Following the news that they've been forced to cancel their upcoming Brazilian dates, EXHUMED mainman Matt Harvey "has managed to stop wallowing in self-pity long enough to post a new blog," according to a band update. "There's a bunch of stuff about our road plans, his usual charming repartee, and a couple of old live shows you can download audio from, if you're a glutton for punishment."

Check out an excerpt below:

"I'm a firm believer that there are certain criteria you have to fulfill to be in an actual band - and one of the most important is that you have to play shows. That's what bands do: they write songs, they rehearse, they record, and they play shows. If you don't play shows, you're a 'project', not a band. Sorry, but that's just the way it is. Our current logistical situation, with myself and affable sticksman Mike Hamilton in the San Luis Obispo area, six-stringer and beer repository Wes Caley in Arizona, and bassist / vocalist / perpetual brunt of height-related jokes Rob Babcock in Orange County California, you can probably guess that we don't fulfill the 'rehearsing' criteria I mentioned above too often. That said, we do play a lot of shows. Last year, we played 88 shows in sixteen countries, and we didn't get started until April. In case you live in Europe or North America and somehow missed us, don't worry, because 2012 looks to be just as intense."

Read more here.

Exhumed will kick off the 16-date Grind Over Europe Tour with ROTTEN SOUND and MAGRUDERGRIND on February 24th, then join ANAAL NATHRAKH for a short run of UK dates. From there, the band will take their audio menace stateside for a handful of headlining shows before jumping on a near month-long bout of US dates with death metal icons CANNIBAL CORPSE. Joined by labelmates ABYSMAL DAWN and ARKAIK, the live rituals will commence on April 5th in Jacksonville, Florida and include an appearance at the The Cincinnati Metal Fest on April 14th as well as a special show on April 28th, where the brutal caravan will merge with the tour featuring BEHEMOTH, WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD and IN SOLITUDE.

Tour dates:

February (with Rotten Sound, Magrudergrind)

24 - Estraperlo Club – Barcelona, Spain
25 - TBA - Spain
26 - Sala Jala Jala – Almería, Spain
27 - Revolver Bar – Lisbon, Portugal
28 - Hard Club – Porto, Portugal
29 - Sala Heaven – Santander, Spain

March (with Rotten Sound, Magrudergrind)

1 - Salle Des Fêtes De Labège – Toulouse, France
2 - Kulturwerk 118 – Sursee, Switzerland
3 - Les Caves Du Manoir – Martigny, Switzerland
4 - Lo Fi Club – Milano, Italy
5 - Mochvara – Zagreb, Croatia
6 - Dürer Kert – Budapest, Hungary
7 - Euphoria Music Hall – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
8 - Nova Pekaren – Nitra, Slovakia
9 - Black Pes – Prague, Czech Rep
10 - Barrak Music Club – Ostrava, Czech Rep

March (with Anaal Nathrakh)

18 - Fleece – Bristol, UK
19 - Bogiez – Cardiff, UK
20 - Voodoo - Belfast, UK*
21 - The Pint - Dublin, Ireland *
22 - Moho - Manchester, UK
23 - The Garage - London, UK

* - No Anaal Nathrakh

March (headline dates with Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik)

30 - The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
31 - El Rey Theater - Albuquerque, NM

April (headline dates with Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik)

2 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
3 - Siberia - New Orleans, LA
4 - C-Level - Panama City, FL

April (with Cannibal Corpse, Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik)

5 - Freebird Live - Jacksonville, FL
6 - The Soapbox - Wilmington, NC
7 - Lincoln Theater - Raleigh, NC
8 - V Club Live - Huntington, WV
9 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
10 - The Canal Club - Richmond, VA
12 - Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT
13 - The Club At Water Street - Rochester, NY
14 - The Cincinnati Metal Fest at Bogart’s - Cincinnati, OH
15 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
16 - People’s Court - Des Moines, IA
17 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE
19 - The Scene-ary - Wichita, KS
20 - The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO
21 - Mesa Theater & Club - Grand Junction, CO
22 - Top Deck - Farmington, NM
23 - The Rock -Tucson, AZ
24 - Tricky Falls - El Paso, TX
25 - Jake’s - Lubbock, TX
27 - The Blue Note - Columbia, MO
28 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
29 - Newby’s - Memphis, TN
30 - Exit In - Nashville, TN

May (with Cannibal Corpse, Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik)

1 - Zydeco - Birmingham, AL
3 - Double Down - Gainesville, FL