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\nCalifornia desert alt metal trio, TOTIMOSHI, will hit the road again later this month for a short run of West Coast shows. The tour will commence on April 12 in Bellingham, Washington, then hit Centralia, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Long Beach, and San Diego. TOTIMOSHI will be joined by Black Elk on select dates.<\/p>\n
The band will be touring in support of their Avenger full-length, release last year via At A Loss Recordings. Offering up their signature brand of heavy eclectic rock, Avenger was produced by Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Shrinebuilder, Tool), mastered by John Golden (Melvins, Mike Watt, OM) and includes appearances by Dale Crover (Altamont, The Melvins, Shrinebuilder), Brent Hinds (Mastodon) and Scott Kelly (Neurosis, Shrinebuilder).<\/p>\n
TOTIMOSHI 2012:<\/p>\n
4\/12\/2012 The Shakedown – Bellingham, WA<\/p>\n
4\/13\/2012 Hub Bar & Grille – Centralia, WA<\/p>\n
4\/14\/2012 The Comet – Seattle, WA<\/p>\n
4\/16\/2012 East End – Portland, OR<\/p>\n
4\/19\/2012 Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA w\/ Black Elk<\/p>\n
4\/20\/2012 Alex’s Bar – Long Beach, CA w\/ Black Elk<\/p>\n
4\/21\/2012 Side Bar – San Diego, CA w\/ Black Elk<\/p>\n
\n\u201cTOTIMOSHI deliver a smart and uniquely wonky brank of hard rock that\u2019s something bluesy, sometimes sexy, sometimes spaced out but never anything less than completely compelling.\u201d \u2013 Rock Sound<\/p>\n
\u201cAvenger is fresh and crisp, with much to digest\u2026. a thoroughly satisfying album.\u201d \u2014 About.com<\/p>\n
\u201cThough it aims for the throat, Avenger consistently seeps into the soul, proving that Totimoshi remain one of the most original forces in modern metal.\u201d \u2014 Exclaim<\/p>\n
\u201cComparable to classic rock, but fused with enough modernity to grant relevance over nostalgia, TOTIMOSHI is a steady and robust rock unit, at times flirting with enough progressive adventure to negate expectations of typical rock repetition.\u201d \u2014 Stereokiller<\/p>\n
\u201cThe freshness of a band setting their own rules and virtually creating their own unique pigeon hole is rare, admirable and in the case of Californians TOTIMOSHI deeply satisfying.\u201d \u2014 This Is Not A Scene<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026their best piece of work to date.\u201d \u2014 Doommantia<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s dissonant but melodic, dirty and clean, noisy but engaging, structured but open. If there\u2019s a word to encompass the existence these varied ideas within a singular space that\u2019s better fitting than the name of the band, I don\u2019t know what it is, so I\u2019ll just say that. It\u2019s TOTIMOSHI.\u201d \u2014 The Obelisk<\/p>\n
\u201cSludge metal meets alternative metal meets 70s hard rock\u2026 an album which \u2013 with the presence of elements from a number of different rock genres \u2013 probably will have a broad appeal among fans of alternative rock\/metal, sludge metal, psychedelic heavy rock, progressive hard rock and perhaps even dark progressive metal along the lines of Psychotic Waltz.\u201d \u2014 Sea Of Tranquility California desert alt metal trio, TOTIMOSHI, will hit the road again later this month for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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