Stream "Afterdark" on AltPress.com NOW!

Alternative Press has posted an exclusive stream of a new Blaqk Audio song "Afterdark" which is going to be officially released on October 4 on the soundtrack for the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City. You can stream it here on AltPress.com right now.

Jade just tweeted, "Afterdark is one of my favorite BA tracks, there's just something about it I never get tired of."

Jade Interviewed By Amp Magazine

Jade was recently interviewed by AMP magazine discussing the AFI break up rumor/hoax, AFI in general, and Blaqk Audio. According to the interview, Blaqk Audio songs are being mixed at a glacial pace and AFI has not started writing new material. Check the interview out here.

Hear Blaqk Audio's "The Witness" Now

The Blaqk Audio song "The Witness" has been released today on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie Abduction. You can purchase the song here on iTunes. Once you've heard it, tell us what you think!

Unfortunately the record label has decided to force you to buy the complete album instead of allowing you to download individual songs. The album is also on Amazon MP3 under the same restrictions.

Edit:

Our reader Dave has tried to figure out the lyrics, here they are:

"Where is deliverance?
Will you walk with, walk with me?
Where is forgiveness?
Lash the tide and it tames the sea
Give me deliverance
From the history talk of lies
Where is your witness? There isn't
Hide your wings and we'll take the sky.
You will never feel so alive
as you will on the day that you see
the sacred ways and a flame
you bring a new faith
Oh! Smile tonight in the sacred high(?)
and you will look at life and think god! (?)
Smile tonight oh you have arrived
arise and bring the heavens down.
Who is the saviour?
You can walk this golden sea
for just this moment
close your eyes and dive with me
Who need forgiveness
When we all speak fluid lies.
Here is deliverance. you ready? (?)
Lose yourself and we'll take the sky.
You will never feel so alive
as you will on the day that you see
the sacred ways and a flame
you bring a new faith.
smile tonight in the sacred high
and you will look at life and think God!
Smile tonight for you have arrived
arise and bring the heavens down.
I wanna hear you say this is your final confession.
I've never felt like this before.
I must admit, must say, i love your final submission (?)
Oh! You never looked so good before.
You never looked so good before.
Oh! Smile tonight in the sacred high
and you will look at life and think God!
Smile tonight for you have arrived, have arrived here.
smile tonight in the sacred high
and you will look at life and think God!
Smile tonight for you have arrived
arise and bring the heavens, arise and bring the heavens down."

What do you think?

Listen to a Preview of "The Witness" on Amazon!

As we posted earlier, "The Witness", a new Blaqk Audio song, will appear on the official soundtrack of the movie Abduction. Amazon has now posted the album for preorder and you can preview the song! The soundtrack will be released on September 20.

"The Witness" seems to be very poppy compared to some of the other Bright Black Heaven songs released so far.

New Blaqk Audio Song "Afterdark" on Batman Game Soundtrack

Yesterday we posted about a new Blaqk Audio song "Witness" being featured on the soundtrack for  the upcoming film Abduction starring Taylor Lautner. Today brings news of another new Blaqk Audio song called "Afterdark" that will be featured on a forthcoming soundtrack -- this time for the video game Batman: Arkham City.

The game is slated for release on October 18, 2011. The soundtrack will be released on October 4, 2011 on Amazon. Thanks to our reader Tom for finding that release date!

BRAND NEW Blaqk Audio Song "The Witness" to Appear on Abduction Movie Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the upcoming action movie "Abduction" starring Taylor Lautner has been announced, and one of the tracks is a brand new, never-before-heard Blaqk Audio song called "The Witness." The title has been registered with Blaqk Audio's BMI Repertoire page for a long time.

The movie will be hitting theaters on September 23, 2011. You can buy the soundtrack on Amazon for $14.41 on September 20, 2011.

Blaqk Audio's Website Now Has Official Media Player

Theory, AFI and Blaqk Audio's webmaster, has put an official media player onto the Blaqk Audio website. It features all of the songs that are available on Blaqk Audio's Soundcloud page.

The collection of five songs is entitled "Heaven" and includes Bliss, Mouth To Mouth, Ill Lit Ships, Down Here, and Bon Voyeurs. Management has emailed us and informed us that the songs on Soundcloud and the media player are not final versions and are as of now still unfinished.

Listen to Blaqk Audio's "Let's Be Honest" Now!

At Spookfest in October 2010, Blaqk Audio premiered a new song called "Let's Be Honest" and to date that song has never been heard, except of course for the people who attended the show. We now have a live recording up on our Youtube channel here. Enjoy!

Blaqk Audio Songs, 12" Singles, Website COMING SOON

Blaqk Audio's official management team has sent some information to BrightBlackHeaven.com about future plans. They will release the long-awaited 12" singles Davey talked about last year, they will add more songs to Blaqk Audio's Soundcloud page for streaming, and they will create a new layout for the official site.

We have been promised these 12" singles before. In an interview nearly one year ago, Davey predicted a Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) release for the first single, which would also be released as a 12" single. That never happened, presumably for reasons outside Davey and Jade's control.

Details About "Bright Black Heaven" Production

Blaqk Audio's upcoming album, Bright Black Heaven, was at least partially produced by Keith Cooper, Scarlet Grey's drummer, at Killingsworth Recording Company in Los Angeles. Cooper has previously worked with Nick 13 and Scarlet Grey, among many other bands.

