Richmond, Virginia, murk-doom stalwarts Windhand have announced a return to UK and European shores this June. They’ll begin the stretch with a night at London’s famed The Black Heart — the kind of venue analogous to New York’s Saint Vitus Bar in my mind, but I think it’s been around longer; no babies allowed as I found out first-hand that one time — which if it’s not already sold out surely will be by the time June gets here, and including stops at Download, Freak Valley, Graspop and Hellfest on the way. At nine shows in nine days, it by no means stands as the most expansive stint Windhand have ever undertaken, but the efficiency of the thing isn’t to be understated.

Last I saw Windhand was at Desertfest New York in 2023 (review here), where they stepped in as a late addition to the lineup and flattened the assembled masses as one would anticipate and hope. They had a reissue of their 2012 self-titled debut (review here; discussed here) out at the time. Their most recent new studio album remains 2018’s Eternal Return (review here), which was their second collaboration with producer Jack Endino, leaning into the grunge and psychedelic side of the band’s sound while retaining the heft and doomed ethereality that’s in no small part defined their course to-date. The band and bassist Parker Chandler parted ways last year, so I’m not sure who’s filling that role as they head out in June, if anyone, but the dates were posted as follows on socials and that’s what I’ve got so here it is:

Happy to announce our upcoming European tour in June.

12.06 London, England The Black Heart
13.06 Donington, England Download Festival
14.06 Bristol, England Rough Trade
16.06 Nijmegen, Netherlands Merleyn
17.06 Hamburg, Germany Nochtspeicher
18.06 Berlin, Germany Kantine
19.06 Netphen, Germany Freak Valley Festival
20.06 Dessel, Belgium Graspop
21.06 Clisson, France Hellfest

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