Greek extreme metallers Rotting Christ will support Bolt Thrower on their upcoming European tour.
Commented Bolt Thrower:
"To mix the package up a bit for everyone, there will be different additional bands playing each night, and so far we've asked Benediction, Asphyx and Dew-Scented to play a few shows each. And as usual, there will also be local/unsigned bands on the bill. More bands/details will be announced soon.
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On another note, we're planning something special for the first show on the tour, in the new Atak venue in Enschede, Holland. More info on that will follow soon."
Bolt Thrower tour dates:
04/29 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
04/30 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
05/01 - London, UK - ULU
05/02 - Dublin, Ireland - The Button Factory
05/03 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - The Limelight
05/04 - Leeds, UK - Rios
05/05 - Wrexham, UK - Central Station
05/06 - Birmingham, UK - The Asylum
05/07 - Paris, France - Le Trabendo
05/08 - Lyon, France - CCO
05/09 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix (Hof Ter Lo)
05/11 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja
05/12 - Prague, Czech Republic - Abaton
05/13 - Dessau, Germany - Metalfest DE
05/14 - Mining Am Inn, Austria- Metalfest AT
05/15 - Pratteln, Switzerland- Metalfest
05/16 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
Video footage of Bolt Thrower performing at the Rock Area festival in Loreley, Germany on August 22, 2009 can be viewed here (courtesy of "666maelstrom666").
Bolt Thrower indefinitely postponed plans to record a new studio album after the band realized that the new stuff it had written "just doesn't match up" to the group's last CD, "Those Once Loyal".
"We have a lot of pride in our back catalogue, and we refuse to turn into one of the many bands (like the ones we grew up listening to) who end up releasing crap, and we're also not prepared to compromise by instead releasing an album of cover versions or a 'best-of' album," Bolt Thrower explained in a statement.
Bolt Thrower in 2006 completed a European tour in support of "Those Once Loyal", which entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 76 — the group's highest-charting release in Germany so far. The follow-up to 2001's "Honour, Valour, Pride" was recorded at Andy Faulkner's Sable Rose studios and was the band's first album since the return of original vocalist Karl Willetts as a full-time member.
Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.
