Alien Sex Fiend present their brand-new studio album, Possessed. The latest outer-sonic instalment of their 35 year trip into the far out and unthinkable.

“The first new album since 2010’s hugely successful Death Trip, and heavily dosed with ASF’s genre-defying collage of pounding beats, speaker-shredding guitars, Mrs Fiend’s mutant analogue synthesisers and the surrealist chainsaw-psychiatry of frontman Nik Fiend, Possessed is a remarkable return. The unrelenting highs of ‘Shit’s Coming Down’ and ‘Carcass’…. The spaced out soundscapes of ‘Ghost In The Machine’ and the haunting ‘Neutron’…. The pulsating insistence of the epic, eleven minute ‘It’s In My Blood’ and an anthem-for-the-fucked by the name of ‘Invisible’…… this is the Fiends at their blood-curdling, mind-expanding best. TNT for the brain and battery acid for the flagging soul.”

Legendary, much loved and described by Kris Needs as ‘A British institution’, Alien Sex Fiend command a reputation and a longevity few can match; Possessed takes that reputation for horror, humour and explorations of inner turmoil and outer space to the next level – an intoxicating lesson from the originals. The list of artists inspired by the Fiends’ unique brew of heavy, lysergic sonic alchemy – whether they knew it or not – is a long one… but Alien Sex Fiend are all those in the know have ever needed.

Possessed will be preceded by ‘Shit’s Coming Down’ – watch the skies in mid-October.

Tracklisting;

CD (CDBRED732)

Possessed (Intro)

Shit's Coming Down

It's In My Blood

Carcass*

Ghost In The Machine*

Amnesia

Spine-Tingler

Gotta Get Back

Invisible (The Beyond Mix)

Neutron*

Bloody Reprisal

Shit's Coming Down (Monster Mix)

(* - CD exclusive Mix) 2LP (BREDD732)

Possessed (Intro)

Shit's Coming Down

It's In My Blood

Carcass (Carrion Mix)**

Ghost In The Machine (Depth Charge Mix)**

Amnesia

Spine-Tingler

Gotta Get Back

Invisible (The Beyond Mix)

Neutron (Bomber Mix)**

Bloody Reprisal

Carcass (Vortex Mix)**

Invisible (Elemental Mix)**

Shit's Coming Down (Monster Mix)

(** - Vinyl Exclusive Mix)

Following the digital release of his entire solo catalogue in June, which has generated well over a million streams already, Fish has released his brand new single, ‘Man With A Stick’, the first track to be taken from his upcoming EP A Parley With Angels, out September 21, and the first taste of his final studio album, Weltschmerz. A brooding blend of minimalist drums and possessing synthesizers, ‘Man With A Stick’ is a reflective and thought-provoking track from Fish.

Regarding the single he says, “I was inspired to write this lyric after my father died in May 2016. He was a strong, proud, well-respected man who, like most of us, found growing old difficult. When he reached his mid ‘80s he was becoming a shadow of his former self and in the last few months of his life he relied more and more on his trusty walking stick to get around. After he left us I found it hard to look at any old men walking with a stick. I started to think about our relationships with sticks in our lives and how they go from being associated with fun and play to becoming something more sinister and symbols of power eventually supporting us as our strength weakens and old age takes its toll."

The new EP, A Parley With Angels will feature four tracks recorded live at London’s Islington Assembly Hall last year: ‘Emperor’s Song’, ‘State Of Mind’, ‘Circle Line’ and ‘Voyeur’, in addition to two other brand new tracks – ‘Waverley Steps’ and ‘Little Man What Now?’, both of which will also appear on Fish’s final studio album, Weltschmerz.

His extensive European tour, which kicks off the day after the EP is released, will see him perform the classic Marillion album Clutching At Straws for the final time, as well as material from Weltschmerz. As recently announced by Warners the remastered version of Clutching At Straws will be released on November 23.

A PARLEY WITH ANGELS EP TRACK LISTING

1. Man With A Stick

2. Little Man What Now?

3. Waverley Steps

4. Circle Line*

5. State Of Mind*

6. Voyeur*

7. Emperors Song*

*Live at Islington Assembly Hall, London, December 2017

UK TOUR DATES

22/9 – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

23/9 – O2 Academy, Liverpool

24/9 – Leamington Assembly, Royal Leamington Spa

2/12 – O2 Academy, Newcastle

3/12 – O2 Ritz, Manchester

4/12 – U.E.A, Norwich

7/12 – Islington Assembly Hall, London

8/12 – Islington Assembly Hall, London 

11/12 – Rock City, Nottingham

12/12 – City Hall, Hull

13/12 – O2 Academy, Glasgow