Canadian hardcore flag bearers COMEBACK KID have announced a run of UK and European shows for this summer to support their appearance at a number of festivals across the continent. The new dates include club shows with Darkest Hour, XL Life, Spaced, Devil In Me, Dagger Threat, Madball and Sick Of It All.

Full EU & UK Tour Dates 2022

24.06.22 Germany Ferropolis @ Full Force
25.06.22 Netherlands Ysselsteyn @ Jera On Air
26.06.22 France Clisson @ Hellfest
29.07.22 Germany Goldenstedt @ Afdreiht un Buten
30.07.22 France Le Garric @ Xtreme Fest
01.08.22 UK Bristol @ The Fleece (w/ Spaced, XL Life)
02.08.22 UK Manchester @ Bread Shed (w/ Spaced, XL Life)
05.08.22 Belgium Duffel @ Brakrock
06.08.22 Germany Bochum @ Matrix (w/ Dagger Threat, Spaced)
07.08.22 Germany München @ Backstage Free & Easy (w/ Darkest Hour, Dagger Threat, Spaced)
08.08.22 Italy Milano @ Circolo Magnolia (w/ Sick Of It All, Madball, Spaced)
09.08.22 Slovenia Tolmin @ Punk Rock Holiday
10.08.22 Austria Graz @ PPC (w/ Dagger Threat, Spaced)
11.08.22 Slovakia Bratislava @ Fuga (w/ Dagger Threat, Spaced)
12.08.22 Czech Rep Jaromer @ Brutal Assault
13.08.22 Germany Villmar @ Tells Bells
14.08.22 Germany Lindau @ Vaudeville (w/ Darkest Hour, Devil In Me, Spaced)
15.08.22 Germany Nürnberg @ Hirsch (w/ Darkest Hour, Devil In Me, Spaced)
16.08.22 Germany Dresden @ Chemiefabrik (w/ Darkest Hour, Devil In Me, Spaced)
17.08.22 Germany Berlin @ SO36 (w/ Darkest Hour, Devil In Me, Spaced)
18.08.22 Germany Sulingen @ Reload Open Air
19.08.22 Germany Dinkelsbühl @ Summer Breeze
20.08.22 Germany Trier @ Summer Blast

Tickets for all dates are on sale now.

COMEBACK KID’s latest studio album “Heavy Steps” was released back in January, and is still available to order from: https://bfan.link/CBK-heavysteps-album.ema

COMEBACK KID have revealed a new single and video, “Crossed,” featuring guest vocals from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier. Alongside the riff-heavy first single “No Easy Way Out” and the tone-setting dynamic title track (“Heavy Steps”), “Crossed” will appear on Comeback Kid’s anticipated seventh studio album, Heavy Steps which is set for release on January 21, 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-save/order Heavy Steps here: https://bfan.link/CBK-heavysteps-album.ema

In celebration of their forthcoming release, COMEBACK KID has recently partnered with Fanaply, a platform creating eco-friendly Non Fungible Token (NFT) for the biggest names in sports, music and entertainment, to bring fans their first ever eco-friendly NFT. Starting today, fans can enter a competition to earn points for sharing, following and more. On December 10^th, 25 of the top point earners will win the NFT. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3GbNfLs

Says lead vocalist Andrew Neufeld of the new single:
“Crossed is a no frills metallic hardcore track. Lyrically it deals with someone in my life that seemed so far gone and I had to watch them dig themselves further and further into a low and unrealistic place. “Crossed into the void” so to say. We enlisted Joe from Gojira to represent somewhat of an overlord menacing presence in the song. An overshadowing power via his blood curdling scream. This song is direct and to the point about staying in reality and warns of the elements that could bring us further into darkness.”

Comeback Kid fighting against outside pressures and personal demons

Directed by Daniel Prieß and Max Maltais and filmed in Quebec, the video for “Crossed” is a performance style video that sees members of the band fighting against outside pressures and personal demons until they fall into what is visually depicted as “the void”. A true hybrid collaboration that ignited a lot of inspiration and out of the box imagination, the video involved green screening in drummer Loren Legare from Vancouver when he was unable to attend the shoot in Quebec and utilizing a special FX team and editing team in Germany.

“It was wild how this song and video all came together,” Neufeld continues. “So many people from all over the world contributed to this project. On top of the teams used to create the video, the track was recorded in Winnipeg and was mixed in New York by Will Putney. Then Joe [Duplantier] recorded his parts at his house (I believe) in France! This is one of the most fun collaborative projects that I have had the pleasure of working on.”

