Shortly after returning from their successful tour porting AMORPHIS, Finnish dark metal masters BEFORE THE DAWN have finished work on a new EP in support of their 10th anniversary.

Decade Of Darkness will hit the stores in Finland and the rest of Scandinavia via Stay Heavy Records on March 31st as a 7-song EP.

The release for the rest of Europe will be made by Cyclone Empire in September, including an exclusive bonus DVD, Live At Summer Breeze 2009.

The EP tracklisting:

'Decade Of Darkness'
'End Of Days'
'Insomnia'
'Painless' (Japan bonus track)
'Painless' (Live)
'Deadsong' (Live)
'Deadsong' (Symphony version)

Additionally, the band around mainman Tuomas Saukkonen have announced some more tour dates for Finland, and for the first time China and Japan:

April
9 - Helsinki, Finland - Virgin Oil (with Leafblade, Pressure Points)
10 - Salo, Finland - Drunken Monkey
16 - Lahti, Finland - 8-Sali
23 - Vaasa, Finland - Circus
24 - Seinäjoki, Finland - Firebox Metalfest (with Samael, In Mourning, etc.)
30 - Turku, Finland - Vimma

May
1 - Turku, Finland - Klubi (with Black Sun Aeon)
7 - Lahti, Finland - Hollywood RockHouse
8 - Joensuu, Finland - Kellari
14 - Kouvola, Finland - Donington (with Black Sun Aeon)
15 - Tampere, Finland - Masters Of Metal
20 - Kuopio, Finland - Henry's Pub
21 - Jyväskylä, Finland - Redneck
22 - Oulu, Finland - Teatria (with Black Sun Aeon, Chromatic Dark)
25 - Beijing, China - Venue TBA
26 - Shanghai, China - Venue TBA
27 - Shanghai, China - Expo Finland Day
29 - Tokyo, Japan - Finland Fest 2010

More on the band at this location.