Lewd Acts have dropped off of their remaining dates with Converge, Coalesce, Black Breath and more. The group commented on their departure with the following statement:

“It is with the HEAVIEST of hearts that we must announce our departure from the Axe to Fall tour. We cannot begin to express our appreciation and thanks to Converge, Touche Amore, Thursday, Black Breath, Pettibone, M0nster, Shaun and everyone else who was with us.

Bands are fragile, volitile things and not everyone wants to do a band to this exent. We will be going home to regroup and refocus. We will keep everyone updated in the near furture. We still love this music and at this point, that’s all we know. Once again, THANK YOU to everyone who came to a show, bought a shirt or cd, sang along, talked to us, shared a house, or helped us in any way.

Much love, Lewd Acts.”

In turn, Touche Amore will be taking their place on the bill up to the May 18th Los Angeles, CA stop. The current schedule for the trek runs as follows:

With Touche Amore, Black Breath:

May 08th Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
May 09th Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

With Coalesce, Touche Amore, Black Breath:

May 10th Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
May 11th Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
May 13th Seattle, WA – Neumo’s

With Coalesce, Gaza, Touche Amore, Black Breath:

May 14th Portland, OR – Satyricon
May 15th San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
May 16th San Luis Obispo, CA – Downtown Brew
May 17th Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
May 18th Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre

With Coalesce, Gaza, Black Breath:

May 19th Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
May 21st Austin, TX – Emo’s
May 22nd Dallas, TX – Trees

With Gaza, Black Breath:

May 23rd Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
May 24th Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom
May 25th Memphis, TN – The Hi Tone
May 26th Louisville, KY – Headliners

With Harvey Milk, Gaza, Black Breath:

May 27th Nashville, TN – Exit In
May 28th Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
May 29th Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

Converge frontman Jacob Bannon has revealed that he recently recorded some music for an upcoming collaboration with Crippled Black Phoenix. He offered the following on the pairing:

“I recently recorded some music for a collaboration release with Crippled Black Phoenix from the United Kingdom.

CBP members have also spent time playing in Iron Monkey, Gonga, Mogwai, Electric Wizard and others. I highly encourage you to check out their available releases, they are one of the most interesting bands out there today.

More news on this collaboration will be coming when we have it.”

Those unfamiliar with the aforementioned outfit can check them out here. In other news, it has been revealed that an additional guest will also be joining Converge on their April 30th to May 06th leg of dates with Thursday and Lewd Acts. An announcement regarding the shows and the new guest is expected to be made within the next few days.

Converge have officially announced their upcoming U.S. headlining run which will see Coalesce, Harvey Milk, Gaza, Lewd Acts and Black Breath appear on select dates. An additional special guest will be announced for the tour shortly, while preliminary dates run as follows:

With Lewd Acts and as-yet unannounced special guest:

April 30th TBA – TBA
May 01st TBA – TBA
May 02nd TBA – TBA
May 03rd TBA – TBA
May 04th TBA – TBA
May 05th TBA – TBA
May 06th TBA – TBA

With Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 07th Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
May 08th Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
May 09th Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

With Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath

May 10th Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
May 11th Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
May 13th Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
May 14th Portland, OR – Satyricon (feat. Gaza)
May 15th San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
May 16th TBA, CA – TBA

With Coalesce, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 17th Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
May 18th Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
May 19th Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
May 21st Austin, TX – Emo’s

With Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 22nd TBA, TX – TBA
May 23rd Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
May 25th Memphis, TN – The Hi Tone
May 26th Louisville, KY – TBA

With Harvey Milk, Gaza, Lewd Acts, Black Breath:

May 27th Nashville, TN – Rockettown
May 28th Atlanta, GA – The Masqurade
May 29th TBA, NC – TBA

A full listing of dates is expected in the coming weeks.