The heavy metal ‘n’ roll dark madcap visionaries collectively known as AVATAR — vocalist Johannes Eckerström (vocals), guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have shared another new song. Today, the band has released “Cruel and Unusual.”
Listen here.
“It feels self-evident,” the band states about the track. “Violent thoughts channeled through violent riffs, demented thoughts driven by a sick groove. It’s simply a very sexy song.”
Earlier this fall, Avatar, who are known to smash the boundaries between band, theater troupe, and cinematic masterminds with a series of celebrated albums and videos, and the immersive world of Avatar Country, a fantastical land where metal rules supreme, released four new songs. Avatar also previously announced they signed to Thirty Tigers and have launched their own Black Waltz Records imprint.
PREVIOUS FALL 2021 AVATAR MUSIC DROPS:
“Going Hunting“
“Barren Cloth Mother“
“So Sang the Hollow“
“Construction of Souls“
Avatar will return to the road in early 2022. Dates for the band’s rescheduled U.S. tour run and full European trek are below.
AVATAR GOING HUNTING TOUR // RESCHEDULED U.S. DATES:
1/18 — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl
1/19 — Columbus, OH — Express Live
1/20 – Milwaukee, WI — Eagles Club Stage
1/22 — ShipRocked 2022
1/28 — Grand Junction, CO — Mesa Theater
1/29 — Billing, MT — Pub Station
1/30 — Spokane, WA — Knitting Factory
1/31 — Seattle, WA — Neptune Theatre
2/1 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater
2/2 — Garden City, IA — Revolution Concert House
2022 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
1/8 — Nottingham, UK — Rock City
1/9 — Manchester, UK — Academy
1/10 — Glasgow, UK — SWG3
1/12 — Wolverhampton, UK — KK’s Steelmill
1/13 — Bristol, UK — Marble Factory
1/14 — Southampton, UK — 1865
1/15 — London, UK — 02 Forum Kentish Town
2/12 — Paris, FR — L’Olympia
2/14 — Brussels, BE — Ancienne Belgique (A.B.)
2/15 — Karlsruhe, DE — Substage
2/16 — Lyon, FR — Le Transbordeur
2/17 — Barcelona, ES — Razzmatazz 1 & 2
2/18 — Madrid, ES — Kapital
2/19 — Lisbon, PT — LAV
2/21 — Bordeaux, FR — Le Rocher Palmer
2/22 — Geneva, CH — Alhambra
2/23 — Zurich, CH — Komplex
2/24 — Vienna, AT — Simm City
2/25 — Brno, CZ — Sono Centrum
2/26 — Munich, DE — Freiheitshalle
2/27 — Leipzig, DE — Hellraiser
2/28 — Warsaw, PL — Proxima
3/1 — Berlin, DE — Columbia Theater
3/2 — Hamburg, DE — Gruenspan
3/3 — Cologne, DE — Essigfabrik
3/4 — Tilburg, NL — 013
3/10 — Göteborg, SE — Trädgår’n
3/11 — Stockholm, SE — Fållan
3/12 — Malmö, SE — Slagthuset
6/24 — Cartagena, ES — Rock Imperium Festival
6/26 — Clisson, FR — Hellfest 2022
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