Norwegian doomsters SYRACH have checked in with the following recap from the first leg of their European tour. They are out supporting their new album, A Dark Burial, released in July via Napalm Records.

"Now we have returned home from the first part of our European tour. I have to say it was a very interesting and exhausting experience. For starters, we didn't have a complete line-up before the week before departure. This was a bit stressful, but thanx to a certain mister Cato Eikeland from the band MELLOMGASS, we had a complete touring line up, and rehearsals could begin. With Andrea 'Berg' coming all the way from Italy to join the band right before the tour, rehearsals got quite intense...

So it was with some sceptism we sat sails for europe, and as we came to Leipzig some of the members had been drinking heavily for the last few hours.... but when we hit the stage, I think all sceptism was blown away. We did a quite decent show, especially when thinking that we only had 4 rehearsals together.

After Leipzig we had an overnight drive (13hrs) to Olsztyn in poland. Here one of our guitar heads broke down, but luckily the guys from the awsome band MESSA, let us borrow one of theirs. THANX! In Poland we even got a few guest apperances from the audience, during our encore. We had one extra guitarist and one extra bass player on stage, pretending to play on our back-up gear. Also the organizer did the vocal parts, as Ripper stood in the audience taking pictures of this rather unexpected event. Hopefully some pictures of this will be posted later... :-)

In Uster, switzerland, we had the honour to meet the guys from EXCRUCIATION. They opened the show for us, with a really great performance, but due to the local football team taking on Real Madrid in the Champions League, the attendance was quite poor. But the shows were great and we had a really great time (again)!

Freiburg, and MY WAY was a new aquaintance for us. Here we had a really great time, and gave a more than decent show to the attending crowd. we will honour once again our great support band ANCHON. They did a great show, and we had a great time in the beautiful city! Also, I got a tattoo after the show, at Silverskull Tattoo. Thanx a lot, thomas! hopefully we'll be back sometime!"

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In other news, Syrach have been confirmed as support on TROUBLE's upcoming European tour with PENTAGRAM. Dates are as follows:

September

30 - Knaack Club - Berlin, Germany

October

1 - The Rock - Copenhagen, Denmark
2 - Markthalle - Hamburg, Germany
3 - Turock - Essen, Germany
4 - Glazart - Paris, France
5 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
7 - Diesel Club - Budapest, Hungary
8 - Masters Of Rock - Zlin, Czech Republic
9 - Rosenkeller w - Jena, Germany
10 - Falkendom - Bielefeld, Germany
11 - Nachtleben - Frankfurt, Germany
12 - Club O13 - Tilburg, Netherlands
13 - Kultuzentrum - Hanover, Germany
14 - Underworld - London, England