Japan’s biggest metal export in years, Crystal Lake, are pleased to announce that they will be headlining 2019’s Impericon Never Say Die! Tour which isthe (lucky!) 13th edition of the tour – set to take place this November across the UK and Europe. Also joining them will be label mates Alpha Wolf and Arising Empire‘s Polar,as well as In Hearts Wake, King 810, Our Hollow Our Home and Great American Ghost.
Crystal Lake vocalist Ryo commented: “We are delighted to be part of this great tour! To headline is a dream come true for us. Let’s write history together! We are so excited to be part of this amazing tour. Come and make history with us!”
The full line-up reads as follows:
Crystal Lake
In Hearts Wake
King 810
Polar
Our Hollow Our Home
Alpha Wolf
Great American Ghost
The full EU/UK tour dates read as follows:
Impericon Never Say Die! Tour 2019
07.11.19 Germany Wiesbaden @ Schlachthof
08.11.19 Germany Köln @ Essigfabrik
09.11.19 Holland Eindhoven @ Dynamo
10.11.19 UK Southampton @ Engine Rooms
11.11.19 UK Birmingham @ The Mill
12.11.19 UK Manchester @ Club Academy
13.11.19 UK London @ ULU
14.11.19 Belgium Hasselt @ Muziekodroom
15.11.19 Germany Hamburg @ Gruenspan
16.11.19 Poland Wroclaw @ Pralnia
17.11.19 Germany Leipzig @ Felsenkeller
18.11.19 Germany Berlin @ SO36
19.11.19 Czech Rep Prague @ Futurum
21.11.19 Austria Wien @ Arena
22.11.19 Italy Milan @ Legend Club
23.11.19 Germany München @ Backstage
24.11.19 Switzerland Pratteln @ Z7
25.11.19 Germany Saarbrücken @ Garage
26.11.19 France Paris @ Le Trabendo
Returning this year as partner to the tour is the organisation Hope For The Day which takes action to prevent suicide. Founder Jonny Boucher can hardly wait for the tour: “For us, the IMPERICON NEVER SAY DIE! Tour experience every year is a great way to spread our message. On such big Europe-wide tours you get around a lot and have time to talk to people. We offer a lot of information about suicide prevention – and there’s no better place to reach teens than on such a tour. I am glad that Impericon and Avocado Bookinggive me this opportunity and support such an important topic! “ At the last IMPERICON NEVER SAY DIE! Tour Jonny spoke from the stage to the audience about his project and the message that there is no hame to get help when suffering from depression. “It’s okay not to be okay”.
Crystal Lake, released their latest studio album Helix in February of this year – their first record to be released via SharpTone Records. Their fifth full-length album blends elements of industrial, black metal, electronic music and even flashes of modern hip hop into their furious and yet instantly recognisable metalcore assault.
London UK post-hardcore band POLAR released their brand new studio album Nova in April of this year, via Arising Empire Records. Following on from 2016’s stellar No Cure No Saviour, this is a new style of statement of intent from the band. Slick, sophisticated and savage in equally devastating measure, its 12 tracks showcase the sound of a band rewriting their history and looking to a bright and belligerent future.
You can purchase Nova digitally HERE
Polar have two other UK show dates also set for 2019:
June 30th – London, Boston Music Rooms (with Polaris)
Aug 2nd – Guildford, Radar Festival
Australian metal band Alpha Wolf signed with SharpTone Records earlier this year, and released brand new EP Fault in April. The Melbourne 5 piece have worked tirelessly to create something inherently familiar, yet at the same time unashamedly different. Taking the heavy riffs of their downbeat and deathcore contemporaries, mixing that with the groove of the current wave of nu-metal bands, and adding a melody that completely their own; Alpha Wolf are carving out their own place in the Australian and global heavy scene.
You can purchase Fault digitally HERE
‘Sub-Zero’: https://youtu.be/NTjHztdiOe8