New Orleans extreme metal force, Goatwhore - who just released their new album Constricting Rage Of The Merciless - have confirmed a full European tour as main support for Dying Fetus. Additional support will come from Malevolence and Fallujah.

Tour dates:

November

8 - Liege, Belgium - Fonck
9 - Essen, Germany - Turock (Matinee)
10 - Frankfurt, Germany - 11er
11 - Dessau, Germany - Beatclub
12 - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory (with Cannibal Corpse)
13 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
14 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
15 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Dynamo
16 - Trier, Germany - Exhaus
17 - Brighton, England - Audio
18 - Cardiff, Wales - Clwb Ifor Bach
19 - Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
20 - Dublin, Ireland - Voodoo Lounge
21 - Manchester, England - Sound Control
22 - Wolverhampton, England - Slade Rooms
23 - London, England - Garage
24 - Paris, France - Divan Du Monde
25 - Toulouse, France - La Dynamo
26 - Santander, Spain - Escenario
27 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
28 - Madrid, Spain - Penélope
29 - Badalona, Spain - Estraperlo Club
30 - Nimes, France - Paloma

December

1 - Clermont-Ferrand, France - Le Tremplin
2 - Aarau, Switzerland - Kiff
3 - Brescia, Italy - Circolo Colony
4 - München, Germany - Backstage
5 - Budapest, Hungary - Blue Hell
6 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Gala Hala
7 - Cluj-Napoca, Romania - Flying Circus
8 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Jet Rock
9 - Brasov, Romania - Club Rockstadt
10 - Kosice, Slovakia - Collosseum
11 - Wien, Austria - Viper Room
12 - Nürnberg, Germany - Rockfabrik
13 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
14 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
16 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
18 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis
19 - Hamburg, Germany - Kaiserkeller, Große Freiheit
20 - Leer, Germany - Zollhaus

Goatwhore will celebrate the release of their mammoth Constricting Rage Of The Merciless full-length with a meet and greet next week at the world famous Grill 'Em All brick and mortar restaurant in Alhambra, California. The event will commence at 7 PM on Wednesday July 16th. Fans will get to hang with the band, hear the record in full as well as purchase a copy if they haven't already. Additionally, Grill 'Em All will add to the unholy revelry with special Constricting Rage Of The Merciless fries - Hand cut fries smothered in creole gumbo with chicken, smoked sausage, and shrimp.

On the following day in San Francisco, Goatwhore will kick off a near month-long stretch of live incursions as part of The Summer Slaughter tour alongside death metal legends Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Fallujah and more.

The band is currently slaying stages in support of Constricting Rage Of The Merciless, out now on Metal Blade Records. Heaving forth ten mutinous tracks of thick, unadulterated, subterranean metal, Constricting Rage Of The Merciless is at once predatory, epic, misanthropic and sadistic.

Constricting Rage Of The Merciless tracklisting:

"Poisonous Existence In Reawakening"
"Unraveling Paradise"
"Baring Teeth For Revolt"
"Reanimated Sacrifice"
"Heaven"s Crumbling Walls Of Pity"
"Cold Earth Consumed In Dying Flesh"
"FBS"
"Nocturnal Conjuration Of The Accursed"
"Schadenfreude"
"Externalize This Hidden Savagery"
"Schadenfreude":

"FBS" lyric video:

Constricting Rage Of The Merciless was recorded with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, FL. This is Goatwhore's fourth studio outing with Rutan at the helm, and to achieve an even more dark and powerful tone on this album, all drums, bass, and rhythm guitars were tracked to 2-inch tape.

Erik Rutan commented on the recording sessions: "Working with Goatwhore again for our 4th album together was amazing! It is through our experience and established trust and bond in the studio that allowed us to push each other to the limits, only to achieve the best performances and tones we could. This album came out so dynamic and huge, partly due to the fact that we recorded drums, bass, and main rhythm guitars to analog tape. Goatwhore has a massive sound and we all felt recording to analog would be the best way to capture it, giving it a very unique quality and feel, built off of integrity and vibe. This is our finest moment working together and the guys did an incredible job creating and performing all the songs on this record. Goatwhore fans, be prepared!"

Goatwhore are on board for the 8th annual Summer Slaughter Tour, which runs from July 17th through August 10th. It also features Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Thy Art Is Murder, Goatwhore, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Within The Ruins and Fallujah.

The tour will stop at The House of Blues in Los Angeles on July 19th and Irving Plaza in New York on August 8th with VIP ticketing currently available now for both shows (see below). Look for the complete list of tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks.

David Vincent (vocals/bass) of Morbid Angel states: "Summer Slaughter will be the ultimate, extreme music festival this year and we look forward to headlining this special touring event. It will be great to see our long-time fans and also to expose a new generation to Morbid Angel."

Ash Avildsen (founder of the Summer Slaughter tour) further states: "Eight years strong. Extreme metal lives! Thank you for keeping the tour alive. See you this Summer."

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