With many claiming Ritual Violence as 2022's heaviest album, Californian sludge metal crew Armed For Apocalypse return to the United Kingdom to unleash their blasts of relentless fury.

The band will tour across July with Hundred Year Old Man, alongside Codespeaker and Void of Light.

Dates:

Jul 01 Newark Showground, UK Tech-Fest [tickets]
Jul 04 Edinburgh Bannerman's [tickets]
Jul 06 Sheffield Corporation [tickets]
Jul 07 Bournemouth Bear Cave [tickets]
Jul 08 London Boston Music Rooms [tickets]
Jul 09 Manchester Star & Garter [tickets]

Check out the band's most recent video ‘Lifeless’ here: https://youtu.be/NrkQwDrCwHI
Order their last album: https://armedforapocalypse.lnk.to/RitualViolence

New album Ritual Violence is an uncompromising aural onslaught and sees the band at their most aggressive. Both a product and expression of their never-die attitude, it’s the album Armed for Apocalypse always wanted to make, with the engineer they wanted to make it, Kurt Ballou, God City (Converge, High On Fire, Every Time I Die) and the label they wanted to partner with, Candlelight Records. Featuring guest appearances from Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) on track 'Foredoomed' and Trevor Phipps (Unearth) on 'Suffer For A Living', it is Armed for Apocalypse refined to its purest form: 0 percent frills, 100 percent heavy riffs.

Forming in California in the aughts, Armed for Apocalypse quickly released 2009’s Defeat (Ironclad Recordings). That’s where they laid out their mission statement: we are going to tune low, play riffs, and make heavy metal that makes you bang your fucking head. Real amps turned up, real drums hit hard, no bullshit. 2013’s The Road Will End (Ironclad) complicated their thesis, the band experimenting with new structures and incorporating a broader sonic palette. But member changes and new life directions led to a challenging five years before their next release, 2018’s Palm Reader EP. Now, in 2022, they return more focused than ever with their most potent and unwavering album to date. Ritual Violence is eleven tracks of bludgeoning skullf*ckery; a record from a band who are confident in who they are, and what they want to do. And who won’t let anything get in the way of that. Not the years. Not the heartache. Not an industry that devalues its creators. Nothing.

Armed for Apocalypse has never done it the easy way. But on this latest record is a statement and a promise: they will do it their way.

Armed for Apocalypse are:
Nate Burman - Vocals / Guitar
Cayle Hunter - Guitar
Charlie Fischer - Bass
Nick Harris - Drums

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Californian sludge metallers Armed For Apocalypse announce UK tour with Hundred Year Old Man

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