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HARM’S WAY Confirm European Winter Tour :::: U.S. God Damn Tour Begins In Two Weeks

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, News with tags , , , on October 14, 2011 by Randy

HARM’S WAY have confirmed a headlining European Winter tour, embarking in late December and crossing into the new year. The Chicago-based outfit will bring their mechanized brutality to frenzied pits throughout Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and the United Kingdom, bringing Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-based Dead End Path and South Wales-based Brutality Will Prevail as support for the entire trek.

This newly-confirmed 17-date European assault will kick off just one month after HARM’S WAY finish storming the U.S. with The Acacia Strain, Terror and Stray From The Path on the27-date God Damn Tour, beginning in just two weeks in Albany, New York, hometown for the band’s label Closed Casket Activities.

The God Damn Tour:

w/ The Acacia Strain, Terror, Stray From The Path, Harm’s Way

10/26/2011 Northern Lights – Albany, NY

10/27/2011 Eleanor Rigby’s – Jermyn, PA

10/28/2011 Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA

10/29/2011 The Outland – Columbus, OH

10/30/2011 Magic Stick – Detroit, MI

10/31/2011 Emerson Theatre – Indianapolis, IN

11/01/2011 Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA

11/03/2011 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO

11/04/2011 In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT

11/05/2011 The Venue – Boise, ID

11/06/2011 The A Club – Spokane, WA

11/07/2011 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

11/08/2011 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

11/10/2011 Oakland Metro – Oakland, CA

11/11/2011 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA

11/12/2011 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA

11/13/2011 Soma – San Diego, CA

11/14/2011 The Clubhouse Music Venue – Tempe, AZ

11/16/2011 Warehouse Live Studio – Houston, TX

11/17/2011 Emo’s Inside – Austin, TX

11/18/2011 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX

11/19/2011 The Door – Dallas, TX

11/20/2011 The Marquee – Tulsa, OK

11/21/2011 Pop’s – Sauget, IL

11/22/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL

11/25/2011 Peabody’s Down Under – Cleveland, OH

11/26/2011 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY

HARM’S WAY European Winter Tour:

w/ Dead End Path, Brutality Will Prevail

12/30/2011 Hafenklang – Hamburg, Germany
12/31/2011 Radio Luxembourg – Warsaw, Poland

1/01/2012 Dürer Kert – Budapest, Hungary

1/02/2012 Aera – Wien, Austria

1/03/2011 Cassiopeia – Berlin, Germany
1/04/2011 München, Germany Feierwerk
1/05/2011 Juha Ost – Wolfsburg, Germany
1/06/2011 Juz – Aschaffenburg, Germany
1/07/2011 London Underworld – London, UK
1/08/2011 Outbreak Winterfest @ The Well – Leeds, UK
1/09/2011 The Flapper – Birmingham, UK
1/10/2011 Westcoast Bar – Margate, UK
1/11/2011 Star and Garter – Manchester, UK
1/12/2011 Joiners – Southampton, UK
1/13/2011 TBA – Brugge, Belgium
1/14/2011 Juz Riot – Lichtenstein, Germany
1/15/2011 Matrix – Bochum, Germany

Worldwide, contact an Earsplit PR operative for all coverage of HARM’S WAY.

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FEARLESS FRIENDS TOUR Headliners BLESSTHEFALL Land at #31 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart with New Album ‘Awakening’

Posted in Artist Watch, News with tags , , , , , on October 14, 2011 by Randy

BLESSTHEFALL Graces the Cover of Outburn Magazine Issue #61 – On Newsstands Now!

Fearless Friends Tour 2011 headliners blessthefall are pleased to announce that their new album, Awakening, debuts at #31 on the Billboard Top 200 charts! This number marks the band’s highest chart position ever and highest level of sales in their career. Awakening is also #1 album of the week at Hot Topic and charted at #3 on the Top Hard Music chart.

Fans can check out what’s going on with blessthefall by picking up the newest issue of Outburn Magazine (#61). blessthefall graces this issue with an in-depth interview and striking photos taken by widely-recognized entertainment photographer Jeremy Saffer. The issue is on newsstands now, so make sure to grab your copy before they are sold out!

