Red Mesa Announce June Touring Around Maryland Doom Fest
This is one of those lists of tour dates that should read like homework of bands to check out. Whether it’s Red Beard Wall, Stone Machine Electric, Book of Wyrms, Doomsday Profit, WyndRider, Silent Monolith, Seahag and Mammoth Caravan or Psychotic Reaction, on and on, Albuquerque trio Red Mesa will be keeping good company as they make their way to and from this year’s Maryland Doom Fest in June, and that’s before you account for their being on the road with Doomstress out of Texas.
It’s a solid 14-day run and it comes as Red Mesa are fresh off recording their third full-length for release next year. That will make it the follow-up for 2022’s single “Forest Cathedral” (review here) and 2020’s The Path to the Deathless (review here), their debut having been 2018’s The Devil and the Desert (review here), and it was recorded by Matthew Tobias at Empty House Studio, as were the other two LPs.
More on that likely to come, I’ll note as well that in addition to Maryland Doom Fest, Red Mesa have been added to Burque Rock City Festival and RippleFest Texas, so the next few months should be busy. They sent the following down the PR wire:
RED MESA – Desert Moon Tour 2023
Albuquerque, NM’s high desert rockers Red Mesa are finishing up their new full-length “Partial Distortions” set for a 2024 release on Desert Records. In June of 2023, they will be embarking on a 17 day tour, joining up with Houston’s Doomstress for the initial journey out east, both bands ending up at The Maryland Doom Fest in Frederick, MD.
Here’s the dates:
FRIDAY JUNE 16 SAN ANTONIO, TX LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE w/ Cortege, Red Beard Wall, Doomstress
SATURDAY JUNE 17 HOUSTON, TX BLACK MAGIC SOCIAL CLUB w/ Doomstress
SUNDAY JUNE 18 ARLINGTON, TX DIVISION BREWING w/ Doomstress, Stone Machine Electric, Pathos and Logos
MONDAY JUNE 19 MEMPHIS, TN THE HI TONE w/ Doomstress, Deaf Revival
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21 ASHEVILLES, NC THE ODD BAR w/ Doomstress, Bonedozer
THURSDAY JUNE 22 FREDERICK, MD MARYLAND DOOM FEST
SATURDAY JUNE 24 RICHMOND, VA THE FUZZY CACTUS w/ Book of Wyrms, Plaguefever
SUNDAY JUNE 25 RALEIGH, NC THE POUR HOUSE w/ Doomsday Profit, Lie Heavy
TUESDAY JUNE 27 KNOXVILLE, TN THE BRICKYARD w/ Wyndrider, Shockwolf, Sun Mantra
WEDNESDAY JUNE 28 NASHVILLE, TN SPRINGWATER SUPPER CLUB w/ Rift, Silent Monolith
THURSDAY JUNE 29 LITTLE ROCK, AR WHITEWATER w/ Seahag, Mammoth Caravan
FRIDAY JUNE 30 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK GRAND ROYAL w/ Psychotic Reaction, BugNog, Sedona Crystal Bitch
For the three Texas dates, Hunter Dawson with Extra Meat (@_huntdawson), who has filmed two videos for the band, will be providing a visual experience into Red Mesa’s set.
Red Mesa is also slated to play two other festivals so far this year; BURQUE ROCK CITY in Albuquerque, NM, and RIPPLEFEST in Austin, TX.
Poster by Josh Schneider.
Red Mesa is:
Brad Frye of Desert Records on Guitar/Lead Vocals
Roman Barham of Monolith on the Mesa on Drums/Backing Vocals
Alex Cantwell: Bass/Backing Vocals
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