Legendary Swedish death metal horde Hypocrisy have enlisted the help of Children Of Bodom guitarist/frontman Alexi Laiho for their upcoming North American tour. Alexi has agreed to temporarily fill the currently vacant guitarist spot on their tour alongside Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Ex Deo, Blackguard, Washbuckle. Hypocrisy mainman Peter Tagtgren commented:
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We're very happy to bring Alexi along on this tour and that he's helping us out with filling the 2nd guitarist position. Funny, the first Children Of Bodom show was a support gig for Hypocrisy on the Nuclear Blast festival in '98. Since then me and Alexi have become very good friends. I've helped him with producing and he?s helped me by contributing a guitar solo on one of my records with my other band Pain. There will be no shortage of alcohol on this tour that's for sure."
11/06/09 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA*
11/07/09 - Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, PA*
11/08/09 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
11/09/09 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11/10/09 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/11/09 - AKA Lounge - Orlando, FL (AntiPop Music Festival)
11/12/09 - DAY OFF
11/13/09 - Meridian - Houston, TX
11/14/09 - Emo's - Austin, TX
11/15/09 - Ridglea Theatre - Fort Worth (Dallas), TX
11/16/09 - DAY OFF
11/17/09 - The Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
11/18/09 - The Key Club - Hollywood, CA
11/19/09 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
11/20/09 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
11/21/09 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
11/22/09 - Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC - CANADA
11/23/09 - The Warehouse - Calgary, AB - CANADA
11/24/09 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB - CANADA
11/27/09 - The Zoo - Winnipeg, MB - CANADA
11/28/09 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
11/29/09 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
11/30/09 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
12/01/09 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON - CANADA*
12/02/09 - Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City, QC - CANADA*
12/03/09 - Le Medley - Montreal, QC - CANADA*
12/04/09 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA*
12/05/09 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY*
Hypocrisy will release their long awaited follow up to 2005's Virus record on October 23rd (Europe) and November 3rd (N. America) via Nuclear Blast Records. The North American mail-order version of A Taste Of Extreme Divinity will feature 3 exclusive bonus tracks, which can now be pre-ordered now at this location in various formats and bundle packages.
The track listing:
01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Weak
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinity
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down
Bonus Tracks:
12. The Sinner
13. Taste the Extreme Divinity (2008 Demo)
14. Valley of the Damned (2008 Demo)
The new track "Hang Him High" can now be streamed on the bands Myspace page.
The second video trailer for Hypocrisy's A Taste Of Extreme Divinity release was recently posted and can be viewed here.
A Taste of Extreme Divinity is by far Hypocrisy's best work so far, possibly the best melodic black metal album to come out in recent years.
Looking forward to seeing the european dates! I want to see Hypocrisy live in 2010!