PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS ANNOUNCE "TECHNICIANS OF DISTORTION," LEG ONE OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Dates Coincide with July 16 Release of New Album,
"Walk Through Exits Only"
LOS
ANGELES, CA - TUESDAY, April 16, 2013 -- Philip Anselmo, legendary
frontman of Pantera and Down, will release his career-first solo album, Walk Through Exits Only, on July 16 via his own Housecore Records (MRI/Megaforce). Walk Through Exits Only will be available digitally, on CD and on vinyl.
Produced by Philip Anselmo
and Michael Thompson, and recorded over the past couple of years at his
New Orleans studio, Nodferatu's Lair, with his band The Illegals - Marzi
Montazeri/guitar, and drummer Jose Manuel "Blue" Gonzales, Walk Through Exits Only is abrasive, aggressive, anthemic and 100% Anselmo. 
The
album's eight songs are as unstrained as it gets, from "Battalion of
Zero" to "Usurper's Bastard Rant," to the album's title track that goes
against the grain and right
through the exits. Brash, brutal guitars cut through punishing
percussion as Anselmo screams with uncompromising ferocity and
uncontainable fire.
The
album's eight songs are as unstrained as it gets, from "Battalion of
Zero" to "Usurper's Bastard Rant," to the album's title track that goes
against the grain and right
through the exits. Brash, brutal guitars cut through punishing
percussion as Anselmo screams with uncompromising ferocity and
uncontainable fire.
"It
wasn't about doing a paint-by-numbers thrash or heavy metal record,"
Anselmo explained about the project. "It's an angry album that only I
could do. I don't see anybody else out there screaming about the same
shit I'm screaming about. On this album, there isn't any wordplay,
there isn't any hidden message, it's all right there in front of you."
Anselmo and the Illegals
will support the new album with a major North American tour planned for
this summer. Anselmo, who is up for Best Vocalist at this year's Revolver Golden Gods awards, will make a special appearance at that event.
On Walk Through Exits Only and over his entire career, Anselmo hasn't just paved his own path, he's bulldozed it with his bare hands.
Tour dates for Anselmo's "Technicians of Distortion" are as follows:
JULY
31 Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
AUGUST
2 Wooly's, Des Moines, IA
3 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
4 House of Blues, Chicago, IL
6 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
7 The Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
9 Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
10 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ONT Canada
11 Heavy MTL Festival, Montreal, QC Canada
13 The Palladium, Worcester, MA
14 Upstate Concert Hall, Clifton Park, NY
16 Best Buy Theatre, New York, NY
17 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
18 The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
20 The Masquerade - Heaven Stage, Atlanta, GA
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