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Following
the release of their Relapse Records debut, Random Cosmic Violence,
Portland, Oregon's sludge/doom destroyers, USNEA, have been
confirmed as the sole support act for Ufomammut's upcoming first-ever North
American tour this Spring. Guaranteed to be one of the heaviest,
cerebrally-pummeling stateside live events of the year, the tour runs from May
13th through June 13th, withUSNEA set to inundate dozens of cities,
including on several off-tour headlining dates and a leg of shows on the way to
rendezvous with Ufomammut, not to mention various regional shows in the coming
weeks.
USNEA's
inconceivably devastating sophomore album Random Cosmic Violence saw
release through Relapse in November amidst international critical acclaim, with
reactions from journalists as positive as they were blown-away by the LP's
tumultuous output. Recorded and mixed by Jared "Fester" See at
Haywire Studios (Nux Vomica, Stoneburner, Rabbits) who supplies additional
guitars to the title track, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Yob,
High On Fire, Integrity), through their overwhelming black/occult
metal-influenced funeral doom, USNEA has created a classic of
the new millennium with Random Cosmic Violence.
In
time for the tour, USNEA will have a self-released repress of
their self-titled debut LP constructed. Additional details on the repress will
be available in the coming weeks preceding the trek.
USNEA
Tour Dates:
3/07/2015
Obsidian - Olympia, WA w/ Eusapia, A God Or An Other, Eye of Nix
3/26/2015
Blackwater Bar - Portland, OR w/ Deathgrave, Augurs, Shroud of the Heretic
5/08/2015
High Water Mark - Portland, OR * tour kick-off w/ Eye of Nix, Hiding, Shine of
the Serpent
5/09/2015
Crazy Horse - Boise, ID
5/10/2015
Metro Bar - Salt Lake City, UT w/ Odium Totus
5/11/2015
Lost Lake - Denver, CO w/ Inter Arma, Yautja, Prison Death
5/12/2015
TBA - Lawrence, KS
USNEA
North America Spring 2015 w/ Ufomammut:
5/13/2015
Reggies - Chicago, IL
5/14/2015
Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH
5/15/2015
Bug Jar - Rochester, NY
5/16/2015
TBA - Toronto, ON
5/17/2015
Le Ritz - Montreal, QC
5/18/2015
Middle East Upstairs - Boston, MA [no Ufomammut]
5/19/2015
Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
5/20/2015
Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
5/22/2015
King's - Raleigh, NC
5/23/2015
Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
5/24/2015
HiTone Café - Memphis, TN [no Ufomammut]
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
6/01/2015
TBA - Los Osos, CA [no Ufomammut]
6/02/2015
Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
6/03/2015
Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA
6/04/2015
Press Club - Sacramento, CA
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
6/11/2015
TBA - Lincoln, NE [no Ufomammut]
6/12/2015
TBA - St Paul, MN
6/13/2015
Metal Grill - Milwaukee, WI
Stereogum
issued of USNEA's Random Cosmic Violence, "In a
year that has already delivered amazing new records from Yob, Pallbearer,
Triptykon, Thou, Eyehategod, and Indian (among others), it's pretty close to
impossible to show up in mid-November with an album of sludge/funeral doom and
make any sort of impact. But Random Cosmic Violence... arrives with
the force of an asteroid, and leaves behind a fucking crater... Like the night
sky itself, Random Cosmic Violence is full of terror and awe
and ice and fire. It is a massive, monumental thing." Metal Insider
stated, "USNEA push doom metal boundaries while never loosing
the essence of brutality upon which their sound hinges. Make no mistake that it
will be fans of outfits past and present like Pallbearer, Lycus, Morgion, and
Mindrot that will find the most to fall in love with on this album. But the
unique way in which USNEA package their brand of deathly doom
metal on Random Cosmic Violence may very well separate them
from the pack moving forward." No Clean Singing offered, "perhaps
what really vaults the album high above the average, apart from USNEA's
knack for generating titanic power and morbid, minor-key melodies, is the
band's skill in creating dynamic changes and salting this heartless sonic
landscape with ingenious touches, which come like breaths of air in an atmosphere
that's being rapidly sucked into space, or poisoned with the smoke of burning
tires in an urban dead zone."
Orders
for Random Cosmic Violence are available on CD and both
colored/limited and standard black 2xLP HERE and digitally HERE.
Source: Earsplit
PR
