Newsletter midwinter 2016

As the year draws to a close, we can conclude that 2016 has been another memorable year for Countess. We released a new album and our second album was released on vinyl 22 years after its original release . . . in this newsletter we’ll take a look at some key events from the past year and we’re announcing a special midwinter sale.

Midwinter sale: 20% off everything

If you place an order at our webstore between now and December 31st, simply use midwinter as your discount code and you’ll get 20% off your entire order!

New album 'Fires Of Destiny'

In June, we released our new album 'Fires Of Destiny'. Our fifteenth full-length, the record features ten tracks of uncompromising metal, blending first wave Black Metal and traditional Heavy Metal in a way only Countess can. The album is available everywhere, including Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify.






The album received a great response from numerous reviewers:

"easily one of the best metal albums of 2016. I’m not kidding" (Underground Siege)

"Countess embody the joy and gift of pure metal, and this album is a must listen" (Wonderbox Metal)

"ten tracks of unfashionable, but stirring metal" (The Sound Not The Word)

Special live shows

In July, we played our first show in Belgium at the Radiant Art festival and in October we returned to Finland to headline the Tampere Black Mass II. This picture is from the Odium Nostrum festival in Utrecht.

Vinyl release of 'The Return Of The Horned One'

In September, our legendary second album was released on vinyl by New Era Productions and Heidens Hart.

Read all about this legendary album in this blog post.

Fires Of Destiny Over Europe 2017

In February next year, we will hit the road with Barathrum and Blackdeath, almost exactly twenty years after our tour with Barathrum and Sabbat:

23/2 Le Klub, Paris
24/2 Het Bos, Antwerp
25/2 Helvete, Oberhausen
26/2 Willemeen, Arnhem

Anyone interested in booking us in 2017 can contact us at bookings@countessmetal.com.

Häxa joins Countess

In June, following the departure of Herjann, Häxa joined Countess as the band's new keyboard player (picture taken at the Radiant Art festival).

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