California metal act HUNTRESS are back with the follow-up to their 2012 debut album Spell Eater. Dubbed Starbound Beast, the album is scheduled for release on June 28th in Europe and on July 2nd in North America via Napalm Records. Today, the occult female-fronted band have released audio samples which may be streamed via Youtube below.
The band recorded the album at Hobby Shop Studios in Los Angeles, CA, working with famed producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT). The artwork for Starbound Beast (available below) was created by the renowned Vance Kelly who has also worked with SLAYER, GHOST and MASTODON. Starbound Beast includes the track “I Want to Fuck You to Death”, which was co-written for HUNTRESS singer Jill Janus by legendary MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister. The song is available as an exclusive stream on the HUNTRESS Facebook page. Click on the “like” button on their page to enable to the audio.
Janus comments on the collaboration: “I met Lemmy through my former band CHELSEA GIRLS. We’d play hard rock and metal covers featuring guest celebrities. Lemmy was already friends with the girls, so he played ‘Ace Of Spades’ with us and it blew my mind. We stayed in touch and would meet up at The Rainbow for drinks. So I asked him a few months back over Jack & Cokes if he’d write lyrics for a HUNTRESS song and he said, ‘Sure’. A few weeks later, I met him at the studio during MOTÖRHEAD recording sessions. Lemmy handed me two pieces of notebook paper with the lyrics for ‘I Want to Fuck You to Death’. I am beyond honored. To me, this is a love song. It is the most romantic song I’ve ever heard.”
Lemmy comments: “The first time I heard Jill’s voice with CHELSEA GIRLS, it was phenomenal. I wrote these lyrics from her point of view, the Huntress. ‘I Want To Fuck You To Death’ was inspired by her, written for her. I’ve always had a soft spot for her. And a hard spot too…”
In support of Starbound Beast, the band will be touring across North America commencing at the tail end of this month as part of the “Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival”. HUNTRESS will be a part of the Jagermeister Stage alongside MACHINE HEAD, BATTLECROSS and more. A complete list of HUNTRESS stops is available below.
Starbound Beast track listing:
1. Enter The Exosphere
2. Blood Sisters
3. I Want To Fuck You To Death
4. Destroy Your Life
5. Starbound Beast
6. Zenith
7. Oracle
8. Receiver
9. Spectra Spectral
10. Alpha Tauri
11. Running Wild (JUDAS PRIEST cover)
HUNTRESS tour dates:
6/29 San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
6/30 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/1 South Lake Tahoe, CA – Whiskey Dick’s Saloon (w/BATTLECROSS)
7/2 Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheater
7/3 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
7/5 Phoenix, AZ – Desert Sky Pavilion
7/6 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheatre
7/7 Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/9 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection (w/CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMON AMARTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY, BATTLECROSS)
7/10 Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
7/12 Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
7/13 Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion
7/14 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
7/16 Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
7/17 Bangor, ME – Bangor Waterfront
7/19 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
7/20 Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
7/21 Hartford, CT – The Comcast Theatre
7/22 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus (w/BATTLECROSS)
7/23 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
7/24 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
7/26 Noblesville, IN – Klipsch Music Center
7/27 Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
7/28 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/29 Louisville, KY – Expo Five (w/CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMON AMARTH)
7/30 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
7/31 Tampa, FL – Live Nation Amphitheatre at the FL State
8/2 Austin, TX – Austin 360 Amphitheatre
8/3 The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
8/4 Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
8/7 Sauget, IL – Pop’s Nightclub (w/CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMON AMARTH)
8/8 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (w/HILDREN OF BODOM, AMON AMARTH)
8/9 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder (w/CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMON AMARTH)
