British metallers Conan announced a headlining North American tour with support by Samothrace and Mantar. Dates are below. They are supporting their second album Blood Eagle, released last March via Napalm Records. Stream “Foehammer” below.
Conan North American Tour Dates:
May 06: The Earl – Atlanta, GA (With Mantar)
May 07: Siberia – New Orleans, LA (With Mantar)
May 08: The Lost Well – Austin, TX (With Mantar)
May 11: Marquis Theater – Denver, CO (With Samothrace & Mantar)
May 14: Oakland Opera House – Oakland, CA (With Samothrace & Mantar)
May 15: The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
May 16: 51 West – Tempe, AZ (With Samothrace & Mantar)
May 18: The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK (With Samothrace & Mantar)
May 21: Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD (With Mantar)
May 22: Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY (With Mantar)
May 23: Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA (With Samothrace & Mantar)
As much as the underground music fan loves a battle-tested road dog band, don’t let anyone fool you: touring isn’t glamorous, and at times not fun. If it wasn’t for the love of music, why else would people do it? This never more true than for your crusty, blackened metal miscreant bands such as Mutilation Rites. Playing 27 dates over five weeks,crisscrossing the country to do it in a van ain’t exactly for the weak. The only stop of any length is for South By Southwest, which is its own little nightmare in and of itself. On the road supporting last summer’s excellent release Harbinger (Prosthetic Records), Mutilation Rites just finished a tour of Europe and has more gigs in the offing. Joined on the tour by the crushing German duo Mantar, enjoying their first time on tour in the USA, this has to be one of the cooler, truer tours of the early going in 2015. Catching both bands in the intimate 51 West venue in Phoenix AZ, photographer Julian Thompson glimpsed the bands both chilling out before the show, and boiling over live.
Northern German two piece monster Mantar is releasing their debut album Death By Burning on May 19, 2015 via Brutal Panda Records. The LP versions will include a full download of Death By Burning along with an exclusive 8 track live set from the band’s German St. Pauli Sessions. Footage from those sessions can be viewed below.
Recorded in 2013 and titled Death By Burning, the album was originally released to immense critical acclaim in Europe in 2014 by Svart Records, and is a raw, self-produced, and 100% DIY display of power. Managing to sound even heavier than most five-piece bands, in spite of the fact that no bass guitar was used on the record, Death by Burning channels early Melvins, Motorhead, and Darkthrone, to deliver a deliciously evil blend of blackened punk. A music video for the song “March of the Crows” can be viewed below.
The half-German/half-Turkish duo, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Hanno Klaenhardt and drummer Erinc Sakarya, are currently on their first US tour with American black metallers Mutilation Rites.
Mantar Tour Dates:
Mar 15: The Sandbox – El Paso, TX (with Mutilation Rites)
Mar 16: The Korova – San Antonio, TX (with Mutilation Rites)
Mar 18: Club Metropolis – Austin, TX (SXSW Heavy Metal Pool Party)
Mar 19: Dirty Dog Bar – Austin, TX (Metal Injection Showcase) (with Veil Of Maya, Cancer Bats, KEN Mode, Full of Hell & more)
Mar 21: Yellow Jacket Social Club – Austin, TX (Rock Of Ages Tattooing Party)( with Goatsnake, Eagle Twin, Coliseum and more)
Mar 23: Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA (with Mutilation Rites)
Mar 24: Pug’s Live – Tallahassee, FL (with Mutilation Rites)
Mar 25: Local 662 – St. Petersburg, FL (with Mutilation Rites)
Mar 26: Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL (with Mutilation Rites)
Mar 27: Hourglass Brewery – Orlando, FL (with Mutilation Rites)
May 21: Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD
Miami hallucinatory metal collective Orbweaver has recruited Nick Augusto (ex-Trivium/Maruta) as their new drummer. Currently immersed in the pre-production stages of their next album, tentatively titled Hexagram 23, at Shadowlit Studios, Augusto’s authoritative drum style and sense of musical adventure adds a new creative dimension to Orbweaver’s already eclectic brand of pummel.
Comments Augusto of uniting with band,
“I’m happy to have been asked to be a part Orbweaver. We have all played shows with each other’s bands in the past and have been friends in this scene for quite some time now. I’ve jammed with [guitarist/vocalist] Randy [Piro] before, so the timing was right when we got a hold of each other to join forces and write new material. Looking forward to what this new CD and the future holds for Orbweaver!”
The band has these upcoming shows booked:
Mar 26: Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL (w /Mutilation Rites,Mantar)
Apr 03: Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL (w/ Insatanity, Koroidia)
May 08: Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL (w/ Cave Of Swimmers (CD release), Cave Of Swimmers)
The Greenfield Festival 2015 has been confirmed for June 11-13, 2015 at Flugplatz in Interlaken, Switzerland. The lineup for this year’s edition has been confirmed and includes the following:
SLIPKNOT
MOTÖRHEAD
IN FLAMES
LAMB OF GOD
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
A DAY TO REMEMBER
AIRBOURNE
GODSMACK
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
MILLENCOLIN
DANKO JONES
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
POWER WOLF
ALL TIME LOW
BACKYARD BABIES
LAGWAGON
YELLOWCARD
ARCHITECTS
EVERY TIME I DIE
DARKEST HOUR
TRUCK FIGHTERS
BURY TOMORROW
DEFEATER
THE SWORD
THE ANSWER
EAST CAMERON FOLK CORE
SKINNY LISTER
MANTAR
NORTHLANE
