You know the drill by now. Weedeater, touring. Isn’t that just kind of the state of things at this point? Already announced as taking part in a significant chunk of Corrosion of Conformity‘s upcoming run alongside Crowbar and Mothership in January and February, the band has newly unveiled a quickie stint in December that one assumes they’re undertaking in order to help with the expense of holiday shopping? They’re not making their way to a fest or anything, but in all seriousness, I think touring is how Weedeater eat (both weed and actual food, which may or may not contain more weed) at this point, so yeah, they’re sneaking in a few more dates before 2018 ends. This year has already seen them in Europe and across the US, found them hit with tragedy at the passing of drummer Carlos Denogean and beheld their apparent unstoppability in the wake of that. Why wouldn’t they hit the road again for a sweep up to Philly? Maybe they’re big Gritty fans. I know I am.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before — and yes, you have — but here are some Weedeater tour dates from the PR wire:

WEEDEATER announce extensive US tour

Notorious southern metal outfit WEEDEATER have announced an extensive US tour. The trio will undertake a short run of East Coast headline dates in December before joining CORROSION OF CONFORMITY on January 19 to begin a US Tour. A full list of confirmed dates can be found below.

All of WEEDEATER’s albums are now available at fine stores nationwide and online at the WEEDEATER Bandcamp page.

WEEDEATER was formed by front-man/bassist “Dixie” Dave Collins. Following the release of their 2001 debut ‘…And Justice For Y’All’, WEEDEATER immediately established themselves as a force in the U.S. tour circuit and quickly gained notoriety in the American metal scene. In the time since, the band have released three critically-acclaimed albums: ‘Sixteen Tons’ (2002), ‘God Luck And Good Speed’ (2007), and ‘Jason… The Dragon’ (2011), and toured around the world with the likes of DOWN, SAINT VITUS, HIGH ON FIRE, and THE MELVINS, HANK III, EARTH, SUNN O))) and more. The band has played prestigious festivals such as Maryland Deathfest, Hopscotch Festival, Stoned From The Underground, Asymmetry Festival, Roadburn Festival, Hellfest, and many more.

WEEDEATER TOUR DATES
Dec. 5 Chesapeake, VA @ Riffhouse
Dec. 6 Lancaster, PA @ Lizard Lounge
Dec. 7 Pittsburgh, PA @ Cattivo
Dec. 8 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
Dec. 9 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie

WEEDEATER W/ C.O.C., CROWBAR & MOTHERSHIP:
Jan. 19 San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall
Jan. 20 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Jan. 21 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
Jan. 22 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
Jan. 24 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Jan. 25 Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club
Jan. 26 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
Jan. 27 Los Angeles, CA @Teragram Ballroom
Jan. 29 San Francisco, CA @ Slims
Jan. 31 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Feb. 1 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Feb. 2 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
Feb. 4 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Feb. 5 Calgary, AB @ Marque
Feb. 7 Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theater
Feb. 8 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Feb. 9 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Feb. 10 Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
Feb. 12 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Feb. 13 New York City, NY @ Gramercy Theater

https://www.facebook.com/weedmetal/
https://weedeater.bandcamp.com/
https://www.twitter.com/seasonofmist
https://www.facebook.com/seasonofmistofficial
http://www.season-of-mist.com/

Weedeater, Goliathan (2015)

Apparently at some point since the 2016 release of their debut album, Builders of Cosmos (discussed here), the Italian band who were called Orion decided to adopt the more complex spelling Oreyeon. It’s early in the day as I write this, but I admit, it took me a couple seconds to get it. Once I knew who they were, fine, but just seeing the headline below about their signing to respected countryman purveyor Heavy Psych Sounds, I was sitting here saying to myself, “O-ray-eon?” “Ore-yeon?” No. It’s “Or-EYE-on.” They took the ‘i’ and made it “eye.” I get it now. Sometimes I wonder how I manage to put my pants on the right way.

