Watain announce new single Nuclear Alchemy

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Watain will release new 7-inch single Nuclear Alchemy on Halloween – taken from their upcoming 2018 studio album

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Watain (Image credit: Jon Metalion Kristiansen)

Watain have announced that they’ll release a new 7-inch single titled Nuclear Alchemy on October 31.

The Halloween launch will mark the first material lifted from their as-yet-untitled sixth album, which is set to arrive on January 5 via Century Media.

The band say in a statement: “Nuclear Alchemy is the sound of an eager beast let loose from its cage at last. A song of violent fire, impending doom and of necks cracking in ecstacy.

“A dissolving injection of power and force into the coagulated veins of black metal and a first glimpse into the abyss that shall be opened in the beginning of 2018. Meanwhile, stand by for conflagration.”

The single will be available on both red and black vinyl and each is limited to just 1000 copies. Nuclear Alchemy will be backed by a cover version of Hungarian cult act Tormentor’s Beyond.

Watain have scheduled a handful of live shows for January to coincide with the album’s release. Find a list of dates below.

Watain 2018 tour dates

Jan 05: Stockholm Kraken, Sweden
Jan 10: Berlin Lido, Germany
Jan 11: Tilburg 013, Netherlands
Jan 12: London The Dome, UK
Jan 13: Paris La Maroquinerie, France

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.