CROWBAR Announces US Headlining Dates
Sludge metal icons Crowbar have announced a two-week Spring tour. The band will be supported by Little Rock-based death metal band Morbid Visionz. From March 31stto April 14th, Crowbar will play 15 cities as well as a couple of special appearances at a music festival and a booze cruise.
On this tour, Crowbar will certainly be playing tracks from their last album, Zero And Below. Crowbar recorded Zero and Below in their native Louisiana. The album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Duane Simoneaux at OCD Recording and Production in Metairie, LA. Zero and Below includes stand-out tracks, “Chemical Godz,” “It’s Always Worth The Gain,” and “Bleeding From Every Hole.” Zero and Below was released via MNRK Music Group.
A special set is planned for Crowbar’s appearance at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest in Philadelphia on April 12th. For this show, Crowbar will be performing songs from their classic albums Crowbar and Odd Fellows Rest. Other bands on the festival line-up include Biohazard, Deicide, Dying Fetus, Jesus Piece, Tomb Mold, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, Will Haven, Enforced, Lamp of Murmuur, Terminal Nation, Daeva, and Witching. Thirsty metalheads will be able to sample craft beers and meads from 18 independent breweries.
On April 13th, Crowbar will set sail from Skyport Marina in New York City to headline a Rocks Off Concert Cruise. The Crowbar on a Boat! cruise will be a three-hour cruise around the island of Manhattan.
Crowbar is led by vocalist and guitarist Kirk Windstein, who is the band’s only consistent member. Their most recent album Zero and Below featured the line-up of Windestein joined by guitarist Matt Brunson, bassist Shane Wesley, and drummer Tommy Buckley. First formed in 1990, Crowbar has been an innovator in the sludge metal scene. Their combination of Black Sabbath doom metal and hardcore punk have inspired other bands in the scene. Most notably, Crowbar is one of the foundations of the New Orleans metal scene that includes Eyehategod, Soilent Green, Down, and Acid Bath.
