*NEW ROB FLYNN-PRODUCED ALBUM, GAMECHANGER, DUE APRIL 5TH***U.S. TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 26TH**
Metallic hardcore heavyweights SWORN ENEMY return with a vengeance on their venomous new record “Gamechanger,” due out next Friday, April 5. Produced by Robb Flynn (Machine Head) and mixed/mastered by Zack Ohren (Suffocation, Fallujah, Warbringer), the hard-knuckled album expertly fuses metal, thrash and New York hardcore.
On the heels of the well-received first single “Prepare For Payback,” which earlier this month cracked the SiriusXM Liquid Metal Devil’s Dozen request countdown, the band is proud to unveil a second new track, “Coming Undone.”
Available now for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and other digital platforms, the song is also being offered as an instant download with all digital pre-orders of “Gamechanger.” (Physical pre-orders on CD and limited-edition blue splatter vinyl are available at www.m-theoryaudio.com or www.swornenemy.bandcamp.com).
Check out a music video for “Coming Undone” at https://youtu.be/fYG3ewY_2DE, directed by Bryan Bishop of Digital Thunderdome Productions (https://www.digitalthunderdome.com)
“It’s been a while since Sworn Enemy had a chance to film a video and we are pretty stoked the way ‘Coming Undone’ came out,” cites singer Sal Lococco. “Hope you all dig it!”
SWORN ENEMY will spend much of 2019 touring in support of “Gamechanger,” beginning with a series of record-release shows along the East Coast. From there, the band will join forces with thrash legends Sacred Reich for a number of performances across America. See below for the group’s current itinerary.
Additional dates – including the band’s first shows of the year in Europe – are in the works. SWORN ENEMY was first signed by Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta, who released the group’s first two EPs on his Stillborn Recordings label in 2001 and 2002. He also produced the band’s full-length debut, “As Real As It Gets,” memorably praised by Lambgoat as “music that inspires you to want to beat the living piss out of the next unsuspecting person who walks in the room.”
The album was released by Elektra Records in 2003, a year that saw the band deliver memorable performances on tour with Ozzfest. In the 15 years since, SWORN ENEMY released four additional albums of punishing metallic hardcore and toured with a number of notable acts, including Anthrax, Mastodon, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Suicide Silence, Dying Fetus, Earth Crisis, Madball, Biohazard and Hatebreed.
SWORN ENEMY live (more dates TBA)
4/26 Brooklyn, NY – The Kingsland
4/27 Falls Church, VA – VFW 9274
4/28 Brockton, MA – Dylan’s
5/4 Denver, CO – Streets *
5/5 Kansas City, MO – Riot Room *
5/17 Mansfield, OH – Belcher’s House of Rock
5/18 Indianapolis, IN – The Citadel *
5/20 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade *
5/22 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
5/23 Houston, TX – Scout Bar *
5/24 Dallas, TX – Trees *
5/25 San Antonio, TX – Rock Box *
5/27 Yuma, AZ – Prison Hill
5/28 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick ^
5/29 Oakland, CA – Metro ^
5/31 Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater #
6/1 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red #
6/2 Albuquerque, NM – Red Velvet Underground
6/5 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone
6/6 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
6/7 Pittsburgh, PA – Black Forge Coffee House 2
6/8 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
* w/ Sacred Reich^ w/ Sacred Reich, Excel# w/ Sacred Reich, Vio-Lence, Excel, Yidhra
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