This slice of actual property isn’t normally the spot for tour bulletins that aren’t the annual Decibel Journal tour, however we’ve by no means been and by no means will probably be above serving to the little dude out. And when the little dude(s) in query are street dogging workhorses and longtime Pals of Decibel, Gorgatron, who we’ve featured on this area quite a few occasions (right here, right here, right here) we’re all in on offering no matter help we will. This time within the type of a tour announcement.
Fargo’s most fatalistic sons have put collectively, and are headlining, a humdinger of a summer season run that’ll deliver three phases of midwestern steel to eight states and 4 provinces, together with stops at Loud As Hell Fest in Drumheller, Alberta, 4 Winds Fest in Sioux Falls, and Iowa Underground Fest in Cedar Rapids. Christened the Northern Destruction tour, it sees Gorgatron’s loss of life/grind depth joined by horror-and-death metal-obsessed cheese heads — as a result of they’re from Wisconsin, not as a result of they’re tacky — Casket Theft (who’ve been given earlier point out right here and right here) and Iowa’s up-and-coming thrashers Frontal Assault, whose newest launch is a break up referred to as 10 Beer Plan, so you already know they’ll be up for performing some parking zone shotgunning.
When reached for remark about their forthcoming summer season trip, the clearly excited trio of bands had this to say:
“We’ll be thrashin’, bashin’ and blastin’ all through North America with a blended invoice of the heaviest hitters from the Midwest steel scene. We toured with Casket Theft final 12 months and have been wanting ahead to hitting the street with one of many hardest working bands we all know! Killer band and nice individuals! Then we now have Iowa thrashers Frontal Assault opening the present to sonically kick everybody’s ass! You’ll develop into an instantaneous fan! This tour is bringing us again to a few of our favourite venues all through the Midwest and Canada. After this run we now have a pair extra methods up our sleeves to announce, then we’ll begin placing collectively our 20 12 months celebration as a band beginning subsequent 12 months into 2027! Should you’re studying this, thanks for the help over all these years. Examine the dates and get to a present. We’ll see you on the street!”—Gorgatron
“When Gorgatron requested us if we needed to do that tour it was an instantaneous sure. Our final tour with them was an enormous success, and this one will little question be pummeling. This tour package deal will ship a lethal pressure of riffs and destruction. It’s an superior mixture of loss of life and thrash steel that we’re excited to be part of. We’ll be unleashing a model new set listing with unreleased songs from our subsequent album. It’s gonna be a good time and we’re wanting ahead to hitting Canada for the primary time. Come rip with us on the Northern Destruction tour!” –Casket Theft
“Frontal Assault is a three-piece prog thrash band from Cedar Rapids, Iowa that fashioned in 2016 initially as an old-school thrash-loving band. By way of the years we now have crafted our personal distinctive sound meshing old-school thrash with progressive and black steel. Usually coining ourselves as ‘weirdo thrash’ and ‘tremendous thrash,’ our use of spacey themes and sci-fi influences are integral to the supposed goal. We’ve been big followers of Gorgatron and Casket Theft for a very long time, so it was a no brainer after we have been provided a spot on this tour. This will probably be our first time in Canada and out west and we now have been working onerous to curate a killer set to deliver to the entire new ears that can hear us for the primary time! We’re extraordinarily stoked and grateful to be part of this tour and may’t wait to jam in all of those new cities and meet all of those new individuals.” —Frontal Assault
The complete listing of tour dates is as follows:
7/24 Minneapolis, MN @ Zhora Darling
7/25 Milwaukee, WI @ X Ray Arcade
7/26 Menomonie, WI @ Zymurgy Brewing
7/27 West Chicago, IL @ WC Social Membership
7/28 Toronto, ON @ The Cave
7/30 Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates Pub
7/31 Winnipeg, MB @ Sidestage
8/1 Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat Tavern
8/2 Drumheller, AB @ Loud As Hell Fest
8/4 Missoula, MT @ The Present Room on the ZACC
8/5 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Aces Excessive Saloon
8/6 Denver, CO @ HQ
8/7 Fast Metropolis, SD @ Abys
8/8 Sioux Falls, SD @ Downtown Sioux Falls @ 4 Winds Music and Artwork Fest
8/9 Cedar Rapids, IA @ Iowa Metallic Underground Fest
