Three cult labels, and four phenomenal bands come together in 2014 to present a tour that should be one of the most anticipated live prosects of the year for lovers of heavy music...today it comes with real pleasure to make official the news of a Church Of Ra tour in 2014.
AMENRA, TREHA SEKTORI, OATHBREAKER and HESSIAN shall take to the road in April touring across Europe, starting and ending in France. Thanks to Neurot Recordings, Southern Lord and Deathwish Inc and a host of other sponsors.
Here's what AMENRA had to say about the tour...
"Friendship above all pushed us towards this moment in time. Now we'll travel the european roads together, to celebrate and share what we hold dearest in life. Life itself and our love for music. Together, we'll step out of the darkness and into the light." - CHVE
As well as promoting their Neurot Recordings release, Mass V, AMENRA have just remastered and re-released Mass III and Mass IIII on LP and CD formats, so head on over to the following website to obtain and find out more: http://www.hypertensionrecords.com/store. Furthermore, they have decided to release a limited amount of live DVDs as a gesture towards their listeners and audiences worldwide, without whom they acknowledge, "we would be nothing more than a grain of salt in life's sea of tears". These are the live DVDs available; live at fortarock NL, live at AB brussels BE and live at de kreun, kortrijk BE. Colin H.Van Eeckhout took the time to record this remarkably personal interview for De Kreun's 'On Stage With' - it is both deeply moving and very revealing, we urge everyone to watch it:
Earlier this year, Hessian released their debut album Manégarmr through Southern Lord which was very well received indeed. The combined musical backgrounds of guitarist Levy Seynaeve (Amenra), drummer Tim Bryon (The Black Heart Rebellion), vocalist Bram Coussement and bass player Kenneth Vanhoutte fell effortlessly into place, pushing a sound that was at once pummeling, devouring and empowering. Named after the wolf which, in Norwegian mythology, devours the sun every night, Manégarmr focuses both sonically and lyrically on the endless cycles of destruction that are imminent to this life and the world in which we live. From the soaring take-off of “Ascension,” via the treacherous calm of central pieces “Vāmācāra” and “Father of Greed,” to the merciless onslaught that is “Mother of Time.” With towering guitars, frenzied drum patterns and savage vocals that sound like the howl of the lone wolf, Manègarmr is a furious blizzard of blackened metal, violently crashing into a maelstrom of ultra-metallic dark hardcore. Mixed by the infamous Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Unleashed, Dismember) at Sunlight Studios in Sweden and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, High on Fire, Nails), Manègarmr ultimately takes the listener on a journey that is at once haunting, draining and exhilarating.
APRIL 2014 TOUR DATES:
Fri 11th FRANCE - Rouen, 106 Club
Sat 12th GERMANY - Karlsruhe, Dudefest
Sun 13th FRANCE - Paris, La Maroquinerie
Mon 14th FRANCE - Poitiers, Confort Moderne
Tue 15th FRANCE - Toulouse, La Dynamo
Wed 16th SPAIN- Bilbao, Sonora
Thu 17th PORTUGAL - Porto, Hard Club
Fri 18th SPAIN - Madrid, Shoko
Sat 19th SPAIN - Barcelona, Razz 3
Sun 20th FRANCE - Belfort, Impetus Festival
Mon 21st AUSTRIA - Innsbruck, P.M.K
Tue 22nd AUSTRIA - Linz, Posthof
Wed 23rd GERMANY - Berlin, Lido
Thu 24th POLAND - Warsaw, Proxima
Fri 25th GERMANY - Leipzig, UT Connewitz
Sat 26th FRANCE - Metz, Young Team Festival
