Frayle Announce November European Touring; Skin & Sorrow Out Now
In what I seriously doubt will be their last trip abroad supporting their new album, Skin & Sorrow, Ohio witch doomers Frayle have announced a stretch of European tour dates for next month. That includes a stop at Damnation Festival in Manchester, UK, and the Gloomar Festival in Neunkirchen, Germany, for which I’ve no doubt they’ll be suitably gloomy. They’re fresh off a run with Cradle of Filth, and I could be wrong, but I think that officially puts them in the realm of ‘kind of a big deal,’ so as their audience increases thanks to crisp songwriting and striking visuals like those in the video for “Bright Eyes” at the bottom of this post, the chance to see them at spots like The Black Heart in London and Backstage in Munich — these venues very much on the circuit for heavy underground touring acts — may be limited. That is to say, the rooms are only going to get bigger.
I don’t know that I’ll review the album or not — I’m challenging myself on why I wouldn’t, other than the usual crunch of time and space — but Frayle have a thing and are clearly making a go of it and from where I sit you have to respect the hustle. Safe travels and well wishes, and so on. The dates came from the PR wire:
Heavy Witch Doom quartet Frayle set to embark on a European tour in November
Frayle makes music for the night sky.
Hot off the heels of their latest release Skin & Sorrow, Cleveland’s Frayle have announced a European tour kicking off on November 1st, 2022. The tour will see the band playing shows and festivals in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, and Germany.
The group was formed in 2017 by guitarist Sean Bilovecky (formerly of now-defunct Man’s Ruin recording artists Disengage) and vocalist Gwyn Strang, a singer with an alluring voice and an equally compelling flair for imagery. Frayle’s “lullabies over chaos” approach to songwriting allows the group the freedom to explore what is possible with heavy music; its gorgeously ominous sound a result of complex layering and tone stacking while simultaneously overseeing the perfectly delicate balance between heaving, heavy riffs and haunting vocal melodies.
“We look forward to seeing everyone again in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium as well as meeting new fans and friends in the UK, Denmark and Sweden. This album has been a long time in the making and we can’t wait to share these new songs with our fellow Heretics.” – Frayle
Tour Dates
1st November 2022 – Willemeen – Arnhem – NL
2nd November 2022 – Patronaat – Haarlem – NL
3rd November 2022 – VII – Rotterdam – NL
4th November 2022– Ragnarök – Bree – BE
5th November 2022 – Damnation Festival – Manchester – UK
6th November 2022– Black Heart – London – UK
8th November 2022 – Simplon – Groningen – NL
9th November 2022 – Alte Meierei – DE
10th November 2022 – Stengade – Copenhagen – DK
11th November 2022 – Plan B – Malmo – SE
13th November 2022 – Revolver – Oslo – NO
16th November 2022 – Backstage – Munich – DE
17th November 2022 – Comma Club – Gera – DE
18th November 2022 – Zolkatine – Bremen – DE
19th November 2022 – Gloomar Festival – Neunkirchen – DE
20th November 2022 – MTC – Cologne – DE
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Poor bald dude is not even worthy of being in focus.
Impressive how much they’ve done in a short time.