VISIGOTH have just been nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden God Award. They are nominated in BEST NEW BAND category along with Conjurer, Loathe, Lovebites and Sleep Token.
Labelmates CANNIBAL CORPSE are also nominated in the Best Live band category.
Voting has now closed, the results will be announced shortly at the Golden Gods Awards 2018 show on June 11th.
Since releasing their cracking new album 'Conqueror's Oath' on Metal Blade to critical acclaim earlier this year the Salt Lake City outfit have made inroads into breaking out in Europe but so far not the UK. Now that changes with the announcement of two shows in July.
VISIGOTH are up for it:
"We are truly looking forward to finally meeting the UK legions! It's an absolute honour to have been nominated for the Metal Hammer awards, and we hope that we can make good on that nomination with our first-ever string of UK shows. Keep your steel sharp and your wits sharper - thundering American steel arrives on your shores this summer!"
July 2018
6th LONDON ' Boston Music Room, UK
7th NEWCASTLE ' Head Of Steam, UK ' SOLD OUT
8th ASTEN ' Jonoash, Netherlands
10th HAMBURG ' Bambi Galore, Germany
11th OLDENBURG ' Mts LP Store, Germany
12th NEUKIRCHEN ' Dong Open Air, Germany
13th BALINGEN ' Soundcheck One, Germany
14th ETZENROT ' Bang Your Head Festival, Germany
15th TILBURG ' Little Devil, Netherlands
Standing in staunch opposition to any presumptuous notion of "reinventing the wheel" or "redefining the genre", VISIGOTH instead dedicates themselves to worshipping at the ageless altars of heavy metal with a singular focus on writing music inspired by their favorite records. Whether whipped into a frenzy ignited by classic USPM or NWOBHM anthems, or pensively meditating on traditional epic heavy metal or weighty doom-inspired moments, these Salt City hessians wear their influences proudly on their sleeves. With their new 2018 long-player 'Conqueror's Oath', VISIGOTH stays true to the title and conquers the sophomore slump blues with 8 iron-forged anthems of pure metal magick guaranteed to satiate the hunger of the rock'n'roll hordes! Returning to the depths of the Boar's Nest in their hometown of Salt Lake City to record once again with engineer extraordinaire Andy Patterson (Subrosa, Deathblow, Dreadnought, et al), 'Conqueror's Oath' was hammerforged in a whirlwind month of mayhem and mastered by Dave Otero of Flatline Audio (Satan's Host, Nightbringer, Khemmis, et al). Immortalized by breathtaking cover art created by none other than underground album art legend Kris Verwimp (whose work has graced records by Absu, Bewitched, Desaster, Horna, Moonsorrow, Skullview, Arkona, and many, many more) in proper swords-and-sorcery fashion, Conqueror's Oath stands tall on the field of battle, serving as a gauntleted fist in the face of non-believers. Prepare for the onslaught of Salt City Steel!
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News reported by:Jean-François "Thrashing Assault" Briard
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