As they prepare for their extensive European tour with IGORRR, French doom metal visionaries HANGMAN’S CHAIR reveal a previously unreleased gem in the form of new single ‘Spleenwise’.
Clocking in at over six minutes, ‘Spleenwise’ bears the trademark features of HANGMAN’s CHAIR, as it combines dark, brooding atmosphere with sombre melodies.
HANGMAN’S CHAIR stated about ‘Spleenwise’:
“‘Laugh at everything, sad sex and poor decisions. Silence is addictive.’ Spleenwise is a neologism to express our state of mind towards everything that surrounds us: sit around, watch the world burn and appreciate the spleen.
Plus, this song is a link between the past and the future, a track written many moons ago that closes the A Loner chapter, as it is the last remaining song of the studio sessions.”
Recently, HANGMAN’S CHAIR‘s latest album A Loner celebrated its first anniversary. The band’s Nuclear Blast debut was released on February 11th, 2022. A Loner is available in various formats. Order your copy here: https://hangmanschair.bfan.link/a-loner.ema
Last week, the band released a portrait video about the band’s background and inspirations in cooperation with Radio Metal.
The band is kicking off their European tour supporting IGORRR alongside AMENRA and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT tomorrow, starting in Tilburg, Netherlands. You can catch the band at the below dates:
09.03. NL Tilburg, 013
10.03. BE Brussels, Forest National
11.03 UK London, Forum (supporting Igorrr)
12.03. DE Cologne, Live Music Hall
14.03. DE Berlin, Huxleys
15.03. DE Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
16.03. FR Besancon, La Rodia
17.03. FR Lyon, Tr ansbordeur
18.03. ES Barcelona, Apolo 1
19.03. ES Madrid, But
21.03. FR Toulouse, Le Bikini
22.03. FR Bordeaux, Le Rocher De Palmer
23.03. FR Paris, Salle Pleyel
24.03. CH Zurich, Volkshaus
25.03. IT Bologna, Link
26.03. DE Munich, Backstage Werk
28.03. AT Vienna, Ottakinger Brauerei
29.03. HU Budapest, Barba Negra
30.03. PL Wroclaw, A2
31.03. PL Gdansk, B90
01.04. LT Vilnius, Loftas
03.04. FI Tampere, Pakkahuone
05.04. NO Oslo, Vulkan Arena
07.04. SE Stockholm, Fryhuset Arena
09.04. DK Copenhagen, Vega
10.04. DE Hamburg, Markhalle
11.04. FR Villerupt, L’Arche
12.04. NL Amsterdam, Melkweg
13.04. NL Groningen, Oosterpoort
HANGMAN’S CHAIR, formed in 2005 in Paris, are one of the most unique sounding Doom Rock bands currently active. Through the years, they have found and fine-tuned their own sonic brand, somewhere at the crossroads between TYPE O NEGATIVE, LIFE OF AGONY and SISTERS OF MERCY, to name a few, mixed with a certain street credibility connected to the group’s roots in hardcore. Each album takes its strength and essence from the band members’s life experiences, which they portrait with unflinching honesty. Whether it is the loss of band members, drug overdoses or the hardships of living in suburban Paris, all those human emotions resonate within each of their songs asthey embrace the darkness and transform it into something beautiful, heavy and melancholic.