WEEDEATER verkünden eine Handvoll Termine für ihre Europatour, welche im März 2015 stattfinden wird. Darüber hinaus gibt die US-amerkanische Sludge/Doom-Walze bekannt, dass ihr sehnlichst erwartetes neues Album fix und fertig aufgenommen wurde und darauf wartet auf die Menschheit losgelassen zu werden. Wieder einmal hat Steve Albini seine goldenen Hände an den Sound der Band angelegt, womit einem fulminanten Album-Debüt auf Season Of Mist nichts im Wege stehen dürfte – alle Zweifel wird der Dreier wie gewohnt mit bollernden Bass-Lines und vergrasten Hymnen aus dem Weg räumen!
Nachdem die ersten beiden Alben 'Sixteen Tons' und '...And Justice for Y'all' erst vor kurzem auf Season Of Mist wiederveröffentlicht worden sind, folgt am 26. Januar 2015 noch die Neuauflage von 'God Luck and Good Speed' und am 23. Februar von 'Jason... The Dragon'. Vorbestellungen können hier getätigt werden.
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WEEDEATER have announced a string of Western European tour-dates in March 2015. The notorious sludge outfit will kick off their road trip at the Kavka, in Antwerpen, Belgium on March 6th and continues to steam through five more countries until a final hit on the Burgerweeshuis in Deventer, Netherlands on the 15th of March. A full list of confirmed dates can be viewed below.
06 Mar 15 Antwerpen (BE) Kavka
07 Mar 15 Manchester (UK) Sound Control
08 Mar 15 London (UK) Underworld
09 Mar 15 Lille (FR) Aeronef
10 Mar 15 Paris (FR) Glazart
11 Mar 15 Geneva (CH) Usine
12 Mar 15 Bologna (IT) Freak Out
13 Mar 15 Stuttgart (DE) Juha West
14 Mar 15 Siegen (DE) Vortex Surfer
15 Mar 15 Deventer (NL) Burgerweeshuis
On further news, WEEDEATER have already announced the re-release of their 2007 album 'God Luck and Good Speed' on January 26th, 2015. The album is streaming here and is already available for pre-order via the Season of Mist shop. Artwork and tracklist of 'God Luck and Good Speed' are shown below.
1. God Luck and Good Speed
2. Wizard Fight
3. For Evan's Sake
4. Alone
5. $20 Peanut
6. It Is What It Is
7. Gimme Back My Bullets (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
8. Weed Monkey
9. Willow
The release date for the reissue of WEEDEATER's following album 'Jason... The Dragon' (originally released in 2011) has now been scheduled to the 23rd of February 2015. Pre-sale will begin on the 7th of January.
Furthermore the North Carolina-based band have finished recording their eagerly awaited new full-length album, which will be the first for Season of Mist, with their long-time engineer Steve Albini (HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, NIRVANA, HELMET). More details will soon be revealed in a future mailing.
Artwork and tracklist of 'Jason... The Dragon' can be viewed below.
02. Hammerhandle
03. Mancoon
04. Turkey Warlock
05. Jason... The Dragon
06. Palms and Opium
07. Long Gone
08. March of the Bipolar Bear
09.Homecoming
10. Whiskey Creek
Season of Mist recently reissued WEEDEATER's first two albums, 'Sixteen Tons' and '...And Justice for Y'all'. The long out of print albums are now available on vinyl for the first time, as well as on CD and digitally at the Season of Mist shop, Bandcamp, and legal download & streaming platforms.
The Bible Belt state of North Carolina, USA seems a fertile ground for hemp and stoner rock. When cult sludge act BUZZOV•EN called it a day, bass player Dave "Dixie" Collins teamed up with guitarist Dave "Shep" Shepherd and founded WEEDEATER in the harbor town of Wilmington about the year 1998. Their crushing and massive first full-length "…and Justice for Y’all" created an immediate buzz, while critics were struggling to put a tag on their sound. Nearly everybody agreed that stoner rock, doom, sludge and some crusty elements were part of the mix, which the band simply calls "weed metal". The debut was produced by renowned engineer Billy Anderson (EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS) as well as sophomore album "Sixteen Tons" (2002). WEEDEATER went out to perform live with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY among others. After some detours of Dixie Dave, who played shortly with BONGZILLA and SOURVEIN, the third album "God Luck and Good Speed" hit the world in 2007 and shifted the band’s focus slightly towards the stoner side. The latest full-length "Jason… the Dragon" got delayed when guitarist Shep lost a toe due to an incident with his favourite shotgun. When the sludge driven album finally came out in 2011 shows in the US and Europe cemented the band's reputation as a fierce live entity. For the next release WEEDEATER have signed up with Season of Mist, which will reissue the complete back catalogue.