If you've ever heard a room full of people yelling "I hope your husband dies" in a some harmoniously sloppy, drunken unison, you've probably stumbled into an AMIGO THE DEVIL show. Danny Kiranos, better known to the masses as his musical counterpart AMIGO THE DEVIL, has been challenging the expectations of traditional folk, country music purists, and rock/extreme metal fans alike with his morbid, dark, yet oddly romantic take on folk that has amassed a dedicated and cult like fan-base.
Today, AMIGO THE DEVIL has premiered the electric, rock-driven new track, "Everyone Gets Left Behind" - featuring Prophets of Rage drummer Brad Wilk - with Consequence of Sound's Heavy Consequence. Listen to the track here:https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/09/amigo-the-devil-everyone-gets-left-behind-brad-wilk-stream/
"Everyone Gets Left Behind" is cut from AMIGO THE DEVIL's upcoming full-length album, Everything Is Fine, out October 19, 2018 via Regime Music Group. The album is currently available for pre-order online athttps://www.shopbenchmark.com/regime/
In his interview with Heavy Consequence, AMIGO THE DEVIL comments about "Everyone Gets Left Behind": "You ever wake up still drunk, spins worse than Wheel of Fortune and your blood feels like it's boiling? Yeah, me neither... but how frustrating to know that a year ago, something like that would be so easy to power through? Although a hangover is where the idea of the song started, it's not where it ended. The core of the song is easy, growing up was a mistake. I don't mean a mistake as in something regrettable, but more as a consequence of time... something we didn't mean to do. It's so easy to look into the past and think how much better everything was, but how much of that is because we've already lived it and subconsciously know that it worked out? In the end, I wanted it to be a modern day "memento mori" type deal where everyone should remember their mortality, their youth, their whatever the middle part is. Tracking this song in itself was such a blast that I almost forgot what a grumpy bastard I can be sometimes."
Everything Is Fine was produced by Ross Robinson (Korn, Glassjaw, At The Drive In) and features drummer Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage) sitting in on the entire recording session. The album was recorded at Valentine Studios, a time capsule untouched since the 70's with all the original gear and atmosphere. Everything was recorded, mixed and mastered to tape to capture an absolute and pure brutal honesty.
AMIGO THE DEVIL will be embarking on a national tour in support of the new record. Despite being armed with only his vocals and a banjo/acoustic guitar, the live show is worlds away from what people expect of a folk show. Loaded with sing-alongs and an unsuspecting dose of humor to make otherwise grim topics accessible for fans of every genre, the songs remain deeply rooted in the tradition of story-telling that seems to be slipping away from the human condition. It is a must see show this Fall! Check out tour dates here or see below.
AMIGO THE DEVIL Tour Dates:
North America:
09/22 - St. Augustine, FL - Sing Out Loud Fest
09/28 - Salt Lake City, UT - Crucial Fest
10/13 - Sacramento, CA - Aftershock Fest
10/14 - Sacramento, CA - Discover Park
10/18 - Houston, TX - White Oak
10/19 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
10/20 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
10/22 - Mesa, AZ - The Nile
10/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
10/24 - San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
10/25 - Tustin, CA - Marty's on Newport
10/26 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
10/27 - SLO - Sweet Springs Saloon
10/28 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
10/30 - Denver, CO - Marquis
10/31 - Denver, CO - Marquis
11/01 - Kansas City - Riot Room
11/02 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
11/03 - Pontiac, MI - Sanctuary
11/04 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11/05 - Toronto, ON, CANADA - Sneaky Dee's
11/07 - Pittsburgh, PA- The Funhouse
11/08 - Rochester, NY - Flour City Station
11/09 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
11/10 - Brooklyn, NY - St.Vitus
11/11 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
11/13 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
11/14 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
11/15 - Nashville, TN - The High Watt
11/16 - Ashville, NC - The Mothlight
11/17 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11/18 - Orlando, FL - Soundbar
Europe:
12/04 - Paris - La Boule Noire
12/05 - Amsterdam - Melkweg
12/07 - London - Borderline
12/08 - Nottingham - Bodega
12/09 - Newcastle - Think Tank
12/11 - Glasgow - Stereo
12/12 - Manchester - Deaf Institute
12/13 - Bristol - Thekla
12/14 - London - Oslo
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