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SAMOTHRACE Confirms
Course For May European Tour
In the wake of
several bouts of stateside tours supporting their highly praised second LP Reverence To Stone since its release
nine months ago, Seattle doom quartet SAMOTHRACE will storm European shores
on their maiden European tour this May.
The fifteen-city trek
begins with SAMOTHRACE crushing the
masses as one of the headliners of this year�s http://www.heavydaysindoomtown.com/" rel="nofollow - Heavy Days in
Doomtown , a D.I.Y. doom/sludge festival in Copenhagen, Denmark
running from May 2nd through 5th. This year the gathering also features
performances from Graves At Sea, Pagan Altar, Cough, Procession, Danava, Moss,
Dark Buddah Rising, Conan, Lecherous Gaze, labelmates Mournful Congregation and
loads more in addition to Bell With, who will support SAMOTHRACE for the duration of the tour
which will steamroll its way hazily through Belgium, England, Holland, France,
Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and
Germany.
The acclaimed Reverence To Stone was released in July
of 2012 via 20 Buck Spin, the label also responsible for unveiling the band to
the masses on the masterful 2008 debut SAMOTHRACE album, Life�s Trade. Through two lumbering,
expansive tracks, the band explores more cavernous realms of thunderous tone
hand-in-hand with even more beautiful and organic elements than ever on Reverence To Stone, culminating in an incredibly real
sounding psychedelic doom metal that continues to prove SAMOTHRACE as one of the leading bands
of the genre.
http://samothrace.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Listen to the entire
album via the SAMOTHRACE Bandcamp page.
SAMOTHRACE May
European Tour w/ Bell Witch:
5/03/2013
Ungdomshuset - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Heavy Days In Doomtown
Festival
5/05/2013 Wuustwezel,
Belgium @ Puntpop Festival
5/06/2013
Black
Heart -
London, UK
5/07/2013 Star &
Garter - Manchester, UK
5/08/2013 Scruffy
Murphy�s - Birmingham, UK
5/09/2013 Winston
Kingdom - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5/10/2013 TBA -
Paris, France
5/11/2013 Espace
Autg�re - Lausanne, Switzerland
5/12/2013 L�Usine -
Geneva, Switzerland
5/13/2013 Blue Rose
Saloon - Milano, Italy
5/14/2013 Channel 0 -
Ljubljana, Slovenia
5/15/2013 007 Club -
Prague, Czech Republic
5/16/2013 Zoro -
Leipzig, Germany w/ Graves At Sea, Meth Drinker
5/17/2013 Koma F/K�pi
- Berlin, Germany
5/18/2013 Vereinsheim
Frankenweide - Stralsund, Germany
"...Samothrace
position themselves on a weird axis between Sabbathian doom worship and
psychedelic freak-out sludge (� la Cough or Rwake), along with an Isis-esque
rhythmic complexity and molten tempo. 8/10" - Decibel
"...the
second full-length from Seattle quartet Samothrace for 20 Buck Spin comprises
only two tracks, but they're diverse and dynamic enough to prove that the
breadth of doom is wider than a stylistic rut." -
Pitchfork
"There
is emotional comfort to be found in mutual despair, and there is no doubt that
Reverence To Stone is a masterwork of shared woe. 4/5" -
About.com
"A
vital, forward-thinking entity in the ever-backwards and retrograde world of
sludge, Samothrace are an absolute treasure. 8/10" -
Blistering
"While
there are a lot of bands working with a similar aesthetic palette, nobody sounds
like Samothrace." - RVA Mag
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