A scant two weeks after wrapping the ‘Breaking Ice’ US tour that will mark the Norwegians’ first headlining run of the States, Slomosa will travel to New Zealand and Australia for a round of six shows in May. The band go in continued support of their declarative second album, 2024’s Tundra Rock (review here), and at this point, their reputation as a live act precedes them. If you live in that part of the world (which I know is bigger than these six locations, but it’s a first foray, not a last), and can make it happen, I strongly recommend you see this band.

I’ve included below a poster for the US run that updates on what shows are sold out or low, etc. Note that it’s not the most updated, since I know the Bowery Ballroom gig March 26 that begins the tour is already sold out. Check local listings before you roll out to a venue, I guess is what I’m saying. But do roll out.

From socials:

Pinch our arms, in May we’re bringing the Tundra Fire to AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND!!! @sidewinder_official are coming along as support in NZ, what a perfect way to celebrate the Year of the Horse!🐴🐴🐴

Pre-sales (Australia only!!) for newsletter subscribers starts tomorrow, general ticket sales from Tuesday. Find ’em on our website [link in bio]🎫

As we’ve said before; when the band slowly started getting together nearly ten years ago our ambition was honestly to some day hopefully score a gig in Oslo. Go all the way to the other side of our country to play, that would be wild! Now we’re going to the other side of the Earth!!! So so insane💪🏽❤️‍🔥🙌🏽

So we hope to see the lot of you!! Which one(s) will it be??🇳🇿🇦🇺🇳🇿🇦🇺

Poster by @olympia.hertzelag 👏

Slomosa – Year of the Horse Tour – Aus & NZ
May 14 Auckland NZ
May 15 Taupo NZ
May 16 Wellington NZ
May 22 Melboune AU
May 23 Sydney AU
May 24 Brisbane AU

Breaking Ice U.S. Tour
Mar 26 New York, NY – The Bowery Ballroom
Mar 27 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Mar 28 Washington, DC – Pearl Street Warehouse
Mar 29 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
Mar 31 Greensboro, NC – Eulogy
Apr 2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade (Purgatory)
Apr 3 Nashville, TN – The Blue Room
Apr 6 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Apr 7 Austin, TX – Brushy Street Commons
Apr 9 Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
Apr 10 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
Apr 11 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Apr 12 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Apr 14 Portland, OR – Mission Theater
Apr 15 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Apr 17 Boise, ID – Neurolux
Apr 18 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Apr 20 Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
Apr 21 Denver, CO – Marquis
Apr 23 Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar
Apr 24 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
Apr 25 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
Apr 26 Detroit, MI – El Club
Apr 28 Toronto, ON – The Garrison
Apr 29 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground
Apr 30 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
May 1 Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop

Slomosa features:
Ben Berdous – vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – guitar
Jard Hole – drum

https://slomosa1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/slomosa
https://www.facebook.com/slomosaband

https://www.stickman-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Stickman-Records-1522369868033940

http://www.mnrkheavy.com
http://www.instagram.com/MNRK_heavy
http://www.facebook.com/MNRKHeavy

Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

One expects this won’t be Slomosa‘s last round of headlining US touring, but you only get to do the thing for the first time once. The Norwegians generational-spearheads for up-and-coming post-Millennial heavy rock and roll (please, more of that) have been to the States a couple times by now, providing support for the likes of Alkaline Trio and Helmet and obviously doing a bit of beyond-stoner-rockers audience outreach in the process. In Europe, they’re already headliners, both at their own shows and festivals. This feels like a natural next step, and “next steps” would seem to be the band’s collective favorite kind.

As they continue to support Fall 2024’s Tundra Rock (review here), Slomosa spent much of this past Fall touring with Kadavar and (I think) having a hand in hosting the Tundra and Lightning Festival in their hometown of Bergen. They have Norwegian dates on now. Given that it’s Slomosa, I wouldn’t be surprised to find them immediately taking off somewhere else after this, but you’ll note that this tour covers both coasts of the US and in-between. It’s a real-deal US headlining tourtaking place over the course of more than a month. This is Slomosa doing the work of the headliners they’ve come to be. Again, expect more to come.

