Southern Lord announces summer tour package

Official press release:

Southern Lord this week confirms a devastating label tour package for this June and July, bringing some of the label's newest and most promising acts as well as some major players on the eclectic but lethal roster together for a near month-long trek across the face of America.

Organized and booked by Southern Lord founder Greg Anderson, the core acts for the tour include the Ontario-based hardcore/rock outfit Burning Love (featuring ex-Cursed vocalist), the dark lords of Swedish crust Martyrdod making their debut U.S. appearance, Milwaukee's punk/hardcore crossover outfit Enabler and Seattle's powerhouse d-beat/death-infused hardcore bastards Black Breath. Special additional performances from Poison Idea, Noothgrush, Pelican, Powertrip, Wild/Tribe, Dead In The Dirt, The Secret, All Pigs Must Dies and more will join some of the shows regionally as well.

The final routing is still being plotted and finalized, and a fully confirmed itinerary will be publicized in the next two weeks as it all takes shape.


Let us just say, we are fucking stoked to be a part of this. Also, some of you may notice that this is NOT Martyrdod's debut U.S. appearance, but they kick ass and we're happy to have them back!

May West Coast tour!

We'll be embarking on our first ever west coast tour in May. We're playing with some pretty killer bands on this entire run. There will be a Chicago show announced on this as well, but at a later date. Here are the dates for now:


5/3/12 Cleveland OH @ E71st Door w/ Neon Warship
5/4/12 Pittsburg PA @ Mr. Roboto Project w/ Neon Warship
5/5/12 Dayton OH @ Blind Bob's w/ Neon Warship
5/6/12 St. Louis MO @ The Foxhole w/ Neon Warship
5/7/12 Denver CO @ Blast-o-mat
5/8/12 Albuquerque NM @ Gasworks
5/9/12 Phoenix AZ @ Wallstreet
5/10/12 San Deigo CA @ Bar 11 w/ Griever
5/11/12 Los Angeles CA @ The Joint w/ Wizard Rifle
5/12/12 San Jose CA @ House of the Dead Rat w/ At Our Heels
5/13/12 San Francisco CA @ The Hemlock Tavern w/ At Our Heels
5/14/12 Portland OR @ The Know
5/15/12 Seattle WA @ Highline
5/16/12 Boise ID @ The Shredder
5/17/12 Missoula MT @ VFW Hall
5/18/12 Fargo ND @ The New Direction
5/19/12 Minneapolis MN @ Medusa w/ Northless

We'll be posting a new song and art from "All Hail the Void" when this tour launches, stay tuned!

March tour dates and SXSW showcases

What's up everyone, we are playing several SXSW showcases on March 16, as well as touring to and from Austin TX. Wisconsinites, don't worry, we have a show in Madison several days after we get home. Here are flyers and the dates:

3/10 Champaign IL @ Garfield’s Garden w/ Rvins

3/11 Omaha NE @ Charles Mansion

3/12 Kansas City MO @ Newsroom w/ Renouncer

3/13 St. Louis MO @ Heartbreakers w/ Ringworm, Cancer Bats, Primitive Weapons, Everything Went Black

3/15 Houston TX @ Vinyl Junkie & Distro w/ Human Error

3/16 Austin TX @ Longbranch Inn w (CVLT Nation Showcase)

3/16 Austin TX @ Scoot Inn (Brooklyn Vegan / Power of the Riff Showcase)

3/17 Fort Worth TX @ 1919 Hemphill w/ Heartless, Young and In the Way, Human Error

3/18 Normal IL @ The Coffeehouse w/ Rvins

3/19 Chicago IL @ Viaduct Theatre w/ This is Hell, The Ox King

3/24 Madison WI @ Dragonfly Lounge w/ Direct Hit!, Get Rad, Pyroklast

We'll be doing a west coast tour as well as posting a new song and artwork from the new LP in May. Stay tuned, and until then pick up our new split 7" record with Yautja and Drainland, as well as new shirt designs from our webstore - http://www.enablermke.bigcartel.com

"All Hail the Void" recording info

                                                          (photo by Adam DeGross)

We are back from our short tour and start recording with our new guitarist and producer Greg Thomas (Misery Signals, Shai Hulud, The Risk Taken). Drum tracking starts today with Shane Hotchstetler @ Howl Street Recordings. Greg's studio Silver Bullet has been temporarily relocated from Burlington CT to Fuck City in Milwaukee and guitar, bass, and vocal tracking will take place there. We will then be mixing and editing at Silver Bullet Studios out in Burlington CT. Artwork is being handled by Jimpaler (who has done several shirt designs as well as the art for "Year One" and "War Begins With You". Release info will be announced shortly. Tracklisting is as follows:

1. F.A.T.H.
2. The Heathens
3. Speechless
4. Fuck Today
5. False Profit
6. All Hail the Void
7. True Love
8. They Live, We Sleep
9. No Deliverance
10. Save Yourself
11. Trust
12. Funeral Dirge

A huge thanks to all the people who booked shows and helped us out on this last tour, whether it be a simple compliment or a floor to crash on. You guys are awesome and are what make this band run.

Be prepared to have your head crushed.

Enabler / Drainland split info

Halo of Flies Records and De Graanrepubliek will be releasing our split with Ireland's Drainland this month. Features 2 new Enabler songs, as well as 1 new Drainland song. Release show is January 28 at The Borg Ward in Milwaukee alongside Thieves and Impatience. Tracklisting is as follows:


Enabler:
1. Drop Out
2. Fuck Today
Drainland:
3. The Coldest Ward


Our side is up for streaming at http://www.enablermke.bandcamp.com, check it out!

Enabler / Yautja split info

Burnt Bridges Records will be releasing our split with Nashville's Yautja in January of 2012. Artwork was recently completed by Scott Shellhammer. Features 2 new Enabler songs, as well as 3 new Yautja songs. Release shows are January 13 in Nashville TN @ Cafe Coco and January 28 in Milwaukee @ The Borg Ward.

Go to http://www.facebook.com/enablermke to listen to our track "No Deliverance" off of the split and for more info on the release shows. Tracklisting is as follows:

Enabler:
1. No Deliverance
2. Self Awareness
Yautja:
1. Dead Soil
2. Losses
3. Human Den

Recording next month / tour shout outs

We're back from tour and all is well. We'd like to give a huge thank you to our good friends Robby Wright and Scott Shellhammer for helping us on this tour, as well as props to our tour buddies Mares of Thrace for keepin' it real with us. Thanks to all the good people who booked shows for us, let us sleep on their floors, let us use their showers, and fed us yummy food. Canada, we love you and we will come back.

We'd also like to send a shout out to our friend Stjen (I think that's how you spell his name). This guy flew all the way to Calgary from Belgium to follow our tour and see North America. You motherfuckers think your hard? This guy is hitchhiking, taking Greyhounds, walking to the venue from the Greyhound station, walking back to the Greyhound station, and once in awhile he'd find a hostel to clean up in, all in the name of rock n' roll.

From Left to Right: Robby Halford Wright, Stefani Mackichan, Scott Shellhammer, Stjen, Therese Lanz, Amanda Daniels, Jeff Lohrber. Taken in Minneapolis after one of the hottest shows ever w/ our homies Masakari and Alpinist.


We'll be in the studio next month with our dude Shane Hotchstetler here in Milwaukee recording 4-6 songs for 2 upcoming split releases. Stay tuned...