Dragged Into Sunlight have now issued a statement in regards to recently ejecting meth. as the openers on their spring tour. As outlined by meth., the issues stem from a past association with the label Prosthetic Records. Both bands have had separate stints on that label, with Dragged Into Sunlight‘s ending on a severely bitter note back in 2019.
Speaking earlier this week on the tour’s lineup change, Dragged Into Sunlight shared:
“USA and Canada 2025 tour update including new dates in Minneapolis and Vegas. All dates with @whollydoomedblackmetal except highlighted and select dates with new fellow aural punishers @glassingband, @thesoundofminsk, @cttboto and @rabbbitnyc.
Meth will no longer be opening the tour due to an oversight by our small team. Although they parted ways with their label a few days ago, their records are still actively being sold and distributed, which conflicts with our position. We raised concerns early on, but unfortunately they were not acknowledged. We had a chat with the band and afterwards, it did not feel right.
We choose who we work with and it feels like a fairly basic artistic freedom to be able to do so.
Moving on, we are looking forward to the tour. We added some killer artists who we know better and who like and respect us as much as we like and respect them.”
Meth for their part, issued this statement several days ago:
“With apologies to our fans who had brought tickets and were looking forward to seeing us supporting DIS on their US tour DIS have decided to kick us off the tour; purely on the basis our last album being released by Prosthetic Records, who they don’t like.
Our album ‘Shame‘ was released by Prosthetic in February 2024 which DIS’s manager cannot have been unaware of when he directly offered the tour to us (bypassing our booking agent). We then proceeded to confirm the tour, send through promo assests to DIS’s team and subsequently be announced on the tour over a month ago.
We cannot fathom why now out of the blue they have discovered we were on a label they do not want to be associated with. A label they’re aware we’re not even on anymore. This just shows very poor professionalism, lax standards and an inability to perform even minuscule due dilligence on the parts of DIS, and their team Tone Management.
This has obviously had a ripple effect on our finances and we need all the help we can get with funding our European tour. If you’d like to support please checkout our Hello Merch store.
We look forward to seeing you all in Europe. At this time, there are no plans to tour in the US for the foreseeable future.”
The revised schedule for Dragged Into Sunlight‘s spring North American run can be found below:
05/24 Baltimore, MD – Maryland Death Fest
05/25 Minneapolis, MN – The Lyric At Skyway Theatre
With Mizmor & Glassing:
05/27 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
05/28 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
05/29 Portland, OR – Star Theatre
05/30 Oakland, CA – New Parish
05/31 Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theatre
06/01 Las Vegas, NV – The Usual Place (no Mizmor)
06/02 Salt Lake City, UT – Aces High Saloon
With Mizmor & Minsk:
06/03 Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
06/04 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
06/05 Chicago, IL – Sleeping Village
06/06 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle
With Mizmor & Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean:
06/07 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
06/08 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
06/09 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Place
06/10 Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
With Mizmor & Rabbit:
06/11 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
06/12 Brattleboro, VT – The Stone Church
06/13 Philadelphia, PA – Concourse
06/14 Providence, RI – Alchemy