From the PR wire:

NORWEGIAN RIFF LORDS SLOMOSA ANNOUNCE FIRST HEADLINING U.S. TOUR

BREAKING ICE TOUR LAUNCHES SPRING 2026

Norway’s sludge-fueled heavy groove titans SLOMOSA are storming the States for the first time as headliners. The Breaking Ice Tour hits 28 dates across the U.S. (plus a Toronto date), kicking off March 26 at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City and wrapping May 1 at The Grog Shop in Cleveland, OH. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 12, at 10 am local time. Full dates below.

Carved from a foundation of groove-rich heft, melodic bite, and frostbitten desert attitude, Slomosa’s sound channels the legendary Palm Desert scene through the raw intensity of Nordic rock. Since dropping their self-titled 2020 debut, the band has bulldozed through 350+ shows in 20+ countries, sharing stages with High on Fire, Mastodon, Alkaline Trio, Helmet, Elder, and more, earning a reputation as one of the most commanding live acts in heavy music.

In April, Slomosa won the Spellemann Award for Rock Album of the Year with their critically acclaimed sophomore release, Tundra Rock (September 2024). The album vaulted them into the global spotlight, solidifying their place as the new vanguard of Nordic heaviness. This summer, the band dropped a blistering 14-track live concert film, captured at the iconic USF Verftet in their hometown of Bergen, a high-decibel testament to their atmospheric, distortion-soaked live presence.

Their rise has earned the attention of bona fide rock royalty: Adam Jones (Tool) has publicly championed the band. At the same time, Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri of Kyuss fame have both declared themselves fans of Slomosa’s crushing sonic force.

Slomosa – Norway Dec. 2025 tour:
11.12.25 Trondheim – BYSCENEN
12.12.25 Bodø – Sinus
13.12.25 Mo i Rana – BråK
17.12.25 Lillehammer – Wiese
18.12.25 Oslo – Rockefeller
19.12.25 Moss – Verket Scene
20.12.25 Skien – Parkbiografen

Breaking Ice U.S. Tour
Mar 26 New York, NY – The Bowery Ballroom
Mar 27 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Mar 28 Washington, DC – Pearl Street Warehouse
Mar 29 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
Mar 31 Greensboro, NC – Eulogy
Apr 2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade (Purgatory)
Apr 3 Nashville, TN – The Blue Room
Apr 6 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Apr 7 Austin, TX – Brushy Street Commons
Apr 9 Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
Apr 10 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
Apr 11 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Apr 12 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Apr 14 Portland, OR – Mission Theater
Apr 15 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Apr 17 Boise, ID – Neurolux
Apr 18 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Apr 20 Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
Apr 21 Denver, CO – Marquis
Apr 23 Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar
Apr 24 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
Apr 25 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
Apr 26 Detroit, MI – El Club
Apr 28 Toronto, ON – The Garrison
Apr 29 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground
Apr 30 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
May 1 Cleveland, OH – The Grog Shop

Slomosa features:
Ben Berdous – vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – guitar
Jard Hole – drum

https://slomosa1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/slomosa
https://www.facebook.com/slomosaband

https://www.stickman-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Stickman-Records-1522369868033940

http://www.mnrkheavy.com
http://www.instagram.com/MNRK_heavy
http://www.facebook.com/MNRKHeavy

Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

Slomosa, Live at Verftet

The fact of the matter is there aren’t a lot of bands out there right now in the heavy rock underground who could or would inspire this kind of creativity. “Monomann” featured on Slomosa‘s 2024 sophomore LP, Tundra Rock (review here), and the animatic below is by director Frank Marino, who’s had an enviable career in animation — bro worked in Curious George and Futurama both! — and fueled by nothing more than his passion for the music. Which is amazing. Thank you for sharing.

You can tell he’s a fan watching, whether it’s a subtle reference to Fu Manchu or the careful, slightly down-tilted angle drummer Jard Hole holds his head. This video is an animatic, which is why it looks choppier than flash animation from 2003 — not that I was looking at Homestar Runner memes yesterday or anything, but if you’re of a certain age, you’ll have an easier time piecing the frames together in your head — but all drawn out by Marino and manifesting the vision for a story he wanted to tell about the band.

