{"id":9596,"date":"2024-12-04T19:13:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2024-12-04T19:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:13:22","slug":"danzig-down-abbath-and-cro-mags-to-tour-u-s-west-coast-in-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9596","title":{"rendered":"DANZIG, DOWN, ABBATH And CRO-MAGS To Tour U.S. West Coast In March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DANZIG-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9597\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DANZIG-2025.png 628w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DANZIG-2025-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>DANZIG<\/strong>\u00a0will play a string of rare live shows on the U.S. West Coast in late March 2025. Support on the trek, which will include cities\u00a0<strong>DANZIG<\/strong>\u00a0has not played in many years, will come from\u00a0<strong>DOWN<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>ABBATH<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>CRO-MAGS<\/strong>. Exact cities and venues will be announced later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DANZIG<\/strong>&#8216;s latest album,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Black Laden Crown&#8221;<\/strong>, came out in May 2017 via&nbsp;<strong>Evilive Records<\/strong>\/<strong>Nuclear Blast Entertainment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Danzig<\/strong>\u00a0released a collection of\u00a0<strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong>\u00a0covers,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Danzig Sings Elvis&#8221;<\/strong>, in April 2020 and has been focusing on making films, including\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Death Rider In The House Of Vampires&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0and his feature film directorial debut,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Verotika&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Glenn<\/strong>\u00a0has been talking about the end of his touring career since at least 2015. At that time, he told\u00a0<strong>Cleveland Scene<\/strong>: &#8220;I love being on stage and that&#8217;s the great part of touring. I&#8217;ll always do that. It&#8217;s the bouncing around on a bus. That&#8217;s the part I hate.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When&nbsp;<strong>DANZIG<\/strong>, the band, grew out of the&nbsp;<strong>MISFITS<\/strong>\/<strong>SAMHAIN<\/strong>&nbsp;lineage in 1987, leader&nbsp;<strong>Glenn Danzig<\/strong>&nbsp;went into the new project with even grander ambitions and a long-term design. Between 1977 and 1987, the&nbsp;<strong>MISFITS<\/strong>&#8216; horror-punk morphed into the darker, occult-steeped&nbsp;<strong>SAMHAIN<\/strong>. When producer and record mogul&nbsp;<strong>Rick Rubin<\/strong>&nbsp;showed interest in signing&nbsp;<strong>SAMHAIN<\/strong>&nbsp;to his&nbsp;<strong>Def Jam<\/strong>&nbsp;label and producing their first record, the band yet again evolved, and&nbsp;<strong>DANZIG<\/strong>&nbsp;was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOWN<\/strong>&nbsp;is the long-running heavy metal supergroup featuring vocalist&nbsp;<strong>Philip H. Anselmo<\/strong>, guitarist&nbsp;<strong>Kirk Windstein<\/strong>, guitarist&nbsp;<strong>Pepper Keenan<\/strong>, drummer&nbsp;<strong>Jimmy Bower<\/strong>&nbsp;and bassist&nbsp;<strong>Pat Bruders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOWN<\/strong>&nbsp;hasn&#8217;t issued anything since the arrival of the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Down IV \u2013 Part Two&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;EP in May 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Down IV \u2013 Part Two&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;sold around 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release in May 2014 to debut at position No. 23 on The Billboard 200 chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band&#8217;s previous EP,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Down IV Part I \u2013 The Purple EP&#8221;<\/strong>, opened with around 12,000 units in September 2012 to land at No. 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Down IV \u2013 Part Two&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;was recorded at&nbsp;<strong>Nodferatu&#8217;s Lair<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Anselmo<\/strong>&#8216;s home studio \u2014 and produced by&nbsp;<strong>Michael Thompson<\/strong>. It was released via&nbsp;<strong>Down Records<\/strong>\/<strong>ADA Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANZIG\u00a0will play a string of rare live shows on the U.S. West Coast in late March 2025. Support on the trek, which will include cities\u00a0DANZIG\u00a0has not played in many years, will come from\u00a0DOWN,\u00a0ABBATH\u00a0and\u00a0CRO-MAGS. Exact cities and venues will be announced later this week. 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