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KILLING JOKE stream new songs on YouTube from the forthcoming album ‘MMXII’ (2012)

ON MARCH 27, Killing Joke are streaming 30 seconds of each song from their new album, ‘MMXII‘ (2012) on YouTube.

The 30 second snippets of the 10 songs will give fans and the general public a chance to salivate at the genius of the forthcoming tour- de- force.

‘MMXII‘ (2012), featuring the single ‘In Cythera‘, is released April 2nd on Spinefarm Records / Universal.

With their original line-up of Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth & Big Paul back together again, ‘2012’ is a dense and multi-layered work. Killing Joke have never sounded so intense.  The songs are great washes of sound – a death disco with huge slabs of guitar that soundtracks these dangerous times.

‘2012’ is an end-of-time album that somehow finds moments of optimism in the downward swirl of the planet.

Finding hope in the apocalypse, this album could just be their masterpiece.

CD Album Pre-order Links:
Itunes
Amazon

LP Album Pre-order Link:
What Records

In Cythera Vinyl / CD Single Order Links:
What Records

‘2012’ formats & track-listing

CD/Digital Album

1.Pole Shift
2.Fema Camp
3.Rapture
4.Colony Collapse
5.Corporate Elect
6.In Cythera
7.Primobile
8.Glitch
9.Trance
10. On All Hallow’s Eve

Double Coloured Gatefold Vinyl

SIDE A:
1.Pole Shift
2.Fema Camp

SIDE B:
1.Rapture
2.Colony Collapse
3.Corporate Elect

SIDE C:
1.In Cythera
2.Primobile
3.Glitch

SIDE D:
1.Trance
2.On All Hallow’s Eve

Itunes Album
Itunes exclusive track
11. New Uprising

LAST WEEK, Killing Joke have confirmed they are to play 5 Arena shows in September with The Cult and The Mission.

Killing Joke w/ The Cult and The Mission tour dates:-

11 Sep Tue Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

12 Sep Wed Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield.

14 Sep Fri Manchester Arena, Manchester.

15 Sep Sat LG Arena Birmingham, Birmingham.

16 Sep Sun Wembley Arena, London.

Tickets available from http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/killing-joke-tickets

Killing Joke is Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Youth & Paul Ferguson
www.killingjoke.com

KILLING JOKE – new album ‘MMXII’ (2012) – released April 2nd 2012 

April 2nd sees Killing Joke release their new album, ‘MMXII‘ (2012), on Spinefarm Records / Universal.
 2012 is the perfect year for Killing Joke 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?  When their original line-up of Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Big Paul reconvened in 2008 after working together intermittently, that strange voodoo once again filled the room.  Individually, they have a power, but together they have something sulphurous and strong that few bands can match. Killing Joke are not an average band with an average agenda; they lock the door and let the ritual commence, and ’2012′ is the result.

The album’s key is the end of times, an age of flux, a shift in consciousness… Jaz Coleman comments: “I can’t see the point contemplating extreme life extinction – it’s good for nothing. It’s nihilism in the absolute even considering it”.  This kind of thinking sets the tone for this powerful record, with 2012 and the state of flux the key issue… “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”.  The album reflects this dark vision, but Jaz Coleman sees the great change in a more positive light – the dawning of the Age Of Aquarius… “All the remote viewers I know, myself included, cannot penetrate beyond. This year is about getting our collective dreams in order, restoring the biosphere, the idea of well-being as opposed to economic growth, the idea of partnership and co-creation with fellow human beings, moving away from national boundaries and more towards what Schiller and Beethoven were saying in some of their work”.  The album’s themes are political, anti-capitalist and forward-looking…  “If we can concentrate on what it can be, the dream of clean streams, of re-forestation, of permaculture, of disengaging all the banks – identifying all the majority shareholders of the top 100 corporations and dismantling them. If we start dreaming of a fairer system and defining what an elite should be – an intellectual powerhouse and not international bankers”.  Jaz laughs that wild laugh and stares. “This is what I’m touching on with the songs; ‘Fema Camp’ is about the concentration camps they have been building in America; ‘Corporate Elect’ needs no explanation; ‘Rapture’ is the way I perceive a Killing Joke concert – it’s a spiritual experience for myself to get into that state of grace… music is the theme of mantra. I’m not into organised religion at all, but I’ve always liked what Fela Kuti did in Nigeria, playing music like it was a temple. Maybe we will evolve into a time where we will be performing for ritualistic and spiritual reasons alone and not for monetary reasons?” “There’s a song called ‘On All Hallows Eve’, which is about my belief in ancestor worship, backed up by quantum theories that there is no death. You only ever remember the time-line that you are alive in – you can’t remember being dead because you never were. ‘Colony Collapse’ is about what’s happening, what’s going on out there. ‘Poleshift’ is the first track on the album and about the potential polar shift of the earth’s magnetic field, its erratic behaviour, and also the polar shift that will be needed”.  The 11 album tracks are an avalanche of sound that is empowering whilst jolting you awake. They are as fascinating as chatting with Coleman, as he talks of future humans living forever but with no emotions, and of the Age Of Aquarius and the cycles of time, the shift in the earth’s electro-magnetic field, the end of extreme capitalism, the Arab Spring and how his trips to Cairo to record music have added to his belief that when Cairo falls everywhere else follows… ’2012′ is possibly Killing Joke’s best album ever, and fittingly Mike Coles, long-time Killing Joke collaborator and artistic genius, has completed the artwork.

