Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) epic metal powerhouse EPICUREAN have begun a trek across North America with LUNA MORTIS and the mighty EDGUY! If you haven’t seen this tour yet, it’s one not to miss, and tickets can be purchases in advance at enterthevault.com.
Vocalist John Laramy updates us from the road: “So as we were pulled into the immigration office at the Canadian border which immediately took on the appearance of the typical “band-ass-raping” that in sues every time an American band attempts to cross the border to the land of our northern neighbors; I couldn’t help but think to myself that this is just yet another issue to add to the shit-heap of problems we’ve dealt with in pre-production for this tour… Visas cancelled for our lead guitarist, bus broken down, and a million other annoyances that have accumulated over the past few weeks leading up to this moment locked in the immigration office.
However, a few hours and a few hundred dollars, American dollars I may add, we were on our way to Toronto… a little battered, considerably more broke, but in the grand scheme of this not too much worse for the wear… Two traffic stops later (under completely bogus pretenses I might add) we FINALLY arrived in Toronto.
I will say this about Toronto: Very cool city, the women are amazing and the food is great, and in typical “Canadian-metalhead” fashion, the crowd at the Opera House more than exceeded everyone’s expectations by leaps and bounds. Incredible show! I think even Bigfoot made a brief appearance, decked out in full hockey gear and banged his head like one of the trailer park boys on a 5 day coke bender.
The next day, off to Montreal, where once again the crowd blew all of us away, and despite the French accent, “fuck yeah” means the same thing no matter how you say it.
The rest of this tour is already shaping up to be an amazing time! We’ll keep everyone updated! And for those of you in the cities we are playing next, we’d better see you here banging your heads! Keep it metal everyone!!!”
-Laramy
Epicurean’s Metal Blade Records debut, A Consequence Of Design, is available everywhere now and can be purchased on metalbladestore.com. Fans can check out live photos from the Logan Square Auditorium show in Chicago, IL on metalbuzz.net.
“Epicurean describes itself as a progressive/death metal band on its MySpace page, but the two words barely encompass the incredibly complex sound of the group’s Metal Blade debut, A Consequence Of Design.” Metal Maniacs
“With this amount of power, beauty, skill, and intensity wrapped up into a single, tuneful package, A Consequence of Design makes an impressive introduction.” Outburn Magazine
“It is majestic progressive metal music. It makes me want to dance around with a sword.”
Randy “Rocket” Cody
The Metal Den.com
“Epicurean’s sound veers from Mercenary-like grandeur to Hypocrisy-style bludgeon, with plenty of Bodom bite and Amott widdle…” Terrorizer Magazine
“Basically, mash up Dimmu Borgir, Dream Theater, and Mercenary, and the sum, as it happens, turns out to be completely seamless and integrated.” metalreview.com
EPICUREAN
Tour w/ Edguy, Luna Mortis
09/16 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms
09/17 Regina, SK The Riddell
09/19 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
09/20 Calgary, AB Warehouse
09/21 Vancouver, BC Plaza Club
09/23 Victoria, BC Sugar
09/24 Seattle, WA El Corazon
09/25 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
09/26 Reno, NV Tonic Lounge
09/27 San Francisco, CA Slims
09/28 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
09/29 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
09/30 Mesa, AZ UB’s Bar
10/01 Las Vegas, NV Four Aces
http://www.myspace.com/epicurean
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