Denial Of Life found themselves briefly detained by police while on tour in Austria last week. Per the below local media report shared online by ORF ON, the Tacoma, WA-based crossover outfit were pulled over by local authorities near the German border for not observing proper road safety rules.
An officer interviewed in the segment relayed that the band’s ‘camper van’ housed several individuals laying down rather than being seated upright and buckled in. Furthermore, authorities stated that upon being pulled over, the driver of the vehicle was found to be under the influence.
While police state the driver initially refused to take a drug test, he is said to have later acquiesced, upon which the police determined he was impaired from lack of sleep and use of an unspecified drug. Per the report, despite being told by authorities he was unfit to continue driving, police allege the individual then proceeded to get back in the vehicle and continue driving, leading to the police to pursue the band.
Upon being stopped again, police reported that another individual from the band’s party was behind the wheel by that time and was not impaired. The group were thus fined €2,000 and were able to make it to their gig in Nuremberg in time for their show.
The band were out as openers for Darkest Hour, Bleeding Through, Shai Hulud and more on a European/UK tour. Darkest Hour took to Instagram to touch on the situation briefly over the weekend, suggesting fans donate to Denial Of Life to help them with the associated fee.
Yesterday, October 12th, the band themselves share this edited version of the report omitting several details on their Instagram, stating, “ALLEGEDLY… Made some waves in Austria but we arrived in Munich for the last show of our European tour at Backstage. See you tonight.” The full report can be seen below. Denial Of Life‘s new EP “Witness The Power” will be out November 07th on Creator Destructor Records.
