It's unlikely many metal fans know it, but I want to go on record and say that the small independent Translation Loss Records label is home to two of the most noteworthy progressive metal albums that are being released this winter/spring. On February 17th, IREPRESS will begin selling, Sol Eye Sea I, their 1st album in six years, and BATTLEFIELDS will be welcoming their second album, Tresholds of Imbalance, on March 31st. Luckily for those of you may be unaware, both bands have already posted music on their websites from their releases for you to preview. One can only hope that these awesome songs are accurate representations of the rest of the material: IREPRESS's "Cyette Phiur" is a stellar production of adventurous polyrhythmic progressive metal and hardcore wrapped in post-rock and shoe gaze, and BATTLEFIELDS' "Quake and Flood" is a hard-charging, many-layered epic of vicious hardcore-infused-doom metal and heady psychedelics.
Thanks their new connection trough Translation Loss, they will be soon setting out on a massive North American coheadlining tour through the Midwest to SXSW to the Pacific and back across the country to support these new releases. So far, it's not even clear where and when the tour is even going to stop; be on the lookout for a show in your area, because seeing either of these bands right now would be worth the ticket price (and the conjoined ticket makes it impassable).
Here are the tour dates we've received:
March 06th in Rochester, MI – The Factory (feat. The Atlas Moth)
March 08th in Grand Rapids, MI – House Show
March 07th in Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar (feat. The Plague Years)
March 09th in Chicago, IL @ Subterranean (feat. Dark Castle, The Atlas Moth)
March 10th in Milwaukee, WI @ Borg Ward (feat. Dark Castle)
March 11th in Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club (feat. Dark Castle, Vernal Pool)
March 12th in Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium (feat. Dark Castle, Vernal Pool)
March 13th in Sioux Falls, SD @ Nutty’s North (feat. The Blinding Light, Cougar Den, Sleeping In Gethsemane)
March 14th in Rapid City, SD @ TBA (feat. See You Next Tuesday, Full Blown Chaos)
March 15th in Lincoln, NE @ Ghost House (feat. Mother Pile, Towers)
March 16th in Wichita, KS @ The Avenue (feat. polarOppositebear)
March 18th in Dallas, TX @ Reno’s Chop Show (feat. Zoroaster
March 19th in Austin, TX
March 20th in Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 21st in Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 22nd in Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 23rd in El Paso, TX @ Zepplin’s
March 24th in Tucson, AZ @ The Living Room (feat. Hellas Mounds)
March 25th in San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
March 26th in Riverside, CA @ Back To The Grind (feat. Name)
March 27th in Los Angeles, CA @ The Knitting Factory (feat. Name)
March 28th in San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside (feat. Name)
March 29th in Chico, CA @ Paradise Lost (feat. Name)
March 30th in Eugene, OR @ Samurai Duck
March 31st in Portland, OR @ Kelly’s Olympian (feat. Nandi Devi, Paranaut)
April 01st in Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse
April 02nd in Boise, ID @ Gusto Bar
April 03rd in Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge (feat. Nine Worlds)
April 04th in Denver, CO @ Three Kings (feat. Mustangs & Madras, Adai)
April 05th Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon (feat. The Cast Pattern)
April 06th St. Louis, MO @ The Fubar
