Norwegian progressive Rock group LEPROUS are starting out their first tour across North America for their latest and much-acclaimed album “Malina” today with a sold-out show in Chicago.
LEPROUS will be supporting none other than Between The Buried And Me and The Dear Hunter on a comprehensive tour across the US, for which the band comments: “It’s exciting times ahead for LEPROUS. 5 weeks of touring with our friends in Between The Buried And Me and The Dear Hunter are starting today, and there are several great festivals shows ahead as well as more live shows in the planning for the fall. New material has also slowly but surely started its process!”
Here is a list of the exact tour dates as well as other upcoming shows (newly confirmed additions marked *) for LEPROUS in 2018:
Between The Buried And Me, The Dear Hunter & LEPROUS – North American Tour:
Fri. 03.02.2018 Chicago, IL (USA) – House of Blues (Sold out!)
Sat. 03.03.2018 Minneapolis, MN (USA) – First Avenue
Mon. 03.05.2018 Denver, CO (USA) – Ogden Theatre
Tue. 03.06.2018 Salt Lake City, UT (USA) – The Complex
Thu. 03.08.2018 Seattle, WA (USA) – Showbox
Fri. 03.09.2018 Portland, OR (USA) – Wonder Ballroom
Sat. 03.10.2018 San Francisco, CA (USA) – The Regency Ballroom
Sun. 03.11.2018 Anaheim, CA (USA) – House of Blues
Tue. 03.13.2018 Los Angeles, CA (USA) – Belasco Theater
Thu. 03.15.2018 Las Vegas, NV (USA) – House of Blues
Directed by John Mark
Choreography John Mark
Director of Photographer Aleutian Calabay
Assistant Camera Ezequiel Prado
Hair & Make-up Jay’d Hagberg, Tanner Stork
Production Assistant Tyler Shaw, Michael Jemison
Dancers Taylor Collier, Nick Jordan, Albert Conteh, Sarah Davis, Christopher Patino, John Mark
Special thanks to Chris McDuffie, Lisa Garelick, Daniel Sandshaw, Stephanie Vaughan, and Mette Towley
Legendary US progressive rockers Spock’s Beard have announced the release of their 13th studio album ‘Noise Floor’ for 25th May 2018. As announced previously, for this album Ted Leonard, Alan Morse, Dave Meros & Ryo Okumoto are joined in the studio once again by drummer & original member Nick D’Virgilio, who records his first album with the band since 2010’s ‘X’.
Spock’s Beard is a band who are in a continual state of evolution, as is always the case with genuinely creative musicians. And their new album, ‘Noise Floor’, fits perfectly into this process.
“We are always about evolution, not revolution. But what we have done this time is make the songs more melodic,” believes vocalist/guitarist Ted Leonard. “We still love our crazy prog, but now appreciate how important it is to grab people’s attention early on.”
As with all Spock’s Beard songs, most of the new album was written by the individual members, and then brought to the rest of the band as high-quality demos. “We all do this type of thing in our home studios,” adds Leonard. “So, by the time they reach the stage where the entire band gets to judge them, they are really developed, and therefore everyone can make a reasoned judgment.”
Much of what you will listen to here is very much the product of fresh inspiration from the Californian band.
One key change on this album sees the return of drummer Nick D’Virgilio, who originally left in 2011. There are also two violinists, a cello player, a viola player and an English horn featured on the album, thereby giving the sound a slightly more evocative and persuasive twist.
The album was once again engineered by long-time collaborator Rich Mouser and will be released as a 2CD digipak (featuring an EP of material from the same sessions), gatefold 2LP + 2CD & as a digital download.
The track-listing is as follows:
Disc 1 – Noise Floor
1. To Breathe Another Day
2. What’s Become of Me
3. Somebody’s Home
4. Have We All Gone Crazy
5. So This Is Life
6. One So Wise
7. Box of Spiders
8. Beginnings
North America’s Premier Prog Festival The Rites of Spring Festival in Gettysburg, PA is proud to feature 11 great bands over 3 days in the first weekend of May 2018.
RoSfest tickets on sale today at 12:00 noon. Three Day Pass: $236.00
TesseracT, a band that sit outside the bounds of any genre specificity, pioneers of the ever-evolving progressive metal scene and unstoppable force of off-kilter riffs, soaring melodies and disorientating atmospherics release their fourth studio album Sonder on April 20th, 2018 through Kscope.
Sonderadds significant firepower to the band’s arsenal, blending the harsh abrasiveness of One (2011) and progressive ethereal elements of Altered State (2013) with the accessibility of Polaris (2015). Sonder is streamlined, honest and direct with all the trademark TesseracT dreamy atmospherics and bending grooves. Sonder was recorded in the UK at 4D Sounds, Celestial Sounds and Project Studios, engineered by the band and Aiden O’Brien with mastering by Acle Kahney, and cover artwork designed by Amos Williams.
Listen to the new single “Luminary” HERE, described by vocalist Daniel Tompkins as “Conceptually exploring a deep and devouring sense of insignificance, which ties into the overall theme and meaning behind ‘Sonder’”. Also featured is an extended and re-worked version of last summer’s single “Smile”.
Sonder will be released on CD / 2CD – featuring binaural album bonus disc / black LP / Crystal Clear vinyl LP / picture disc and digitally (with digital album pre-order receiving “Luminary” as an instant download) and is available to pre order HERE / Digital
For audiophiles, TesseracT have produced a binaural version which will be available exclusively as part of the 2CD version, this version is a 360-listening experience designed by Klang: Fabrik for headphones listening Amos Williams explains more “the concept is to push past the restrictions of a stereo headphone mix and create an accurate ‘3D’ space in which positioning outside of the normal Left Right axis can occur. This is something that every artist that uses in ear monitors on stage wishes to recreate; the real and accurate positioning of instruments. We immediately felt that this technology could be applicable to us in the studio. TesseracT loves to bring what it does in the studio to the stage, but this time it’s experimenting with bringing a live element to the studio.”
Building on their phenomenal success with worldwide tours in support of Polaris over the last two years, as both headliners and as special guests for the likes of Megadeth, Meshuggah, DevinTownsend Project and Gojira, TesseracT area gearing up to take Sonder to worldwide audiences beginning in North America in April. On this tour they will be supported by Plini and Astronoid with the first show in Boston on 19th April and the tour culminating at New York’s Irving Plaza on 24th May. “North America is where TesseracT first took off and is always the leg of the album cycle that holds the most sentiment to me. There are a lot of good memories made and good friends discovered along those long and bumpy roads. This time we’re lucky enough to share the road with two boundary pushing bands: Astronoid, a wall of euphoric noise who have a bright and noisy future ahead of them. And Plini, with his genre defying effortless virtuosity. It’s going to be a fun tour for us, especially as we’ve got a bunch of new tunes to add to the set!” Amos Williams.
European summer festivals have already been announced, followed by a headline tour of UK & European and Australia – details will be announced in the coming months
08/06/18 – UK, Donington, Download Festival (headlining the Dogtooth Stage)
22-24/06/18 – BE, Dessel, Graspop Festival
22-24/06/18 – FR – Clisson – Hellfest
28-30/06/18 – ESP, Madrid, Caja Magica, Download Festival
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