ABIGAIL WILLIAMS To Release New Album In September

Candlelight Records has set a September 27 European release date for "In The Absence Of Light", the second full-length album from black metallers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. Recorded at Conquistador Studios in Cleveland, Ohio, the CD was mixed by Peter Tägtgren (DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL, CELTIC FROST) and features artwork by Farron Kerzner (NACHTMYSTIUM, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH).

"In The Absence Of Light" is true to the rules of black metal. The vocals are harsh and shrill, sounding like the product of a lacerated larynx. Guitars buzz, rip and roar alongside articulate, rapid licks and blazing solos. Drums slam and crash like exploding mortar shells, whether battering with blast beats, double-bass rolls or syncopated snare hits. And there is just the right amount of haunting keyboard washes, a noted difference to the band's previous album, "In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns".

Commented vocalist/guitarist Sorceron, "There is a lot less keyboards on the new songs. I like keyboards, but before we started this record we decided to get rid of a lot of them because we wanted to do something different."

The album presents new bandmembers, guitarist Ian Jekelis and drummer Ken Bedene. Joining Sorceron after ABIGAIL WILLIAMS' final tour in support of "In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns" last fall, the trio quickly got to work writing material that would become "In The Absence Of Light". The album's eight songs contain far more urgency then the band's previous material; songs written exclusively by Sorceron.

"We let ourselves have much more room with writing this album, kind of a more open, free environment than any we have employed before," reveals Sorceron. "We literally constructed the songs as we went. Ken would be in the drum room and Ian and I would be in the control room and we just played for hours. We would listen back and pick out what we thought was good and we put songs together. We recorded everything with much more ease and I think it has helped in capturing a very honest vibe."

"In The Absence Of Light" track listing:

01. Hope The Great Betrayal
02. Final Destiny Of The Gods
03. The Mysteries That Bind the Flesh
04. Infernal Divide
05. In Death Comes The Great Silence
06. What Hells Await Me
07. An Echo In Our Legends
08. Malediction

Formed in 2005, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS has been called "a buzz band," and "a band to watch." They have endured more than their fair share of opposition, including revolving door member changes and in 2007 altogether disbanding. But through it all, the core of the band has kept a level head, a steady eye, and an unbridled passion for what they do. The band's 2006 "Legend" EP and 2008 debut, "In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns" (produced by James Murphy and featuring EMPEROR drummer Trym Torson) have now sold a combined 35,000 in the U.S. The band has toured exhaustively including their most recent West Coast headline dates.

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS recently confirmed its first tour in support of "In The Absence Of Light". Kicking of September 29, the four-week trek will also feature IMMOLATION, VADER, LECHEROUS NOCTURNE and PATHOLOGY.