Baroness have shared a second song from their eagerly-awaited new album, Purple (Dec. 18, Abraxan Hymns), premiering the single “Shock Me” last night via Dan Carter’s Rock Show on BBC Radio 1. The song is now streaming below
Baroness have revealed the cover for the band’s fourth album, Purple (Dec. 18, Abraxan Hymns), via a time lapse video that shows John Baizley’s process for creating the album artwork. The clip follows fans piecing together quadrants of the album cover that were revealed via t-shirts shipped last week as part of the band’s deluxe album pre-order bundles.
Baroness will head out on a series of intimate club shows in late November, with the bulk of the tour already sold out. Tickets for the available dates can be found via www.yourbaroness.com/tour.
BARONESS has announced a three and a half week North American tour with Swedish prog-titans MESHUGGAH and Polish death metallers DECAPITATED. The upcoming tour, dubbed “The Ophidian Trek” will launch on April 29th in Houston, TX and wrap up 17 shows later on May 22nd in Silver Spring, MD. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can found below.
BARONESS Tour Dates:
**All Dates with MESHUGGAH & DECAPITATED**
April 29 | Houston, TX | House of Blues | On sale 2/3
April 30 | Dallas, TX | House of Blues | On sale 2/3
May 1 | Austin, TX | Emo’s East | On sale 2/3
May 3 | Tempe, AZ | Marquee Theatre | On sale 2/3
May 4 | Anaheim, CA | House of Blues | On sale 2/3
May 5 | W. Hollywood, CA | House of Blues | On sale 2/3
May 6 | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore | On sale 2/5
May 8 | Vancouver, BC | Commodore Ballroom | On sale 2/3
May 9 | Seattle, WA | Showbox SoDo | On sale 2/3
May 11 | Denver, CO | Ogden Theatre | On sale 2/4
May 13 | Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue | On sale 2/3
May 15 | Chicago, IL | House of Blues | On sale 2/3
May 16 | Detroit, MI | St. Andrew’s Hall | On sale 2/3
May 17 | Toronto, ON | Sound Academy | On sale 2/3
May 18 | Philadelphia, PA | Theatre of Living Arts | On sale 2/3
May 19 | Worcester, MA | The Palladium | On sale 2/4
May 20 | Montreal, QC | Olympia de Montreal | On sale 2/4
May 22 | Silver Spring, MD | The Fillmore | On sale 2/3
