The first week of the SOTF September European tour has been successfully completed, and SOTF thanks all the promoters, press and fans involved.
The band is now taking a couple of days off in London before flying on to Hungary for the second week of shows.

Remaining dates of this tour are:

09/14 HU Budapest BLUE HELL
(+ Wet Lips)
Kek Yuk, III. Fenyes Adolf utca 28, Budapest 1032, Hungary
Admission: 1500 Ft
www.yuk.hu

09/15 CH Geneva KAB
Usine, 4 Place des Volontaires, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
Admission: 10 CHF
www.lekab.ch

09/19 POR Lisbon TRANSMISSION
(+ La Chanson Noire + Espelho Mau)
Rua de Sao Paulo, 27, Cais do Sodre, Lisbon
Phone: 968 057 502
Admission: 5 Euros

09/20 ES Madrid SALA CARACOL
(666 Festival with PROJECT PITCHFORK, MELOTRON, MODCOM etc)
Bernardino Obregon, 18, Madrid, Spain
www.myspace.com/sturmpromotions www.sturmpromotions.com
Day ticket: 22 Euros

On medical advice, the first week of the upcoming SOTF tour has been cancelled, and several dates rescheduled: unfortunately resulting in the cancellation of the band's return to St.Petersburg.

Although singer Jude was expected to have made a full recovery from whooping cough by the end of July, this has taken longer to clear up than anticipated: this is the same reason why the new SOTF album In The Kingdom Of The Blind is now 3 months behind schedule.

Affected dates are those previously announced for Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga and St.Petersburg.

On the positive side, a London date has been added, with SOTF stepping in as replacement headliners for IKON at Slimelight on September 11th: in turn leading to the rescheduling of SOTF's date in Geneva.

The rescheduled itinerary is as follows:

09/06 DE Deutzen KULTURPARK
(Nocturnal Culture Night with FIXMER/McCARTHY, SOMAN etc)
Arno-Bahndorf-Str. 12, 04574 Germany
www.kulturpark-deutzen.de www.nocturnal-culture-night.de
Day ticket: 24 Euros

09/07 POL Warsaw CENTRALNY DOM QULTURY
Burakowska 12, Warsaw 01-066, Poland
Phone +48 22 636-83-00 www.cdq.pl www.ukiyo-e.ovh.org

09/09 LIT Vilnius MUSE
Klubas Muse Jak?to g. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone +37062083875 www.museclub.lt

09/10 LAT Riga DEPO
Valnu 32, Riga, Latvia
Phone: 7220114 www.klubsdepo.lv

09/11 UK London SLIMELIGHT
Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, UK
7pm-11.30pm, 12GBP on the door or 10GBP adv (Ticketweb, Resurrection Records) www.ticketweb.co.uk www.alternitypromotions.co.uk
www.slimelight.net

09/14 HU Budapest BLUE HELL
Kek Yuk, III. Fenyes Adolf utca 28, Budapest 1032, Hungary
www.yuk.hu

09/15 CH Geneva KAB
Usine, 4 Place des Volontaires, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
www.lekab.ch

09/19 POR Lisbon TRANSMISSION
Rua de Sao Paulo, 27, Cais do Sodre, Lisbon
Phone: 968 057 502
Admission: 5 Euros

09/20 ES Madrid SALA CARACOL
(666 Festival with PROJECT PITCHFORK, MELOTRON, MODCOM etc)
Bernardino Obregon, 18, Madrid, Spain
www.myspace.com/sturmpromotions www.sturmpromotions.com
Day ticket: 22 Euros

As previously announced, there will be a Russian release of The Death Of The Flesh on Shadowplay Records in September, and the next SOTF European tour kicks off in Russia to promote it: before moving on through Eastern Europe.
The Russian edition features revised artwork, and a completely different selection of bonus tracks recorded specifically for this version: (Moments Of) Perfect Clarity, Being And Nothingness, and Long Dark Night Of The Soul.
These 3 new tracks can be heard in excerpt-form on SOTF's Myspace page: or in full-length format on SOTF's last.fm profile.

Dates are still being added to the tour schedule: but those confirmed so far are

08/31 RU St.Petersburg REVOLUTION
(Last Day Of The Summer Festival with UNHEILIG etc)

09/03 LAT Riga DEPO

09/04 LIT Vilnius MUSE

09/05 POL Warsaw CDQ

09/06 DE Deutzen KULTURPARK
(Nocturnal Culture Night with FIXMER/McCARTHY, IKON, SOMAN etc)

09/11 CH Geneva L'USINE

09/14 HU Budapest BLUE HELL

09/19 POR Lisbon Transmission

09/20 ES Madrid SALA CARACOL
(666 Festival with PROJECT PITCHFORK, MELOTRON, MODCOM etc)

Further dates and more details to follow...

Jude will make a rare DJ appearance at Osaka Shinsaibashi Club NEO on August 2nd: as the guest DJ for the Territory-organised MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS.

