After the release of the single "Never surrender” and the album "Making monsters” in august 2009 COMBICHRIST`s tour is kicking off on January 20 thin Portugal and circling around almost all over Europe, this is the band's first full tour after four months on the road supporting RAMMSTEIN in Europe. COMBICHRIST's much lauded and respected live shows are, as US-Crypt Magazine describes, "known for tons of energy, blood, and a rock n' roll attitude." BlogCritics also warns it's "not for the faint of heart – you wouldn't bring your grandmother to this show.”
Fueled by expressions of lust, anger, pain and hate, "Making Monsters" is the sound of Combichrist mastermind Andy LaPlegua ripping out his heart and plugging its still-beating deathkicks into his music, rife with hook-heavy choruses, speaker-crushing beats, and dark aggressive vocals. The first single "Never Surrender” is bound to rule the dance floors along with other floor stompers "They” and "Throat Full of Glass”. The baretoothed aggression of "Follow the Trail of Blood” (featuring Brendan Schiepatti of Bleeding Through) will immediately become a crowd favorite while the brooding "Through These Eyes of Pain” takes a much subtler approach and shows us another side of Combichrist, that of the man inside the monster.
COMBICHRIST "Monsters on tour" Europe 2011
Special guests: MORTIIS
20.01.2011 P Guimarães Sao Mamede
21.01.2011 E Madrid Caracol
22.01.2011 E Barcelona Salamandra 1
23.01.2011 E Pamplona Totem
25.01.2011 F Lyon Ninkasi Kao
26.01.2011 CH Zürich X-Tra Limmathaus
27.01.2011 I Milan Tunnels
28.01.2011 I Rome Alpheus
29.01.2011 I Rimini Velvet
01.02.2011 F Nantes Le Ferrailleur
02.02.2011 F Paris Le Divan du Monde
03.02.2011 B Antwerp Trix
04.02.2011 NL Utrecht Tivoli
05.02.2011 D Köln (Cologne) Essigfabrik (PLUSWELT-Festival)
06.02.2011 D Bremen Tivoli
08.02.2011 DK Odense Posten
09.02.2011 DK Albertslund (Kopenhagen) Forbrændingen
11.02.2011 S Göteborg Sticky Fingers
12.02.2011 N Oslo Chateau Neuf
13.02.2011 S Stockholm Kägelbanan
15.02.2011 SF Tampere Yo-Talo
16.02.2011 SF Helsinki On the Rocks
18.02.2011 RU St. Petersburg Kosmonaut
19.02.2011 RU Moscow Tochka
20.02.2011 RU Ekaterinburg Tele Club
22.02.2011 LV Riga Melna Piektdina
24.02.2011 PL Gdynia (Gdansk) Ucho
25.02.2011 D Berlin Columbia Club
26.02.2011 D Dresden Bunker/Strasse E
01.03.2011 RO Bukarest Silver Church Club
02.03.2011 BG Sofia RBF
03.03.2011 GR Salonica (Thessaloniki) Mylos Club
04.03.2011 SRB Belgrade SKC
05.03.2011 CRO Zagreb Boogaloo
06.03.2011 A Wien/Vienna Szene Wien
07.03.2011 HU Budapest A 38
09.03.2011 D München Backstage
10.03.2011 D Frankfurt Batschkapp
11.03.2011 D Braunschweig Meier Music Hall (Festival of darkness)
12.03.2011 D Lahr Universal dog (Dark Dance Treffen)
Special VFIM ticket-packages including goodies and a Meet&greet with the band are available in Europe, too! www.combichrist.com also for finding direct ticket links for most of the shows.
COMBICHRIST will be bringing the following band on this trip:
MORTIIS will return to the touring circuit this winter with a two-month, full European tour supporting evil-electro outfit COMBICHRIST
"In some fundamental ways, COMBICHRIST and MORTIIS are very different, but in other fundamental ways, we are very much the same," explained vocalist and namesake MORTIIS. "At the end of the day, both bands have this 'f-you' attitude. It's expressed somewhat differently musically, but energy and attitude-wise we're carrying the same torch, so to speak. I think fans of both bands will pick up on that."
MORTIIS took a break from touring while preparing their latest releases, the soon-to-emerge next album, "the Great Deceiver" and "Perfectly Defect," a totally free digital download. Unveiled October 10, "Perfectly Defect" is full-length, downloadable album available at www.mortiis.com. "Perfectly Defect" is the quintessential prelude to the world of "The Great Deceiver" – while the latter is heavier and darker, the former is varied, experimental, and largely instrumental. The bottom line is that "Perfectly Defect" leads into "The Great Deceiver" acting as a crucial stage in the evolution of MORTIIS' music.
Source: Newsletter
