June 19, 2004

South American tour report

We have just returned from an 8 show tour of Central and South America. This was the first time we have had the opportunity to do a real tour of South America, and we were very happy with the great response we received down there.

We had played in Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago on separate occasions before, so we already knew they had great death metal scenes in those cities. The remaining 5 dates were in cities we had never played before, so we were very pleased to see that their death metal fans were just as brutal as the cities we had already been to.

From what we saw on this tour, we'd have to say the scene down there is incredibly strong, with great, brutal fans, and lots of killer bands.

The next time we tour South America, we'd like to arrange a few "off" days, so we have more time to hang out with the fans we meet and see the cities we play in. The schedule for this tour was pretty hectic at times(we had a 12+ hour journey from Sao Luis to Buenos Aires that stopped at a total of 6 airports, for example), but the energy at the shows more than compensated for any lost sleep on the many flights we had.

We also would like to play in some additional countries next time, as we know they must have great scenes as well.

Now we're heading to Europe for the Waldrock Festival, where we'll get to play for thousands of Dutch metalheads, and share the stage with some of Metal's biggest names. After that, we'll be heading north to Canada, so all of the death metal maniacs up there had better be ready!

We want to give many thanks to all at Tumba records for putting on this tour, and all of the local promoters that brought us to their cities. And of course, most importantly, we want to give massive thanks to the awesome, brutal fans in Brazil, Costa Rica, Argentina and Chile for making the tour the great success that it was.

Thank you!

Alex

Posted by thewendy at 7:52 PM

June 1, 2004

Words on Mexico

We just returned from our tour of Mexico, and we wanted to thank all of the great fans there for making the tour a huge success. We also want to thank the organizers of the tour, and the crew that worked with us throughout the tour.

All of the shows were killer, with the shows in Monterrey and Mexico City being among the best shows we've ever done(the Monterrey show was also one of the hottest!). The whole trip to Mexico was really great.

This was the first time we did more than 2 or 3 shows during one trip to Mexico, and it was really cool to see some different parts of the country, and meet fans from different cities. We were also happy to see lots of old friends in places we have played in the past. We want to send greetings to everybody we met in Puebla, Guadalajara, San Luis Potosi, Mexico City and Monterrey. All of the fans we met were really cool, and they had incredible energy during the concerts. We definitely don't want t o wait five years again for our next trip to Mexico!

Now we will continue on to South and Central America, where we are hoping for a similar killer response. Many thanks again to the brutal Mexican death metal fans, you rule!!!

Alex

Posted by thewendy at 7:51 PM | Comments (1)