I’ll say it again for emphasis — this is rare. Not that there isn’t ‘fan art’ out there, but not at this level, and not with the obvious dedication to the purpose that Marino put into making this “Monomann” clip, even to this point, let alone a finished work of animation to come from what he’s already got. It’s something pretty special.

Slomosa are at SonicBlast Fest in Portugal this weekend and on from there with their doing-a-professional-album-cycle touring with an expanding reach. Many, many dates follow the video clip below, as seen on social media. Underneath that are the album stream for Tundra Rock and the full ‘Live at Verftet’ set that was recently posted, in case you’d like to make an afternoon of it. You wouldn’t be wrong.

Enjoy:

Slomosa, “Monomann” animatic video

Director Frank Marino on “Monomann”:

Celebrating the fantastic music by Norway’s Slomosa and showcasing the imagination of a lifelong artist and career Animation Director. This is an animatic, meaning it’s an edited storyboard with lots of poses, but not fully animated. This is a personal project that I worked on for nearly a full year on the side whenever I could. A true labor of love started as an effort to display a fuller range of my creative abilities beyond those listed on my IMDB page. Though I am super proud of those credits, including Futurama, Transformers, Curious George, Disenchantment and Supervising Director of all three seasons of FOX’s Duncanville. All of the art is mine and I put everything I had into it. I used Toonboom Storyboard Pro, which is widely used in the animation industry.

Slomosa’s Tundra Rock was my favorite album of 2024 and you should all go listen to it if you haven’t yet! I’m happy to share this original short story with everyone, especially fans of the Desert/ Stoner Rock genre. It’s my love letter to the music that has always been a part of my artistic journey. Be on the lookout for nods to a few of my personal favorites.

Also visit my portfolio site frankmarinoanimation.com
stonequest.net is a bouldering map project I work on when I can
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0547772/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/frankmarinoart/

SLOMOSA 2025 Touring Schedule
07 Aug – Sonic Blast (PT) +
08 Aug – Alcatraz (BE) +
10 Aug – Rocklette (CH) +
12 Aug – Cologne, DE • Carlswerk Victoria x
13 Aug – Frankfurt, DE • Batschkapp x
15 Aug – Alta Live (NO) +
22 Aug – Vangen Festival (NO) +
24 Aug – Furiosfest (FR) +
12 Sep – TK Deathfest (NO) +
20 Sep – Høst Rock (NO)+
02 Oct – Florø, NO • Vesle Kinn
04 Oct – Tundra & Lightning Fest (NO) +
09 Oct – Krakow, PL • Klub Kwadrat ^
10 Oct – Warszawa, PL • Niebo ^
11 Oct – Berlin, DE • Columbiahalle ^
12 Oct – Frankfurt, DE • Zoom ^
13 Oct – Lille, FR • L’AÉronef ^
15 Oct – Bordeaux, FR • Rock School Barbey ^
16 Oct – Madrid, ES • Mon Madrid ^
17 Oct – Barcelona, ES • Sala Apolo ^
18 Oct – Lyon, FR • Le Transbordeur ^
19 Oct – Paris, FR • L’Élysée Montmartre^
21 Oct – Stuttgart, DE • Im Wizemann ^
22 Oct – Salzhaus, CH • Winterthur ^
23 Oct – Vienna, AT • ARENA ^
24 Oct – München, DE • Theaterfabrik ^
25 Oct – Leipzig, DE • Felsenkeller ^
26 Oct – Hamburg, DE • GF36 ^
28 Oct – Köln, DE • Live Music Hall ^
29 Oct – Groningen, NL • De Oosterpoort ^
30 Oct – Nijmegen, NL • Doomroosje ^
31 Oct – Utrecht, NL • Tivolivredenburg ^
01 Nov – Antwerp, BE • Trix ^
04 Nov – Copenhagen, DK • Vega
05 Nov – Malmö, SE • Plan B (Garage Stage)
06 Nov – Göteborg, SE • Monument 031
07 Nov – Stockholm, SE • Bar Brooklyn
08 Nov – Borlänge, SE • Broken Dreams*
05 Dec – Stavanger, NO • Folken
06 Dec – Kristiansand, NO • Kick Kulturhus
11 Dec – Trondheim, NO • Byscenen
12 Dec -Bodø, NO • Sinus
13 Dec – Mo I Rana, NO • Bråk
17 Dec – Lillehammer, NO • Wiese
18 Dec – Oslo, NO • Rockefeller
19 Dec – Moss, NO • Verket Scene
20 Dec – Skien, NO • Parkbiografen

