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Shai Hulud / To Kill / Endwell Euro Tour 2010 |
 Shai Hulud have returned to the forefront of a scene they helped create. While the current “metalcore” climate has a blueprint that was co-authored by Shai Hulud, the band isn’t content to rest on past triumphs
Shai Hulud formed in 1995, the project a few friends with a love for
metal and hardcore, and for writing and recording. Vocalist Chad
Gilbert left to play in pop-punk phenom New Found Glory. The band met
Van Der Velde, a major fan living in Holland, when they went overseas
–without a singer- for a tour.
When the metalcore sound was in its infancy, there were 4 bands that
every band was copying and those bands were Dillinger Escape Plan,
Converge, Poison the Well, and Shai Hulud. Shai Hulud – yes, they take
their name from Dune-- fused punk, metal, hardcore, and thrash in a way
that hadn’t been done before, and the inspired, fevered lyrical
delivery attracted rabid fans who had a cult-like worship for the band.
Shai Hulud represented an ethos and an ethic: touring till they wore
the tread off the tires, playing expressly for the kids, and having
something of note to say in the lyrics. Shai Hulud were vital,
essential and relevant, so much so that Alternative Press did an “oral
history” feature on the band, an accolade reserved for bands that have
carved out an undeniable place in the hearts of music fans.
Joining them on this European Adventure will be Italy’s heavyweights TO
KILL. TO KILL started for the love of friendship and hardcore. They are
one of the most promising bands in today’s European hardcore scene and
defently no strangers to european stages after relentless touring in
the past years. They already supported and toured with the who is who
of todays and yesterdays Hardcore and Heavy Music scene, everytime
releasing their incredible on-stage rage and fury. Their crushing mix
of fast and heavy hardcore,mosh and rock makes them one of the heaviest
bands ever seen the light in europe.
Rounding out this package will be New Yorks own ENDWELL. After turning
heads on the Raised Fist tour this fall, they will now take Europe by
storm.
SHAI HULUD
(USA – Metal Blade Records)
http://www.myspace.com/profoundhatred
http://hulud.com
http://www.metalblade.com
TO KILL
(Italy - GSR)
http://www.moshtokill.com
http://www.myspace.com/tokill
http://www.gsrmusic.com
ENDWELL
(USA - Mediaskare)
http://www.myspace.com/endwell
http://mediaskare.com
PERIOD
February 26th – March 21st 2010 |
