HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – North West Tour Dates Announced

San Francisco’s HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE will be hitting the road this December for a string of dates in the North West with support coming from Relapse Records’ Christian Mistress. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE will be playing with their newly-rejuvenated line-up in support of their upcoming album 17th Street, a brash and heartfelt song cycle, blending the best elements of NWOBHM, thrash, doom metal, and American folk music while somehow sounding unlike any of these. Check out 17th Street, which is streaming in its entirety on NPR’s site HERE.

HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE NW Tour with Christian Mistress supporting
12/08 Vancouver BC Biltmore Cabaret w/1 more tba
12/09 Bellingham, WA Shakedown w/ 1 more tba
12/10 Seattle, WA Highline w/1 more tba
12/11 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios w/ Spellcaster

The first single The Grain, also available as a lyric video, can be checked out HERE.

Here’s what press has been saying about 17th Street, which comes out this Tuesday OCT 25:

“For a little more than a decade, Hammers of Misfortune’s members have synthesized the best elements of metal without sounding like any one of them at once. It’s a seamless vision of thrash, doom, traditional, prog and even folk styles, all unified under the organizing influence of guitarist John Cobbett. In fact, it might be the folk touches that make Cobbett’s songwriting universal; something beyond a bevy of spine-chilling riffs that, if taken away, would still reveal stellar songs. That’s where the band comes to a head on its fifth album, 17th Street.” NPR.org

“17th Street is nothing short of an incredible album: discontent, unsettling, never still and terribly lovely. ‘The Grain’ is one of the best songs I’ve heard this year, and I have no doubt that this album will be on many year-end lists, including mine.” 4.5/5 About.com

“For the past decade and change, San Francisco’s Hammers of Misfortune have done progressive metal right: Their ambitious, impeccably rendered compositions make room for honest emotion alongside the larger concepts.” Pitchfork.com

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