“Turn The Tide” is the new single from long-running heavy metal titans, Satan. The track comes by way of the band’s forthcoming new full-length, “Songs In Crimson,” set for release on September 13th via Metal Blade Records.
While “Songs In Crimson,” features lyrics including “a once-great nation is going down” and “this is the end of an era,” Satan offers no quick fix. “There is always hope; solutions are not for us musicians to proclaim,” Tippins believes. “Each song has its own different theme. While there is no title track as such, the song ‘Deadly Crimson,’ which is an anti-capitalism narrative, is as close as it gets to that. As a concept, making money from money is fatally flawed in that it depends on constant growth,” Tippins says. “But constant growth is obviously impossible; a conveyor belt of sacrificial lambs.”
Tippins continues, “‘Turn The Tide’ is the classic ‘King Canute’ scenario — the deluded head of state who believes himself to be divine and sets out to prove it by standing in front of the sea and ordering the waves to retreat. They don’t of course. We are kind of using that as an allegory to illustrate the ridiculous standpoint of certain Jingoistic Brits who believe that foreigners have no place in our country. It’s the shortest song on the album. And also the fastest!”
Pre-order “Songs In Crimson” HERE.
Satan’s history is storied, their albums and incendiary live shows, iconic. The Newcastle, England-bred lineup may quip that their career has been “forty-four years of prolonged mayhem with a twenty-year lunch break” — forming in 1980, eventually pausing before reuniting in 2011 — but circa 2024 finds the band thriving, writing, recording, and touring at the top of their game.
Proof positive is their seventh studio album, and third for Metal Blade, “Songs In Crimson.” If 2022’s “Earth Infernal” album was brutal, up-tempo and with loud guitars, guitarist Russ Tippins calls Songs In Crimson “concise. It’s more to-the-point and gets there quicker.” One of the reasons behind the album title is that this record is very ‘song’ focused. There’s more punch this time around. Each chorus speaks for itself.” With influences from King Crimson to Mercyful Fate, Satan’s own stylings remain unique, the band’s NWOBHM origins a springboard for musical and lyrical creativity, commentary, and nonconformity.
Satan, will spend September roadbound on a nearly month-long European tour. The journey begins with seven dates through the UK and Ireland with special guests, Seven Sisters followed by a stop at Pyrenean Warriors Open Air Fest in Torreilles, France. From there, the band will wind their way through sixteen more cities throughout Europe alongside Haunt and Hellfire. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
Satan w/ Seven Sisters:
- 9/04/2024 The Bread Shed – Manchester, UK
- 9/05/2024 The Cluny – Newcastle, UK
- 9/06/2024 The Flying Duck – Glasgow, UK
- 9/07/2024 Voodoo – Belfast, IE
- 9/08/2024 Grand Social – Dublin, IE
- 9/11/2024 Boston Music Room – London, UK
- 9/12/2024 Daltons – Brighton, UK
- 9/14/2024 Pyrenean Warriors Open Air – Torreilles, FR * Satan only
Satan w/ Haunt, Hellfire:
- 9/15/2024 Metalitalia Festival – Milan, IT
- 9/16/2024 Backstage – Muenchen, DE
- 9/17/2024 Klub Mocvara – Zagreb, HR
- 9/18/2024 Escape – Wien, AT
- 9/19/2024 Steel City Sorcery – Linz, AT
- 9/20/2024 Rockclub Nordbayern – Selb, DE
- 9/21/2024 Odessa – Warsaw, PL
- 9/22/2024 Barrak – Ostrava, CZ
- 9/23/2024 Der Hirsch – Nurnberg, DE
- 9/24/2024 Trompete – Bochum, DE
- 9/25/2024 MTS – Oldenburg, DE
- 9/26/2024 Beta – Copenhagen, DK
- 9/27/2024 Bambi Galore – Hamburg, DE
- 9/28/2024 JZ Stricker – Bielefeld, DE
- 9/29/2024 Asgaard – Gent, BE
- 9/30/2024 Little Devil – Tilburg, NL
