SAMAEL Comment On Upcoming US Tour
March 19, 2008, 16 years ago
SAMAEL have announce their first US tour in nearly five years in support of their latest Solar Soul release. The band will be making the trek with headliners/labelmates AMORPHIS as well as LEAVES EYES and VIRGIN BLACK. Co-founder, Xy, had this to say about Samael's return to North America shores:
“We haven’t played in the US since our last tour for Eternal back in 2003. It has been far too long and the wait is over! We are happy to announce we'll be back in September to present material from not one but two albums, namely Reign Of Light and Solar Soul, as well as songs off our other records. We're excited about this tour and are looking forward to connecting with our American audience once again!”The complete schedule is as follows:
September
27 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall28 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
29 - New York City, NY - BB Kings
30 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theater
October
1 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Theater2 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
3 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
4 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
5 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
6 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
7 - St Paul, MN - Station 4
9 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy Concert House
10 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
11 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
12 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
13 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
14 - Phoenix, AZ - Brickhouse
16 - Ft Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
17 - San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar
18 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
Tickets will go on sale today exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until April 23, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.
Samael's eighth album, Solar Soul, was released in June 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records.
A video clip from the Solar Soul track 'Slavocracy' can be viewed below:
