Denmark thrash metal veterans, ARTILLERY, will kick off their first ever North American tour tomorrow, October 23rd. Joined by Onslaught and Striker, the trek will commence at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York and weave its way through thirty cities before coming to a close at The Whisky in Hollywood, California on November 26th.
Guitarist Michael Stützer comments: “One of ARTILLERY‘s biggest goals way back since the early demo days in 1982 has been to tour USA/Canada. After a few shows in the USA, playing at Maryland Deathfest, Barge To Hell and Saint Vitus in New York we are finally doing our first full North American tour! We can’t wait to play songs from our new album Legions together with old classic songs like ‘Terror Squad’ and ‘Khomaniac!’ Join The Legions!”
ARTILLERY
North American Thrash Invasion w/ Onslaught, Striker
10/23/2014 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
10/24/2014 Middle East Club – Cambridge, MA
10/25/2014 The Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ
10/26/2014 The Wreck Room – Peterborough, NH
10/28/2014 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
10/29/2014 The Headquarters – Indianapolis, IN
10/30/2014 The Foundry – Lakewood, OH
10/31/2014 The Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH
11/01/2014 The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
11/02/2014 Championship Bar – Trenton, NJ
11/03/2014 Empire – Springfield, VA
11/04/2014 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT
11/05/2014 Bogie’s – Albany, NY
11/06/2014 La Salle Multi – Quebec City, QC
11/07/2014 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
11/08/2014 Mavericks – Ottawa, ON
11/09/2014 Le Petit Campus – Montreal, QC
11/11/2014 Mansion – Kingston, ON
11/12/2014 The Token – Lounge Detroit, MI
11/13/2014 The Metal Grill – Cudahy, WI
11/15/2014 Zoo Caberet – Winnipeg, MB
11/16/2014 Palomino’s – Calgary, AB
11/17/2014 The Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB
11/18/2014 Red Room – Vancouver, BC
11/19/2014 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
11/20/2014 The Hop – Spokane, WA
11/21/2014 The V-Lounge – Victoria, BC
11/22/2014 Tonic Lounge – Portland, OR
11/23/2014 The DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
11/24/2014 Orange County Music Hall – Anaheim, CA
11/25/2014 Club Red – Mesa, AZ
11/26/2014 The Whiskey Theater – Hollywood, CA
ARTILLERY is one of Europe’s earliest and most important exponents of thrash metal, and the band’s contribution to the bourgeoning genre is difficult to ignore. The Danish quartet successfully managed to fuse an abrasive brutality with technicality and strong melodies, with the noteworthy guitar leads of the Stützer-brothers serving as highlights. Listen to music and watch videos from “Legions” now at metalblade.com/artillery.
ARTILLERY formed in the Copenhagen suburb of Taastrup, Denmark in 1982 by Michael and Morten Stützer. Since then the band has gone through numerous lineup shifts and gave released six studio offerings. The first period of ARTILLERY‘s existence gave the world the three classic albums – Fear Of Tomorrow, Terror Squad and By Inheritance — featuring some of the finest moments of thrash metal Europe has ever put out.
“ARTILLERY are doing what they were surely born to do, namely hurling impressively intricate, ridiculously tight thrash anthems from every direction, they are still unstoppable.” — Terrorizer Magazine
“…one of the best thrash metal albums this year…” — Iron Fist Magazine
“The songwriting talent on display is formidable, and all the instruments turn potentially routine passages into extra appendages that work always in the band’s favor.” — MetalSucks.net
“…this new album proves that they’re still fighting on, with no end to the war for thrash metal in sight.” –NewNoiseMagazine.com
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