WAYFARER Announces Spring North American Tour Supporting ORANSSI PAZUZU

American Gothic purveyors WAYFARER will be embarking on a full North American tour this spring in support of ORANSSI PAZUZU! The trek will kick off during Northwest Terror Fest on May 8 and will make its way through the continent until the curtain draws on May 30 at Prepare the Ground Festival in Toronto, ON. The full itinerary can be found below while tickets can be found HERE.

WAYFARER guitarist/vocalist Shane McCarthy comments, “We look forward to crossing the country again, this time in the company of one of the strongest artists in contemporary heavy music in Oranssi Pazuzu.

"This trek will signal the end of the AMERICAN GOTHIC era, as that material will ride on stage along with unearthing a few cuts that have not been played in sometime.

"We look forward to ripping stages across the country this spring - join us for a two act bill that shouldn't be missed.”

WAYFARER will be touring in support of 2023's critically-acclaimed album, 'American Gothic,' which was released on October 27, 2023 via Century Media (Europe) and Profound Lore Records (North America). The album was lauded as one of the best albums of 2023 by Rolling Stone, Decibel Magazine (#3), Metal Hammer UK, and many others! The album can be streamed, downloaded, or ordered HERE.

WAYFARER U.S. Tour Dates:

May 8 - Seattle, WA - Northwest Terror Fest *

May 9 - Portland, OR - Star Theater 

May 11 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall 

May 12 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room

May 14 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister Bar 

May 15 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater 

May 16 - Kansas City, MO - Bottleneck

May 17 - Chicago, IL - Reggies 

May 19 - Indianapolis, IN - Black Circle 

May 20 - Youngstown, OH - West Side Bowl 

May 21 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts 

May 22 - Baltimore, MD - Maryland Death Fest *

May 23 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 

May 24 - Boston, MA - Sonia 

May 26 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom

May 27 - Brattleboro, VT - Stone Church

May 28 - Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery 

May 29 - Montreal, Quebec - Piranha Bar 

May 30 - Toronto, Ontario - Prepare The Ground*

*Festival Date

Steeped as deeply in the wells of gothic country and Americana as they are in black metal, WAYFARER have given a sound and a face to the American West in the world of heavy music.

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, and having carved out their identity for over a decade with five full length albums and tours around the world - the band are putting the final notes on the chapter that started with the heralded release of 'AMERICAN GOTHIC.' 

Released in late 2023 to acclaim for music publications worldwide, the album placed at or near the top in many year-end accolades from sources like Rolling Stone, Metal Hammer, Decibel Magazine and more - and saw the band make their mark at festival and club stages around the world.

They ride across the United States one final time for the 'AMERICAN GOTHIC' era, alongside Finland's mind melting ORANSSI PAZUZU in their first proper US tour in nearly a decade. WAYFARER will take stages across the country with riff soaked elegies of blood and gunpowder in tow.

Lineup:

Isaac Faulk: Drums

James Hansen: Bass, Vocals

Shane McCarthy: Guitars, Vocals

Joey Truscelli: Guitars

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ORANSSI PAZUZU - Release Video For New Single 'Valotus' From New Album "Muuntautuja"

Finnish Psychedelic Black Metal innovators ORANSSI PAZUZU are pleased to announce that their latest mutational meisterwerk, Muuntautuja (or Shapeshifter in English) is set to be released on October 11th, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. A boa constrictor of slithering, warping, interdimensional cosmic horror, the band's sixth full-length Muuntautuja is in a world of its own, seeping through the speakers like irradiated sand. Ever transmuting, unsettling chords that raise the hairs on the back of your head and then pummel it with nauseating rhythms that both transport and destroy you.

Drawing inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Death Grips to PortisheadNine Inch Nails (Downward Spiral era), Beherit and My Bloody ValentineORANSSI PAZUZU are a feast for those who dig deep, heavy and strange. With inhuman and biological sound, Muuntautuja is electronically charged, both organic and inorganic in origin.

Guitarist Ikon reflects:
"Our experimentation with samplers and electronics made us step towards the weird concept of making nightmarish Rave music. We tried to find common ground between danceable rhythms and oppressive waves of noise and distortion."

Muuntautuja transcends genres, embodying a transcendent experience that slimes listeners in its nightmare of space and metamorphosis. Jun-His (vocals & guitars) muses, "For us, this album is like a sculpture made of black electric ooze."

Await the release of Muuntautuja, ORANSSI PAZUZU’s fire in the sky, where reality bends and shapes shift with each and every haunting note, and you will be visited by higher beings, though not with your best intentions entirely at heart.

As of today, Muuntautuja can be pre-ordered and you can listen to a second single called 'Valotus'. Alongside the single a nightmarish, extremely unsettling music video has been released, which you can check out below.


PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE MUUNTAUTUJA:
https://oranssipazuzu.bfan.link/muuntautuja-album

LISTEN TO 'MUUNTAUTUJA':
https://oranssipazuzu.bfan.link/valotus

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR 'VALOTUS' BELOW:

ORANSSI PAZUZU - Release Video For New Single 'Muuntautuja'

Four years after their critically acclaimed latest album Mestarin kynsi, Finnish psychedelic metal superconductors ORANSSI PAZUZU have unveiled a music video for their brand new single, 'Muuntautuja'. With influences as diverse as Black Metal, Psychedelia, and Electronic Music, the band creates a sonic convulsing mass that transports listeners to otherworldly realms.

Drawing inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Death Grips to PortisheadNine Inch Nails (Downward Spiral era), Beherit and My Bloody ValentineORANSSI PAZUZU are a feast for those who dig deep, heavy and strange. With inhuman and biological sound, 'Muuntautuja' is electronically charged, both organic and inorganic in origin.

'Muuntautuja' (which means "shapeshifter") sees the band continuing to push the boundaries of metal music, creating a sound that defies categorization. It's also the first sample of a new ORANSSI PAZUZU album, which is due to be released in autum 2024. More details will follow soon.

ORANSSI PAZUZU commented:
"After three years of slow-burn brewing and enlightening space-time experimentation, please welcome Muuntautuja - The Shapeshifter, a new song from our forthcoming album. Let it open your skull towards the void and guide you to the intoxicating state of transformation."

LISTEN TO 'MUUNTAUTUJA':
https://oranssipazuzu.bfan.link/muuntautuja

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR 'MUUNTAUTUJA' Below.