And sometimes I wonder why my pants are backward all the time. Ha.

As if I ever wear real pants.

I’ll leave the discussion of athletic wear also being the perfect I’m-lazy-as-crap-so-let’s-not-leave-the-house attire for another occasion, and just note the added intrigue of a reported sonic shift alongside the moniker change on Oreyeon‘s part. There isn’t a release date for their second LP as yet, or even a title unveiled, so look for more to come, but I’m already interested to hear where they’re headed this time around.

Other than to the new label home, which the PR wire confirms has already happened:

Italian stoner rockers OREYEON sign to Heavy Psych Sounds!

Heavy Psych Sounds Records announce the signing of Italian stoner rock unit OREYEON for their upcoming sophomore record.

Formed in 2014 by members of such as Woodwall, Mexican Mud or Army of Angry Youth, OREYEON made a first impressing impact on the heavy rock scene with their debut ‘Builders of Cosmos’ released back in 2016. The band’s inspirations come from various kinds of the heavy music genre, but especially they find their roots in the glories of Black Sabbath, melting with hints of metal and mixing the classic stoner rock such as acts alike Texas’ stoner heavyweights The Sword. Monolithic guitars, huge bass frequencies, melodic and complex vocals, OREYEON know how to please every classic and stoner rock mind!

On their second album and the debut on Heavy Psych Sounds, OREYEON try to move away from the usual stoner rock clichés into a more elaborate and melodic style. The vocal structures and harmonizations are definitely more complex, rich of melodies while the music tends towards a heavier path, taking cues from way different kinds of genres and band references. “Heavy Psych Sounds Records decided to sign Oreyeon for the next album, that we can assure will be extraordinary!” says label CEO Gabriele Fiori.

Stay tuned for many more promising news and first album details to be unveiled soon!

OREYEON IS
Richard Silvaggio – Bass/Vocals
Andrea Ricci – Guitar
Matteo Signanini – Guitar
Pietro Virgilio – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/Oreyeonofficialband/
https://oriondoom.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HEAVYPSYCHSOUNDS
http://www.heavypsychsounds.com
https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com

Oreyeon (Orion), Builders of Cosmos (2016)

By the time it’s done, 2018 will be the first year since 2014 without a new Spidergawd LP. True, the Trondheim, Norway, heavy rock specialists — and as per 2017’s Spidergawd IV (review here), NWOBHM-dabblers — have a new single out called All and Everything and in the spirit of its title that’s not at all nothing, but they had a pretty unbelievable pace going and one can only wonder what the extra time taken to put together Spidergawd V will bring upon the album’s release in January 2019 through Crispin Glover Records. I’m not saying I’ve heard it or anything, but yeah, I have and it smokes.

As they’ll do, they have a sizable tour booked to coincide with the release, and you’ll find those dates below courtesy of social media along with some tantalizing “Lucy in the Hole in the Sky”-style info about the album from the PR wire.

Dig:

Spidergawd – V

In 2018, Spidergawd vanished from the surface, but not to rest. Rather the opposite. On the 11th January they are back with their fifth studio album, not surprisingly titled ‘ Spidergawd V’.

Once again the band mates Rolf Martin Snustad (Barytonsax) Hallvard Gaardløs (Bass) Kenneth Kapstad (Trommer) and Per Borten (Gitar/Vokal) have managed to make an impressive album in their own unique sound.

Whereas Spidergawd I and II were documentations on an adult musical playground, Spidergawd III and IV headed the band towards a more serious and defined identity. With the NWOBHM- references from IV and the heavy weight from III, Spidergawd V is very much recognizable and keeping up with style. Imagine yourself in a boat on a river with spidergawd trees and black sabbath skies and you’ll be close enough to visualize what to expect in the beginning of 2019.

Spidergawd, with its fifth album under its arm, can be seen on tour in Norway and throughout Europe from January to the end of March 2019.

