The death metal tour of the year
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It will be tough for any death metal tour to top this one: Nile/Immolation/Krisiun/Dreaming Dead/Abigail Williams. (The tour starts tomorrow; see dates here and ticket info here.) Abigail Williams aren’t death metal, nor particularly good…but it happens. (This just in: Abigail Williams cannot play this tour due to an injury to the drummer.) As for the other bands — unholy moly!
This tour has three of the genre’s titans, all of whom are at the top of their game. Nile are supporting the fantastic Those Whom the Gods Detest (review here). Immolation have Majesty and Decay coming out on March 5 in the EU and March 9 in the US. Krisiun are true road dogs. Their records are enjoyable, but their magic is in the live show. The most metal show of my life — in terms of hair, sweat, horns, and just plain losing my mind — was a Krisiun one.
Krisiun just put out a video for “Sentenced Morning.” (See above.) It’s a small but tasty taste of the live show. Note the spiffy Azarath shirt the frontman is wearing. Note also the inexplicable shots of the guitarist outside in a wintry forest. Huh??? Low budget, but high impact. If hell had a marching band, it would sound like Krisiun.
Be sure to arrive early for Dreaming Dead. They were a Top 10-er for me last year. Recently they acquired second guitarist Laura Christine (of Warface), creating the shreddingest female guitar duo in metal. I wrote about Elizabeth Schall Elliott here and here. I interviewed Christine here. She excels at the Suffocation/Dying Fetus thing, while Elliott is very lyrical. Their styles should mesh nicely. Dudes, get ready to get schooled by some dudettes.
