Dillinger Escape Plan, High on Fire, Genghis Tron, Decibel's Top 40 of 2007, 2008 Tour Dates

December 14, 2007

DOWNLOAD: Pig Destroyer – Gravedancer (MP3)

by Black Bubblegum (a BV metal correspondent)

Calculators out….. The Dillinger Escape Plan will be back in NYC on Sunday December 16th, to play hits (and I mean that in a Tony Soprano kinda way) from their critically acclaimed new Faith-No-More-meets-odd-time-signature-Napalm-Death LP, “Ire Works”. Tickets are still available.

Getting all morse code-y with DEP is Genghis Tron, who recently posted “Board Up The House” off of their new upcoming record for Relapse. Check it at their MySpace. Also, you can catch Mookie Singerman’s (Genghis Tron) awesome monthly column “Route 666” in Decibel Magazine.

Speaking of Decibel, check out their picks for 2007’s best heavy records…. I wonder which ones were Mookie’s, John Darnielle’s (Mountain Goats) & Jeffrey Walker’s (ex-Carcass) faves? (they all write for Decibel)

Decibel’s Top 40 Records of 2007
1.Pig Destroyer – Phantom Limb (John’s #4)
2.Watain – Sworn to the Dark
3.The Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works
4.Jesu – Conqueror
5.Baroness – The Red Album
6. Neurosis – Given to the Rising (playing some shows)
7. Witchcraft – The Alchemist
8. Portal – Outré
9. High on Fire – Death is this Communion (Dave Hill liked this too)
10. A Life Once Lost – Iron Gag

More list, and tour dates (High on Fire included), below….

High on Fire

11. Deathspell Omega – Fas—Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
12. The Red Chord – Prey for Eyes
13. Pelican – City of Echoes
14. Moonsorrow – Viides Luku: Hävitetty
15. Bergraven – Dödsvisioner
16. Graf Orlock – Destination Time Tomorrow EP
17. Melt-Banana – Bambi’s Dilemma18. The End – Elementary
19. Electric Wizard – Witchcult Today
20. Caina – Mourner
21. Machine Head – The Blackening
22. Magrudergrind – Rehashed
23. Rosetta – Wake/Lift
24. Big Business – Here Come the Waterworks
25. Dax Riggs – We Sing of Only Blood or Love
26. Obliteration – Perpetual Decay
27. Architect – All is Not Lost
28. Rwake – Voice of Omens29. Engineer – The Dregs
30. Down – III: Over the Under
31. Destroyer Destroyer – Littered With Arrows32. Evoken – A Caress of the Void
33. Between the Buried and Me – Colors
34. Torche – In Return EP
35. Alcest – Souvenirs d’un Autre Monde
36. Pissed Jeans – Hope for Men37. Year of No Light – Nord
38. Darkest Hour – Deliver Us39. Trap Them – Sleepwell Deconstructor
40. Grave in the Sky – Cutlery Hits China: Engllish for the Hearing Impaired

A Life Once Lost will also be in the house on Sunday – catch them at the Blender Theater, or on tour with High On Fire. All tour dates….

The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Panasonic Youth”

Dillinger Escape Plan & A Life Once Lost & Genghis Tron – 2007/8 Tour Dates
12/14- The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ
12/15- Siren Records, Doylestown, PA
12/16 – Blender Theater at Gramercy, New York, NY
12/18 – The Middle East, Cambridge, MA
12/19 – The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY
12/20 – The Station, Portland, ME
12/21 – Le National, Montreal, Quebec
12/22 – Club Infinity, Williamsville, New York
01/11 – Club Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Dillinger Escape Plan w/ Killswitch Engage, Everytime I Die, and Parkway Drive – 2008 Tour Dates
01/12 – Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH
01/14 – The Fillmore, Miami, FL
01/15 – House Of Blues, Orlando, FL
01/16 – Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
01/17 – Disco Rodeo, Raleigh, NC
01/21 – The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
01/22 – City Hall, Nashville, TN
01/23 – The Village, Little Rock, AR
01/25 – Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
01/26 – Pageant, St Louis, MO
01/28 – Lifestyle Communities Pavillion, Columbus, OH
01/29 – House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH
01/30 – Piere’s, Fort Wayne, IN
01/31 – Harro East Ballroom, Rochester, NY
02/02 – Toad’s Place Richmond, Richmond, VA
02/04 – Magic City Music Hall, Johnson City, NY (no Parkway Drive)

HIGH ON FIRE – Rumors of War

High On Fire, A Life Once Lost & Saviours – 2008 Tour Dates
January 17 Santa Cruz, CA Veterans Hall %
January 18 San Jose, CA Blank Club %
January 19 Pomona, CA The Glass House %
January 20 Tucson, AZ Plush %
January 22 Lubbock, TX Jake’s Backroom *
January 23 Corpus Christi The Compound *
January 24 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves *
January 25 Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room *
January 26 Memphis, TN Hi Tone *
January 27 Nashville, TN Exit / In *
January 29 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
January 30 Atlanta, GA E.A.R.L
January 31 Orlando, FL Back Booth
February 1 Miami, FL Churchhill’s
February 2 Tampa, FL Springs Theatre
February 3 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
February 5 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
February 6 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
February 7 Virginia Beach, VA Steppin Out
February 8 Wilmington, DE Mojo 13
February 9 Reading, PA The Silo
February 10 South Hackensack, NJ School of Rock
February 11 Milford, CT Daniel Street
February 13 Worcester, MA Palladium Upstairs
February 14 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
February 15 Columbus, OH Ravari Room
February 16 Louisville, KY Uncle Pleasants ^
February 17 St. Louis, MO 2 Cents Plain ^
February 18 Iowa City, IA The Picador ^
February 19 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck ^
February 20 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater ^
February 22 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp ^
February 23 Oakland, CA Uptown Nightclub ^