[PRESS-RELEASE]

Following the release of the debut album, WATAIN began to hit the European stages with full force, performing together with bands such as ROTTING CHRIST, IMPIETY, ANTAEUS, DARK FUNERAL, GRAND BELIAL'S KEY, MORTUARY DRAPE etc, soon gaining a vast reputation for their intense, ritualized live-performances embodying every aspect of traditional Black/Death Metal sorcery, impure orgies of blood, fire and doom. The first complete European crusade - "The Black War Tour" - was done in early 2002 together with the old underground force UNPURE.


In the sixth month of the third year, WATAIN once again entered the infamous NECROMORBUS STUDIO to record their second full-length masterpiece, which after three years of composing finally had grown into its full abominable shape. The end result became "Casus Luciferi" ("the fall/descension of Lucifer"), eight gospels of impurest Black Metal fanaticism. The album was released through DRAKKAR on CD and on vinyl by NORMA EVANGELIUM DIABOLI. "Casus Luciferi" has since it's release been hailed as one of the most relevant Black Metal albums of the new millennia, an album proudly revealing the horrifying glory of the True Black Metal legacy. At the same time as the release of the album, the "Stellar Descension Infernal Tour" is done throughout Europe together with SECRETS OF THE MOON and AVERSE SEFIRA.


In the fourth year of the third millennia, WATAIN continuously strikes Europe with live performances. Exclusive live rituals are carried out in Czech Republic (OPEN HELL FEST), Italy and England, as well as a mini-tour in Finland together with KAAMOS. When the darkness of winter begins to fall upon the trembling plains of Europe, the band embarks on a two month long tour together with the reborn Death Metal legends DISSECTION, marching relentlessly through eighteen countries. In a scene of countless carbon copies and soulless attempts to evoke the majesty of the ancient Black/Death Metal legacy, WATAIN stand solemn, silent, watching from the shadows, in genuine victorious sincerity.

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