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NAILED TO OBSCURITY Release Date Pre-Order Start Black Frost uu 11/01/2019 uu 09/11/2018

uu Digi includes 3 bonus tracks! uu Digital singles: 09.11. “Black Frost”, 28.12. “Tears Of The Eyeless” uu advertising in many important music magazines NOV/DEC 2018 uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Europe’s NOV/DEC 2018 issues uu song placements in European magazine compilations uu spotify playlists in all European territories uu instore decoration: flyers uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search Price Code: CD03 and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads NB 4672-0 CD-Digi uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock incl. 3 bonus tracks websites all over Europe uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a back- ground on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release

A MUST-HAVE FOR PROG-DEATH LISTENERS! Price Code: LP19 NB 4672-1 LP Esens, Germany. Nestled at whatever-end of Lower Saxony, where the East Frisian Islands form a barrier against the wailing North Sea, the town of 7,000 has slept white + arctic blue splatter in gatefold the years away. Most people haven’t heard of Esens, once home to Baroque composer Philipp Heinrich Erlebach. But if they have, they’ve often confused it with Essen, Germany’s ninth largest city. Well, that’s about to change. Not the confusing part, but the fact that rising death metal stars NAILED TO OBSCURITY are about to put Esens on the proverbial map with new album, »Black Frost«, their first for Nuclear Blast Records.

Formed in 2005 by teenagers Jan-Ole Lamberti (guitars) and Volker Dieken (guitars), NAILED TO OBSCURITY went through the usual ups and downs as a band. The Territory: World Germans took their name from a song off HATE ETERNAL’s debut album, »Conquering The Throne«, but that’s another story for another time. Mere months after forming, NAILED TO OBSCURITY issued their first demo,»Our Darkness«. While most bands live and die on the possibility of signing a label deal, NAILED TO OBSCURITY persevered, releasing their debut album, »Abyss«, independently in 2007. Certainly, line-up shifts were part of the progression as a band, but Lamberti and Dieken -the band’s uu Tracklists: primary songwriters -pushed on, with Jann Hillrichs (drums) and Carsten Schorn (bass) forming the rhythmic foundation. By the time, the group ushered in »Opaque« in DIGI: 2013 and »King Delusion« in 2017 -both for German independent Apostasy Records -they were a different band entirely. BURIAL VAULT vocalist Raimund Ennenga had 01. Black Frost 02. Tears Of The Eyeless replaced Alexander Dirks in 2012, and the rest, at least for the present, is history. 03. The Aberrant Host 04. Feardom Today, NAILED TO OBSCURITY remain Lamberti and Dieken’s labor of love, but the duo are far from authoritarian in the way they write music. In fact, while the two 05. Cipher axe-slingers comprise the creative core, complete songs as a band. They flesh out ideas, structures, and arrangements together, jamming in front of one 06. Resonance NAILED TO OBSCURITY 07. Road To Perdition another instead of the computer or bedroom wall. This is something that persists to this very day. Even as recording technology advances at a frantic pace and members of NAILED Bonus: TO OBSCURITY are spread out over Germany, they still shack up on weekends in the rehearsal room in Esens to write together. That’s how new album, »Black Frost«, was born. 08. Abyss (2019 version) 09. Autumn Memories (2019 version) Songs like ‘Tears Of The Eyeless’, ‘The Aberrant Host’, ‘Road To Perdition’, and the magnificent title track were part ofNAILED TO OBSCURITY’s weekend forays into 10. Fallen Leaves (2019 version) the depths of melodic death metal (and beyond). The frantic pace at which »Black Frost« was written, however, didn’t impact the quality of songcraft. Whereas »King Delusion« LP (33 rpm): focused on the pairing of savagery and melody, changes up the formula. Call it maturity or desire to present ideas differently, ’s new Side A »Black Frost« NAILED TO OBSCURITY 01. Black Frost songs churn, swirl, and coalesce around and into Ennenga’s engaging if cloudy psychosocial lyrics. They have presence. They’re empowered by Lamberti and Dieken’s soaring 02. Tears Of The Eyeless lead-riffs, melancholic dissonance, and careful introspection, but come to life after Hillrichs, Schorn, and Ennenga - whose growl is a must-hear - come into play. Clearly, »Black 03. The Aberrant Host Frost« is something special. 04. Feardom Side B 01. Cipher Lyrically, »Black Frost« continues Ennenga’s fascination with struggle, strife, and self-control. The album title was plucked from a concept inspired by seafaring terminology. 02. Resonance While at sea, ships may become over-burdened by black frost, a phenomenon where fog or rain freezes to the moorings or masts causing ships to become unbalanced. Unbalanced 03. Road To Perdition ships capsize easily. Ennenga took this concept to heart, applying it to humans, who struggle to control fear, anger, or rage. The idea is a cautionary tale to all of us to not let the black frost over-burden our minds.

