Empire State Bastard announce UK and European headline tour
nme.comEmpire State Bastard have announced details of a new UK and European tour. Check out a full list of tour dates below.The blistering project is the side-project of Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil, and their touring guitarist Mike Vennart (Oceansize), and the tour will celebrate the release of their upcoming debut album, ‘Rivers Of Heresy’.Set for release on September 1, the album will see the duo team up with Slayer and Testament drummer Dave Lombardo and Bitch Falcon’s bassist Naomi Macleod.Already three songs have been shared from the forthcoming LP.
These include the blistering lead single ‘Harvest’ – which Neil and Vennart used to debut the new project – ‘Stutter’, and more recently, ‘The Looming’.The latter arrived last month, and continued on the dystopian themes of the track, and continued Neil’s vision to make the band go for “extremity at all costs”.
Empire State Bastard also dropped the new music video for the track earlier this week (August 9), check it out below.Now, less than one month until the debut album is released, the band have announced details of an upcoming 2023 tour, which will see them make stops across the UK and Europe later this year.Kicking off on November 2, Neil and co.
will play the first show of the tour at the Alhambra venue in Paris, before making stops in Cologne, Amsterdam, Berlin and Hamberg that same week.From there, the four-piece will start the UK leg of the tour with a show in Cardiff on November 9.
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