+Festival
^Support For Kadavar
*With Greenleaf & Lowrider
xSupporting Mastodon

Slomosa features:
Ben Berdous – vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – guitar
Jard Hole – drums

Slomosa, Live at Verftet

Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

Slomosa on Facebook

Slomosa on Instagram

Slomosa on Bandcamp

Slomosa on Soundcloud

Stickman Records website

Stickman Records on Facebook

MNRK Heavy website

MNRK Heavy on Facebook

MNRK Heavy on Instagram

Fresh off their pickup at this year’s Spellmannprisen — where the above photo was taken — for their work on 2024’s Tundra Rock (review here), Bergen four-piece Slomosa have announced a run of tour dates in their native Norway for the end of this year. Of course, in October, they’ll play the first-ever Tundra & Lightning Fest in their hometown, and they have other appearances in the Fall as well, but the tour from Dec. 11-20 has distinct ‘victory lap’ vibes, and that’s fair enough for a band who in five years have gone from completely unknown to generational forerunners in heavy rock.

The post on social media was partly in Norwegian, but it said to translate it, so I did, and included that in brackets below. Dig it:

SLOMOSA – 🇳🇴 NORGE 2025 🇳🇴

Super psyched to share this!! Stay tuned internationals, more tour news to come🤘

Now hit that translate button!

Vi gleder oss ordentlig til å spille i Florø, Hamar, Bodø, Mo i Rana, Lillehammer, Moss & Skien for aller FØRSTE gang, i tillegg til å komme tilbake til kjente og kjære plasser!!!❤️‍🔥

[We are really looking forward to playing in Florø, Hamar, Bodø, Mo i Rana, Lillehammer, Moss & Skien for the very FIRST time, in addition to returning to familiar and beloved places!!!❤️‍🔥]

12.09.25 Hamar – Tk Deathfest
02.10.25 Florø – Vesle Kinn
04.10.25 Bergen – Tundra and Lightning
05.12.25 Stavanger – Folken
06.12.25 Kristiansand – Kick
11.12.25 Trondheim – BYSCENEN
12.12.25 Bodø – Sinus
13.12.25 Mo i Rana – BråK
17.12.25 Lillehammer – Wiese
18.12.25 Oslo – Rockefeller
19.12.25 Moss – Verket Scene
20.12.25 Skien – Parkbiografen

Kristiansand, sammen med de forrige spellemannsvinnere i rock, våre brødre i Kristi Brud , og vårt største headlineshow noensinne i Oslo blir også sykt!

Abonner på nyhetsbrevet vårt (link i bioen) for å få pre-sale link allerede i morgen torsdag kl 10!

Ordinære billetter i salg fredag kl 10:00!

Håper vi sees!

[Kristiansand, along with the previous Spellemann winners in rock, our brothers in Kristi Brud, and our biggest headline show ever in Oslo is also getting sick!

Subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) to get the pre-sale link already tomorrow Thursday at 10 am!

Regular tickets on sale Friday at 10:00 am!

Hope to see you!]

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Order/save ‘Tundra Rock’ at this location: https://slomosa.ffm.to/tundrarock

SLOMOSA Tundra Rock Tour Remaining Dates:
05.12 Tromsø // Blårock Cafe
06.12 Trondheim // Verkstedhallen
07.12 Ålesund // T2 Bar og Scene
13.12 Bergen // USF Verftet

Slomosa are:
Benjamin Berdous – Vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – Vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – Guitar
Jard Hole – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/slomosaband
https://www.instagram.com/slomosa
https://slomosa1.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/slomosa
https://sptfy.com/4Qaf

https://www.stickman-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Stickman-Records-1522369868033940

http://www.mnrkheavy.com
http://www.facebook.com/MNRKHeavy
http://www.instagram.com/MNRK_heavy

Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

Hitting Ireland and the UK in a couple weeks’ time before returning to the US for their second Stateside touring stint since their second album, Tundra Rock (review here), was released last September, Norwegian heavy rock spearheads Slomosa — seen above in full flannel regalia — have rolled out ‘The Making of Tundra Rock,’ a 37-minute documentary and performance video that goes behind the scenes as its title suggests. The band, maybe last week?, had put up a video for “Monomann” from the album that would seem to have been taken from this, and it’s one more way in which they’re engaging their audience and inviting people to take a look at what they do on a professional level.

