VREID: Norwegian Black ‘N’ Roll Legion To Return To North America

Norwegian black ‘n’ roll legion VREID will take their hell hymns to the streets this June on a North American tour alongside headliners Melechesh. Set to commence June 16 in Los Angeles, California, the long-awaited trek includes two weeks of live assaults and will come to a close in New York City on June 30th. .Additional support will come from Lightning Swords Of Death and Reign Of Lies.

VREID will be touring in support of their mammoth Welcome Farewell full-length released in North American via Indie Recordings on March 5, 2013. Commended by Decibel Magazine for “expanding their battleground, refining their attacks, and planting their flag square in the skulls of weaker genre purists,” and appropriately crowned “energetic, infectious, virulently catchy, and furiously, belligerently aggressive,” by No Clean Singing, Welcome Farewell was recorded at bassist Hváll’s own Studio 1184 and is easily the band’s most potent work to date.

Ave Noctum notes, “Welcome Farewell is one more step along a road that will help cast VREID’s legacy in the darkest stone,” Last Rites opines “VREID is more than melodeath, beyond black and roll, and forging a route to greatness. Welcome Farewell is honest and sincere, fun and adventurous, daring and disciplined…,” Joedaly.net calls Welcome Farewell, “a black metal time bomb packed with fearsome riffage, punishing grooves and masterful fretwork,” adding that the record, “effortlessly claims a spot among the best to date in 2013,” while MeatMeadMetal notes, “VREID have done it again, coming up with a great record that keeps you tied into the storyline and once again refining their style of black metal.”
 

VREID
w/ Melechesh, Lightning Swords Of Death, Reign Of Lies

6/16/2013 The Joint - Los Angeles, CA
6/17/2013 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
6/18/2013 Hawthorne - Portland, OR
6/19/2013 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
6/20/2013 TBA - Vancouver, BC
6/21/2013 Pawn Shop - Edmonton, AB
6/22/2013 The Exchange - Regina, SK
6/23/2013 TBA - Winnipeg, MB
6/24/2013 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
6/25/2013 Mojoe’s - Joliet, IL
6/27/2013 Wreck Room - Toronto, ON
6/28/2013 Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC
6/29/2013 Railroad Tavern - Keene, NH
6/30/2013 Gramercy Theater - New York, NY

Formed in 2004 following the demise of ‘’Sognametal” legends Windir and described by Metal Hammer UK as a “unique time-travel in metal,” VREID seamlessly merge the prime tenets of ‘70s rock, ‘80s classic metal and Norwegian black metal into a difficult-to-pinpoint, expertly arranged sound implosion. Notorious for their well-researched, historically-inspired lyrics, the band’s third and fourth offerings, I Krig and Milorg, were both concept albums based around the liberation work in Norway during World War II. Liberation was also the keyword on VREID’s last offering, V, but placed in a broader historical/philosophic perspective. The lyrics on Welcome Farewell describe a lifecycle through a series of short stories, seen from an existential point of view and, inspired by Hváll’s own local community with its nature, architecture and historical artists such as Arne Garborg and Otto Valstad, are more personal than ever before.

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS: Apostles Of Darkness Over The Americas Tour Begins Tomorrow

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS' thirty-date North American tour -- alongside Melechesh, Hate, Lecherous Nocturne and headliners Rotting Christ -- embarks this Wednesday, March 9th in Virginia. Dubbed the Apostles Of Darkness Over The Americas, the massive black/death tour lineup shall easily prove to be one of the most extreme metal tours of 2011 so far. Check out the tour poster, live footage and more at this location.

 

Apostles Of Darkness Over The Americas:

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS with Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Hate, Lecherous Nocturne3/09/2011 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
3/10/2011 Championship Bar & Grill - Trenton, NJ
3/11/2011 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
3/12/2011 Rocko’s - Manchester, NH
3/13/2011 The Palladium - Worcester, MA
3/14/2011 Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
3/15/2011 Petite Campus - Montreal, QC
3/16/2011 Mod Club - Toronto, ON
3/17/2011 Blondie’s - Detroit, MI
3/18/2011 Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
3/19/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club - Chicago, IL
3/20/2011 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
3/22/2011 The Republik - Calgary, AB
3/23/2011 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
3/25/2011 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
3/26/2011 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
3/27/2011 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
3/28/2011 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
3/29/2011 The Key Club - Hollywood, CA
3/30/2011 Brick by Brick - San Diego, CA
3/31/2011 U.B’s Bar - Mesa, AZ
4/01/2011 The War Legion Underground - Amarillo, TX
4/02/2011 The Marquee - Tulsa, OK
4/03/2011 Rail Club - Ft. Worth, TX
4/04/2011 Emo’s - Austin, TX
4/05/2011 Walter’s - Houston, TX
4/07/2011 Brass Mug - Tampa, FL
4/08/2011 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
4/09/2011 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
4/10/2011 The Casbah - Charlotte, NC

 

Interviews with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS are available at all shows of the tour upon request; send your requests to Earsplit right away to schedule any kind of live or advance coverage with the band.

 

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS' latest album In The Absence Of Light was released in September via Candlelight. Recorded at Conquistador Studios in Cleveland and mixed by Peter Tagtgren (Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Celtic Frost) at Black Lounge Studios in Sweden, the album presents founder/vocalist/guitarist Sorceron with new guitarist Ian Jekelis and drummer Ken Bedene. The album’s eight songs, written exclusively by Sorceron, contain far more urgency then the band’s previous material, cutting down on snyth and keyboards without depleting their crushing atmospheric capabilities, while adding a more brutal, sinister edge to their attack.

 "...gothic, Scandinavian-goosed and slickly-produced black metal... Uncle Sam's answer to Dimmu Borgir." - Decibel

"...robust and vicious black metal compositions infused with an abundance of melodicism and harmony - not unlike early Dissection and Dimmu Borgir. 9/10" - Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

"Whether the band are playing at breakneck speed or reducing to a slower sonic atmospheric soundstage, the band never fails to impress, including some rather excellent melodic guitar breaks. 4.5/5" - Sea of Tranquility

"...a guitar-driven symphonic/melodic black metal attack unlike any other band in North America has ever done before. 90/100" - Infernal Masquerade

"...one of the best black metal albums I've heard in a long time. 93/100" - Metal Reviews

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