“Heavy Steps”, the follow up to 2017’s critically acclaimed full-length “Outsider”, sees the hardcore veterans returning to their roots both geographically and musically. Although the members of the band are currently residing on different sides of the country in Vancouver and Toronto, the band decided to write and record their latest effort in the band’s originating city of Winnipeg, Manitoba at Private Ear Recording Studio and once again enlisted the services of producer John Paul Peters (CANCER BATS, PROPAGANDHI) who recorded the band’s debut album “Turn It Around”. In addition to co-production by Peters, on “Heavy Steps”, COMEBACK KID collaborated with prominent Grammy award-winning mixer and long-time fan of the band Will Putney (KNOCKED LOOSE, EVERY TIME I DIE). Featuring a guest appearance by GOJIRA’s Joe Duplantier, “Heavy Steps”is no longer a prerequisite to realizing COMEBACK KID’s influence on modern punk, but a delivery of pure anthemic chaos, sheer speed and force. It is a statement of intent. 

“It’s about hitting the ground running, not knowing when or where the ground could break from underneath you.” summarizes Neufeld. “It’s heavy steps on thin ice. ‘Heavy Steps’ on hollow ground.”
 
Kicking off with the pummeling title track that features punishing bass lines, masterful drumming, sludgy guitar riffs and an infectious singalong chorus, the 11 tracks that is “Heavy Steps” embody all the things that make COMEBACK KID so revered in their genre. It’s fast, fun, beautiful crafted melodic hardcore.

Pre-save/order “Heavy Steps”, here: https://bfan.link/CBK-heavysteps-album.ema

“Heavy Steps” Track Listing;
01. Heavy Steps
02. No Easy Way Out
03. Face The Fire
04. Crossed ft. Joe Duplantier
05. Everything Relates ft. JJ
06. Dead On The Fence
07. Shadow of Doubt
08. True To Form
09. Inbetween
10. Standstill
11. Menacing Weight

The band will kick off the year 2022 with dates in the UK and Europe supported by BE WELL, DEVIL IN ME and SCOWL. Tickets for all dates are available now. For a complete list of tour dates, see below.

COMEBACK KID European Headline Tour 2022
w/ BE WELL, DEVIL IN ME, SCOWL
19.01.22 Germany Berlin @ Hole44
20.01.22 Germany Hannover @ Faust
21.01.22 Germany Bochum @ Matrix
22.01.22 Germany Karlsruhe @ Weisse Rose
23.01.22 Netherlands Utrecht @ Tivoli Pandora
24.01.22 UK Bristol @ Fleece
25.01.22 UK Birmingham @ Mama Roux
26.01.22 UK Leeds @ Key Club
27.01.22 UK Manchester @ Rebellion
28.01.22 UK London @ The Dome
29.01.22 Belgium Hasselt @ Muziekodroom
30.01.22 France Paris @ Gibus
31.01.22 Switzerland Wil @ Gare De Lion
01.02.22 Italy Milan @ Circolo Magnoilia
02.02.22 Germany Munich @ Backstage
03.02.22 Czech Rep Prague @ Futurum
04.02.22 Germany Leipzig @ Conne Island

The tour remains subject to the current global situation.

One of the biggest names in modern hardcore, COMEBACK KID have released the fast paced, riff-heavy banger “No Easy Way Out”. The track, which was recorded in Winnipeg, MB at Private Ear Recording studio, is the first new original music to be heard from the influential hardcore/punk outfit since their 2017 release Outsider. Listen to “No Easy Way Out” HERE.

“This was an attempt to conjure up an edge of your seat rhythm that stays the course but builds intensity the whole way through until the end,” said lead vocalist Andrew Neufeld. “The feeling of looking over your shoulder and running for dear life. This is a stomper hardcore tune with a pummeling pace. When you’re pushed in a corner, there’s no easy way out!” 

Accompanying the single is an age-restricted music video conceptualized and directed by Kevin Keegan. Amplifying the tracks feeling of needing to escape but also running into the realization that that may be harder than what it seems, the video for “No Easy Way Out” is a captivating comedic mini-thriller that sees the band being chased by a psycho kidnapper in a forest in Western Canada.

Follow this link to view the video for “No Easy Way Out”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztSHR3rw-C0

Earlier this summer, Comeback Kid announced a slew of tour dates for 2022. For a complete list of EU/UK dates, see below.

COMEBACK KID European Headline Tour 2022
w/ BE WELL, DEVIL IN ME, SCOWL
19.01.22 Germany Berlin @ Hole44
20.01.22 Germany Hannover @ Faust
21.01.22 Germany Bochum @ Matrix
22.01.22 Germany Karlsruhe @ Weisse Rose
23.01.22 Netherlands Utrecht @ Tivoli Pandora
24.01.22 UK Bristol @ Fleece
25.01.22 UK Birmingham @ Mama Roux
26.01.22 UK Leeds @ Key Club
27.01.22 UK Manchester @ Rebellion
28.01.22 UK London @ The Dome
29.01.22 Belgium Hasselt @ Muziekodroom
30.01.22 France Paris @ Gibus
31.01.22 Switzerland Wil @ Gare De Lion
01.02.22 Italy Milan @ Circolo Magnoilia
02.02.22 Germany Munich @ Backstage
03.02.22 Czech Rep Prague @ Futurum
04.02.22 Germany Leipzig @ Conne Island

The tour remains subject to the current global situation.