DOPETHRONE: new split record and full European tour to kick off next month

11th May 2016 Thomas Nielsen News 0

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Montréal’s sludge champions DOPETHRONE just released a strikingly filthy new song today, as part of the exclusive “Host/The Failure” split record with Saint Louis’ blackened doom trio FISTER. Plug in your speakers or headphones now and turn the volume to the maximum: it may be the last thing you’ll ever hear… 
 

 

Check out the DOPETHRONE/FISTER split now on Cvlt Nation
 
 

The “Host/The Failure” split record with Fister is available now on free download or “pay what you want” via Bandcamp. It will see a 7″ release later this year on Dopethrone’s own imprint Riff Dealer Records.
 
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The riff comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s clean, catchy and elegant. Sometimes it’s filthy, grimy and about as elegant as a sledgehammer to the sternum. DOPETHRONE is the latter. This D.I.Y trio from Hochelaga, Montreal’s trashiest ghetto, wallows in smoke, demons, death, the occult and enough psychotropic drugs to send both Hunter S. Thomspson and William Burroughs on one hell of a trip. Delivering some of the filthiest, most skull-crushing riffs drenched in distortion and fuzz, they encompass the bleakness of black metal, the steadfastness of New Orleans-style sludge with a heavier-than-thou doom mentality. Riffage is thick, punishing, suffocating and destructive and demonic vocals are harsh, visceral and animal-like for tunes dripping with pervasive THC. DOPETHRONE take over doom and view it through a crusty lens, and that perspective rise the genre to new heights of sonic filth.
 
After three records that have knocked out all sludge & doom fans across the globe, Canada’s insane weed-laden trio DOPETHRONE returned in 2015 with their third album “Hochelaga” – named after the trio’s dodgy neighbourhood in Montréal. “Hochelaga” is simply their most infectious effort to date, and has been widely acclaimed by the international critic. With a new split record with US doom merchants Fister released through their own label Riff Dealer Records, 2016 will also see the band embarking on a long tour, including appearances at Hellfest, Maryland Deathfest and Stoned From The Underground.
 
 
DOPETHRONE ON TOUR
NORTH AMERICA
21.05 – QUEBEC (CAN) – Le Scanner
22.05 – TROIS RIVIERES (CAN)
23.05 – MONTRÉAL (CAN) – Katacombes
26.05 – BALTIMORE (USA) – Maryland DeathFest
EURO TOUR
18.06 – HELLFEST (FR)
21.06 – TBA
23.06 – ARNHEIM (NL)
25.06 – ROCK IN BOURLON FESTIVAL (FR)
26.06 – NEWCASTLE (UK) w/ Gurt
27.06 – EDINBURGH (UK) – Bannermans bar w/ Gurt
28.06 – TBA (UK) w/ Gurt
29.06 – BOLTON (UK) – Alma Inn w/ Gurt
30.06 – LONDON (UK) – Underworld w/ Gurt
02.07 – TBA
03.07 – TBA
04.07 – TBA
05.07 – KÖLN (DE)
06.07 – AMSTERDAM (NL)
07.07 – HAMBURG (DE) – Hafenklang
08.07 – RED SMOKE FESTIVAL (PL)
10.07 – ELECTRIC MEADOW FESTIVAL (UKR)
11.07 – PRAHA (CZ) – Cafe V leise
12.07 – TBA
13.07 – SALZBURG (AT) – Mark
14.07 – STONED FROM THE UNDERGROUND (DE)
15.07 – BERLIN (DE) – Cassiopeia
16.07 – DEVILSTONE OPEN AIR (LT)
18.07 – RIGA (LET) – Nabaklab
19.07 – TALINN (EST) – Snakehouse
20.07 – TURKU (FIN) – Gong
21.07 – TAMPERE (FIN) – Yo Talo
22.07 – HELSINKI (FIN) – Bar Loose
24.07 – GOTHENBURG (SWE) – Truckstop Alaska
25.07 – OSLO (NOR) – Blitz
26.07 – COPENHAGEN (DK) – KB18
27.07 – ROSTOCK (DE) – Jaz
29.07 – OBERHAUSEN (DE)
30.07 – RODEO FEST ANTWERP (BE)
31.07 – TBA (F)
 
 
DOPETHRONE LINKS
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About Thomas Nielsen 1051 Articles
When my old buddy Kenn Jensen asked me if I wanted to contribute to the new site he had created, then called powermetal.dk, I didn't hesitate. My love for metal music was and is great. I wrote my first review during the summer of 2004 (Moonspell's 'Antidote' album). In 2015, I took over the editor-in-chief role.
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