Unique Arkansas progressive doom quartet, Pallbearer, will be travelling to Europe this summer to embark on a string of exceptional show dates, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their seminal record ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘. At this handful of select shows, encompassing both festival and club shows, the band will perform the album in its entirety.
The band have released a live video of ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘ openingtrack ‘Foreigner‘, from their recent show at Saint Vitus, Brooklyn.
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Tickets are available now via: https://pallbearerdoom.com/tour
Sorrow & Extinction – 10 Year Anniversary
04 Aug RU Moscow, Klub Gorod
05 Aug RU Saint Petersburg, Lastochka
06 Aug FI Helsinki, On The Rocks
09 Aug CZ Josefov-Jaromer, Brutal Assault
10 Aug DE Kassel, Goldbrube
11 Aug NL Haarlem, Patronaat
12 Aug BE Courtrai, Alcatraz
13 Aug DE Osnabrück, Bastard Club
14 Aug DE Oberhausen, Kulttempel
16 Aug DE Wiesbaden, Kesselhaus
17 Aug DE Dinkelsbühl, Summer Breeze
18 Aug DE Karlsruhe, Dudefest
19 Aug FR Saint Nolff, Motocultor
20 Aug UK Somerset, Arctangent
Pallbearer will be celebrating a decade of ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘ over the course of 2022. Throughout the year, look out for more anniversary show news, limited edition merch, and a limited deluxe vinyl package via 20 Buck Spin.
Pallbearer, formed in Little Rock, Arkansas by Brett Campbell, Joseph D. Rowland, and Devin Holt, were, on the release of their debut LP, ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘, at the vanguard of the resurgence in doom metal.
At just under fifty minutes, the five tracks that make up ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘ are towering aural force. The seminal record instantly made waves among listeners and critics who found Pallbearer’s compositional paradox of vulnerability and might to be unparalleled.
Pitchfork heralded ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘ “a triumph,” while NPR claimed the songs on the album “challenge the doom gods themselves for a place on the throne.” The album was both Stereogum and Pitchfork’s #1 Metal Album of 2012 and was Spin’s #2 Metal Album of the Year in 2012.
A decade later, ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘ is no less an achievement.
The ‘Sorrow & Extinction‘ shows aren’t Pallbearer’s only European dates this year. The band will be returning overseas for their first shows in support of their 2020 acclaimed album Forgotten Days on an extensive co-headline tour this Autumn with Elder, plus special guests Irist. Tickets are available via the below links.
Pallbearer + Elder – European Co-Headline Tour 2022
w/ Special Guests Irist
22 Sep Berlin, DE
23 Sep Leipzig, DE
24 Sep Prague, CZ
25 Sep Warsaw, PL
26 Sep Vienna, AT
27 Sep Budapest, HU
28 Sep Ljubljana, HR
30 Sep Munich, DE
01 Oct Pratteln, CH
02 Oct Milan, IT
03 Oct Grenoble, FR
06 Oct Barcelona, ES
08 Oct Porto, ES
09 Oct Madrid, ES
11 Oct Toulouse, FR
12 Oct Montpellier, FR
13 Oct Nantes, FR
14 Oct Paris, FR
16 Oct Tilburg, NL
18 Oct Aarhus, DK
19 Oct Oslo, NO
20 Oct Drammen, NO
21 Oct Stavanger, NO
22 Oct Bergen, NO
25 Oct Stockholm, SE
26 Oct Gothenburg, SE
28 Oct Copenhagen, DK
29 Oct Hamburg, DE
31 Oct Dortmund, DE
02 Nov Brighton, UK
03 Nov Bristol, UK
04 Nov London, UK
05 Nov Manchester, UK
Pallbearer‘s latest album, the critically acclaimed LP Forgotten Days was released in 2020. The band are currently working on new material.
Pallbearer formed in Little Rock, Arkansas USA in 2008. A heavy rock band from the South isn’t that unlikely, but one that is responsible for, in part, rekindling America’s (and the world’s) passion for heavy rock/doom metal is all but unbelievable. From Sorrow and Extinction (2012) and Foundations of Burden (2014) to Heartless (2017) and Forgotten Days (2020), Pallbearer ignited in generations new and grizzled, not just a renewed interest in originators such as Black Sabbath and Candlemass but also infatuation over echelons of lesser-knowns.