Cooper was not involved with CexCells. Cooper's website lists Blaqk Audio as a client under Interscope Records, and we have contacted him to find out how many tracks he worked on.

Edit: Our reader Monica Grey just told us that this news has been known for a year. Sorry we didn't post about it then!

Jade: "Big Plans in the Works" for Blaqk Audio

In a recent chat on his turntable.fm page, Jade said the following:

I had a very long conversation last night with Davey about [Blaqk Audio], we have some big plans in the works.

New Blaqk Audio Song: Bliss

Blaqk Audio has posted a new song, "Bliss" to their soundcloud page! This is a never before heard song! You can listen below:

Bliss by Blaqk Audio

They have also uploaded "Mouth to Mouth" and "Ill-Lit Ships", go check em out! Thanks to Oskar for the tip!

Blaqk Audio song played on Jade's Turntable.fm

Last night Jade premiered a short clip of an unreleased Blaqk Audio song in his turntable.fm room. You can listen to it here. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Also, as of the writing of this post, Jade is online again, this time at http://turntable.fm/jade_puget.

UPDATE: It seems it was not really new, it was an old demo Jade had. 

Bright Black Heaven Completion, Next AFI Album

One of our longtime readers, Flash, has given us information he learned following Blaqk Audio's concert in Reno, NV on June 3. Our reader talked to DJ Boggan, who was on the road with Blaqk Audio for their 3-day western swing.

Boggan said he had listened to the completed Blaqk Audio album earlier that day, meaning that Bright Black Heaven is likely finalized and a release is imminent. Boggan also said that he was under the impression that Davey and Jade would be heading to New York after the BFD Festival, which was on June 5, to begin working on the next AFI album. It is unknown whether they will be primarily songwriting or already beginning to record.

Keep in mind that these are rumors, but seeing as these are the first whispers of the next AFI album cycle, we thought you all should know.

Davey Interview at BFD

Davey Havok was interviewed at BFD before their set in the sub sonic tent. This doesn't appear to be the interview in its entirety.


Video from Film 151

Reno and Sacremento Blaqk Audio Setlists

The setlist for Reno and Sacramento was almost exactly the same, however in Sacramento Cold War was played as an encore.


Thank you to Leslie for sending us this picture of the setlist!

Videos From Blaqk Audio's Show In Reno

Blaqk Audio played Reno's Knitting Factory last night. Below is video of Semiotic Love and Stiff Kittens. A confirmed set list has not been obtained at this time.



Videos from Squiddvicious

Win Tickets To See Blaqk Audio in Reno, NV, on June 3rd!

Check out this radio spot for the show, the contest is mentioned!



We have been working with Silva Artist Management and Forever Music, the promoter for Blaqk Audio’s show in Reno, and we are now able to announce contests for five lucky winners to get a pair of tickets to the show on June 3rd!

The first three* pairs will be given to someone who Tweets the following message:

“I want to win a pair of tickets to see Blaqk Audio in Reno, NV, from afinewshq.com! @AFINewsHQ”

Then, email a screenshot to James@AFINewsHQ.com with the title “Blaqk Audio at Boggan’s Friday Night Boom Twitter Contest” before 11:59PM, Pacific time, on May 31st to enter. The winner will be picked at random from the entries received.

To enter for one of the other two* pairs, send a separate email to James@AFINewsHQ.com with the subject “Blaqk Audio at Boggan’s Friday Night Boom Writing Contest”. Let us know why you think you should win a pair of tickets to see Blaqk Audio in 100 words or less. The AFI News HQ staff will pick the winners using our judgment for who deserves the tickets most. Please submit entries by May 28th for this contest as judging could take some time.

Before you enter either contest, please make sure that you can provide transportation to and from the concert before you enter, as that is up to you.

*We originally posted that 2 pairs would be given away on Twitter and 3 in the writing contest, this has now been switched.

New Blaqk Audio show

Blaqk Audio will be playing at the Ace of Spades in Sacramento, CA 6/04/2011 with openers Boggan & Hamm FM. Tickets are 18 bucks not including service fees. This show is also all ages. For more information click here

Updated: Blaqk Audio to play BFD Festival

It has been announced that Blaqk Audio will play the Live 105 BFD (Big F***ing Day) Festival on June 5th! BA will play the Subsonic Tent. Tickets are not on sale yet, but were $32.50 last year and will probably be in that price range this year as well.

Live 105 still has the 2010 lineup on their site, we will update this post as soon as Live 105 has the info for 2011 posted!

UPDATE:

Tickets this year go on sale on Saturday, April 23rd at 10AM PDT! Regular ticket prices are as follows:

Reserved: $59.50 & $39.50
Lawn: $39.50
4 pack lawn: $105 (that’s $26.25 per ticket)

If you are a Live 105 Freeloader you can get tickets in a presale starting on Thursday, April 21st! You can sign up for the Freeloaders for free!

If you can make it to the Shoreline Amphitheater on Saturday the 23rd you can get Cheap Ass Tickets for $10.53 starting at 10AM! Get there early though, tickets are limited.

The festivals headliners are:

Linkin Park
Snoop Dog
The Strokes
Cage the Elephant
Bad Religion
Neon Trees
Wolfgang Gartner
and Blaqk Audio.

Check Live 105 for the full lineup!