First single from Spidergawd V, ‘All And Everything’, and B-side ‘My Occupation’ is out on all streaming platforms!

Spidergawd live:
18/01 STORSTUGGU / RØROS / NO
19/01 GREGERS / HAMAR / NO
24/01 VERA / GRONINGEN / NL
25/01 JC DE KLINKER / AARSCHOT / BE
26/01 TBA / NL
27/01 AMSTERDAM / MELKWEG SUGAR FACTORY / NL
07/02 FLYTTEN / HAUGESUND / NO
08/02 FOLKEN / STAVANGER /NO
09/02 TEATERET / KRISTIANSAND / NO
15/02 TERMINALEN / ÅLESUND / NO
16/02 BYSCENEN / TRONDHEIM / NO
21/02 ÆLVESPEILET / PORSGRUNN / NO
22/02 ENERGIMØLLA / KONGSBERG / NO
23/02 ROCKEFELLER / OSLO / NO
27/02 TBA / MO I RANA / NO
28/02 SINUS / BODØ / NO
01/03 DRIV / TROMSØ / NO
02/03 TBA / BERGEN / NO
06/03 POSTEN / ODeNSE / DK
07/03 1000 FRYD / AALBORG / DK
08/03 BETA / COPENHAGEN / DK
09/03 FZW / DORTMUND / DE
10/03 TOWER / BREMEN / DE
12/03 TBA
13/03 LUX / HANNOVER / DE
14/03 NATCHLEBEN / FRANKFURT / DE
15/03 FORUM / BIELEFELD / DE
16/03 LUXOR / COLOGNE / DE
17/03 STADTMITTE / KARLSRUHE / DE
19/03 TBA
20/03 GASWERK / WINTERTHÜR / CH
21/03 ROCKHAOUSE / SALZBURG / AT
22/03 ARENA / WIEN / AT
23/03 STROM / MÜNCHEN / DE
24/03 TBA
26/03 HIRSCH / NÜRNBERG / DE
27/03 UT CONNEWITZ / LEIPZIG / DE
28/03 KNUST / HAMBURG / DE
29/03 BEATPOL / DRESDEN / DE
30/03 MUSIK & FRIEDEN / BERLIN / DE

https://www.facebook.com/spidergawd/
https://www.instagram.com/spidergawdofficial/
http://www.spidergawd.no/
https://www.stickman-records.com/
http://www.crispingloverrecords.com/

I don’t get a mention in the press release or anything — hey, we can’t all be Peder Bergstrand or Mark Lanegan — but if you check the Kickstarter page for PostWax, you’ll see my name among those involved with the project. Rumor has it I’ll be contributing old-timey-style liner notes to the exclusive LP releases with likewise exclusive new music from the likes of Elder, Domkraft, Lowrider, Besvarjelsen, Spotlights and others. Seven records total in the first year and then more beyond that to come. Fucking staggering. And I’ve talked to project head Jadd Shickler, who founded MeteorCity once upon a time, currently helms Blues Funeral Recordings and does work besides for both Magnetic Eye Records and Ripple Music, about some of the packaging and design ideas he and Bergstrand have been kicking around and it’s whatever the next step beyond top of the line is. It moves the line.

I’m excited and humbled to be involved in the small way I am. Already looking forward to stressing out about the first deadline. You know the old liner notes that came with jazz records and stuff? Like that.

A press release came down announcing the thing, but even by then the Kickstarter goal was met. If you want a more direct payment option, they’ve got installment plans posted on Blues Funeral website, and I’m not gonna tell you it’s the holiday season, gift-giving, etc., but in the Great Material Continuum, there’s always room for limited vinyl. Here’s the info, and of course, expect more to come on it:

ELDER, SPOTLIGHTS, DOMKRAFT (feat. MARK LANEGAN) and LOWRIDER to release new records on the curated subscription series PostWax in 2019

Ultra-exclusive project offers boundary-pushing one-offs from hand-picked heavy/stoner/doom/psych notables; Kickstarter campaign under way now

This week, Blues Funeral Recordings launched a Kickstarter for their groundbreaking new vinyl subscription project PostWax, a series of limited edition records with jaw-dropping artwork and next-level design for fans of stoner/doom/heavy/psych metal.

