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DARKANE Guitarist Issues Post-North American Tour Update

April 6, 2009

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update:

"We're back in Sweden from what we believe was a very successful tour in North America together with SOILWORK, WARBRINGER and SWALLOW THE SUN. Thanks a lot to the other bands, crew, and all the fans that showed up and made us feel welcome.

"Playing 50 shows in 52 days was kinda tough, but we're very happy we managed to pull it through without any bigger issues.

"Now we are focusing on writing new material for the next album but before that, we played a show at The Tivoli in our home town Helsingborg on Saturday, April 4th, and then we have the Roskilde and Nuclear Assault festivals booked for this summer, and hopefully more will show up. Next week, (drummer) Peter Wildoer will head out on a European tour with PESTILENCE for three weeks.

"I am also very proud to announce that I am now officially endorsed by Steve Clayton guitar picks. I have been using Clayton pics (1.26 mm) since the middle of the Nineties.

"Since DARKANE's music is based on accurate playing I need a pick that feels steady and that I can count on when I hit my strings very hard. With the Clayton picks, I get a very good and reliable grip allowing me to alter between fast and rhythmic playing without having to think about what my right hand is doing."

Fan-filmed video footage of DARKANE's February 16, 2009 concert at Foufounes Électriques in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be viewed below (courtesy of Yanick a.k.a. klimbo666).

"Demonic Art", the fifth album from DARKANE, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 104 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Demonic Art" was released in North America on February 10 via Nuclear Blast Records. The North America version of the CD, which came out in Europe on October 24, 2008 via Massacre Records, contains a bonus track and a bonus DVD.

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