This just came down the wire this morning, so I haven’t had time to sit in my own ’70s cushion chair and dig in, but you do get to see the band recount their favorites from the new record (and then play them) and the sound on the recordings is such that if the audio was posted to Bandcamp as an album-performance in-studio live record kind of thing it’d probably be worth picking up, so even at a skim it’s got something to offer anybody who dug the record. And if Slomosa‘s winning the year-end poll here is anything to go by, that’s plenty of people.

The video, PR wire info, and all the upcoming tour dates I currently have follow here. Enjoy:

Slomosa, ‘The Making of Tundra Rock‘

Slomosa Releases “The Making of ‘Tundra Rock'” Performance + Interview Video

Norwegian Rock Band set to Support Helmet on ‘Betty’ 30th Anniversary Tour; See New Music Video “Monomann”

Slomosa’s New LP, ‘Tundra Rock’, Out Now!

Norwegian “tundra rock” band, Slomosa, has released a live-in-studio performance and interview video centered on its new album, ‘Tundra Rock’, which was released this past September via Stickman Records in Europe and MNRK Heavy in the US, and was hailed as “a sweeping signature hybrid of revved-up stoner rock riffage, grungy hooks, and a concentrated punk wallop”. Recorded live in Bergen, Norway, the 37-minute “Making of ‘Tundra Rock'” video spotlights the undeniable energy and unquestionable catchiness that surrounds Slomosa, paired with behind-the-scenes stories about creating the album and forming the band.

Simultaneously, Slomosa drops a new play through music video for the powerful ‘Tundra Rock’ track “Monomann”. Crank it up now.

Slomosa will support Helmet on the North American leg of its ‘Betty 30th Anniversary Tour’. The 25-city winter tour kicks off on February 19 in Ft. Worth, TX and runs through March 23 in Baltimore, MD. The tour routing is as follows:

Slomosa + Helmet ‘Betty’ 30th Anniversary US Tour 2025:
February 19 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips FTW
February 21 – San Antonio, TC – Paper Tiger (Slomosa headlining show)
February 22 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
February 23 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
February 25 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
February 27 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
February 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
March 1 – Oakland, CA – Crybaby
March 2 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
March 4 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
March 5 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
March 6 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
March 8 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater
March 9 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
March 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
March 11 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
March 12 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
March 14 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s
March 15 – Mechanicsburg, PA – Lovedraft’s Brewing Co
March 16 – Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag
March 17 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
March 18 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
March 20 – Boston, MA – The Paradise Rock Club
March 21 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
March 23 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage

UK & Ireland 2025:
31.1 / Limerick / Dolan’s Kasbah
01.2 / Belfast / Voodoo
02.02 / Dublin / The Grand Social
03.02 / Manchester / Rebellion
04.02 / Glasgow / Garage Attic
05.02 / Nottingham / Rescue Rooms
06.02 / Brighton / Green Door Store
07.02 / London / Underworld
08.02 / Bristol / Thekla
09.02 / Norwich / Waterfront Studio

Tickets on: https://www.slomosamusic.com/

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Order/save ‘Tundra Rock’ at this location: https://slomosa.ffm.to/tundrarock

Slomosa are:
Benjamin Berdous – Vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – Vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – Guitar
Jard Hole – Drums

