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Blackened doom Georgian beasts, WITHERED, have confirmed a slew of shows this spring, including appearances at MACrock and New England Metal Fest, as well as dates with Krallice, and some headline dates. WITHERED continue to support "Dualitas," which was released in October of 2010 and made Decibel's Top 40 Albums of the Year list. Since then, the band has supported Danzig on his "Blackest of the Black Tour," and toured with label mates, Skeletonwitch.

Singer/guitarist Mike Thompson commented on the April dates: "Our tour dates this April will harbor a monsoon of dynamics, venues, and participants. It feels very chaotic, just the way we love to work. It'll begin with a one-off date April 1st as we participate in the return of the MACRock festival this year. It'll be rewarding to bring our new music to this part of the country again, which we've neglected unintentionally for several years now. Following that, we've also been invited to participate in NEMF once again. This is always a good opportunity for Withered to bring our music to more diverse crowds than we're used to. Plus, we'll get to share the stage with some great bands and friends as well. After that we have a mix of headlining dates and a northeast US/Canadian run with Krallice. We've been talking about doing something together for quite a few years now so it's great to see this materialize. We'll be offering quite a mix of withered material for these dates from all three albums. We're excited about playing some songs from "Memento Mori" that haven't been performed in several years in addition to reaching into the deeper compositions from "Folie Circulaire" and "Dualitas". It will feel great to be on the road again.

#w/ Krallice

Like its predecessor, the critically acclaimed "Folie Circulaire," "Dualitas," was recorded by KYLESA's Phillip Cope at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC. The CD and vinyl versions of the album have different covers, both of which were created by Paul Romano (Mastodon, Trivium, The Acacia Strain). The band appeared on the "Blackened Fest" in 2009 with Mayhem, and also toured with Watain, Marduk, and appeared at 2009's inaugural Scion Rock Fest, as well as Maryland Death Fest.

PROSTHETIC TV has posted an interview with Mike Thompson, singer/guitarist of Atlanta-based blackened doomsters, WITHERED. The interview was shot outside of the label’s South By Southwest Showcase in Austin this past March and live footage is taken from performances during the festival. Check out the video now. (www.prostheticrecords.com)  

 

The band’s new album, “Dualitas,” due out October 26th, was recorded by KYLESA’s Phillip Cope at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC. The CD and vinyl versions of the album have different covers, both of which were created by Paul Romano (Mastodon, Trivium, The Acacia Strain). Pre-order for the album is available now. (http://store.prostheticrecords.com/index.php/bands/withered) The vinyl version of “Dualitas,” will be a 500 piece limited edition gatefold double LP set on 150-gram wax, which contains the exclusive 33 minute instrumental track, “Dwell.” The lead track, “Extinguished With the Weary,” is featured as part of the new “Metal Swim” collection, presented by Scion A/V and Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and can be heard streaming on the band’s myspace page now. (http://www.myspace.com/withered)

 

WITHERED will be supporting DANZIG on this fall’s installment of his “Blackest of the Black Tour” and then joining up with label mates SKELETONWITCH and LANDMINE MARATHON for the “North American Skullsplitter 2010 Tour.” Their confirmed dates are:

 

10/24  Tempe, AZ- The Clubhouse *

10/25  Albuquerque, NM- Sunshine Theatre #

10/27  Little Rock, AR- The Village #

10/29  San Antonio, TX- San Antonio Live #

10/30  Houston, TX- Warehouse #

10/31  Dallas, TX- Palladium #

11/02  Knoxville, TN- Valarium #

11/03  Louisville, KY- Expo Five #

11/04  Buffalo, NY- Town Ballroom #

11/05  Columbus, OH- Alrosa Villa *

11/06  Royal Oak, MI- Royal Oak Music Theater #

11/07  Chicago, IL- Congress Theater #

11/09  Minneapolis, MN- The Cabooze #

11/10  Fargo, ND- The Venue #

11/12  Denver, CO- Ogden Theater #

11/14  Spokane, WA- Knitting Factory Concert House #

11/15  Seattle, WA- Showbox SODO #

11/16  Portland, OR- Roseland Theater #

11/18  Sparks, NV- The New Oasis *

11/20  Anaheim, CA- The Grove #

11/22  Lansing, MI- Mac’s Bar %

11/23  Windsor, ON- Chubby Pickle %

11/24  London, ON- London Music Hall %

11/25  Hamilton, ON- Absinthe %

11/26  Kingston, ON- The Mansion (Wine Cellar)%

11/27  Rochester, NY- Montage Music Hall %

11/28  New Haven, CT- Lily’s Pad at Toad’s Place %

11/29  Frederick, MD- Krug’s Place %

11/30  Greensboro, NC- Legitimate Business %

12/2  Oklahoma City, OK- Conservatory %

12/3   Denton, TX- Rubbergloves Rehearsal %

12/4   Austin, TX- Red 7 %

# w/ Danzig, Marduk, Possessed, Toxic Holocaust

* No Danzig

% w/ Skeletonwitch and Landmine Marathon

 

WITHERED appeared on the “Blackened Fest” in 2009 with Mayhem, and also toured  with Watain, Marduk, and appeared at 2009’s inaugural Scion Rock Fest, along with Skeletonwitch, Mastodon, Torche, and more, as well as Maryland Death Fest. 

 

Some past praise for WITHERED:

 

"A fusion of black metal, doom, grind and crust that somehow evoked both lacerating primitivism and next-level sophistication." -- Decibel

 

"An unholy combo of death/doom, crusty grindcore, blazing black metal and dexterous post-rock." -- Decibel

 

"Withered combine a love for Norwegian black metal, grindcore, Swedish melodic death metal and reverberating doom. They celebrate everything that is righteous about metal from the last 15 years." -- Metal Hammer

 

"A combination of rampaging blackened metal, wallowing, doom-styled heaviosity and punk-charged urgency, Withered set a new standard for contemporary metal." -- Metal Hammer

 

"Dense, lurching doom...songs as bleak and fraught with palpable tension as a blackened tornado funnel cloud on a distant horizon." -- Revolver

 

"Withered delight in infusing their love of the chilly blasting of black metal and the lumbering fury of death metal with the forward-thinking prog sludge perfected by Mastodon." -- Kerrang