Tues 4th June 2019 Amager Bio, Copenhagen DENMARK
Wed 5th June 2019 Rockefeller, Oslo NORWAY
Thurs 6th June 2019 Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg SWEDEN
Mon 10th June 2019 Kesselhaus, Berlin GERMANY
Tue 11th June 2019 Markthalle, Hamburg GERMANY
14thto 16th June 2019 Download Festival, Donnington UK
Mon 17th June 2019 013, Tilburg THE NETHERLANDS
Tues 18th June 2019 Trianon, Paris FRANCE
Wed 19th June 2019 Z7, Pratteln SWITZERLAND
21stto 22nd June 2019 Azkena Festival, Vitoria SPAIN
21stto 23rd June 2019 Hellfest Festival, Clisson FRANCE
Sorum’s longtime friendships with Stevens and Perez helped to form the initial core of the lineup, but it was a pivotal moment when Butler agreed to join. Butler admits there was a lot to think about when he got the invitation. “I had to get used to the idea of starting from scratch again, which is good,” he says. “But I really liked the music I was hearing. It’s not your typical hard rock or metal stuff.”
For Stevens, it was a revelation the first time he found himself recording with Butler. “There’s a lot of times in the studio as a guitar player, you get a guitar sound and you’re trying to make it work, tweaking it,” Stevens says. There was none of that bullshit. It just fit against his bass sound and it was really exciting to me. I get to hear my guitar against a bass guitarist that I’ve idolized forever.”
Drawing inspiration from the ritual symbolism of desert badlands paired with Sorum’s love of the idea of a ‘ritualistic forgotten space,’ the name Deadland Ritual felt appropriate for the darker tone of the music the group was making. “Obviously we’ve been through some stuff,” Perez says. “If you’re being honest artistically, all the turmoil of love, loss, happiness and pain in life makes its way into the music.”
The initial recordings are only the beginning of what fans can expect in the coming months. The band is focused on quality vs. quantity and letting the muse carry them in the appropriate direction. With festival appearances booked and headline dates now announced, they’ll use the time leading up to that trek to continue writing and recording…