UK Shows 2015

Japanese avant-garde metallers dir en grey return to the UK this May, giving fans the opportunity to hear songs from last year’s “Arche” album performed live for the first time.

For the uninitiated, the dir en grey live show is a genuinely jaw-dropping experience. Well-worn phrases are often bandied about in promotional hyperbole, but in the case of this Japanese five piece, the secretion of blood, sweat and tears is a real prospect, such is the emotion and soul poured into their shows.

Bold and sensitive, chaotic and melodic, over the course of nine albums, dir en grey have become one of the biggest names in Japanese rock to break outside of their home country. Embraced by the international rock media, support for the band has been overwhelmingly positive, especially in the UK, where they became the first (and so far only) Japanese band to appear on the cover of Kerrang! Magazine.

TOUR15 THE UNSTOPPABLE LIFE:
Sat 23 / Sun 24 May
Islington o2 Academy

Tickets go on sale at http://www.kililive.com | http://www.seetickets.com at 10am on
Thursday 12th February.

Dir En Grey

Bay Area thrash metal provocateurs EXODUS have announced a trio of headline shows in the UK this summer. The band will perform two nights at the Underworld in Camden, London and an additional show the following day at the Academy 3 in Manchester.

Dates are as follows (including ticket links):

Tues 23rd June – Underworld, London
Wed 24th June – Underworld, London
Thurs 25th June – Academy 3, Manchester

EXODUS released their sensational new album “Blood In, Blood Out” last year via Nuclear Blast. It is EXODUS’ 10th studio album and marks the band’s first output with vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza since 2004’s “Tempo of the Damned”. It was produced by mastermind Andy Sneap (ACCEPT, KREATOR, MEGADETH) and features artwork by Swedish artist Par Olofsson (PSYCROPTIC, ABYSMAL DAWN, REVOCATION).

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