BOLT THROWER: European Support Acts Announced

December 22, 2009

Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST will support BOLT THROWER on their upcoming European tour.

Commented BOLT THROWER: "To mix the package up a bit for everyone, there will be different additional bands playing each night, and so far we've asked BENEDICTION, ASPHYX and DEW-SCENTED to play a few shows each. And as usual, there will also be local/unsigned bands on the bill. More bands/details will be announced soon.

"On another note, we're planning something special for the first show on the tour, in the new Atak venue in Enschede, Holland. More info on that will follow soon."

BOLT THROWER tour dates:

Apr. 29 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
Apr. 30 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
May 01 - London, UK - ULU
May 02 - Dublin, Ireland - The Button Factory
May 03 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - The Limelight
May 04 - Leeds, UK - Rios
May 05 - Wrexham, UK - Central Station
May 06 - Birmingham, UK - The Asylum
May 07 - Paris, France - Le Trabendo
May 08 - Lyon, France - CCO
May 09 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix (Hof Ter Lo)
May 11 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja
May 12 - Prague, Czech Republic - Abaton
May 13 - Dessau, Germany - Metalfest DE
May 14 - Mining Am Inn, Austria- Metalfest AT
May 15 - Pratteln, Switzerland- Metalfest
May 16 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik

Video footage of BOLT THROWER performing at the Rock Area festival in Loreley, Germany on August 22, 2009 can be viewed below (courtesy of "666maelstrom666").

BOLT THROWER indefinitely postponed plans to record a new studio album after the band realized that the new stuff it had written "just doesn't match up" to the group's last CD, "Those Once Loyal". "We have a lot of pride in our back catalogue, and we refuse to turn into one of the many bands (like the ones we grew up listening to) who end up releasing crap, and we're also not prepared to compromise by instead releasing an album of cover versions or a 'best-of' album," BOLT THROWER explained in a statement.

BOLT THROWER in 2006 completed a European tour in support of "Those Once Loyal", which entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 76 — the group's highest-charting release in Germany so far. The follow-up to 2001's "Honour, Valour, Pride" was recorded at Andy Faulkner's Sable Rose studios and was the band's first album since the return of original vocalist Karl Willetts as a full-time member.

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