UFOMAMMUT: Italian Trio Begins 20 Years Ufomammut North American Tour This Week; New European Tour Announced
[photo by Malleus]
Italy's
mind-altering UFOMAMMUT marks their 20th Anniversary in 2019 and is celebrating
the milestone touring across the globe. Having just completed their latest
European excursion, the band had just landed stateside to begin their latest trek
across North America for the next several
weeks.
After eight albums, an immense amount of touring, dozens of
festival performances, and countless miles and hours on the road, UFOMAMMUT is
ready to celebrate this important 20th Anniversary event with their marvelous
and loyal fans with special live sets. The band begins their new trek in Oakland, tomorrow, April 18th, followed by shows in Los Angeles April 19th, and San Diego April 21st.
UFOMAMMUT then traverses the continent for a line of East
Coast dates, running from April 23rd through May 4th. With shows in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Lexington, Atlanta, Durham, and Richmond,
touring alongside Kings Destroy for this East Coast voyage. Fans can expect the
band to perform a selection of tunes spanning their catalog, including
revised/revisited versions of some songs.
UFOMAMMUT has also just announced yet another tour of Europe
for later in the year, surrounded by one-off festival performances this summer,
two gigs in Russia
this September, with even more tour actions to be announced over the months
ahead as the band celebrates their 20th Anniversary with their fans around the
planet.
See the 20 Years UFOMAMMUT tour trailer RIGHT HERE.
Stream UFOMAMMUT's entire newest LP, 8, RIGHT HERE and see
the video for "Warsheep" HERE. 8 is available via Neurot Recordings HERE.
UFOMAMMUT - 20 Years Ufomammut Tour Dates:
4/18/2019 Oakland Metro
Operahouse - Oakland, CA
4/19/2019 Catch One - Los
Angeles, CA
4/21/2019 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
4/23/2019 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
w/ Kings Destroy
4/24/2019 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA
w/ Kings Destroy
4/25/2019 Middle East - Boston, MA
w/ Kings Destroy
4/26/2019 Le Ritz - Montreal,
QC w/ Kings Destroy
4/27/2019 Hard Luck Bar - Toronto, ON
w/ Kings Destroy
4/28/2019 Grog Shop - Cleveland,
OH w/ Kings Destroy
4/30/2019 Reggies Rock Club - Chicago, IL
w/ Kings Destroy
5/01/2019 Cosmic Charlie's - Lexington, KY
w/ Kings Destroy
5/02/2019 529 - Atlanta,
GA w/ Kings Destroy
5/03/2019 The Pinhook - Durham, NC
w/ Kings Destroy
5/04/2019 Capital Ale Downtown - Richmond, VA
w/ Kings Destroy
5/30/2019 Dunk! Festival - Zottegem, BE
9/11/2019 Aglomerat - Moscow,
RU
9/12/2019 MOD - St.
Petersburg, RU
9/26/2019 Le Fil - Saint Etienne, FR
9/27/2019 Petit Bain - Paris, FR
9/28/2019 The Garage - London,
UK
9/29/2019 Magasin 4 - Brussels,
BE
9/30/2019 Melkweg - Amsterdam,
NL
10/02/2019 Vega - Copenhagen,
DK
10/03/2019 Sticky Fingers - Göteborg, SE
10/04/2019 Høstsabbat - Oslo, NO
10/05/2019 - TBA
10/06/2019 Debaser - Stockholm,
SE
10/08/2019 On The Rocks - Helsinki, FI
10/09/2019 Von Krahl - Tallinn,
ES
10/10/2019 Melna Piektdiena - Riga,
LV
10/11/2019 Narauti - Vilnius,
LT
10/12/2019 Hydrozagadka - Warsaw, PL
10/13/2019 Zet Pe Te - Krakow,
PL
10/15/2019 Rockhouse - Salzburg,
AT
10/16/2019 Mochvara - Zagreb,
HR
Heralded as one of the most cerebral and psychedelic
audio/visual sensory experiences in the realms of the current extreme music
scene, UFOMAMMUT has worked tirelessly for twenty years since their formation
in 1999. The trio - founded by Poia, Urlo, and Vita, a lineup which has
remained solid to this day - was formed in a small room in the middle of
nowhere in the Italian countryside province of Alessandria. Their goal was
simply to survive the boredom of living in a small town, while also hoping to
reach other listeners all around the globe.
As UFOMAMMUT'sslow-motion seismic grooves and mammoth,
supernatural/interplanetary tones caught on within the doom, stoner, and sludge
scenes around the planet, the band quickly developed an intensely loyal
following in their early years. Their sonic alchemy has steadily continued to
morph and expand with each album, with their productions becoming even heavier
while also more psychedelic and expansive, a diverse flood of swirling effects
and atmospheres permeate their conceptually-based albums.
Around this same time, UFOMAMMUT members Poia and Urlo as
well as their close friend Lu also launched their art collective, Malleus Rock
Art Lab, creating detailed, hand-drawn and vibrant screen-printed artwork for
each album. Malleus has expanded as well through the years, developing a very
wide spectrum of clients and an impressive collective resume of intense artwork
through record covers, fanzines and underground magazines' illustrations,
images and logos for the web, concert posters, and more. Along with the band
members, Lu's influence and work is vital to UFOMAMMUT's visual aspects, from
albums t merchandise, live projections to official videos, and more.
The Malleus collective also launched their own label,
Supernatural Cat Records, responsible for the release of such artists as
MoRkObOt, Lento, Incoming Cerebral Overdrive, OvO, Zolle, and more in addition
to UFOMAMMUT titles.
UFOMAMMUT signed to Neurosis' label Neurot Recordings in
2012 where they've since released four albums, which has helped the band expand
its grasp and reach even more new listeners.
The band has also spawned several other side projects,
including the psychedelic outfit Sonic Wolves which Vita has formed and who has
issued several titles in addition to performing live over the past several
years. The Mon, the solo project of Urlo, was launched in 2018 with its debut
LP and live actions.
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