American industrial heavy metal group Baroness and Swedish hard rock band Graveyard have just released dates for their co-headlining UK and European tour this autumn along with special guest doom metal band Pallbearer.
Baroness will be touring with their 6th studio album Stone which they released in September 2023 but had been in the works since 2020 lockdown, they told Metalsucks. This is the band’s first album in four years, produced independently in an AirB&B on the mountain edge of Pennsylvania which the group converted into studio. The band’s choice to forgo the coloured codification of the 2023 album’s name signified to fans a subtle but declaritive divergence away from their previous sound. This tour will be the first time some fans have heard the group live since the album’s release.
Graveyard will be alongside the group promoting their new album 6 which also hit the shelves September of last year. On their Instagram @graveyardmusic, the band described the upcoming tour as ‘a journey of sonic explorations beyond the pale.’ urging that ‘Europe will never be the same!’ Writer and reviewer Essi Berelian from Louder Mazagine called the album ‘a masterclass in psychedelic light and shade'; this will be a show you don’t want to miss.
You can listen to the lead single from 6, ‘Twice’ on Nuclear Blast Record’s youtube channel, below.
Pallbearer will supporting the groups on all non-festival dates with their fifth full length album Mind Burns Alive, which comes out on this Friday May 17th. Described on the Nuclear Blast Records website as ‘poetic and blistering… a meditation on isolation, trauma and mental breakdown,’ fans are speaking with fervour about the upcoming record as well as the band’s debut appearance in Dublin, Ireland after over 12 years of touring.
Baroness has gone through a myriad of line up changes since the group’s establishment in 2003 with the 4 original members having grown up together in Virginia. This tour will be the second that lead guitarist Gina Gleason has worked on since replacing Peter Adams in 2017. Of course we will see long term members Nick Jost and Sebastian Thompson on stage too along with John Baizley who has been a constant for Baroness since its formation.
The groups will be playing a cumulative 20 events across Europe and the UK including shows in Belfast and Glasgow. Baroness will also be playing a number of festivals throughout the summer including the 10th annual ArcTanGent in August which will take place at Fernhill Farm near Bristol.
For a comprehensive list of all the UK and European dates, see the poster below. Baroness are also offering VIP tickets for those that want an extra-special experience which includes a intimate three-song acoustic set before the official show as well as signed pieces of merchandise. Tickets go on sale on the 17th of May at 10am GMT and you can get them here.
Tour dates 2024 Baroness and Graveyard