FEARLESS RECORDS recently announced the full line-up for The Fearless Friends Tour 2011, which includes headliners blessthefall and supporting acts The Word AliveMotionless In WhiteTonight Alive, and Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! The tour is presented by Peter Says Denim, and is sponsored by Converse, Good Fight Entertainment, MerchNow, Tilly’s and WHOOZNXT. The tour is set to blaze through North America this November / December, and a current listing of tour dates can be viewed below! Tickets are available now.

THE FEARLESS FRIENDS TOUR featuring blessthefall, The Word Alive, Motionless In White, Tonight Alive and Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!:

Nov 09 – Flagstaff, AZ @ The Orpheum

Nov 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy Theatre

Nov 11 – San Diego, CA @ Soma (Main Room)

Nov 12 – Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse

Nov 13 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

Nov 14 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater

Nov 15 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

Nov 16 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

Nov 18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound

Nov 19 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre

Nov 20 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre

Nov 21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Station Four

Nov 22 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge

Nov 23 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick

Nov 24 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House

Nov 25 – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe

Nov 26 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre

Nov 27 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs

Nov 29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls

Nov 30 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabodys

Dec 01 – Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre

Dec 02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts

Dec 03 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club

Dec 04 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southerland

Dec 05 – Orlando, FL @ Club Firestone

Dec 06 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

Dec 08 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

Dec 09 – Nashville, TN @ Rocketown

Dec 10 – St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s

Dec 11 – Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee

Dec 12 – Dallas, TX @ The Door

Dec 13 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

Dec 14 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit

Dec 15 – El Paso, TX @ Open Gate Church

Dec 16 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre

For more information about The Fearless Friends Tour 2011 go to www.FearlessFriendsTour.com.

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION Premiere Hymn From Forthcoming Album :::: Additional West Coast Tour Info Confirmed

Posted in All Metal with tags , , , , on October 14, 2011 by Randy

Today extreme metal fans around the globe can sample the first publicly obtainable hymn from the forthcoming new opus from Australian funeral doom icons MOURNFUL CONGREGATIONThe Book Of Kings. The highly-anticipated fourth full-length from the celebrated act will be released in North America via 20 Buck Spin on November 8th, thundering with nearly eighty minutes of oppressive, beautiful, slow-motion magnificence.

As the release draws near, BrooklynVegan are hosting a stream of the second track from The Book Of Kings, entitled “The Waterless Streams.” With this track alone boasting over twelve minutes of MOURNFUL CONGREGATION‘s patented resonance, the importance of this album becomes immediately apparent. Dive into “The Waterless Streams” AT THIS LOCATION.

20 Buck Spin also recently posted a full album stream of the compilation of rare and out-of-print tracks from the band, The Unspoken Hymns, released on September 20th; listen HERE.

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION will embark on their first trip to North America this Autumn in support of The Book Of Kings. This special, nine-date trek will take the band on a nine-show run down the West Coast U.S. with support from Vastum, Brainoil, Samothrace, Laudanum and more along the way. The venture includes a performance at December’s massive Rites Of Darkness III, with MOURNFUL CONGREGATION appearing as one of the festival’s headliners, joined by Zemial, Midnight, Loss, Mortuary Drape, Sargeist, Urfaust, Tribulation, Stargazer, Anteus and dozens of incredible, international extreme metal entities. Several of the venues and show lineups have changed since previous tour announcements.

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION West Coast U.S. Tour:

11/30/2011 Highline Bar – Seattle, WA w/ Samothrace

12/01/2011 Rotture – Portland, OR w/ Merkstave

12/02/2011 Alibi – Arcata, CA

12/03/2011 The Metro – Oakland, CA w/ Brainoil, Laudanum, Lycus

12/04/2011 Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco, CA w/ Vastum

12/05/2011 Five Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA w/ Destroy Judas, Harassor

12/06/2011 Yucca Taproom – Scottsdale, AZ w/ Rituals, Fanapth

12/07/2011 M’s Lips Lounge – El Paso, TX w/ Impetuous Ritual, Grave Upheaval, Ritual Necromancy, Satanik Goat Ritual

12/08-11/2011 Rites of Darkness Festival – San Antonio, TX [info]

11/12/2011 Mohawk – Austin, TX w/ Cruciamentum, Pallbearer, Ritual Necromancy

Promos of The Book Of Kings and interviews with MOURNFUL CONGREGATION are available to North/South American and Australian journalists via Earsplit now; In Europe and elsewhere contact Osmose Productions.

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