WITHERED are quietly chiseling away at a new album. In the meantime, the blackened death metal band are hitting the road with fellow Southern iconoclasts Goatwhore, along with blackened punks Spiter.
The tour starts this November in Arkansas. The bands will then tear through the Midwest and Northeast before barreling back down South. After a show in Withered's hometown of Atlanta and a stop in South Carolina, the tour will wrap up with three shows across Florida.
"It's been a decade since we've shared the road with GoatWhore", says Withered vocalist and guitarist Mike Thompson. "Ever since Sammy handed me their demo in '99, I've had a lot of affection for those guys. We've shared countless good times over all these years and revel in the heaviest of riffs together. Honored to get to do it every night. Spiter is going to be the putrid icing on the cake so, be warned, the crowds won't stand a chance."
Tickets for all dates: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/Witheredtour
Dates
November 3 Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room [TICKETS]
November 4 Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing [TICKETS]
November 5 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club [TICKETS]
November 7 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig [TICKETS]
November 8 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop [TICKETS]
November 9 Syracuse, NY @ Song and Dance [TICKETS]
November 10 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom [TICKETS]
November 11 Manchester, NH @ Angel City Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 12 Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz [TICKETS]
November 14 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus [TICKETS]
November 15 Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet Brewing [TICKETS]
November 16 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery [TICKETS]
November 17 Huntington, WV @ The Loud [TICKETS]
November 18 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 [TICKETS]
November 19 Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 20 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern [TICKETS]
November 21 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl [TICKETS]
November 24 Orlando, FL @ Conduit [TICKETS]
November 25 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum [TICKETS]
November 26 Pensacola, FL @ The Handlebar [TICKETS]
Withered are playing songs off 'Verloren'. Their most recent album returns to the band's doomier impulses, while exploring how trauma affects our ability to love. Order it HERE.
From its inception, WITHERED have been an outlier. The band are a perplexing charge of extremity that the metal scene still hasn't put its finger on.
"We're definitely a band for metal nerds", says guitarist Mike Thompson, who also handles the vocals.
Originally formed in 2003 by Thompson and ex-guitarist/vocalist Chris Freeman, WITHERED set out to re-write black, doom and death metal mores. After 18 years and five albums, WITHERED have achieved that goal by refusing to call any one subgenre home. The band has toured with Mastodon, High on Fire, Mayhem, 1349 and Danzig. You never know what kind of mystery WITHERED are going to uncork live. Sometimes, it's a DIY kick in the gut. Other times, it's a stage soaked in bloody red and searing white lights.
'Verloren' is WITHERED's most daring and iconoclastic offering yet. This album harkens back to the band's funeral doom roots, especially on eight-minute opener "By Tooth in Tongue". But it also features clean vocals for the first time ever. The title, which translates to "Missing", isn't just a reference to friends, families and memories that disappear as time ticks by. It's also a reflection on the pandemic and how much the band has missed writing, recording and touring together.
"For most people, metal is purely aesthetic, a grandstanding 'f-you' to society and an adolescent rebellion kind of thing," says Thompson. "But at the same time, we do get positive feedback from the people who have looked a bit deeper and done some research. We just want to be honest".
Line-up
Beau Brandon – Drums
Dan Caycedo – Vocals, Guitars
Rafay Nabeel – Bass Guitar
Mike Thompson – Vocals, Guitar
Guest Musicians:
Ethan McCarthy (Primitive Man) on "Passing through..." which is a noise track done under his "Many Blessings" nomenclature using field recordings Mike Thompson made at a family funeral.
Recording Studio: Orange Peel Recordings in Kennesaw, GA (USA)
Producer: Mike Thompson
Recording Engineer: Raheem Amlani
Mixing studio and engineer: Greg Wilkinson @ Earhammer Studios in Oakland, CA (USA)
Mastering studio and engineer: Jarett Pritchard
Cover art: Paul Romano
Biography: Kevin Stewart-Panko
Purchase: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/WitheredVerloren
Links:
https://withered.bandcamp.com/merch
https://www.facebook.com/witheredmetal
https://twitter.com/WITHEREDMETAL
https://www.instagram.com/witheredmetal/
Available formats
CD Digipak
Vinyl in various colors
Digital
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