Jacksonville, FL melodic-rockers Cold have released their fifth album Superfiction today via Eleven Seven Music. The album, the band’s first since 2005, has already taken spots on iTunes’ album charts as the #2 rock and #14 overall album, at the time of press. The lead single, “Wicked World” has also moved into the Top 25 at active rock radio, and is poised to climb.

On Superfiction, Cold merge vivid, vibrant storytelling with elegantly heavy hard rock. It’s a combination that the band has perfected since they burst onto the scene in 2003 with Year of the Spider, which went to #3 on The Billboard 200 chart and spurred the hit “Stupid Girl.”

Building on the band’s affinity towards graphic artists, Cold enlisted Trevor Niemann to illustrate an image for each song on Superfiction, which can be seen in the album artwork.

Frontman Scooter Ward states, “The concept behind Superfiction was to create a fictional world of stories and sound that develop a world of escape, while also setting a goal to make people feel a personal attachment to the characters, bringing the characters and images to life. The illustrations throughout the album are specific scenes that I envisioned while writing the lyrics.”

When asked where the band’s inspiration to continue making music comes from, Ward adds, “Our fans are extremely dedicated and passionate. The Cold Army continuously inspires us and we receive deeply personal and incredibly touching stories from our fans.”

Cold will be taking Superfiction to the road this summer as they head out on tour with Volbeat for a North American trek. Please see below for a list of tour dates.

Volbeat/Cold Tour Dates:

7/25; Buffalo, NY; Town Ballroom

7/26; Cincinnati, OH; Bogart’s

7/28; Ft. Wayne, IN; Piere’s

7/29; Cleveland, OH; House of Blues

7/31; St. Louis, MO; The Pageant

8/2; Austin, TX; Emo’s

8/3; New Orleans, LA; House of Blues

8/5; Miami, FL; The Fillmore

8/6; Lake Buena Vista, FL; House of Blues

8/7; Charlotte, NC; The Fillmore

8/10; Washington, DC; 9:30 Club

8/11; Sayreville, NJ; Starland Ballroom

8/12; Allentown, PA; Crocodile Rock

8/13; Wallingford, CT; The Dome at Oakdale

8/15; Flint, MI; The Machine Shop

8/16; Grand Rapids, MI; Orbit Room

8/17; Chicago, IL; House of Blues

8/19; Minneapolis, MN; First Avenue

8/27; Missoula, MT; Big Sky Brewery

8/28; Boise, ID; Knitting Factory Concert House

9/2; Las Vegas, NV; House of Blues

9/3; Anaheim, CA; House of Blues

9/4; Anaheim, CA; House of Blues

Cold Headlining Dates:

7/24; Poughkeepsie, NY; The Chance

7/27; Dayton, OH; McGuffy’s House of Rock

7/30; Vienna, WV; Fishbone Gill and Grill

8/9; Ocean City, MD; Purple Moon Saloon

8/18; Des Moines, IA; House of Bricks

8/20; Lincoln, NE; The Grove

8/24; Santa Clara, CA; The Avalon

8/31; Tempe, AZ; 910 Club

9/1; San Diego, CA; Brick By Brick