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Ohio riff dealers, LO-PAN,
will take to the streets next month on a near two-week Northeastern run
of live dates. Kicking off on March 12th in Detroit, Michigan at
Berserker II alongside Poison Idea, Iron Reagan, Incantation, Full Of
Hell and many others, the NxNe Tour 2015 will trounce eleven cities,
coming to a close on March 22nd in Columbus, Ohio. The band will be
joined by Detroit rockers, Against The Grain. From there LO-PAN
will take a short breather before crossing the Atlantic for a European
expedition that will see the band level the stage of Roadburn, Desert
Fest, Asymmetry Fest and more with psyche peddlers, Abrahma, and
psychedelic war metallers, Black Pyramid, sharing the stage on select
dates.
LO-PAN will be touring in support of their critically heralded Colossus
long player, released last Fall via Small Stone. Produced and
engineered by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Rosetta, East Of The Wall et al)
at his own Translator Audio Studio in Brooklyn, New York and named for
an ancient statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun, Helios, the record
continues to raise the eyebrows of fans and media globally.
Sputnik Music dubs Colossus, "an essential heavy rock album," further enthusing, "The ultra-heavy fourth album of Columbus luminaries LO-PAN
certainly lives up to its title, bludgeoning the listener with a
cavalcade of gargantuan riffs from the ground up... the quartet tread a
fine line between the technicality of Tool and the sheer riff-power of
Swedish stoner rock heavyweights Dozer, while succumbing to both bands'
penchant for infectious motifs." Verbicide opined, "Not only do they
bring the rock to the world of stoner rock, they are also master
craftsmen, knowing how to write classic-sounding tunes," while Hellride
notes, "Like the real-life manifestations of the album's title, LO-PAN are giants walking the earth and Colossus
will leave a heavy footprint in the mind of anyone who hears it. Rarely
will getting stepped on sound so good." Elsewhere the feelings
ricochet. The Sleeping Shaman calls Colossus, "a fantastic
album," asserting, "if you're into powerful, driving, stoner influenced
heavy rock that is big on riffs and melodies and gut punching grooves
then this album will thrill you," Rockandrollfables.com gushes, "If
Torche and Roadsaw had a baby, the resulting bouncing baby boy would be
Ohio's LO-PAN. Take those sludgy riffs and clean vocals that
bring to mind Roadsaw's Craig Riggs and you have the recipe for
something great...a monumentally monolithic masterpiece from start to
finish," while The Obelisk notes, "...where their last
full-length, 2011's Salvador, was a pinnacle for their songwriting's blend of fluid groove, soulful vocals and memorable tracks, Colossus reaps the reward of all their touring in pushing LO-PAN's methods even further. So it's a meaner, more precise LO-PAN this time around."
LO-PAN NxNe Tour 2015 w/ Against The Grain:
3/12/2015 The Loving Touch - Berserker II - Detroit, MI [info]
3/13/2015 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
3/14/2015 The Lost Horizon - Syracuse, NY
3/15/2015 TT The Bear's - Boston, MA
3/16/2015 Wonder Bar - Asbury Park, NJ
3/17/2015 The Depot - York, PA
3/18/2015 Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY
3/19/2015 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA
3/20/2015 The Pinch - Washington, DC
3/21/2015 31st Street Pub - Pittsburgh, PA
3/22/2015 Spacebar - Columbus, OH
w/ Abrahma:
4/09/2015 Mudd Club - Strasbourg, FR
4/10/2015 Paunchy Cats - Lichtenfels, DE
4/11/2015 Rare Guitar - Munster, DE
4/12/2015 Roadburn - Tilburg, NL
4/14/2015 Black Sheep - Montepellier, FR
4/15/2015 Maravillas Club - Madrid, ES
4/16/2015 Rocksound - Barcelona, ES
4/17/2015 Helldorado - Vitoria, ES
4/18/2015 Le Volume - Nice, FR
4/19/2015 TBA - IT
4/20/2015 Altraquando Club - Zero Baranco, IT
4/21/2015 Orange House - Munich, DE
w/ Black Pyramid:
4/23/2015 Desertfest - Berlin, DE
4/24/2015 Romer - Bremen, DE
4/25/2015 Desertfest - London, UK
4/28/2015 Sedel - Lucerne, CH
4/2/20159 Gaswerk - Winterthur, CH
4/30/2015 Das Bett - Frankfurt, DE
5/01/2015 Schaubude - Kiel, DE
5/02/2015 Asymmetry Fest - Wroclaw, PL
Colossus is out now via Small Stone Recordings. Order your copy today at THIS LOCATION.
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