Enabler / Mares of Thrace tour dates!

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8/5 Fargo ND @ The New Direction (No Mares of Thrace)
8/6 Winnipeg CA @ The Death Trap - ARSON FEST (Mares of Thrace plays Friday 8/5 of Arson Fest)
8/7 Thunder Bay ON @ Black Pirates Pub
8/8 Sault Ste. Marie ON @ The Rosie
8/9 Ottawa ON @ Cafe Dekcuf
8/10 Montreal QC @ Katacombes
8/11 Quebec City QC @ Bar Le Kameleon
8/12 Toronto ON @ Parts and Labour
8/13 Hamilton ON@ the Casbah
8/15 Cincinnati OH @ Witler House (early show)
8/15 Dayton OH @ Blind Bob's
8/16 Columbus OH @ Legion of Doom w/ Silo
8/17 Nashville TN @ Little Hamilton
8/18 St. Louis MO @ Apop Records
8/19 Chicago IL @ The Mutiny w/ The Muzzler
8/20 Milwaukee WI @ Cactus Club
8/21 Minneapolis MN @ The Rat Hole w/ Masakari, Alpinist

We'd also like to announce the addition of Scott Shellhammer of American Heritage who will be rockin' guitar for us at these shows. If you've never heard American Heritage, do yourself a favor and check out their newest record "Sedentary". Fucking awesome.

Fliers!

Here are fliers for two upcoming Milwaukee shows! July 28 will be our first show with the new lineup!

Lineup changes

We'd like to announce the departure of our rhythm section, drummer Brian Serzynski and bassist Bubba Nitz. They both left the band following the last tour with Ambassador Gun. Also leaving is guitarist Logan Kelly. You can catch Bubba rockin' guitar in his band Short Walk, and Logan rockin' guitar in his band Blue Ox and bass in Much Worse. We wish them all the best of luck with their future endeavors.

With that being said, we'd like to announce the addition of drummer Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy, Racetraitor, Kill the Slavemaster, etc.) and bassist Amanda Daniels. Andy released the first Enabler LP "Eden Sank to Grief" on his label FC Records in 2010, and has been a fan of what we are doing ever since. Former Enabler guitarist Ben Willkommen will be rejoining the group temporarily and helping out with shows. Robby Wright (Paralyzer, Black Dove, One Nation Under, etc.) will be filling in on drums for the upcoming Canadian / US tour with Mares of Thrace since Andy will be touring with his band The Damned Things. We are very excited to have all of these people involved with this band now.

Enabler also has a brother band with all of the same people called Sleeping Corpses. Sleeping Corpses is to Enabler what the light side of the force is to the dark side. Right now, we're sitting on about 10 new Enabler songs and 9 Sleeping Corpses songs. We will be recording for both projects and announcing new releases soon enough.

Enabler is on the lookout for a permanent second guitarist (the position has been a revolving door since day one). Serious inquiries should be sent to enablermke@gmail.com

Check out the first shows with the new lineup:

7/28 Milwaukee WI @ Cactus Club w/ The Swan King, Git Some

7/29 Chicago IL @ The Horseshoe w/ Thieves (Record Release), Former Thieves

7/30 Indianapolis IN @ The Hoosier Dome - DUDE FEST

New releases available online!

Head over to our webstore http://www.enablermke.bigcartel.com to order copies of our new discography release "Year One", our split with Ambassador Gun, and/or the Impatience cassette (members of Protestant / Enabler / Half Gorilla). Orders will ship on June 21 when we're back from tour. Thanks!

Thanks to Creator Destructor, Sacred Plague, and Scenester Credentials to making these releases happen!

Enabler / Ambassador Gun tour dates

We leave for tour in less than a week with our buddies Ambassador Gun. Here are the dates:


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6/9/11 Madison WI @ The Wisco w/ Choose Your Poison, Deep Shit
6/10/11 Lima OH @ The Leathershop w/ Pizza Hi-five
6/11/11 Cleveland OH @ Now That's Class w/ Origin of M
6/12/11 Pittsburgh PA @ Helter Shelter w/ Origin of M
6/13/11 South Philadelphia PA @ JR's
6/14/11 Brooklyn NY @ The Charleston
6/15/11 Virginia Beach VA @ Cozumels
6/17/11 Knoxville TN @ The Pilot Light
6/18/11 Nashville TN @ 1619 Heimen
6/19/11 Chicago IL @ Memories w/ Thieves
6/20/11 Minneapolis MN @ Memory Lanes

We still need a show on 6/16, if you live in the area and would be into doing a show, hit us up! - enablermke@gmail.com

Our brother band Impatience is playing Milwaukee @ Groundzero the day before we leave for this tour with Origin of M, See You In Hell, Lotus Fucker, and Bored Straight. Do it!

Tracks up from the Ambassador Gun split and Impatience!

We've posted two new songs "Lost Cause" and "Death Refuge" from the split with Ambassador Gun! The split will be out this summer on Scenester Credentials and Sacred Plague. Wait til you hear their side, it's brutal!

http://www.enablermke.bandcamp.com

Also, Impatience, the new hardcore band from current and ex members of Enabler/Protestant/Half Gorilla (most of us are on different instruments) has posted songs from our upcoming tape also coming out this summer on Sacred Plague.

http://www.impatience.bandcamp.com

Play some air guitar and then destroy your living room to this shit.

"Year One" and Ambassador Gun split covers!

We couldn't be more stoked on what our buddy Jimpaler did for the art for the upcoming discography release "Year One". Check it out:

Creator-Destructor will be releasing this on May 22 2011. Check out more of Jimpaler's work @ www.jgillustration.com


Also, we have a split coming out this Spring with our good friends Ambassador Gun. 4 new songs from us, and 3 new songs from them. Their guitarist/bassist/vocalist Luke Olson is handling the art, check it out:

We'll be posting songs from these releases as soon as we have the masters in our hands. Until then, go buy something, or download it for free (it's really not that hard).