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Iron Age Announce US Tourdates w/ Skeletonwitch!
Shortly after releasing the sprawling modern heavy metal opus that is their new album, "The Sleeping Eye" (out now on Tee Pee Records), and following their US dates w/ metal's latest heroes Baroness, hardcore and thrash metal's newly embraced Texas gems, IRON AGE, have announced regional US dates supporting the mighty Skeletonwitch
in February 2010. In addition, the band has also announced a headlining
date to kick off the festivities at Brooklyn venue The Charleston.
Complete tourdates below!
2/16 Brooklyn, NY @ The Charleston
w/ Skeletonwitch and Howl
2/17 Boston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Doomriders
2/18 Albany, NY @ Valetine's
2/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
2/20 Hartford CT @ Webster Under w/ Doomriders
2/21 Washington, DC @ The Red & The Black
2/22 Wilmington, NC @ Lucky's Pub
2/23 Asheville, NC @ The Rocket Club
2/24 Knoxville, TN @ The Cider House
2/25 Savannah, GA @ The Jin
This
is music for fans of fucking furious, tight, beer-soaked, basement
mosh-pit party metal like Trash Talk and Bison B.C., Metallica Ride The
Lightning-era guitar riffs pushed to the fullest and real in every way
with nary a speck of hipster retro throwback. The Sleeping Eye kicks as
much ass as any thrash-influenced record released all year - MetalSucks
Austin, Texas’ Iron Age have been slugging it out
in hardcore and punk circles since the middle of the decade, touring
the North America and abroad with such contemporary hardcore luminaries
as Rise And Fall, Cold World, Fucked Up, and Trash Talk while steadily honing the riffed-out hardcore sound established on their 2006 debut Constant Struggle.
With The Sleeping Eye, Iron Age remains a modern torchbearer for the long tradition established by the crossover classics (Corrosion of Conformity's Animosity, Crumbsuckers' Life of Dreams, Cro-Mags' Best Wishes,
etc), but twists the NYHC-inspired thrash of their debut to create
something bigger and darker, enhancing the violence of their former
efforts with mammoth Lovecraftian atmopshere. Gargantuan guitar riffs
conjure images of astral behemoths while unnamed terrors lurk in the
unwavering, resolute rhythm section. The demon doesn't truly emerge
though until the blood-curdling, blasphemous growls of Jason Tarpey crawl to the startling forefront. Fans of the vocal madness of King Diamond or G.I.S.M.’s Sakevi can rejoice at this reverb-drenched shrieking.
The Sleeping Eye is a sprawling modern heavy metal opus that doesn’t
forsake its hardcore roots, but follows them to their sonic
extremities, forging a sound that honors the crossover forefathers
while treading new ground in brutal atmosphere and doomy ambiance.
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