no time frame for touring

In April 2011, Kowalewicz stated that “At this point there is no time frame for touring, as our main priority is finishing writing and recording this new record”. Kowalewicz also stated “the songs this far is unlike anything we’ve ever done before yet it still seems to capture the urgency of our first record”. Kowalewicz stated, in an interview, that the first three albums would form a trilogy and that the new album would not be named Billy Talent IV . In August 2011, it was announced in an interview with the band that their new album will be recorded in November. The album was produced by Ian D’Sa and engineered by Eric Ratz and Kenny Luong who worked on Billy Talent II . The album’s first single ” Viking Death March ” was digitally released on May 25, 2012. The music video for the track was recorded at Germany’s Rock am Ring Festival and at Melkweg Amsterdam. The album’s second single ” Surprise Surprise ” was released on August 7, 2012, on iTunes. The band released the album Dead Silence on September 4, 2012, on their SoundCloud account.