Smashing their initial goal within 36 hours of going live, the Kickstarter continues until December 9th.

Before joining Magnetic Eye Records in 2016, original MeteorCity founder Jadd Shickler was already contemplating a return to the music industry.

MeteorCity had put out seminal releases from Nebula, Unida (with John Garcia of Kyuss), Spirit Caravan, The Atomic Bitchwax, Dozer, The Obsessed, Truckfighters, Lowrider and Solace, all under Shickler’s guidance.

After selling MeteorCity in 2008, he took a few years away from the business before the stoner/doom underground started calling to him again. But, in thinking about returning, he wanted to try something besides a traditional label model.

Envisioning what he’d want as a fan himself, Shickler conceived the idea of a curated series of records, one-off releases from an array of heavy/stoner/doom bands both notable and unknown, delivered exclusively as a subscription at regular intervals throughout the year.

The records would be crafted to appeal equally to both diehard fans of the style and dedicated collectors, with interconnecting cover art and groundbreaking design recalling archival comic book sleeves.

Two years later, and the idea has taken shape in the form of PostWax, now enveloped within new label Blues Funeral Recordings and pushed to ambitious heights with the addition of world-class creative Peder Bergstrand to the team.

In assembling the first year of PostWax releases, the goal was to pull together a dizzying cross-section of phenomenal recognizable bands and impressive newcomers, such that subscribers could reliably sit back and wait, confident that everything coming their way throughout the year would hit that sonic sweet spot.

PostWax year one will include exclusive new releases from Brooklyn metalgazers SPOTLIGHTS, apocalyptic doomsters DOMKRAFT with a guest appearance by MARK LANEGAN, and desert rock progenitors LOWRIDER, among others, with 7 records total set to land during 2019.

The series kicks off in February with all-new music from ELDER.

For their release, Elder made a stop in the midst of a European tour last month, entering a Berlin studio for three days of focused jamming to channel the mid-tour high. Their goal was to explore a different side of the band through a change of scenery, with lots of psychedelic ideas flowing and no experiment too weird to try. The result is something very different than the band has ever done, a perfect way to launch something as unique as PostWax.

Notably, the PostWax project also has a humanitarian component, with a portion of profits being donated to support youth music education. From the Kickstarter description:

“In an era when music and arts programs are being increasingly eliminated by school budget cuts and kids are learning about music from Kidzbop and Tik Tok, we want to help make sure kids still have the chance to learn how to play and write real rock music on real instruments.

With that in mind, a chunk of the profits generated by PostWax will be donated to support youth music education programs. There’s nothing extra you need to spend or do, just know that part of the cost of your subscription will go toward this important cause that we really believe in.”

The Kickstarter for PostWax can be found here, with plenty of details about the project to outline what subscribers can expect.

Multi-payment subscription options are also being offered via the label at bluesfuneral.com/, and more details will be revealed in the coming days.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bluesfuneral/postwax-a-curated-heavy-music-vinyl-subscription-s
https://www.facebook.com/bluesfuneral/
bluesfuneral.com

Finnish death-doomers Swallow the Sun will release a new 14-minute single next month featuring guest appearances from Einar Selvik of Wardruna and The Foreshadowing‘s Marco I. Benevento, so presumably I’ll be posting about them again shortly, but the news that their next full-length, When a Shadow is Forced into the Light, is due out Jan. 25 is particularly welcome. Their last album was early 2016’s multifaceted triple-disc Songs from the North (review here), for which they toured in the States alongside Amorphis — best lineup, why didn’t I go? Oh right, I suck — and while the PR wire promises more of the standard heft-laden downerism, the fact that the album’s title, again, When a Shadow is Forced into the Light, is essentially the opposite of the band’s moniker in terms of the image evoked, says to me maybe some subtle shifts are in store around that central consistency.

