Casey Orr (
RIGOR MORTIS,
GWAR) will join Texas thrashers
WARBEAST as their fill-in bassist while on the road this spring with
GWAR. The band's tour dates with
GWAR and
WILSON kick off in Tucson, Arizona on April 10. The 16-day run, dubbed the
"Fate Or Chaos Tour", will continue through the month of April until it closes in Jacksonville, Florida on April 25.
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WARBEAST vocalist
Bruce Corbitt: "Obviously, we are all psyched to have Casey on board for this upcoming tour with
GWAR and
WILSON. I've always respected
Casey's professionalism, abilities and musicianship from our many years together in
RIGOR MORTIS. This will be a natural and comfortable fit for
WARBEAST. Plus he's still buds with all of the guys in
GWAR, so this tour will be a blast… to say the least."
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Orr: "I am very excited to accept the challenge of playing bass for the mighty
WARBEAST! I'm looking forward to crushing skulls with my brothers in the Beast, and I'm totally stoked to be bringing the thunder on the road this April, supporting my Scumdog family —
GWAR. Texas thrash will destroy!"
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WARBEAST guitarist
Scott Shelby: "This by far will be the most solid lineup to date with
Casey Orr joining us for this tour. I've known him all of my life and it just seems right.
Casey is hyped as well, as is the whole band to move on to this new era and continue to destroy!"
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WARBEAST drummer
Joey Gonzalez: "I'm looking forward to the rhythm section being tighter than ever. I know
Casey will be killer to learn from and jam with."
In addition to the newly announced tour dates with
GWAR, a CD-release show for
"Destroy" will take place at The Rail Club in Fort Worth, Texas on April 6.
WARBEAST will release
"Destroy" on April 2 via
Housecore Records. The CD was produced by former
PANTERA frontman, and
Housecore owner,
Philip H. Anselmo, and engineered by
Stephen "The Big Fella" Berrigan at
Anselmo's
Nodferatu's Lair studios in Louisiana in May and July 2012. The effort was mixed by
Anselmo and
Berrigan. The album artwork and concept were designed by
"Carcass" John Fossum with graphic and technical adviser
John Deleon.
WARBEAST recently released a split album with
Anselmo, entitled
"War Of The Gargantuas". The split, released via
Housecore, includes two songs from each artist. This album serves as the first release of any solo work by
Anselmo during the span of his nearly 30-year legacy. Also, the two
WARBEAST tracks on the split feature former bassist
Alan Bovee before his amicable departure from the band.
