BROKEN HOPE : UK/EU Tour Dates Announced.
July 4, 2017
With no room left in hell, Chicago's BROKEN HOPE will be heading back to UK shores this September as part of the bone-crushing deathgrind HELL ON EARTH TOUR 2017 package. The band will be joined by young guns Gloryhole Guillotine, Italian tech-heads Hideous Divinity and the grindin' headliner, Cattle Decapitation.
Jeremy Wagner commented on the forthcoming dates, "It's been a few years since we toured Europe--and BROKEN HOPE is more than excited to come back! And what an amazing way to return, especially with a sick and devastating tour package that has CATTLE DECAPITION, BROKEN HOPE, HIDEOUS DIVINITY, and GLORYHOLE GUILLOTINE!!! We're playing some cities we've never done before on this run and we look forward to mutilating your ears and minds! We have assembled quite the setlist for this European tour. HUGE thanks to the CATTLE DECAPITATION guys and MAD TOURBOOKING for having BROKEN HOPE this time! See you soon!"
Here's how the European / UK dates rack up:
09/01 Weinheim, GER ' Cafe Central
09/02 Amsterdam, NET ' Melkweg

09/03 London, UK ' Underworld
09/05 Glasgow, UK ' G2

09/06 Bristol, UK ' The Fleece/Bierkeller
09/07 Brussels, BEL ' Magasin4
09/08 Torcy, FRA ' Fall Of Summer

09/10 Geneva, SWI ' L'usine
09/11 Innsbruck, AUT ' Livestage
09/12 Brno, CZE ' Melodka
09/13 Wien, AUT ' Escape Metalcorner
09/14 Munchen, GER ' Backstage
09/15 Aarburg, SWI ' Musigburg
09/16 Brescia, ITA ' Circolo Colony
09/17 Graz, AUT ' Explosiv
09/20 Wiesbaden, GER ' Schlachthof
09/21 Oberhausen, GER ' Helvete Club
09/22 Magdeburg, GER ' Factory
09/23 Flensburg, GER ' Roxy
09/24 Berlin, GER ' SO36
Further dates for the trek are pending.
The tour is in support of the band's latest twelve track slasher, Mutilated And Assimilated, which was released on June 23rd via Century Media Records.
"Broken Hope are back in the saddle...composed highlights such as the bestial 'The Bunker', the dynamic groove pendulum 'Outback Incest Clan', the dissonant, 'Russian Sleep Experiment' or the 'The Necropants' convey brutal energy in a powerful sound. Chicago's Death veterans are an interesting bridge to their 1991 debut, ending a solid inferno hit factor." - METAL HAMMER (DE/Germany)
"...the album is a delightfully brutal and disgusting sonic assault."
- KERRANG!
"The title track references the horror classic The Thing, and that sort of Lovecraftian body horror is at the center of why Broken Hope's horror metal works so well: they understand that a good monster needs to be scary, but it also needs nuance and times when you can catch your breath and ponder your futile existence. Mutilated and Assimilated nails that aesthetic, as the band's shape-shifting death melodic brutal death is a (horrifying) beauty to behold. Songs immediately sink their meat hooks into you and stay there for a while. This is the kind of gorefest that is meant to be savored, even if you'd rather look away. Broken Hope have, after all this time, crafted their sharpest statement of intent, and it's deadly, seriously, great." - New Noise Magazine
"Taking inspiration from the John Carpenter classic, Mutilated and Assimilated is not only the albums brilliant title track but a representation of the band themselves. Having once more mutilated songs from their original fleshing out to what we will now here on the album the band have crafted some of the heaviest and catchiest Death Metal you'll hear this year." - The Metalist
"While the jagged guitars and pummeling rhythms are as gentle as bandsaws, I was most impressed by Damian Leski's venomous vocals. The man sounds like he's getting in his regular 64 ounces of Drano on 'The Bunker' and 'Russian Sleep Experiment.' Mutilated and Assimilated, a reminder that it's Wagner and Company's bloody barbecue! and it still tastes good." - Ghostcult Magazine
"In terms of Death Metal albums in 2017, Broken Hope's Mutilated And Assimilated earns them top honours. Without further upheaval, CrypticRock gives this album 4.5 out of 5 stars." - CrypticRock.Com
Watch the gripping lyric video for the single Mutilated and Assimilated; recounting the cinematic and literary horrors of the 1982 John Carpenter classic The Thing and John W. Campbell Jr's short story Who Goes There:
"Sure, Mutilated and Assimilated honors Broken Hope's legacy and finds strength in the past-but it does so without dwelling in the afterbirth. The result is an inspired death metal record that feels like a lethal new mutation; like the creature from The Thing adapting to claim its next victim." - Decibel Magazine
Produced by Scott Creekmore and cover artwork created by Wes Benscoter; Mutilated and Assimilated is available now in the following formats: Special Edition CD+DVD Digipack and digital & streaming versions available via all major outlets worldwide.
For the vinyl collectors, LP versions are available in the following limited colours:
Gatefold Antarctic blue LP+CD: Band Exclusive (Limited to 300 copies)
Ltd. Gatefold Cremated Corpse black LP+CD: available via European stores
Ltd. Gatefold Gory Glory transp. red LP+CD: CM Distro Europe Exclusive (Limited to 100 copies)
Order Mutilated and Assimilated now:
https://smarturl.it/MutilatedAssimilated
Mutilated and Assimilated official tracklist:
1. The Meek Shall Inherit Shit (02:48)
2. The Bunker (03:28)
3. Mutilated and Assimilated (03:31)
4. Outback Incest Clan (02:31)
5. Malicious Meatholes (03:50)
6. Blast Frozen (01:58)
7. The Necropants (03:14)
8. The Carrion Eaters (03:07)
9. Russian Sleep Experiment (03:15)
10. Hell's Handpuppets (02:48)
11. Beneath Antarctic Ice (01:25)
12. Swamped-In Gorehog (06:21
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