I’ll look forward to finding out, either way. Here’s news from the PR wire:

SWALLOW THE SUN ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM WHEN A SHADOW IS FORCED INTO THE LIGHT

Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters Swallow The Sun announces the release of their new album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light, which is scheduled for release on January 25th, 2019 via Century Media Records.

The band will be releasing their standalone 14 minute epic single track “Lumina Aurea” on December 21st. The track will be available both digitally and as 12″ EP vinyl version.

Fueled by personal loss (the album title has its origins in Trees of Eternity’s “Broken Mirror”) and powered by the will to continue, When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light showcases the group’s ability to maintain its signature sound while expanding upon horizons and diving deeper into the crevasse of doom-death metal. Even though the single and the album are conceptually connected, they are musically completely different. While “Lumina Aurea”, which features Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and The Foreshadowing’s Marco I. Benevento, marks the band’s darkest and most sinister piece of music the band has ever released, When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light follows a more positive approach and continues in the vein of previous albums – first-rate death-doom in the typical style of Swallow The Sun.

Swallow The Sun have announced their first shows of 2019. See below for all upcoming tour dates. More dates to be announced soon.

When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light tracklisting:
1. When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light
2. The Crimson Crown
3. Firelights
4. Upon The Water
5. Stone Wings
6. Clouds On Your Side
7. Here On The Black Earth
8. Never Left

“Lumina Aurea” tracklisting:
1. Lumina Aurea
2. Lumina Aurea (instrumental version)

Swallow The Sun Upcoming Tour Dates:
February 7 – Helsinki, Finland – Nosturi
February 8 – Turku, Finland – Apollo
February 9 – Jyvaskyla, Finland – Lutakko*
February 14 – Tampere, Finland – Klubi*
February 15 – Oulu, Finland – Teatria*
February 16 – Kuopio, Finland – Henry’s Pub*
*w/THE MAN-EATING TREE

http://www.swallowthesun.net
https://www.facebook.com/swallowthesun
https://twitter.com/swallowthesunfi
http://www.centurymedia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/centurymedia

Swallow the Sun, “Rooms and Shadows” official video

Once upon a whenever it was, a certain Elephant Tree bassist/vocalist — one Peter Holland — bestowed on my unworthy head what I think is one of the highest compliments an Englishman can give an American when he said, “You understand our humour.” And yes, he pronounced the ‘u.’ I therefore feel justified at the chuckle I got in reading the line in their gonna-make-a-new-album announcement below that notes it’ll be “that same old Elephant Tree magic but this time imagine it different.” And oh, by the way, they’re a four-piece now. Good fun.

Actually, they’ve been playing as a four-piece here and there for a while now, and they recorded their 2014 first EP, Theia (review here) as one before paring down to a trio for 2016’s triumphant self-titled debut full-length (review here), but I guess bringing John Slattery into the studio makes that more or less official. Riley MacIntyre, who was the fourth on that EP and worked on the LP alongside the aforementioned Holland, guitarist/vocalist Jack Townley and drummer Sam Hart, will once again be at the helm as producer. If it ain’t broke.

And indeed, it ain’t. After the self-titled, an initial US incursion at Psycho Las Vegas in 2017, slated involvement in the forthcoming Planet of Doom animated film project, and multiple European tours including an extensive one this Fall with Mothership and Stoned Jesus, it seems to me momentum is well on Elephant Tree‘s side heading into their second record, and while I rarely say this kind of thing, in light of the fact that they’re looking for a new label, I fail to see what would stop someone like Napalm Records from picking them up. Releasing through Magnetic Eye again would be great, but if they’re looking for a new outlet, fine. They’ve proven themselves on stage and in the studio. Their social media and promotional presence is dead-on. They tour hard, and they’ve found a sound that is distinct in its personality and execution while remaining rooted in automatically familiar song structures and genre tropes bent to their will. They’re poised in the next couple years to stand as forerunners of the next generation of London’s heavy scene. What more would a record label want in a prospective band?