Slomosa, “Monomann” live at Bergen Kjøtt, Duper Studios

Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

Slomosa on Facebook

Slomosa on Instagram

Slomosa on Bandcamp

Slomosa on Soundcloud

Slomosa on Spotify

Stickman Records website

Stickman Records on Facebook

MNRK Heavy website

MNRK Heavy on Facebook

MNRK Heavy on Instagram

For context: Slomosa have already made their US live debut on a comparatively brief Fall tour (live review here) and recent confirmations for 2025 have already seen them announce a UK and Ireland tour for early Feb. in addition to being added to the lineups for Sound of Liberation‘s anniversary party in Cologne, Germany, on March 29 as well as Desertfest Berlin in May and SonicBlast Fest in Portugal next August. The let’s-squeeze-in-another-US-run tour being announced here alongside Helmet doing Betty in full — what’s up, dudes my age? — comes as Slomosa continue to support their second album, Tundra Rock (review here) and wrap up their Fall stint through Scandinavia. They work really fucking hard, in other words.

They’ll go coast-to-coast in the company of Helmet, scootching up to Canada for Toronto and Montreal shows. I won’t be the least bit surprised when tours are announced to follow-up on this in Europe to coincide with one if not all of those fest appearances above; you’ll note that the Sound of Liberation party is six days after the US tour ends. One thing to the next is how Slomosa seem to like it. Six days is more than they gave themselves last time they crossed the Atlantic, as I recall.

Word came down the PR wire:

Slomosa Announces North American Tour with Helmet

Norwegian Rock Band to Support Influential Group on ‘Betty’ 30th Anniversary Tour

Slomosa’s New LP, ‘Tundra Rock’, Out Now!

Norwegian rock band, Slomosa, will support Helmet on the North American leg of their ‘BETTY 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR’, along with War on Women. The 25-city tour, which kicks off on February 19, 2025 in Ft. Worth, TX and wraps on March 23 in Washington, DC, will see Helmet performing the iconic “Betty” album in its entirety alongside favorites from the band’s extensive catalog.

Slomosa continues to tour in support of its new album, ‘Tundra Rock’, released this past September. Purchase ‘Tundra Rock’ at this location: https://slomosa.ffm.to/tundrarock

Tickets for the Helmet + Slomosa tour go on sale this Friday, December 6, at 10 AM ET / 3 PM UK / 4 PM CET, with presales available prior via Spotify, Knotfest, and Blabbermouth. Visit Helmet’s official site for ticket links and additional details. The tour routing is as follows:

Helmet ‘BETTY’ 30th Anniversary US Tour 2025:
February 19 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips FTW
February 22 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
February 23 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
February 25 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
February 27 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
February 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
March 1 – Oakland, CA – Crybaby
March 2 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
March 4 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
March 5 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
March 6 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
March 8 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater
March 9 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
March 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
March 11 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
March 12 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
March 14 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s
March 15 – Mechanicsburg, PA – Lovedraft’s Brewing Co
March 16 – Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag
March 17 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
March 18 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
March 20 – Boston, MA – The Paradise Rock Club
March 21 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts*
March 23 – Washington, DC – Union Stage*
* Dates without War on Women

UK & Ireland 2025:
31.1 / Limerick / Dolan’s Kasbah
01.2 / Belfast / Voodoo
02.02 / Dublin / The Grand Social
03.02 / Manchester / Rebellion
04.02 / Glasgow / Garage Attic
05.02 / Nottingham / Rescue Rooms
06.02 / Brighton / Green Door Store
07.02 / London / Underworld
08.02 / Bristol / Thekla
09.02 / Norwich / Waterfront Studio

Tickets on our homepage: https://www.slomosamusic.com/

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Order/save ‘Tundra Rock’ at this location: https://slomosa.ffm.to/tundrarock

SLOMOSA Tundra Rock Tour Remaining Dates:
05.12 Tromsø // Blårock Cafe
06.12 Trondheim // Verkstedhallen
07.12 Ålesund // T2 Bar og Scene
13.12 Bergen // USF Verftet

Slomosa are:
Benjamin Berdous – Vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – Vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – Guitar
Jard Hole – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/slomosaband
https://www.instagram.com/slomosa
https://slomosa1.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/slomosa
https://sptfy.com/4Qaf

https://www.stickman-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Stickman-Records-1522369868033940

http://www.mnrkheavy.com
http://www.facebook.com/MNRKHeavy
http://www.instagram.com/MNRK_heavy

Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

It’s a good thing Slomosa keep announcing more tour dates, since I can’t get their fucking songs out of my head anyway and it gives me an excuse to put the album on again. The Norwegian four-piece just the other day wrapped their first US tour, engaging audiences as the opener for Alkaline Trio in support of their second LP and first for MNRK Heavy/Stickman Records, Tundra Rock (review here), released last month and in my mind a clear contender for album of the year — and the next night found them hitting another stage, this time in Germany as they set out on the next European stint for October, which includes festival stops at Into the Void Leeuwarden, Up in Smoke in Switzerland and Munich’s Keep it Low.

