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Motor City thrashers BATTLECROSS are currently out on the road with Crowbar and Lord Dying on “The Summer of Doom Tour” in support of their forthcoming release “Rise to Power“! The tour has been a career highlight for the band and the legendary sludge metallers Crowbar have really taken a liking to the band (see below).
 On tour, fans can pre-order “Rise to Power” at the BATTLECROSS merch booth in the form of a limited edition tour laminate, only available at the merch booth. Each laminate will include a code, redeemable online, for a copy of the album! “Rise to Power” is also available now in special pre-order bundles at metalblade.com/battlecross.
Guitarist Tony Asta spoke about the track:
“‘Spoiled’ kicks in with a heavy rockin old-school vibe and progresses into a brutal more technical feel. It’s also a really fun song to jam. The subject matter and lyrics of “Spoiled” were inspired by the dependency on modern technology, more specifically the cyber world. An entire generation thrives from its use but does not know what it was like before the internet existed. It IS a great tool, although the magnitude of its impact on our everyday lives sometimes gives me the chills. This is the only song I had a hand in writing lyrics for and you can thank the “phone-gazing zombies” for it.”
Additionally the first song from “Rise to Power”, “Not Your Slave“, is streaming at metalblade.com/battlecross. “Rise to Power” will be released worldwide on Metal Blade Records on August 21st, 2015. The record was produced by Jason Suecof, and mixed/mastered by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios. Cover art was completed by Hungarian artist Péter Sallai (Sabaton, Sacred Steel). BATTLECROSS will also appear at the 2015 Heavy MTL in Montreal on August 8th. “Rise to Power” Track Listing: BATTLECROSS Tour w/ Crowbar, Lord Dying 06/29 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus 06/30 Frederick, MD Cafe 611 07/01 West Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern 07/02 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 07/03 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre End Tour 08/08 Montreal, QC Heavy MTL CD Release Shows 08/21 Westland, MI Token Lounge 08/22 Chicago, IL Reggies 08/23 Kokomo, IN Center Stage 08/24 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom Tour w/ GWAR, Butcher Babies 08/25 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre 08/27 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s 08/28 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre 08/29 Wichita, KS Lizards Lounge* 08/30 Lawrence, KS Granada 08/31 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom 09/01 San Antonio, TX Alamo City Music Hall 09/02 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre 09/03 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen 09/04 Birmingham, AL Iron City 09/05 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero* 09/06 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggys 09/08 Wilmington, NC Ziggys By The Sea 09/09 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live 09/10 Chattanooga, TN Track 29 09/11 Sauget, IL Pop’s 09/13 Clifton, NJ Dingbatz* 09/14 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 09/15 So. Burlington, VT Higher Ground 09/16 Reading, PA Reverb 09/17 Huntington, NY The Paramount 09/18 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
*Off Date – BATTLECROSS Headline Show* BATTLECROSS‘ previous album, “War of Will,” debuted at #134 on the Billboard Top 200 chart upon its release in July of 2013. This was the band’s first ever Billboard chart debut! “War of Will“also peaked at #3 on the US iTunes metal chart on the day of release. Watch the music video for “Never Coming Back” now at metalblade.com/battlecross. |
