High on Fire to Tour With Lamb of God
Posted by: Arzgarth on 11/19/2009 3:44:33 PM
World-renowned power trio HIGH ON FIRE has announced December, 2009 Australian tour dates alongside LAMB OF GOD. The metal heavyweights will join forces beginning December 11 in Brisbane as part of a touring bill that will also include DEVILDRIVER and SHADOWS FALL. The just-announced expedition’s complete itinerary can be found below.
Universally recognized as one of the most potent acts in music today, HIGH ON FIRE creates “bad-ass” modern metal that merges primal fury and aggression, skyscraping riff explosions and hesher bombast with a monolithic heaviness. Described as “a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume and sheer heaviness,” HIGH ON FIRE has burned the hard rock rulebook since its formation in 1998, forging a style and sound that is both unique and absolutely crushing. The group features vocalist and cult guitar hero Matt Pike, powerhouse drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz. Pike, a founding member of the famed underground band SLEEP and one of heavy music’s most charismatic figures was named as one of Rolling Stone’s “New Guitar Gods”.
HIGH ON FIRE’s long-awaited, fifth studio album and follow-up to 2007’s Death is This Communion is currently nearing completion. The award-winning band worked with producer Greg Fidelman (METALLICA, SLAYER, JOHNNY CASH) at Los Angeles’ The Pass Studios with the goal of capturing “the ultimate High on Fire experience.” The album is slated for a January 23, 2010 release via E1 Music.
HIGH ON FIRE is presently in the midst of a North American tour with MASTODON, DETHKLOK and CONVERGE. The band plays the Mesa Amphitheater in Mesa, AZ this evening and will wrap the trek on November 21 with a performance at the Event Center in San Jose, CA.
HIGH ON FIRE Tour Dates
Adult Swim Presents: Metalocalypse’s DETHKLOK and MASTODON with HIGH ON FIRE and CONVERGE
November 19: Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
November 20: Los Angeles, CA – Palladium
November 21: San Jose, CA - Event Center
HIGH ON FIRE/LAMB OF GOD December Australian Tour
(All dates also include DEVILDRIVER and SHADOWS FALL)
December 11: Brisbane, AUS - The Riverstage
December 12: Sydney, AUS - Luna Park
December 13: Sydney, AUS - Luna Park
December 15: Melbourne, AUS - Festival Hall