Cloak sign with Metal Blade Records, announce European tour dates
Leah Lothringer
Official press release:
Metal Blade Records is pleased to welcome Atlanta, Georgia-based black metal outfit Cloak to its legendary roster!
Cloak embraces the rebellious and time-tested traditions of heavy metal. Whether it be conjuring the chaotic spirit of Swedish black metal purveyors Watain and Dissection, summoning the deep, dark, and sensual groove of Danzig, or evoking the raw speed and raucous energy of Motörhead, the influence of metal's founding fathers is deep within Cloak's DNA. Cloak's charm, however, does not merely lie within its romanticism of the past, but rather is the way each of these genres has shaped the band's own personal identity. Of the band's most recent full-length, the critically lauded Black Flame Eternal, Decibel Magazine wrote, "CLOAK summons the black flames and feeds the fire with hard rock riffs and emits plumes of gothic atmosphere. It's a big, professional, almost cinematic sound that should carry them to bigger venues and opportunities soon."
Cloak shared the following:
After meeting the Metal Blade crew on our recent US tour, we knew it was the right move creatively as the respect would go both ways. We're in the very early stages of working on new material in between touring, and who knows where the dark and winding path will lead us this time. All we know is that we have some real hard work ahead of us, as releasing new music on the same label that put out titans like Hell Awaits is not something we take lightly.
Metal Blade Records U.S. A&R Ryan Williams added:
The decision to sign CLOAK was easy as I think they embody the quintessential essence of what it means to be a heavy metal band on Metal Blade. We are looking forward to many years of their bewitching conjurings!
Additionally, Cloak will be performing at this year's edition of the Milwaukee Metal Fest next month and has also announced The Holy Dark Over Europe Summer tour.
5/15 Lexington, KY @ The Green Lantern
5/16 Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar
5/18 Milwaukee, WI @ Milwaukee Metal Fest, The Rave
7/19 Poznań, PL @ Pod Minogą
7/20 Warsaw, PL @ Hydrozagadka
7/21 Ostrava, CZ @ Barrák Music Club
7/22 Bratislava, SK @ FUGA
7/23 Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
7/24 Mörlenbach-Weiher, DE @ Live Music Hall
7/25 Namur, BE @ The Belvédère
7/26 Tilburg, NL @ Next Stage
7/27 Freissenbüttel, DE @ Burning Q Festival
7/28 Stuttgart, DE @ Schwarzer Keiler
8/02 Münster, DE @ Schwarzer Keiler
8/03 Dresden, DE @ Chemifabrik
8/04 Kassel, DE @ Goldgrube
8/09 Schlotheim, DE @ Party San Open Air
10/27 Maastricht, NL @ Samhain Festival
11/02 Zurich, CH @ Squirralypse Fest
11/09 Berlin, DE @ War Against War
8 comments
Post CommentSign with a big label so they can own all your masters and you make less money from sales and streams. Smart move, guys.
Metal Blade is kinda the kiss of death for bands this size. See Twitching Tongues and Tombs.
Sign with a big label so they can own all your masters and you make less money from sales and streams. Smart move, guys. You do realize why bands sign with labels like this, right? Hint, it's not about album sales.
"You do realize why bands sign with labels like this, right? Hint, it's not about album sales." Because they want someone else to do most of the work for them.
Ah spoken like a guy whose band plays 2 fests a year with the same bands, in front of the same kids and spends the weekend posting pics with the other losers pretending to be hard.
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