High On Fire’s Next Album Almost Here, Summer European/U.K. Tour Announced
This year’s looking like it’s gonna be a big one for stoner metal stalwarts and GRAMMY winners High On Fire, as not only will we be getting a new record, but they’re also planning to hit the road.
Earlier this month, bassist Jeff Matz was pictured holding two test pressings of the new album. With those in hand, that means the final version of the album we’ll all get in our hands isn’t too far behind. Matz said the pressings sounded great, warning fans that they’re going to enjoy the hell out of the band’s follow up to 2018’s Electric Messiah.
“I just listened to the vinyl test press of the new High On Fire album, it sounds incredible and I can’t wait for you all to hear it. Kurt Ballou and Alan Douches really helped make this a sonically striking piece of work.”
This new record will be the first with new drummer Coady Willis, who replaced Des Kensel when he left in 2019. To say we’re excited about whatever this so far unnamed album will be is an understatement.
Along with the news about a new album, the band recently announced an European and U.K. tour set for this summer. Now, American bands crossing the pond on the summer months ain’t nothing new, so this was kinda expected — especially with a new album coming out.
According to the band, the tour will kick off on June 4 in Brno, Czechia and come to an end on July 6 in Vienna, Austria. Along the way they’ll make stops in Spain, France, Denmark, Germany… really, a whole lot of places throughout the continent.
The full list of dates can be found below, with tickets going on sale this Thursday, February 1.
High On Fire E.U./U.K. Tour
June 4th – Brno, Czechia
June 6th – Gdansk, Poland
June 8th – Norje, Sweden
June 10th – Hamburg, Germany
June 11th – Cologne, Germany
June 12th – Nijmegen, Netherlands
June 14th – London, England
June 15th – Manchester, England
June 16th – Glasgow, Scotland
June 17th – Leeds, England
June 18th – Bristol, England
June 20th – Wasquehal, France
June 21st – Dessel, Belgium
June 22nd – Copenhagen, Denmark
June 25th – Toulouse, France
June 26th – Bilbao, Spain
June 27th – Viviero, Spain
June 30th – Clisson, France
July 2nd – Aschaffenburg, Germany
July 3rd – Dudingen, Switzerland
July 4th – Torino, Italy
July 5th – Slunj, Croatia
July 6th – Vienna, Austria