For »Black Frost«, NAILED TO OBSCURITY spent one week in pre-production - fleshing out songs, etc. - atV. Santura’s Woodshed Studio in Landshut, Germany over the summer. The Germans returned to V. Santura for three weeks to write the remainder and to record the album. They spent 8-hour days putting songs like ‘Feardom’, ‘Cipher’ and ‘Resonance’ - the final song to take shape for»Black Frost« - to digital “tape”. V. Santura engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered »Black Frost«, hefty responsibilities entrusted by NAILED TO OBSCURITY upon the budding German producer and studio owner.

Just as NAILED TO OBSCURITY returned to V. Santura to oversee the production, so too did the Germans re-hire Argentinean surrealist Santiago Caruso (STARGAZER, OCTOBER FALLS) to paint the cover art for »Black Frost«. While Caruso isn’t into metal of any type, he understands the Germans’ music and the darkness they’re presenting. He’s into the dark stuff. In fact, the member of the Beinart Surreal Art Collective has posited his own darkness across his own work - check out the ‘El Jardin De Las Tumbas’ painting - something that NAILED TO OBSCURITY recognize.

Where NAILED TO OBSCURITY take »Black Frost« from here is on tour. As much as the Germans enjoy the creative process and working in the studio, they are, in the end, a live band. A really good live band. They have the track record - where they were either direct support for ARCH ENEMY, PARADISE LOST and AT THE GATES or main support for DARK TRANQUILLITY - to show for it. Additionally, NAILED TO OBSCURITY have also performed in front of thousands at festivals like Wacken Open Air, Party.San Metal Open Air and Bloodstock Open Air. So, watch out for NAILED TO OBSCURITY! They’ll be in everywhere in 2019 in support of »Black Frost«. www.nailedtoobscurity.com · www.facebook.com/nailedtoobscurity www.nuclearblast.de/nailedtoobscurity Style: Progressive Death Metal

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NAILED TO OBSCURITY Release Date Pre-Order Start Opaque (Rerelease) uu 11/01/2019 uu 09/11/2018 Territory: World King Delusion (Rerelease)

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uu LINE UP: Raimund Ennenga · vocals | Jan-Ole Lamberti · guitars | Volker Dieken · guitars | Carsten Schorn · bass | Jann Hillrichs · drums

TOUR 11.01. D Oberhausen...... Turbinenhalle 2 01.02. D Geiselwind...... MusicHall 12.01. NL Nijmegen...... Doornroosje 02.02. D Cologne...... Essigfabrik 13.01. D Hamburg...... Markthalle 03.02. B Antwerp...... Trix Muziekcentrum 14.01. DK Copenhagen...... Amager Bio 04.02. UK London...... Electric Ballroom 15.01. S Stockholm...... Fryshuset 06.02. F Paris...... Cabaret Sauvage 16.01. N Oslo...... Rockefeller Music Hall 07.02. F Toulouse...... Le Bikini 18.01. D Hanover...... Capitol 08.02. E Madrid...... Mon 19.01. D Leipzig...... Hellraiser 09.02. E Barcelona...... Salamandra 20.01. PL Krakow...... Klub Kwadrat 10.02. F Lyon...... Le Transbordeur 22.01. RO Bucharest...... Arenele Romane 12.02. I Trezzo sull’Adda (MI)...... Live Music Club 23.01. BG Sofia...... Universiada Hall 13.02. D Wiesbaden...... Schlachthof 25.01. H Budapest...... Barba Negra Music Club 14.02. D Saarbrücken...... Garage 26.01. A Vienna...... Ottakringer Brauerei 15.02. D Stuttgart...... LKA Longhorn 27.01. CZ Zlín...... Masters of Rock Café 16.02. CH Pratteln...... Z7 28.01. SK Bratislava...... Majestic Music Club 16.03. D Vechta...... Assault of the Undead Vol. 3 29.01. D Berlin...... Kesselhaus 03. - 06.07. D Ballenstedt...... Rockharz Open Air 30.01. D Munich...... Backstage (Werk) www.nailedtoobscurity.com · www.facebook.com/nailedtoobscurity www.nuclearblast.de/nailedtoobscurity Style: Progressive Death Metal