HIGH ON FIRE Begin Work On New Album; Touring Europe This Summer
May 28, 2014, 10 years ago
High On Fire have begin work on their new, as-yet-untitled studio album. The group - guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz - have convened for strategic writing sessions in both New Orleans, LA and Oakland with early reports indicating the band's new material to be both "epic" and "sonically huge". A winter 2015 tentative release date via Century Media Records (Europe/UK) and eOne (North America) is expected for the new LP, the follow-up to 2012's De Vermis Mysteriis.
“Des, Jeff and I are really getting creative and writing a hell of a new record," states Pike. "It's a crazy project and I can't really explain what it's all about just yet, but we've been writing a lot of crazy intense material that will up the ante, and bring things to another level."
"Everyone is asking what the new High on Fire music sounds like," adds Kensel. "Chew on some mescaline and listen to side B of Sabbath's "Master of Reality" backwards at 78 RPM and it might give you an idea."In addition to constructing the new album, High On Fire has announced a handful of upcoming US live dates as well as an Australian headlining tour and a European headlining trek. The Land of Oz trek will launch on July 16th in Brisbane and the Euro jaunt will kick off on July 23rd in Hamburg, Germany and run through August 9th in London, England.
Tour dates:
July
23 - Logo - Hamburg, Germany24 - Tilburg - The Netherlands
25 - Underground - Köln, Germany
26 - Milhões de Festa - Barcelos, Portgual
28 - Slakthuset - Stockholm, Sweden
29 - Bla - Oslo, Norway
30 - Truckstop Alaska - Gothenburg, Sweden
31 - Resurrection Festival - Viveiro, Spain
August
1 - Glazart - Paris, France2 - Roadkill - Waarschoot, Belgium
3 - KB 18 - Copenhagen, Denmark
4 - Babel - Malmö, Sweden
5 - Magnet - Berlin, Germany
6 - Brutal Assault Festival - Prague, Czech Republic
7 - Kellerclub - Stuttgart, Germany
8 - Jalometalli Festival - Oulu, Finland
9 - Underworld - London, UK
