Gold announce new album 'Why Aren't You Laughing?'; premiere first single

Dutch avant-garde dark rock ensemble, GOLD, have today announced details of their upcoming album entitled Why Aren't You Laughing? Having recently signed to Artoffact Records, the new long player will be released on April 5 via the label. The first track to be taken from the album is He Is Not which is premiering - with accompanying video - via Kerrang! magazine. Additionally, the band has announced a run of European tour dates in support of Why Aren't You Laughing?

Of the track, vocalist, Milena Eva comments: “Death has always been a part of my life. Not only the certainty of it. Often death is just abstract, and I guess for a lot of people that’s how it mostly is. It sticks with me, it has always stuck on me. Death has shown itself in many forms. In the loss of family and friends, as a solution or as a reason to live. He Is Not is about losing someone and dealing with that void and the absurdity of living on, while he is not.”

Milena is adept at detailing deeply personal experiences which are presented in a universal way; her feelings of vulnerability, confusion, indignation, curiosity, and hope provide a springboard for resonance. Whilst much of the album's poetic lyricism is rooted in the darker side of society and experience, a glimmer of daylight has always permeated GOLD's sonic output.

The sound of Why Aren't You Laughing? marries hypnotic gothic vibes with layers of blackened guitars, overlaid with atmospheric, often dream-like vocals. The multi-faceted album is complex in its construction, but by enlisting producer Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Grave Pleasures), each element is given ample room to breathe - and indeed shine.

Why Aren't You Laughing? track list

1. He Is Not

2. Things I Wish I Never Knew

3. Why Aren't You Laughing?

4. Please Tell Me You're Not The Future

5. Taken By Storm

6. Wide-Eyed

7. Lack Of Skill

8. Truly, Truly Disappointed

9. Killing At Least 13

10. Mounting Into Bitterness

11. Till Death Do Us Part

As well as presenting Why Aren't You Laughing? at the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival, GOLD will tour Europe and play Hellfest this summer. Full dates are as follows:

• 12.04.2019 - NL - Tilburg @ Roadburn Festival
• 25.04.2019 - DE - Berlin @ Urban Spree
• 26.04.2019 - PL - Warszawa @ Chmury
• 27.04.2019 - PL - Kraków @ Kwadrat
• 28.04.2019 - AT - Wien @ Arena
• 29.04.2019 - SI - Ljubljana @ Gromka
• 30.04.2019 - AT - Linz @ KAPU
• 01.05.2019 - DE - Jena @ Kassablanca
• 02.05.2019 - DE - Köln @ MTC
• 03.05.2019 - FR - Lille @ La Malterie
• 10.05.2019 - DE - Giessen @ Post Valley Festival
• 11.05.2019 - NL - Utrecht @ Doomstad/EKKO
• 17.05.2019 - DE - Lohr @ Umsonst Und Drinnen
• 23.06.2019 - FR - Clisson @ Hellfest