Doors open at 22.00, until 06.00.
Admission 2,500 Yen if adhering to the dress code policy of gothic/cyber/fetish: or 3,000 Yen without.

Advance tickets available from Territory, Alice Auaa and Babylon in Shinsaibashi: or directly from NEO itself.

First 50 customers on the night will receive the latest mix CD-R from main DJ Taiki.

As previously announced, SOTF will be back on tour in Europe in September: promoting the upcoming Russian release of The Death Of The Flesh on Shadowplay Records, and latest CD-single on DWA, F**k #1.

Dates confirmed so far are

08/31 RU St.Petersburg REVOLUTION
(with UNHEILIG)

09/03 LAT Riga DEPO

09/04 LIT Vilnius MUSE

09/05 POL Warsaw CDQ

09/06 DE Deutzen NOCTURNAL CULTURE NIGHT
(with FIXMER/McCARTHY, IKON, SOMAN etc)

09/11 CH Geneva L'USINE

09/20 ES Madrid SALA CARACOL
(with PROJECT PITCHFORK, MELOTRON)

Full dates and details to follow...

(photo by Kyo Nakamura)

SOTF feature in the latest issue of Japanese monthly rock magazine DOLL: as part of a 4-page spread devoted to the J-Goth/industrial scene.

Now into it's 252nd issue, DOLL is one of the longest-established barometers of musical good taste in the country!

SOTF will return to Europe for a 3-week tour at the end of August.

The tour kicks off in the East, with UNHEILIG at St.Petersburg Revolution (08/31), then continues with headline dates in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland before hitting Deutzen in East Germany for the 3rd NOCTURNAL CULTURE NIGHT festival (09/06) with SOMAN, FIXMER/McCARTHY, IKON and others.
The tour then continues on through Western Europe with shows in Switzerland and the UK, culminating in the band's Spanish debut in Madrid (09/20) with PROJECT PITCHFORK and MELOTRON.

Full dates and details to follow...

(live photos from Whitby Gothic Weekend: Dave, Radio Inferno Festival: Ryu)

This is the first recording to feature drummer Chimaki, who joined SOTF in 2007: and also the first time any SOTF song has included any lyrics in Japanese.

Issued in a sumptuous 3-panel digipak, this compilation also features a further 14 acts from the Japanese underground scene.

Available now from all usual DWA stockists in Japan, and to order internationally from:
Electr-Ohm (Japan),
Infra-Rot (Germany),
Ground Under Productions (Australia)

Updated European tourdates confirmed so far are as follows:

Saturday 10/27: WHITBY Gothic Weekend (UK)
(with THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE)

Sunday 10/28: LONDON Islington Academy (UK)
(with THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE)
N1 Centre. 16 Parkfield Street
London N1 0PS (Angel tube 2 mins) (14+)
Tickets: 12 Pounds in advance from:
www.flagpromotions.com / 0871 311 0831
MNS - 01905 748855 / Stargreen - 0207 734 8932
Ticketweb - 08700 600100 / Resurrection Records. Camden

Wednesday 10/31: BLACKPOOL Blue Room (UK) MISERY OF SOUND CLUB NIGHT
Church Street, Blackpool

Friday 11/02: STOCKTON The Falchion (UK) PERSECUTION CLUB NIGHT

Wednesday 11/07: YORK Junction (UK) PROPHECY CLUB NIGHT
Leeman Street, York
Tickets: 4 Pounds
www.darklands.org.uk

Friday 11/09: HELSINKI Gloria (Finland) RADIO INFERNO FESTIVAL

Saturday 11/10: ST.PETERSBURG Revolution (Russia) RADIO INFERNO FESTIVAL

Sunday 11/11: MOSCOW Relax (Russia) RADIO INFERNO FESTIVAL

...further dates to be confirmed.

As previously announced, SOTF will kick off their European Halloween Tour at WHITBY GOTHIC WEEKEND, Saturday October 27th 2007, and LONDON ISLINGTON ACADEMY, Sunday October 28th 2007 as special guests of emerging Canadian stars THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE.

Full details of European dates confirmed so far are as follows:

Saturday 10/27: WHITBY Gothic Weekend (UK)
(with THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE)

Sunday 10/28: LONDON Islington Academy (UK)
(with THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE)
N1 Centre. 16 Parkfield Street
London N1 0PS (Angel tube 2 mins) (14+)
Tickets: 12 Pounds in advance from:
www.flagpromotions.com / 0871 311 0831
MNS - 01905 748855 / Stargreen - 0207 734 8932
Ticketweb - 08700 600100 / Resurrection Records. Camden

Wednesday 11/07: YORK Junction (UK)
Leeman Street, York
Tickets: 4 Pounds
www.darklands.org.uk

Friday 11/09: HELSINKI Gloria (Finland)

Saturday 11/10: ST.PETERSBURG Revolution (Russia)

...further dates to be confirmed.