First Blood announce European Tour (dates w/ Agnostic Front, SOIA, Madball)
San Francisco's FIRST BLOOD are excited to release their summer 2011 touring plans! The band will hit Europe for 2 months this summer playing shows with their friends in Agnostic Front, Madball, Sick Of It All, Blood For Blood, Bury Your Dead, Earth Crisis, Hatebreed, and even sharing the stage with metal legends Iron Maiden. The band will also be making appearances at all the popular hardcore and metal festivals like Novarock (Austria), With Full Force (Germany), Summerblast (Germany), Ieper Fest (Belgium), and many more. Get your dancin' shoes on!
Singer and songwriter Carl Schwartz checked in to say, "We are so stoked to play again this coming summer 2011 at some of the biggest hardcore and metal festivals in all of Europe. Add a few more cities and countries where First Blood has never before appeared along with an ambush of killer club shows with hardcore legends Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, Madball, Blood For Blood, and many more, and we've got ourselves a crushing two month run. Europe... get ready. This summer is gonna be brutal!"
First Blood just released their highly-anticipated sophomore release entitled "Silence Is Betrayal" on Bullet Tooth. Featuring 15 songs of musical devastation and lyrical condemnation, First Blood relights the flame and burning spirit that originally brought the band together. "Silence Is Betrayal lays it all out on the table with a point of view that leaves little to misinterpretation" is how Carl describes the strong lyrical focus of challenging the status quo, while remaining every bit as true-to-sound to the brutal musical aggression that many have come to expect of First Blood. "Silence Is Betrayal is every bit as heavy and abrasive as First Blood gets, complete with a war-torn soundtrack of armageddon breakdowns and relentless sing-along calls to action."
"First Blood express political protest through blunt force hardcore." - Alternative Press
"One cast iron crusher of a thrill ride." - Outburn Magazine
"Catchy two-step parts, awesome breakdowns, and strong lyrics that will move any listener." - KillerTours
"These twelve meaty cuts won't disappoint devotees of in-your-face metallic hardcore." - MetalSucks
"A solid album is all we should have expected, and that's exactly what we got."- Exclaim!
"This is hardcore just how I like it. Brutal, heavy and passionate. Devastating and flawless." - Brutalism
"First Blood are still delightfully over the top with bone-rattling breakdowns and unbridled rage tearing at every seam." - Decoy Music
“Silence Is Betrayal” is exactly the follow-up to “Killafornia” as everyone expected, and more." - HardTimes
"What do you get when you cross an impassioned social protest with a bulldozer? “FIRST. F**KING. BLOOD.” - The New Review
"Silence is Betrayal” is outstanding, a serviceable metallic hardcore record that aims to be more meaningful." - Metal Register
First Blood European Tour 2011 Dates:
11.06. Nickelsdorf - Novarock Festival (Austria)
12.06. Sarajevo - Cinemas (Bosnia and Herzigovina)
13.06. Sofia - t.b.a. (Bulgaria)
16.06. Köln - Essigfrabrik (Germany) + SICK OF IT ALL
17.06. Sittard - Fenix (Netherlands)
18.06. Göteborg - Hardcoretwon @ Nordengaden (Sweden)
23.06. Bucharest - t.b.a. (Romania)
24.06. Cluji Napoca - Gambrinus Live Stage (Romania)
25.06. Nowy Targ - Ferment Fest (Poland)
28.06. Hamburg - Kaiserkeller (Germany) + BLOOD FOR BLOOD
29.06. Athens - Kyttaro Live Club (Greece) + AGNOSTIC FRONT
01.07. Roitzschjora - With Full Force (Germany)
02.07. Ulm - Beteigeuze (Germany)
03.07. Salzburg - Rockhouse-Bar (Austria)
06.07. Zürich - Werk21 (Switzerland)
07.07. Schrobenhausen - Cantona Liveclub (Germany)
08.07. Uden - Pul (Netherlands)
09.07. Hengelo - Innocent Open Air (Netherlands)
12.07. Chur - Event Stage (Switzerland) + AGNOSTIC FRONT
13.07. Karlsruhe - Stadtmitte (Germany) + MADBALL
14.07. Friedewald - Festhalle (Germany) + AGNOSTIC FRONT
15.07. Lüdenscheidt - Summer Shake Festival (Germany)
16.07. Trier - Summerblast Festival (Germany)
17.07. Dour - Dour Festival (Belgium)
18.07. Norwich - Marquee (Great Britain)
19.07. Devon - Exeter Cavern (Great Britain)
20.07. London - Underworld (Great Britain)
23.07. Dublin - Fibber Magees (Ireland)
24.07. Bolton - Alma Inn (Great Britain)
29.07. Martin - Wiesefest (Slovakia)
03.08. München - Free & Easy Festival (Germany)
05.08. Leisnig - Sucks'n'Summer Festival (Germany)
06.08. Essen - Filled With Hate Fest (Germany)
12.08. Jaromer - Brutal Assault (Czech Republic)
13.08. Ieper - Ieper Fest (Belgium)