They’ll take about a month off (as of now) after this tour ends, then pick up in November and December for more shows in Western Europe, then Norway and Sweden, and in January/February, will make their way to the UK and Ireland, continuing to cover their bases as regards territory. Eastern Europe next? More North America? South America? Australia and New Zealand? Japan? I know nothing of their plans, but if any of the above were to be announced, it’d feel like fair game for a band clearly looking to make a career of it and putting in the work to make that happen.

The dates below are out of order — I’m starting with the newest-announced tour, then doubling back for what’s happening between a couple days ago (Sept. 30) and the end of the year — but you get the idea. If you haven’t dug into Tundra Rock as yet, you might consider giving it a shot on the player at the bottom of the post. If not this time, I expect there will be still more opportunities as Slomosa keep momentum on their side going into 2025.

From social media:

Tundra Rock Tour is going into 2025! Finally returning to Ireland and N. Ireland after 3 years. And looking forward to playing Nottingham and Norwich for the first time!

31.1 / Limerick / Dolan’s Kasbah
01.2 / Belfast / Voodoo
02.02 / Dublin / The Grand Social
03.02 / Manchester / Rebellion
04.02 / Glasgow / Garage Attic
05.02 / Nottingham / Rescue Rooms
06.02 / Brighton / Green Door Store
07.02 / London / Underworld
08.02 / Bristol / Thekla
09.02 / Norwich / Waterfront Studio

Tickets on our homepage: https://www.slomosamusic.com/

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Order/save ‘Tundra Rock’ at this location: https://slomosa.ffm.to/tundrarock

SLOMOSA – Co-headlining w/ Greenleaf (Psychlona supports)
30 SEP 2024 Leipzig (DE) Werk2
01 OCT 2024 Berlin (DE) Lido
02 OCT 2024 Hamburg (DE) Gruenspan
03 OCT 2024 Köln (DE) Club Volta
04 OCT 2024 Bielefeld (DE) Forum
05 OCT 2024 Leeuwarden (NL) Into the Void
06 OCT 2024 Pratteln (CH) Up in Smoke
07 OCT 2024 Innsbruck (AT) PMK
09 OCT 2024 Wien (AT) Arena
10 OCT 2024 Zagreb (HR) Vintage Industrial Bar
11 OCT 2024 Graz (AT) PPC
12 OCT 2024 München (DE) Keep It Low

Holiday-trip to Norway anyone?

SLOMOSA Tundra Rock Tour:
01.11 Paris FR
02.11 Vallet FR
03.11 Toulouse FR
04.11 Marseille FR
05.11 Barcelona ES
06.11 Madrid ES
07.11 Portugalete ES
10.11 Kortrijk BE
15.11 Kopervik // Ovenpaa
16.11 Stavanger // Tou
21.11 Jönköping // Scenen Sofiehof Underjord
23.11 Stockholm // Debaser
28.11 Oslo // Parkteatret
29.11 Halden // Aladdin Scene Halden
30.11 Fredrikstad // Månen
05.12 Tromsø // Blårock Cafe
06.12 Trondheim // Verkstedhallen
07.12 Ålesund // T2 Bar og Scene
13.12 Bergen // USF Verftet

Slomosa are:
Benjamin Berdous – Vocals/guitar
Marie Moe – Vocals/bass
Tor Erik Bye – Guitar
Jard Hole – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/slomosaband
https://www.instagram.com/slomosa
https://slomosa1.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/slomosa
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https://www.facebook.com/Stickman-Records-1522369868033940

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Slomosa, Tundra Rock (2024)

An orange Jersey sunset and a trafficky trip over the Driscoll Bridge later, I arrived at Starland Ballroom as mentally prepared as I was going to get to pay $10 to park in the only lot within a half-mile radius. It was almost enough, but my cause was just. Norway’s Slomosa on their first US tour, supporting Alkaline Trio of all bands. Not the oddest pairing ever, but still a head scratcher from where I sit. For me at least it would be an early night. Half-hour set, so, prorated down, it was three bucks a minute for me to park at Starland Ballroom.

