Flesh To Nothing
04. The Seer
05. Maw Of Time
06. From Ruin

Khemmis Tour Dates:
04/19: Het Patronaat – Tilburg, NL – Roadburn Festival
04/20: Vortex – Siegen, DE
04/21: UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE – Doom Over Leipzig Festival
05/24: Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD – Maryland Death Fest
06/29: Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
07/01: Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
07/07: Hi-Dive – Denver, CO
07/27: Mr. Small’s – Pittsburgh, PA – Migration Fest
07/29: Parc Jean-Drapeau – Montreal, QC – Heavy Montreal

(Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat) 

Sudipti Khatry: Sunday Music Writer at mxdwn.com || I have written for Sundays since the summer of 2016. A student in high school, with a goal to major in Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism, and Graphic Design.
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