Gozu Finish Recording New Album; European Tour Impending
Gozu have finished recording their new album. Their sixth full-length, the yet untitled outing continues the Boston-based heavy rockers’ collaboration with producer Dean Baltulonis at Wild Arctic Studio in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who also helmed 2018’s Equilibrium (review here) and 2016’s Revival (review here), released on Metal Blade Records imprint Blacklight Media and Ripple Music, respectively.
As of now, the next LP is reportedly slated for a May 2023 release, also on Blacklight Media, and will also mark the first on-record appearance of drummer Seth Botos, who joined last fall. And I’m not saying I’ve heard any of the unmastered tracks or anything like that, but if you’ve been on board with the aggressive turn the last couple albums have taken, bringing metallic shove to coincide with the heavy rock groove and soul-bent melodicism. Dudes have only been on a tear for, I don’t know, a decade. No big deal. Also, there’s a song called “Joe Don Baker,” so anyone who’s ever watched the ‘Mitchell’ episode of MST3K should be immediately pleased.
More news to come on the album, of course, but in the meantime, Gozu‘s October tour is coming up, with more dates added since it was first announced in August. Have riffs, will travel. Find those show dates below, including stops at Desertfest Belgium and Heavy Psych Sounds Fest:
Our Euro tour kicks off in 3 weeks!! Couple of open dates on here so reach out to @heavypsychsounds_records if interested!! Giddy Up!! Poster by @hellespont_alhambra
Says Gaff: “We are extremely excited to get back over to Europe after this sensitive hiatus. New songs, new outlook and new attitude! What’s that delicious sound you hear? Sounds like more. Giddy up!”
FRI 14.10 2022 ANTWERPEN-DESERTFEST
SA 15.10.2022 SAARBRUCKEN- HORST
SU 16.10.2022 OPEN SLOT
MO 17.10.2022. LJUBLJANA CHANNEL ZERO
TU 18.10.2022 VIENNA ARENA BEISL
WE 19.10.2022 OLDENBURG MTS RECORDS W/ NICK OLIVERI
TH 20.10.2022 KIEL-SCHAUBUDE
FR 21.10.2022 BERLIN-HPS FEST
SA 22.10.2022 DRESDEN-HPS FEST
SU 23.10.2022 SALZBURG ROCKHOUSE
MO 24.10.2022 OPEN SLOT
TU 25.10.2022 OPEN SLOT
WE 26.10.2022 BASEL IRRSINN BAR
TH 27.10.2022 ZURICH-SAFARI BAR
FR 28.10.2022 FONTANAFREDDA-ASTRA
SA 29.10.2022 ZEROBRANCO SIDRO
GOZU is:
Marc Gaffney – guitar and vocals
Joe Grotto – bass
Doug Sherman – lead guitar
Seth Botos – drums
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