My A&R musings aside, it’s safe to say Elephant Tree‘s sophomore outing is high on my list of most anticipated records for 2019. From the couple songs I was fortunate enough to see live in October at Høstsabbat (review here), only more so.

They play their last live show of the year this weekend in Manchester. Info on that and their recording announcement follow:

AN IRISHMAN, A CANADIAN AND THREE ENGLISHMEN WALK INTO A STUDIO….

SHOCK HORROR; ELEPHANT TREE MEMBERS TO SPEND MORE TIME INDOORS!

That’s right. It’s finally time for us to announce that we have finally committed to ink our intention to enter the studio once again.

Starting 5th of January we will be headed back into the dark depths of the studio to work on our as-yet-unnamed album. With practices in full swing, and songs coming together like a quality macaroni cheese pie, there will soon be a thunderous call from over the horizon. We are still looking for an avenue of release as of yet and haven’t confirmed anything on that front (despite what the rumour mill may churn out…) and can’t offer up any scope of a release date yet, but we are open to all offers!

Returning to produce melody out of madness, Riley MacIntyre is back in the saddle. Not satisfied with having only two nationalities, John Slattery will be tackling Synths and extra guitar duties, as the latest addition to the line-up. Expect more of that same old Elephant Tree magic but this time imagine it different…

We’ll be posting regular updates from writing all the way through to mastering so keep an eye out for any official news here, more of which to follow tomorrow…!

Elephant Tree live:
Nov. 25 Sophie Lancaster Festival Manchester UK
https://www.facebook.com/events/986976281494183/

https://www.facebook.com/elephanttreeband
https://twitter.com/ElephantTreee
http://instagram.com/elephant_tree_band
https://elephanttree.band

Elephant Tree, “Dawn” live at Blue Moon Festival, Nov. 2017

Elephant Tree, Elephant Tree (2016)

If you felt the planet get a little more boring the other day, that’s because Virus broke up. They make a graceful exit some two years after what will be their final full-length, Memento Collider (review here), which was the Oslo troupe’s fourth LP since their start in 2000. I suppose the least you can say about what they accomplished in their time is that they were the kind of band who refused to follow any whims other than their own, and while their path took them into uncharted reaches of jazz, black metal, prog rock and who the hell knows what else, apparently they’ve gotten tired of confounding those who would try to place them into some genre or other and have decided to move on with their lives. Not gonna say I don’t get it. 18 years is a long time, folks.

And I’ll say that of all the we-were-a-band-now-we’re-not notifications I’ve read, Virus‘ stands among the most charming and the most appropriate to the band itself, from Einz‘s reference to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to Czral‘s inadvertent namedrop of Voivod. It’s good fun all the way through.

So long, Virus. Thanks for all the stylistic innovation:

A message from Czral. Some of you knew this, a lot of you didn’t. What can one say really? Thanks for all the fish!
– Einz

“Good evening y’all. Or good morning or afternoon, depending on where you are in the world which is made up of time-zones and landslides. We are now into our 18th year of existance, and as you all know, in 1918, in plymouth, Charlie Chaplin forgot his drivers-license at the chemist’s while simultaneously thinking about tunafish and batteries. An odd moment, yes, but it has reminded us (in Virus) that it’s time to throw in the towel..