Counterintuitive lineups and parking lot extortion be damned; I knew I wanted to see Slomosa’s first US incursion badly enough to overcome even the most minor inconvenience. Getting to watch the band for the first time at this past summer’s Freak Valley Festival in Germany (review here), and reveling in their newly-issued second LP, Tundra Rock (review here), well, I woke up in Connecticut, marched in a parade this morning and spent the early afternoon having my innards tossed around on rides at a fair three hours north of here in Connecticut. I wanted to be here badly enough to touch I-95 on a Saturday afternoon. I could go on.

Thankfully, Slomosa did that very thing a short while after I sat my ass on the photo-pit side of the crowd barrier. Officially this was still before the actual show started, and the room was packed. It would only be more so after Slomosa played, and however familiar people were with them when they went on, by the time they were done, hands were in the air. Before they finished, rounding out with “Horses,” as they will, Benjamin Berdous shouted out a couple against the barrier who’d come down from Massachusetts to see them. That beats Connecticut. I was up in the back after taking pictures and looked to the front and, presumably, they were the ones who knew to wear masks for “Horses.”

Berdous, bassist/vocalist Marie Moe, guitarist Tor Erik Bye and drummer Jard Hole played six songs in what felt like a short set, one half of one hour. Setting out with “Afghansk Rev,” they featured “Rice” and “Monomann” from Tundra Rock and interspliced cuts from the 2020 self-titled debut (review here) that set in motion their ascendancy to the forefront of the heavy underground. As noted, “Horses” finished, but earlier on it was “Estonia” and “In My Mind’s Desert” in succession. I’ll be honest, I was a bit surprised to get neither “Cabin Fever” nor “Battling Guns,” two singles released from Tundra Rock, two weeks old at the most in terms of release date, but three and three felt like a fair split. If they only played brand new stuff, those people who drove four-plus hours south might have been bummed out. Slomosa are nothing if not crowdpleasers, if by their own dictates.

They continue to resonate potential. Seeing them play to a mostly full room that caps at 2,500 — there weren’t that many people there, but it was probably over 1,000 — not only did they win over an audience in a span of those six songs, but they did it across genre lines and on their first trip to the country. These are not minor accomplishments to consider, and if the Jersey show is at all a bellwether for how the rest of the tour has gone — they’re more than halfway through — then it’s probably been worth the trip, but what’s really incredible about it is they don’t at all seem to have peaked in craft, performance or presence on stage. Whatever they’ve done to this point, they’re still growing as a band.

It’s hard not to be excited about a relatively young band bringing it at the level they are. They’re not blindingly original in their approach, but they’re obviously doing the thing right, and the 10-year-old next to me rocking out while they played who was there to see Alkaline Trio with his dad? He neither knows nor cares that Slomosa are taking cues from a Queens of the Stone Age record that came out some untold number of years before he was born. The songs were good and people were into it. This is the rock and roll ideal, and on a given night on this tour, it doesn’t matter if Slomosa are one of the brightest hopes for the next generation of heavy rockers, adding to a genre with a refreshing perspective and material that stands on its own when set against the classics that inspired it.

Whatever their future does or doesn’t hold, however far they can push the thing and capture the enduring attention of an always-fickle listenership, Slomosa are crucial right now, and Tundra Rock sets a high standard for others in the tail end of this year. Their first US tour — I sincerely doubt it will be their last, but you never know — felt like an event to witness, however brief the actual set may have been, and I was lucky to have been there for this stop on it. They seemed to genuinely enjoy being on stage, introducing themselves to the crowd, and the manner in which they did made that joy infectious. It felt right to smile while they played, and regardless of style, potential or anything else, that makes Slomosa a special band. See them if you can, and thanks for reading.