UK trio Black Orchid Empire have unveiled their new single / lyric video 'Scarlet Haze', taken from their new album Tempus Veritas, out now via Season of Mist.

Watch the lyric video for 'Scarlet Haze' here: https://youtu.be/3qW7ZEyG-OI

Purchase Tempus Veritas here: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/black-orchid-empire-tempus-veritas

Stream the single and album here: https://orcd.co/tempusveritas

Speaking about 'Scarlet Haze', guitarist / vocalist Paul Visser says: "We've always loved filthy riffs and heavy songs, but huge, melodic tracks have a vital place in our sonic landscape - 'Scarlet Haze' is one of those. We can't wait to hear you screaming the chorus back to us at a live show. We're so excited for people to hear Tempus Veritas and explore the new musical worlds which we've had such a great time crafting.

"Lyrically this song is written from the point of view of the first human in space - Yuri Gagarin. In his final moments aboard the test flight on which he would ultimately lose his life, he contemplates the stars above him - realising he will never reach them again."

Watch the video for previous singles:
'The Raven': https://youtu.be/ep_OlxGNNr0
'Glory To The King': https://youtu.be/bY76U2RyHgk
'Deny The Sun': https://youtu.be/b1uukX9KALY

On new album Tempus Veritas, he continues: "Interwoven with the fabric of our history as a species are countless opportunities for stories. Little pieces of imagined narrative, set within events we all collectively know as historical, that seek to explore what it means to be human - this is the idea behind Tempus Veritas. Whereas Semaphore looked to the future, this record reinvents the past, wondering what it was like to be inside the mind of a person living through times of consequence. Musically, we continue to seek the boundary between the savagely technical and the undeniably beautiful and attempt to push it as far as possible. We poured our entire creative beings into making this album - we sincerely hope you enjoy it."

Black Orchid Empire have also announced their Tempus Veritas headline tour, with support from Giant Walker. Full upcoming dates are as follows:

Apr 22: Wolverhampton, KK's Steel Mill (Empyre album release show)

UK headline tour:

Jun 28: Derby, The Hairy Dog
Jun 29: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Anarchy Brewery
Jun 30: Glasgow, Audio
Jul 01: Manchester, Yes Basement
Jul 02: London, 229

Black Orchid Empire create huge, memorable rock music that combines heavy-hitting savagery with intense melodic beauty. Their technical, fearlessly complex grooves and gigantic sing-along choruses have already earned them a widespread fanbase.

A ferociously tight live band, Black Orchid Empire have toured Europe and the UK extensively, supporting Skunk Anansie, HED p.e, INME and Black Map as well as festival slots at Download, Standon Calling and Planet Rockstock. Black Orchid Empire have sealed the bands reputation as a force to be reckoned with.

Having released their debut album Archetype (2016) to universal acclaim, Black Orchid Empire signed with German label Long Branch Records to release the follow up albums Yugen (2018) and Semaphore (2020). Both albums received stellar reviews and over 4,000,000+ combined streams.

Tempus Veritas is a collection of stories that seeks to find compelling imaginary narratives hidden away in what we all think of as history. Behind every milestone or major event in humanity’s long, complex past lies a treasure trove of possibilities for invention - how did Pope Urban VIII feel when confronted by his friend Galileo about the true nature of the sun? What really happened during an almost triumphant but ultimately doomed Everest attempt? What was it like to be a Norse settler amongst the Saxons; did the omens of the ancient gods begin to disappear?

In approaching Tempus Veritas, Black Orchid Empire sought collectively to push themselves both musically and thematically. Their pursuit of heaviness, melody, emotional power and rhythmic complexity has pushed them to create something they‘re immensely proud of. Semaphore was an album of Sci-Fi, this is an album of Hi-Fi. Tempus Veritas.

Black Orchid Empire are:
Paul Visser - Vocals, Guitar
David Ferguson - Bass, Vocals
Billy Freedom - Drums

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Black Orchid Empire release new single / video 'Scarlet Haze'

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