NAPALM DEATH Guitarist Mitch Harris To Sit Out Upcoming Shows
November 5, 2014, 10 years ago
Napalm Death and Voivod will join forces at the end of January for a North American Tour, aptly titled Through Space And Grind.
Napalm Death have issued the following update: "Due to illness within his family, we would like to announce that Mitch Harris will unfortunately not be performing with us for the near future. We stress that this is not a permanent arrangement, although we are unsure exactly when Mitch will return under the circumstances.
Naturally, we sympathise and wish Mitch all the best for now. In the meantime we will be joined by guitarists who we know can grind it out in his absence. Thanks for your understanding..."
On the upcoming tour, Napalm Death's Mark "Barney" Greenway previously said: "As a celebration of both the unconventional and more straight-out methods of musical attack, I think this tour lineup really hits home. To think that 30 years ago I was marveling at the savage eccentricities of War And Pain and now I'm sharing stage / living space with Snake, Away and co... surreal, almost. From Napalm's perspective, we'll bring the overdrive to the spaciness - it's all going to rage whichever way you slice it."
Voivod's Michel "Away" Langevin states: "I am psyched to tour North America with Napalm Death, for which I always had a huge respect. We crossed paths over the years and finally we'll get to unite Voivod's spacy thrash metal with Napalm's grindcore. A perfect combination!!"
Exhumed, Iron Reagan and Black Crown Initiate will support on all dates. Special guests on select dates include Ringworm, Dayglo Abortions, Theories and Phobia.
Tour dates:
January
28 - St Petersburg, FL - State Theater*
29 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade*
30 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's*
31 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage*
February
3 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer*
4 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
5 - Ottawa, ON - Maverick's
6 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
7 - Worcester, MA - Palladium*
8 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Theater*
9 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom*
10 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's*
11 - Minneapolis, MN - Amsterdam*
12 - Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo
13 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
14 - Calgary, AB - - Republik
15 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
17 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater**
18 - Seattle, WA - Studio 7 #
19 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
20 - Oakland, CA - Metro ##
21 - Fresno, CA - Strummers ##
22 - Los Angeles, CA - House Of Blues
23 - Tempe, AZ - Club Red ##
24 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater ##
25 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall ##
26 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater ##
27 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey ##
28 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's ##
* with Ringworm
** with Dayglo Abortions
# with Theories
## with Phobia
Napalm Death recently revealed the first details for their much anticipated new, 15th studio album. The album will be entitled Apex Predator - Easy Meat, and will be released via Century Media Records on January 26th in Europe and January 27th in North America.
Vocalist Mark 'Barney' Greenway chimed in as follows in regards to the album’s title and concept: "Sometimes you have to ponder long and hard for an album title, but following the Rana Plaza disaster of last year (collapse of a textile sweatshop building in Bangladesh), it spurred me on to try and craft an expose of slave labour in the modern world (and the surrounding conditions propping it up).
Some in power like to declare that slavery is consigned to the history books. But if you look beneath the surface it is alive and well in many different forms - it just has a different face now, and exists in ways that may seem ethically ambiguous. Using the terminology of evolution particularly interests us, so in this case the 'Apex Predator' represents those who bring the slavery to bear (and capitalise from it), and the 'Easy Meat' is of therefore those who feel they have no option but to comply.
Fittingly, the music on Apex Predator - Easy Meat is punishing. We feel it's more ambient, more expansive, more unsettlingly discordant than ever, and importantly, still extremely rampant at excessive speed. We hope in every respect - both musically and lyrically - this album will make your eyes burn with the harsh sonics and harsh visions of the dumping ground of globalisation."
Some song titles already revealed are "Copulating Snakes", "Dear Slum Landlord" (aired at Roadburn 2014, video below), "What Is Past Is Prologue" and "Stunt Your Growth".
Napalm Death have recently been announced to appear at 2015’s edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise in the Caribbean (Florida / Jamaica) from January 22nd to 26th alongside bands like Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste and many more.
Tour dates:
November
8 - Chemnitz, Germany - Arena (with Hatebreed)
9 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol (with Hatebreed)
10 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof (with Hatebreed)
11 - Genf, Switzerland - Le Usine (with Hatebreed)
12 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrig (with Hatebreed, War Of Ages)
13 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix (with Hatebreed, War Of Ages)
14 - Oldenburg, Germany - Amadeus
15 - Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany - Metal Hammer Paradise
21 - Paris, France - Le Trabendo
22 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Speedfest
26 - Tokyo, Japan - Liquidroom (with Brutal Truth)
27 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro (with Brutal Truth)
28 - Nagoya, Japan - Electric Lady Land (with Brutal Truth)
30 - Tokyo, Japan - Earthdom (with Brutal Truth)
January
22-26 - Florida/Jamaica - 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise
