Black Tusk announce Fall East Coast Tour Dates
God is going on vacation. Not only are Black Tusk working on a new album, they’re bringing good times and mutilation to eight US cities this fall. Set your dial for August 29, 2023 when these Savannahans bring their swampy brew of punk and metal to Harrisonburg, Virginia. From there, they’ll boom up and down the East Coast like a shotgun blast, bringing punks and metalheads to their knees, all the way from New York City to Chapel Hill.Along the way, the band will team up for a co-headlining set with Dysrhymthmia, before driving face first into South Carolina for one more night of red eyes and black skies.
Black Tusk US Tour Dates8/29/23: Harrisonburg, VA @ Golden Pony8/30/23: Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus 8/31/23: Atlantic City, NJ @ Anchor Rock Club 9/1/23: Montague, MA @ RPM Fest9/2/23: Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom*9/3/23: Providence, RI @ Alchemy9/5/23: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 9/6/23: West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
*co-headlining with Dysrhythmia
About Black Tusk:
When Black Tusk first hit the streets with their debut EP, When Kingdoms Fall in the year 2005, the band had grown out of the Savannah scene but right from the start with their own twist. The three-piece consisting of guitarist Andrew, Athon on bass, and drummer James with all sharing vocal duties added a dash of punk as well as a viscous heaviness and groove to the Savannah school of rock that some critics compared with various stoner and sludge outfits.
Flanked by further EPs, split-singles, and demos, Black Tusk steadily expanded both in reach and number of die-hard followers with each successive album, The Fallen Kingdom (2007), Passage Through Purgatory (2008), Taste the Sin (2010), Set the Dial (2011), and Pillars of Ash (2016). Partly responsible for their success are the strong live shows of the trio, which garnered early attention on tour with such heavy-weights as Black Label Society, Down, Weedeater, and Eyehategod. Meanwhile, the band has toured and performed at most major metal festivals, both at home and overseas.
Pillars of Ash sadly had to appear posthumously for one member as the band had tragically lost their charismatic bass-player, Athon, through a motorcycle accident. With a heavy heart, Black Tusk decided to honor Athon’s memory by carrying on and recruited veteran musician and already long-time friend Corey Barhorst (ex-Kylesa) to take over his duties on the low end.
With the sith studio album, TCBT, which was recorded at The Garage Savannah and mixed by engineer and long-time collaborator Chris “Scary” Adams, Black Tusk showed the world they lived through the kind of hardship and heartbreak that would cripple a lesser band. But it’s that dedication, gumption, and pure bullheaded stubbornness that took care of business, keeps taking care of business – and Taking Care of Black Tusk.
Line-up:
Andrew Fidler: guitar, vocals
James May: drums, vocals
Derek Lynch: bass, vocals
Chris “Scary” Adams: guitar
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