With
the details of their upcoming seventh studio full-length album, Ecate,
having been recently unveiled, Italian mystical doom trio, UFOMAMMUT,
finally announces their official first-ever tour of North America today,
something diehard fans of this colossal outfit have been awaiting anxiously for
years.
Now
more than fifteen years into their time together as UFOMAMMUT, the
band's only prior US outings were two live shows in Los Angeles and San
Francisco in 2009 in conjunction with their crushing Idolum LP.
Since Idolum, the band's popularity has grown exponentially,
through the magic of their Eve LP, their signing with
Neurosis' label, Neurot Recordings for the 2012 release of their two-partORO LP,
and their following 2013-released XV DVD through their own
Supernatural Cat Records. The desire to witness the outfit crafting its
psychedelic and decimating craft in the flesh has become nearly overwhelming
for stateside fans, but a shift in the tides this Spring will bring a major
change as the trio invades American soil for their first-ever widespread US
tour in the months ahead.
Initiated
by their anticipated performance at this year's Maryland Deathfest with
lablemates Yob, Neurosis and countless others, UFOMAMMUT's
month-long North America Spring 2015 tour has now been declared. The trek will
begin in Chicago on May 13th, with Relapse Records' crushing Portland,
Oregon-based cosmic sludge quartet, Usnea, providing direct support for the
entire tour, which comes to a close in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 13th,
including two shows in Canada. The trek will be preceded by a European tour
alongside the UK's Conan, consuming the latter half of April and including
appearances at both of this year's Desertfest events in London and Berlin.
Today
also sees the release of the fourth video episode into the making-of UFOMAMMUT's
new album, Ecate, set for North American release on March 31st
through Neurot Recordings. On the follow-up to their acclaimed ORO album,
the trio takes a confident step forward with their craft, orchestrating
atmospheric processions that take the six songs on the album to places
as-of-yet uncharted, the only guide being that of Ecate, the three-sided
goddess who moves between the realms of the living, the dead, and the gods. The
latest installment showcases the layering of the dense guitar tones, as always
with sound wizard Lorenzo Stecconi, for these sessions using his mobile studio
at SOMS "Il Progresso" in Sarezzano, Italy.
Watch Ecate's
guitars become realized with episode four RIGHT HERE.
UFOMAMMUT Ecate European
Tour Dates:
4/04/2015
e20 Underground - Montecchio Maggiore IT
4/10/2015
Bloom - Mezzago IT
4/18/2015
Impetus festival - Delemont CH
4/19/2015
Glazart - Paris FR w/ Conan
4/21/2015
Forum - Bielefeld DE w/Conan
4/22/2015
Schlachthof - Wiesbaden DE w/ Conan
4/23/2015
Feierwerk - Munich DE w/ Conan
4/24/2015
Desertfest - Berlin DE w/ Conan
4/25/2015
AB - Brussels BE w/ Conan
4/26/2015
Desertfest - London UK w/ Conan
4/28/2015
Vortex - Siegen DE w/ Conan
4/29/2015
Kellerclub - Stuttgart DE
4/30/2015
Weekender Club - Innsbruck AT
UFOMAMMUT
North America Spring 2015 w/ Usnea:
5/13/2015
Reggie's - Chicago, IL
5/14/2015
Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH
5/15/2015
Bug Jar - Rochester, NY
5/16/2015
Mod Club - Toronto, ON
5/17/2015
Le Ritz - Montreal, QC
5/19/2015
Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
5/20/2015
Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
5/21/2015
Maryland Death Fest - Baltimore, MD [no Usnea]
5/22/2015
King's - Raleigh, NC
5/23/2015
Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
5/25/2015
Siberia - New Orleans, LA
5/26/2015
Walter's - Houston, TX
5/27/2015
Red 7 - Austin, TX
5/29/2015
Sister - Albuquerque, NM
5/30/2015
Flycatcher - Tucson, AZ
5/31/2015
Complex - Los Angeles, CA
6/02/2015
Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
6/03/2015
Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA
6/04/2015
Press Club - Sacramento, CA
6/05/2015
WOW Hall - Eugene, OR [no Usnea]
6/06/2015
Rotture - Portland, OR
6/07/2015
Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
6/08/2015
Neurolux - Boise, ID
6/09/2015
Bar Deluxe - Salt Lake City, UT
6/10/2015
Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
6/12/2015
Turf Club - St Paul, MN
6/13/2015
Metal Grill - Milwaukee, WI
Source:
Earsplit PR
