TOURISM: GWAR, WHITECHAPEL, IRON REAGAN, A BAND OF ORCS, KATATONIA, CULT OF LUNA, INTRONAUT, TESSERACT, ORGAN DONOR, COFFIN DUST

Collected here is news about three new tours that surfaced yesterday.

MADNESS AT THE CORE OF TIME TOUR

GWAR is the headliner of this tour, and the rest of the line-up consists of Whitechapel, Iron Reagan, and A Band of Orcs. It’s tough to find a unifying theme for the selection of these bands, other than the fact that the line-up is book-ended by inhuman creatures. But I’ve found that some of the best shows are those in which the combination of bands makes you scratch your head. One band might pull you in, and you might then discover another band you like.

In this case, Whitechapel have kicked my ass every time I’ve seen them and I’m also interested in seeing Iron Reagan and A Band of Orcs (HAIL GZOROTH!). I’ve never gotten into GWAR, though I can’t say I’ve ever given them much of a chance. Maybe that will be my new discovery on this tour. Here’s the schedule:

10/02: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/03: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
10/04: Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose Tap House
10/05: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/06: Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre
10/07: Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Events Centre
10/08: Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
10/09: Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
10/11: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
10/12: Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
10/13: Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
10/14: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
10/15: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
10/16: Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre
10/17: Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
10/18: West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
10/19: Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
10/20: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
10/22: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10/24: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
10/26: Austin, TX @ Emo’s (Housecore Horror Film Fest)*
10/28: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
10/29: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
10/30: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10/31: Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
11/01: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
11/02: Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
11/04: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/05: Ybor City, FL @ The Ritz Ybor
11/07: Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
11/08: Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
11/09: Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
11/10: Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
11/12: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/13: Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
11/14: Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
11/15: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

 

UNCROWNED AND VERTIKAL TOUR

Katatonia is the headliner of this tour, and the rest of the line-up consists of Cult of Luna, Intronaut, and TesseracT. I haven’t seen an official announcement yet, and so the schedule that has surfaced isn’t complete, but here’s what’s out there now:

UPDATE: The tour has now been officially confirmed, but it still appears that the following dates will be expanded later.

09/23 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
09/24 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
09/25 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
09/26 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s
09/27 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
09/28 Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
09/30 West Springfield, VA – Empire
10/01 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
10/02 Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge
10/04 Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall
10/06 Los Angeles, CA – The El Rey
10/07 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

(via The PRP)

 

ORGAN DONOR AND COFFIN DUST SUMMER TOUR

This tour doesn’t have the big names or the geographic breadth of the ones discussed above, and perhaps most importantly I can’t attend any of the shows, but I’m including it here anyway because it involves two bands whose music I’ve really been getting into.

Organ Donor are from Richmond, Virginia, and the line-up includes members of Bastard Sapling, Volture, Parasytic, and Battlemaster. They released a demo last year and also have a debut album on the way via Forcefield Records.

Coffin Dust are from Philadelphia, and their latest release is a 2011 EP named Ancient Rites of Buried Evil.

I’ve embedded music from both bands below the tour schedule; both releases featured there are pay-what-you-want downloads at Bandcamp..

7/31- Philadelphia, PA @ Millcreek Tavern
8/1 – New Brunswick, NJ @ Paradise Lost
8/2 – Hartford, CT @ Whitney House
8/3 – Worcester, MA @ Ralph’s
8/4 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron
8/5 – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
8/6 – Lexington, KY @ The Side Car
8/7 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
8/8 – Raleigh, NC @ The Maywood
8/9 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter