"Packed with evil riffs, vicious grooves and an uncharacteristic abundance of soaring clean vocals...Black Anvil return to primordial chaos on 'As Was'" - Noisey
"Like Celtic Frost before them, Black Anvil find ways to summon profound darkness without tapping into black-metal clichés. Their latest ebbs and flows with effortless grace." - Pitchfork
New York City's BLACK ANVIL have announced European tour dates for this Fall. The sixteen date tour commences in Belgium on September 21 and ends in Switzerland on October 7. BLACK ANVIL will also perform on August 18 at this year's Psycho Las Vegas Festival. A full tour schedule is listed below.
Additionally, watch BLACK ANVIL perform their new album As Was in full at the Knitting Factory from their record release show in Brooklyn, NY last week HERE. Filmed by Maximum Volume Silence.
BLACK ANVIL Tour Dates:
Aug 18 Las Vegas, NV Psycho Las Vegas
Sep 21 Antwerp, BE HetBos
Sep 22 Tilburg, NL Little Devil
Sep 23 Goes, NL T Beest
Sep 24 Rotterdam, NL Baroeg
Sep 25 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthof
Sep 26 Koblenz, DE Sk2
Sep 27 Leipzig, DE La Plaque
Sep 28 Warsaw, PL Poglos
Sep 29 Krakow, PL APOTEKA
Sep 30 Gdansk, PL Smoke Over Dock II
Oct 01 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, PL Chili
Oct 02 Prague, CZ Modra Vopice
Oct 03 Wien, AT Viper Room
Oct 04 Feldkirch, AT Graf Hugo
Oct 06 Trieste, IT Tetris
Oct 07 Winterthur, CH Gaswerk!
BLACK ANVIL's latest album As Was is out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Relapse Records. Physical packages and digital order are available via Relapse.com HERE and Bandcamp AT THIS LOCATION:
https://relapse.com/black-anvil-as-was/
Info / Bio:
Formed in 2007 in New York City, Black Metal troupe BLACK ANVIL released their debut album Time Insults the Mind on Monumentum/Reflections Records in September 2009, and later that year signed to renowned independent label Relapse Records. After a re-release of their acclaimed 2009 debut, BLACK ANVIL unleashed their first proper full-length Triumvirate in September 2010. Recorded with engineer 'General' George Fullan (The Rolling Stones, Dream Theater) at Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza's (Twisted Sister) Diamond Drop Studio on Long Island, NY, Triumvirate received critical acclaim and was hailed as an "all-around monster metal album". Pitchfork even stated, "Black Anvil's an amazing live band! and their songwriting's as strong as their stage presence."
Triumvirate was followed in 2014 by Hail Death, a 70-minute journey of intensity that further established BLACK ANVIL as a modern Black Metal powerhouse and was praised by publications including Noisey, Pitchfork, Stereogum, MetalSucks, and many more. Constantly bringing their live ritual to the masses, BLACK ANVIL have participated in numerous high profile tours with Black Metal legends such as Mayhem, Watain, Inquisition, Urfaust and Marduk plus dates with Aura Noir, Nachtmystium, Immortal, Eyehategod, Cannibal Corpse and many others. Additionally, the band has appeared at various festivals including the Scion Rock Fest, Beyond The Gates in Bergen, Norway and the renowned Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands.
Now, BLACK ANVIL return with As Was, the staggering 50-minute follow-up to 2014's Hail Death. Atmospheric and melodic without relenting on any of the ferocity BLACK ANVIL have always been known for, As Was seamlessly weaves through eight monumental passages of extreme metal art. More diverse, complex, and thought-provoking than anything they've done before, As Was is a stellar representation of modern Black Metal, and of BLACK ANVIL's continuous progression and songcraft. Featuring cover art by Metastazis (Behemoth, Watain, Morbid Angel) and recorded at Menegroth by Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts, Panopticon) with mixing and mastering done by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Tribulation, Funeral Mist, Watain).
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