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YOB ADD END OF YEAR TOUR DATES TO ACTION-PACKED 2018 DECEMBER OUTING INCLUDES STOPS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND DECIBEL METAL & BEER FEST |
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Sept. 26, 2018 – Oregon – YOB returns to North American highways once more before the end of 2018, adding a half-dozen date trek up and down the North American West Coast including a performance Decibel Magazine’s Metal & Beer Fest on Dec. 2 at the Wiltern. Gimme Radio presents the non-Decibel shows. The new round of tour dates are: December 1 San Francisco, CA Slim’s ^ December 2 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (Decibel Metal & Beer Fest) December 5 Seattle, WA Neumo’s # December 7 Vancouver, BC Astoria # December 8 Bellingham, WA Shakedown # December 9 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom #^ # – with Thrones ^ – with Khorada The dates follow an extensive European tour, which kicks off next week in Germany and includes an Oct. 13 performance at Desertfest. “YOB’s eighth album, Our Raw Heart, is a riveting document of Scheidt’s year,” said Rolling Stone in an online feature. “A gauntlet of sickness and health, clarity and confusion, the record wrestles with mortality and ultimately perseveres.” Decibel Magazine, in their July cover story, said “one of the byproducts” of Scheidt’s illness “is a brilliant new album that takes the YOB blueprint of punishingly heavy, delightfully angular doom/sludge into unexplored areas of heart-breaking melody and triumphant resolve.” The album has won accolades from the Associated Press (“Yob… swing effortlessly between menacing distortion and hushed reverie”), NPR (“…the group’s sprawling gravity and thunderous majesty have taken an introspective turn…”), Pitchfork(“…metal that sounds sensuous, bellicose, and jubilant all at once”). YOB Tour Dates: October 5 Karlsruhe, Germany Jubez October 6 Nijmegen, Netherlands Soulcrusher October 7 Bristol, UK The Fleece October 9 Glasgow, UK Stereo October 10 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club October 11 Manchester, UK Gorilla October 13 Antwerp, Belgium Desertfest * October 14 Cologne, Germany Gebaeude9 October 16 Hamburg, Germany Molotow Club October 17 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega October 18 Gothenburg, Sweden Sticky Fingers October 19 Stockholm, Sweden Kraken October 20 Oslo, Norway Blä October 21 Helsingfors, Finland Tavastia * October 23 Paris, France Petit Bain October 24 Feyzin, France L’Epicerie Moderne October 25 Cenon, France Le Rocher De Palmer October 26 Bilbao, Spain Santana 27 October 27 Porto, Portugal Hard Club October 28 Madrid, Spain Caracol October 29 Barcelona, Spain Boveda October 31 Langenthal, Switzerland Old Capitol November 1 Milan, Italy Santeria Social Club November 2 Bologna, Italy Freakout Club November 3 Martigny, Switzerland Caves Du Manoir November 4 Bregenz, Austria Between November 6 Vienna, Austria Arena November 7 Budapest, Hungary Robot November 8 Leipzig, Germany UT Connewitz November 9 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka November 10 Kraków, Poland Soulstone Gathering Festival November 11 Berlin, Germany Musik & Frieden November 13 Athens, Greece Kyttaro Live Club * December 1 San Francisco, CA Slim’s ^ December 2 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (Decibel Metal & Beer Fest) December 5 Seattle, WA Neumo’s # December 7 Vancouver, BC Astoria # December 8 Bellingham, WA Shakedown # December 9 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom #^ # – with Thrones ^ – with Khorada October 5 to November 13 w/Wiegedood (except where noted with a *) December 1 & 9 w/Khorada, Dec. 5 -9 w/Thrones YOB is Travis Foster (drums), Aaron Rieseberg (bass) and Mike Scheidt (vocals/guitar). About Gimme Radio Since Gimme Radio’s launch in June 2017, it has become the premier online destination for metal fans around the world. It’s the first 24/7 metal-focused community where metal fans can tune in to hear world class DJs – like Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth, and Randy Blythe of Lamb of God – play metal that you don’t hear and can’t find on other digital music services. At Gimme Radio, the listeners can chat directly with other fans, artists and the DJs, in real-time, about the music being played. Visit www.gimmereadio. |
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 Photo credit: James Rexroad
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