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Virginia riff-wranglers, FREEDOM HAWK,
will swoop into Europe later this week for a seven-date live incursion
through Germany, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Slated to kick
off this Saturday, the short run includes a stop at this year's Roadburn
Fest in Tilburg.
Hailing from the barrier dunes of Tidewater, FREEDOM HAWK's
brand of dark, girthy, sun-fueled stoner rock is a brow-raising sound
excursion reminiscent of rock's heyday of the '70s. On the band's
high-potency live show, Performer Magazine boasts, "[FREEDOM HAWK
is] East Coast's answer to Fu Manchu, keeping it simple and thick with
harmonious metal groove. It wasn't heavy riffs and growls, but power
riffs and a soulful rock delivery wrapped in metal packaging. FREEDOM HAWK's
sound is large, like trying to force an elephant to fit in a closet.
It's also melodic for such heavy-handed playing. Walls of guitar riffs
were pushed out heavy, soaring and moving like swells and waves at the
same time."
FREEDOM HAWK European Tour 2014:
4/05/2014 Vortex - Siegen, DE
4/06/2014 AMC - Antwerp, BE
4/07/2014 Le Glazart - Paris, FR
4/08/2014 The Pitcher - Dusseldorf, DE
4/09/2014 Jagerklause - Berlin, DE
4/10/2014 Roadburn Festival - Tilburg, NL
4/11/2014 Immerhin - Wurzburg, DE
4/12/2014 Rare Guitar - Munster, DE
FREEDOM HAWK will be touring in support of their critically-lauded Holding On
full-length, released in 2011 via Small Stone Recordings. Vintage
Guitar Magazine applauded the offering noting, "This quartet's material
owes a bit to '70s stalwarts like Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep, but with
fresh arrangements and tight song structures in fairly complex
patterns. Crisp guitar leads and driving percussion propel the
proceedings, and the sound is full even with few guitar overdubs," Heavy
Planet championed the band's, "fist-in-the-air, wind in your hair rock
and roll that will make you feel damn good," while All Music noted
simply, "FREEDOM HAWK are just plain impressive on this here album."
Following their European trek, FREEDOM HAWK will
return to their creative home nest to put the finishing touches on
their forthcoming new long player set for release in late 2014/early
2015. Stay tuned...
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