August 25, 2017, Philadelphia – Baroness return to the road for a handful of festival outings as well as a Sept. 10 performance at the Brooklyn Bazaar to celebrate Revolver Magazine’s re-launch and raise funds for the suicide prevention charity, Hope For The Day.
Revolver Magazine’s re-launch, The Living Breathing Revolver, pairs Baroness’ performance with an art show curated by Baizley, which will include some of his artwork as well. Tickets are on-sale now.
Baroness tour dates:
September 2 Salt Lake City, UT Crucialfest
September 9 Millvale, PA Brewtal Beer Fest
September 10 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bazaar
September 23 Atlanta, GA Slaughter Que
October 28 Monterrey, Mexico Northside Festival
November 4 Devore, CA Ozzfest Meets Knotfest
Baroness released the Grammy-nominated album, Purple, in late 2015. The 10-song album has been universally praised with Pitchfork saying it features “some of the biggest, strongest songs Baroness has ever written,” Entertainment Weekly calling the album “their finest release yet,” Rolling Stone Australia dubbing it “the most dynamic, robust guitar album this year,” and Mojoechoing those sentiments, saying “Baroness have delivered their masterpiece: an album grounding their cosmic heaviosity with earthbound, compelling drama.” Purple and the songs from the album also landed on a number of year-end best of lists with “Shock Me” coming in at #10 on Entertainment Weekly’s Top 40 Songs of 2015, Pitchfork awarding it #6 on their Best Metal Albums of 2015 round-up and Rolling Stone placing the release at #7 on their 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015.
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