It’s been 4 full-lengths, a demo and a mini-album and a few handfuls of gigs, plus the odd whale-shark encounter. Einz has become voivod of bulgaria (1155-1299), Plenum has become the prime minister of Equador while simultaneously working as a paediatrician in Ukraine. Czral has become a well known Elvis -and Bret Michaels-impersonator whilst working as a moped-vendor machine-operator in birmingham. So that’s why we’ve decided to lay down our deplorable riffs and beats and bass-lines, rather than being «on ice, don’t know what’s happening» -mode, for an unforeseeable future…

You know, you can’t devour an apple more than three times: the time you buy it, the time you put it on your kitchen-counter, and the time you decide to throw it away because it’s gone bad. Only thrice. But I digress.. My point is: at some point, you realise that what you set out to do has now been done, now, so now.. Thank you, bye bye, we were Virus.. “

Virus was:
Czral – guitars, vocals
Plenum – bass
Einz – drums

http://www.virusnorway.com/
http://www.facebook.com/virusnorwayofficial
http://www.karismarecords.no/
http://www.facebook.com/karismarecords

Virus, “Rogue Fossil” official video

Last time I posted about a Clutch tour — and yeah, they pretty much go from one to the next — I told my sob story about how I hadn’t yet thrown down for a copy of their latest album, Book of Bad Decisions (review here). Pitiful. Some sad shit. You see, the thing is: I want the special edition. The CD. It’s nifty looking and it’s not really more expensive than the regular version. My holdup has essentially been one of cashmonies and the lack thereof. Not looking for sympathy or anything, but it’s kind of become an existential crisis.

Enough of one to get me to drive four hours south to Irving Plaza in March to pick one up? Maybe. Clutch at Irving has always been a singular good time, though I wouldn’t complain about hopping up to Portland, Maine, to catch them next month on their holiday run either. Xmas present to myself, maybe. It’s a daydream, but it’d be neat.

I’ll get that record, though. And I’ll keep you posted when it happens. I’m sure there’ll be another tour to announce soon.

From the PR wire:

CLUTCH ANNOUNCE NEW 2019 WINTER TOUR DATES

Maryland rockers Clutch have announced the first batch of their 2019 Winter tour dates for February and March in support of their newest effort Book Of Bad Decisions. Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, November 16th at 10:00 am.

All ticket links are available at the official Clutch Facebook facebook.com/clutchband and www.pro-rock.com.

Book Of Bad Decisions is Clutch’s twelfth studio album debuting at #1 on several charts around the world including the US Billboard Hard Rock chart.

CLUTCH’s “Book of Bad Decisions Winter Tour 2019”
Tickets available at www.pro-rock.com
Tue/Feb-19 Columbia, SC @ The Senate
Thu/Feb-21 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
Fri/Feb-22 Fayetteville, AR @ Majestic
Sat/Feb-23 Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ
Sun/Feb-24 Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity
Tue/Feb-26 Springfield, MO @ Gillioz Theater
Wed/Feb-27 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
Fri/Mar-01 Billings, MT @ Pub Station
Sat/Mar-02 Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
Fri/Mar-08 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
Sat/Mar-09 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Sun/Mar-10 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theater
Wed/Mar-13 Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
Thu/Mar-14 Green Bay, WI @ The Distillery
Sat/Mar-16 Snowshoe, WV @ Ballhooter Spring Break @ Snowshoe Mountain
Mon/Mar-18 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
Tue/Mar-19 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

Clutch Holiday Tour Dates:

Thu/Dec-27 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
Fri/Dec-28 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Sat/Dec-29 Portland, ME @ Aura
Sun/Dec-30 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
Mon/Dec-31 Cleveland, OH @ Masonic Auditorium at Temple Live

CLUTCH:
Neil Fallon – Vocals/Guitar
Tim Sult – Guitar
Dan Maines – Bass
Jean-Paul Gaster – Drums/Percussion

www.facebook.com/clutchband
www.instagram.com/clutchofficial
www.twitter.com/clutchofficial
www.pro-rock.com
www.youtube.com/user/officialclutch

Clutch, “Hot Bottom Feeder” official video