Austrian bashers BELPHEGOR have been confirmed to play the 11th edition of the Brutal Assault Festival, scheduled for August 10th - 12th in Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague), Czech Republic. Other bans on the bill include ADOR DORATH, AMORPHIS, ARSEBREED, BIRDFLESH, BORN FROM PAIN, CARNIVAL IN COAL, CENOTAPH, CEREBRAL TURBULENCY, COLP, CRASHPOINT, DEADBORN, DEPRESY, DESTRUCTION, DIMMU BORGIR, DISAVOWED, EPHEL DUATH, FEAR FACTORY, FLESHGORE, GALADRIEL, GOJIRA, GOREFEST, GORGOROTH, ILLIDIANCE, MAYHEM, MNEMIC, MORBID ANGEL, MORTIFILIA, MOURNING BELOVETH, NAPALM DEATH, NEGLECTED FIELDS, NEGLIGENT COLLATERAL COLLAPSE, OBSCURA, THE OCEAN, ONSLAUGHT, OPHIOLATRY, ORPHANED LAND, RASTA, RITES OF UNDEATH, ROOT, ROTTEN SOUND, SACRAMENTAL BLOOD, SANATORIUM, SEVERE TORTURE, SICK OF IT ALL, SKINLESS, SKYFORGER, SOLFERNUS, SPAWN OF POSSESSION, TEXTURES, TISÍC LET OD RÁJE, TROLLECH, VADER.

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As previously reported, Lille Gruber of DEFEATED SANITY has announced that he will be filling in on drums for Belphegor on the band's upcoming North American tour with UNLEASHED and KRISIUN.

The schedule has been updated as follows:

January

28 - Halifax, NS at The Speakeasy
29 - Moncton, NB at The Manhattan
30 - Rimouski, QC at Le Cactus
31 - Jonquiere, QC at Café Theatre Cote-Cour

February

1 - Quebec City, QC at L’Anti
2 - Sherbrooke, QC at Bar Le Megog
3 - Trola Riviera, QC at LeMequisart
4 - Sudbury, ON at Jubilee Centre
5 - Ottawa, ON at Rainbow Bistro
7 - Bedford, NH at Mark's Place
8 - New York, NY at B.B. King Blues Club
9 - Poughkeepsie, NY at The Chance
10 - Cleveland, OH at Peabody's
11 - Mokena, IL at The Pearl Room
12 - St. Paul, MN at Station 4
15 - Seattle, WA at Studio Seven
16 - Portland, OR at Roseland
17 - San Francisco, CA at The Pound
18 - Los Angeles, CA at Key Club
19 - Santa Ana, CA at The Galaxy Theater
20 - Tempe, AZ at The Clubhouse
21 - Albuquerque, NM at Launch Pad
22 - El Paso, TX at Texas Avenue Live
23 - San Antonio, TX at Sanctuary
24 - Ft. Worth, TX at Ridglea Theater
25 - Houston, TX at Java Jazz
27 - Ft Lauderdale, FL at Culture Room
28 - Winter Park, FL at The Haven

March

1 - Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade
2 - Springfield, VA at Jaxx
3 - Hartford, CT at The Webster Theater
4 - Montreal, QC at Fou Founes Electriques
5 - Toronto, ON at The Opera House

(January 28th-February 5th - only Belphegor and Krisiun)