NAPALM DEATH Frontman Comments On Upcoming Tour With DEVILDRIVER

Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH are set to make their triumphant return to North America at the end of the month joining up with DEVILDRIVER, WALLS OF JERICHO, 36 CRAZYFISTS and INVITRO for the "Bound By The Road" tour. The massive six-week-plus trek kicks off on February 27 and will mark the end of the "Smear Campaign" touring cycle.

Commented NAPALM DEATH frontman Barney Greenway: "With so many tours under the belt now, I am wary of rolling out the tired out 'it will be awesome to see you all again' stuff. But it will be, all the same. Shit, there I go. I really haven't had much room/time to breathe in any particular direction since we were last in the U.S. and here we are again preparing to come back with DEVILDRIVER. I think we'll be bringing back 'Greed Killing' and 'Necessary Evil' (well, that's the plan at this point) and otherwise it's going to be breathless, fast, heavy and spontaneous. The setlist will feature some 'Scum' stuff to 'Smear Campaign' and something of everything else — all in a pleasant 45-minute package. Yummy! Otherwise, we are finally discussing and planning the nucleus of the next album. Don't have any finished songs yet and not really any lyrics that I want to mention — in case they end up not being used. If this all sounds vague, it doesn't mean that we won't have an album ready to go by August. We don't fuck around when the prospect of progress dawns. I did get a tiny sneak listen of one or two of Shane's [Embury, bass] songs he's working on — and they are crazy chaotic-fast-hardcore-mongous. I think we may also further develop the SWANS-esque/avant garde angle a little more too in places. We shall see and we hope to see you all soon."