Apostle of Solitude Announce Fall Tour
While a certain part of me frowny-faces looking at the Apostle of Solitude tour dates listed below because the Indianapolis doomers won’t be heading east this time around — or at least not northeast — I kind of have to say I get it too. Supporting their excellent 2014 third album, Of Woe and Wounds (review here), the four-piece did a corresponding tour this past Spring, and in case you don’t want to click that link to the show review, I’ll tell you flat out they killed. So yeah, I get it. Gotta spread the doom around a little bit.
This tour features copious Texas dates, but New Orleans, St. Louis, two dates in Kentucky, and Huntsville, Alabama, as well, and starts out on Sept. 18. They’re also playing with some cool bands in the likes of Sanctus Bellum, Project Armageddon and Kin of Ettins — and I don’t know what Bong Threat sound like, but I may need to find out. Have to wonder if Apostle of Solitude might head west in the early part of next year or maybe over the winter, but nothing’s been announced and I haven’t heard either way. In the meantime, guitarist Steve Janiak was recently in the studio with his other band, Devil to Pay, which will presumably also be out in 2016.
Dates follow, as sent down the PR wire:
APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE Embarking on September Tour of Southern U.S.
U.S. Doomsters APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE will embark on a tour of the Southern U.S. this month. The upcoming gigs are as follows.
9/18 St. Louis, MO Fubar w/ Bong Threat & Planet Eater
9/19 Little Rock, AR Vino’s Pizza-Pub-Brewery w/ Sumokem & Enchiridion
9/20 Dallas, TX Liquid Lounge w/ Kin of Ettins & Dead Hawke
9/21 Austin, TX The Grand w/ Old and Ill & Project Armageddon
9/22 San Antonio, TX The Mix w/ Deguello, Cursus & Over the Top
9/23 Houston, TX Continental Club w/ Project Armageddon & Sanctus Bellum
9/24 New Orleans, LA Saturn Bar w/ Synapse Defect, Capsizer, Walpurgis
9/25 Huntsville, AL Maggie Meyers Irish Pub w/ tba
9/26 Danville, KY Massey’s Entertainment venue w/ Kentucky Ugly, Gods Below Us & Shi
9/27 Louisville, KY Highlands Taproom
The band is touring in support of Cruz Del Sur Music release Of Woe and Wounds, which is streaming in its entirety and available for digital and vinyl purchase here.
APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE’s Of Woe and Wounds will rank among the heaviest album of 2014. From the 7-minute opener “Blackest of Times” to the ending “Luna,” APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE deliver an incredible performance that gives full sense to the sometimes-abused term “DOOM”. Mastered by Tony Reed (producer of last SAINT VITUS’ album “Lillie: F-65”), this album confirms APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE as a versatile, multi-dimensional doom band that offers the most Sabbath-inspired sound around these days, blended with personal, oppressive yet dynamic atmospheres such as those found in “Push Mortal Coil” or “Whore’s Wings” (re-recorded hits from their 2012’s demo), or the long and haunting “Die Vicar Die”.
The album also features the extraordinary work of talented Artist David Csicsely known for his illustrations of Mournful Congregation, Solitude Aeternus, Wheel, Flight of Sleipnir releases.The album was recorded by Mike Bridavsky at Russian) in Bloomington, IN and later mastered by Tony Reed (SAINT VITUS’ “Lillie: F-65). DOOM has never been so HEAVY! The vinyl version will contain two bonus live tracks.
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