The Melvins and Napalm Death have a collaborative new effort titled “Savage Imperial Death March” set to be made available this Sunday, February 16th. That effort was recorded at Sound Of Sirens by Toshi Kasai (Helmet, Big Business). It will serve as a companion piece of sorts for the upcoming ‘Savage Imperial Death March Part II Tour‘ set to be undertaken by the aforementioned respective sludge metal and grindcore veterans this spring.
AmRep Records will be overseeing that release, with head honcho Thomas Hazelmyer stating of it:
“The title put me in a World War 1 frame of mind. The last gasp for more than a few empires and monarchies, and for anyone familiar, a fucking horror-show of humanity crushing, meat grinding tactics overseen by utterly uncaring upper class elites refusing to change disastrous and arcane warfare methods despite the millions slaughtered to no ends. At least the whole world learned from the hideous mistake and it would never be repeated!”
The record is set to be available for purchase via shoxop.com this coming Sunday, February 16th. Dates for the upcoming co-headlining run featuring the two bands run as follows.
With Weedeater:
04/04 San Diego, CA – Music Box
04/05 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
04/07 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
04/08 San Jose, CA – The Ritz
04/10 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
04/12 Las Vegas, NV – Swan Dive
04/13 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
04/14 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
04/15 El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
04/17 Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
04/18 Austin, TX – Emo’s
04/19 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs
04/20 Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Live
04/21 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues New Orleans
04/23 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
04/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
04/25 Orlando, FL – The Beacham
04/26 Savannah, GA – District Live
04/27 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Heaven Stage
04/28 Birmingham, AL – Saturn
04/29 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
05/01 Charlotte, NC – The Underground – Charlotte
05/02 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
05/03 Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27
05/04 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
05/05 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
With Titan To Tachyons:
05/07 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
05/08 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
05/09 Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center
05/10 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s
05/11 Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron
05/12 Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
05/13 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
05/15 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
05/16 Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
05/17 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
05/18 St. Louis, MO – Red Flag
05/19 Chicago, IL – Metro
05/20 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
With The Hard-Ons with Jerry A:
05/22 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue – main room
05/23 Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
05/24 Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre
05/25 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
05/27 Denver, CO – Summit
05/29 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
05/31 Bozeman, MT – The ELM
06/01 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Spokane
06/02 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
06/03 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
06/04 Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
06/06 Reno, NV – Virginia Street Brewhouse
06/07 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Berkeley