To celebrate the album’s release, Killing Joke are streaming the track ‘Rapture‘ on YouTube….. so have a listen!

 
’2012′ is a dense and multi-layered work.  Killing Joke have never sounded so intense.  The songs are great washes of sound – a death disco with huge slabs of guitar that soundtracks these dangerous times.  ’2012′ is an end-of-time album that somehow finds moments of optimism in the downward swirl of the planet.   Finding hope in the apocalypse, this album just could be their masterpiece. 

 ’2012′ will be released on various formats, details as follows:

Track-listing CD/Digital Album

1.Pole Shift

2.Fema Camp

3.Rapture

4.Colony Collapse

5.Corporate Elect

6.In Cythera

7.Primobile

8.Glitch

9.Trance

10. On All Hallow’s Eve

Double Coloured Gatefold Vinyl

SIDE A:

1.Pole Shift

2.Fema Camp

SIDE B:

1.Rapture

2.Colony Collapse

3.Corporate Elect

SIDE C:

1.In Cythera

2.Primobile

3.Glitch

SIDE D:

1.Trance

2.On All Hallow’s Eve

Itunes AlbumItunes exclusive track

11. New Uprising

You can pre-order 2012 from PLAY.com or WHATRECORDS.

Killing Joke is Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Youth & Paul Ferguson

KILLING JOKE – March Tour – The Icarus Line confirmed as support 

In anticipation of their new album, Killing Joke play 11 shows in the UK, starting in Exeter, including London’s Roundhouse on March 8th and finishing in Oxford.  The main support has been confirmed as Los Angeles quintet The Icarus Line.
 
According to Youth, their forthcoming album is both a reflection of the times plus a long look in the mirror…

 ”Cold austerity versus wild abandon seems to be an overall dynamic”, he explains, “with themes ranging from the times we are living in through to intense personal admissions, and lots of magic and alchemy and fierce politik…”

 Youth goes onto to reveal other very exciting plans for Killing Joke this year…”Some are still secret and will be announced officially on the website.  One I am closely involved with and getting closer to finishing is the Killing Joke In Dub album that will be available next year.  It really is bone-crunchingly heavy!”

 Along with performing songs from the forthcoming album, Killing Joke promise that “The set lists on these dates will form the most comprehensive career-spanning shows to date“. 
 
March UK Tour
Sun 04       Exeter, Lemon Grove
Mon 05       Bristol, Academy
Tues 06      Norwich, Waterfront.
Thur 08      London, Roundhouse.
Fri 09          Sheffield, Corporation
Sat 10         Manchester, Academy.
Mon 12       Glasgow, ABC
Tues 13      Newcastle, Academy
Wed 14       Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
Fri 16          Portsmouth, Pyramids
Sat 17         Oxford, Academy
 
All tickets are £19.50 except London £23.50 and are currently available from usual outlets.
 
For more information head over to the Killing Joke website for up to date announcements!
 
www.killingjoke.com