PALLBEARER JOIN NUCLEAR BLAST; ANNOUNCE NEW SUMMER TOUR DATES - Listen to their new song, “Atlantis,” now.
Revered purveyors of their own critically celebrated style
of doom infused progressive rock/metal, Pallbearer have expanded their
relationship with Nuclear Blast Records, announcing today that they’ve signed a
worldwide deal for the band’s highly anticipated fourth full-length album. Pallbearer commented:
“We are very honored to announce that we have signed a
worldwide record deal with Nuclear Blast. We had the great privilege of working
with them on the European distribution of our previous album, and it was quite
clear that this was the next logical step for us. We greatly look forward to
continuing our work with Monte Conner and his legendary team at the label, as
well as being included amongst a truly unparalleled group of some of heavy
music’s greatest artists of the modern era.”
In timing with the signing announcement, Pallbearer has
released a new single, “Atlantis,” as part of Sub Pop Records’ recently revived
“Sub Pop Singles Club.” The single is available for streaming here
https://geni.us/Pallbearer_Atlantis.
“We’re very excited to finally be able to share another
piece of new material with you. As many of you probably know by now, Pallbearer
has always been very ‘album-oriented’ — when we are writing music, it’s often
with the big picture in mind. However, we also thoroughly enjoy the opportunity
to release pieces that might not necessarily fit into a larger album. Thanks to
the Sub-Pop Singles Series, we were thrilled to have the chance to write a brand
new song, ‘Atlantis,’ plus also document how ‘Thorns,’ a song from our previous
LP had taken on a different bit of attitude after being road-worn for a couple
of years.” – Pallbearer
Pallbearer has announced a handful of summer dates,
including shows with Baroness and two special home state shows where the band
will be performing Sorrow and Extinction in its entirety. Dates are found
below.
“Things have been relatively quiet on our front here, after
wrapping up the ‘Heartless’ touring cycle last October — but we’re coming out
of our album-writing hibernation period to perform some select shows in July.
Things didn’t quite line up for us to perform a show
commemorating the 10th anniversary of the band last year, but we’ll be
performing two dates in our home state that will unofficially be a celebration
of one whole decade of Pallbearer in the books so far! We’ll be performing
‘Sorrow & Extinction’ + other selections from our history at both of these
shows. We’ve also teamed up with our esteemed friends at Lost Forty Brewing to
bring a new limited beer, a Czech-style Pilsner dubbed ‘The Legend' (plus other
surprises!) which will be available at these dates. And, since these two Arkansas dates are over
a week apart, we managed to sneak a few other regional shows in there too. Hope
to see you there!” - Pallbearer
The Little Rock, Arkansas-bred foursome Pallbearer arrived
on the doom metal scene in 2012 with a stunning debut full-length, Sorrow and
Extinction, which was described by Pitchfork as “startlingly well realized,
with deep, sludgy guitar textures and proggy songs that are complemented by a
sparkling melodic sensibility” and NPR stating, “These are songs that challenge
the doom gods themselves for a place on the throne.”
Over the last decade, critical praise rained as Pallbearer
released the 2014’s lauded Foundations of Burden (“monstrous riffs that turn
out to be gentle giants, with sheer beauty imbuing every guitar layer” - Paste)
and their most recent album, 2017’s Heartless (“Pallbearer is living proof of
an old cliché: good things come in threes” - Consequence Of Sound).
See Pallbearer on the road this summer and look for more
news to come soon. Check out their new
merch store at DistrictLines.com/Pallbearer.
PALLBEARER Tour Dates:
July 13 - Little
Rock, AR - Rev Room *
July 18 - Oklahoma
City, OK - 89th Street
July 19 - Columbia, MO - Rose
Music Hall
July 20 - Kansas
City, MO - Riot Room
July 21 - Fayetteville,
AR - George’s Majestic *
July 30 - Nashville,
TN - Cannery Ballroom +
July 31 - Birmingham,
AL - Saturn +
* Playing all of Sorrow & Extinction in entirety
+with Baroness
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