Kataklysm Frontman’s Other Project Ex Deo Reveal New EP, First Single Available Now
For the first time since the 2021 release of their previous album The Thirteen Years of Nero, Ex Deo has announced that they’ll be releasing a new EP in a couple weeks. Not only that, but the first single, “Vespasian”, is now available. Set for release on January 10, the EP titled Year of the Four Emperors is the band’s first offering through Reigning Phoenix Music.
For those that don’t remember, Ex Deo is the solo project of Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono. Started back in 2008, the project’s released music exclusively pretty much tackling the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Year of the Four Emperors will prove to be no different, as this new offering will deal with AD 69 (nice), known by people as the empire’s year of chaos.
As previously mentioned, the EP’s first single is available right now and you can listen to it below. Physical editions of the EP will be available on February 14. Pre-orders/pre-save of both versions of can be had right now.
In the meantime, if you’d like to catch Ex Deo live, there will be multiple opportunities to do so. Next month, they’ll be touring Europe with Dark Funeral and Fleshgod Apocalypse. Then after that in the spring, they’ll be touring North America with SepticFlesh and Vltimas. You can find listings for both tours down below.
Dark Funeral European Tour
w/Fleshgod Apocalypse and Ex Deo
1/2 Hamburg, GER Markthalle
1/3 Oberhausen, GER Turbinenhalle 2
1/5 St. Niklaas, BEL De Casino
1/7 London, UK O2 Academy Islington
1/8 Paris, FRA La Machine
1/9 Toulouse, FRA Bikini
1/10 Burgos, SPA Sala Anden
1/11 Madrid, SPA Sala del Wizink
1/12 Barcelona, SPA Razzmatazz 2
1/14 Lyon, FRA La Ryaonne
1/15 Trezzo sull’Adda, ITA Live Club
1/16 Zurich, SWI Komplex 457
1/17 Munich, GER Backstage Werk
1/18 Budapest, HUN Barba Negra
1/19 Zagreb, CRO Boogaloo
1/21 Vienna, AUT Simm City
1/22 Kosice, SLO Colloseum
1/23 Wroclaw, POL A2
1/24 Prague, CZE Meet Factory
1/25 Leipzig, GER Hellraiser
SepticFlesh North American Tour
w/Vltimas and Ex Deo
2/10 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
2/11 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
2/12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
2/13 Mesa, AZ Nile Theater
2/14 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
2/15 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
2/16 Los Angeles, CA 1720
2/17 Las Vegas, NV Sinwave
2/19 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater
2/20 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
2/21 St. Paul, MN Amsterdam Bar & Hall
2/22 Joliet, IL The Forge
2/23 Cleveland, OH TempleLive Cleveland @ Asylum
2/24 Toronto, ON Concert Hall
2/26 Ottawa, ON Overflow
2/27 Montreal, QC Le Studio TD
2/28 Worcester, MA The Palladium (upstairs)
3/1 Albany, NY Empire Live
3/2 New York, NY Gramercy Theater
