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Legendary Swiss metal band CELTIC FROST have announced two months of North American tour dates supporting their forthcoming May 30th release, Monotheist. Commencing Sept. 11th and running through November 11th, the extensive tour will reintroduce the bands mesmerizing live performance to their ravenous fanbase. Also scheduled are European festival performances throughout the summer. Complete dates can be found at the Century Media website or the bands website. Their first studio album in 13 years, and four years in the making, is an extremely dark, inventive, and radically heavy release.
When asked what fans can expect from the tour and the new album, vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer said, CELTIC FROST are very proud to announce their most extensive tour ever of the North American continent. In anticipation of Century Media's May 30th, 2006, release of our darkest and heaviest manifest to date, the Monotheist album, we are preparing a collection of truly morbid old and new CELTIC FROST music. Join us at these special services of worship and be part of the reappearance of one the world's most fervent and passionate visions. We will be honored to welcome you."
Taking metal down paths of eccentricity and compositional innovation no one else dared to dream (Metal Maniacs) CELTIC FROST have returned to metals helm, steering the genre into uncharted waters -- again. Formed from the remains of seminal death/black metal pioneers Hellhammer in June 1984, Swiss-American hybrid CELTIC FROST continue to be a pivotal influence on both the extreme metal and gothic metal genres. Establishing many of the musical elements that have since become synonymous for today's modern metal, the band saw every one of their releases in both the U.S. Billboard and UK charts. Co-founders and co-writers Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Gabriel Warrior, voice and guitars) and Martin Eric Ain (bass and vocals) saw their uncompromising conceptual framework and intricate instrumental orchestration influence bands such as Pantera, Marilyn Manson, Emperor, Nirvana, Paradise Lost, Cradle Of Filth, Foo Fighters, Darkthrone, Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, Obituary, Nile, and countless others.
Co-produced by Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Dimmu Borgir) and with guest vocal appearances from Lisa Middlehauve (Xandria), Satyr (Satyricon), and Ravn (1349), Monotheist is a testament to why every metal band performing today owes allegiance to Kerrangs darkest of dark lords, CELTIC FROST. "I have been a die-hard Frost fan since Morbid Tales. If you had written them off think again. This is the next essential Celtic Frost purchase since To Mega Therion. Horns Up!!!" Joey Jordison / Slipknot
CELTIC FROST TOUR NORTH AMERICA
Date City Venue
9/12 Spingfield, VA Jaxx
9/13 Spingfield, VA Jaxx
9/14 New York, NY B.B. King's
9/15 New York, NY B.B. King's
9/16 Montreal, Canada Medley
9/18 Toronto, Canada Opera House
9/19 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre
9/20 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
9/22 Detroit, MI Harpos
9/23 Chicago, Ill Vic Theater
9/24 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
9/25 Winnipeg, Canada Royal Albert Arms
9/27 Calgary, Canada Warehouse
9/28 Edmonton, Canada Starlite Room
9/30 Victoria, Canada Sugar
10/1 Seattle, WA El Corazon
10/2 Portland, OR Roseland
10/3 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
10/4 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10/6 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
10/7 Hollywood, CA House of Blues
10/8 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theater
10/9 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
10/11 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
10/12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
10/13 El Paso, TX The Zone
10/14 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station - Lone Star
10/16 Kansas City, KS Bottleneck
10/17 St. Louis, Missouri Pop's
10/19 Ft Worth, TX Ridglea Theater
10/20 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/21 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
10/23 Tampa, FL State Theater
10/24 Ft Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
10/25 Orlando, FL House of Blues
10/27 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
10/28 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
10/29 Fayetteville, NC Jester's Pub
10/31 Charlotte, NC Tremont
11/2 Norfolk, VA The Norva
11/3 Poughkeepsie, NY Chance Theatre
11/4 Worcester, MA Palladium
More dates to be added
LIVE DATES EUROPE
5/31 Vosselar, Belgium Biebob
6/1 Zaandam, Holland Kade
6/3 Rock Hard Festival Germany
6/10 Sweden Rock Festival Sweden
6/25 Hellfest France
7/1 Tuska Festival Finland
7/2 With Full Force Germany
8/4 Wacken Open Air Germany
8/26 Hole In The Sky Norway
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