Khemmis Announces January “Deceiver West Coast Tour MMXII”

Khemmis Announces January “Deceiver West Coast Tour MMXII”

Critically lauded doomed heavy metal outfit KHEMMIS will make their long-awaited return to touring this winter for a West Coast Tour in support of their massively anticipated album, Deceiver, that’s out November 19th from Nuclear Blast. The excursion will begin with a hometown show in Denver, CO on January 8th and will culminate in Salt Lake City, UT on January 23rd. Tickets will go on sale at 10:00 AM PST on Friday, October 16th at https://khemmisdoom.com/live/.

Commenting on the impending tour, guitarist/vocalist Ben Hutcherson states:

“’We are thrilled to announce a string of live performances in support of our upcoming album Deceiver. It has been far too long since we have seen all of your faces in the crowd, and we will be playing brand new songs and favorites from our entire catalog to celebrate the return of live shows. While the situation surrounding touring remains precarious, we will be taking every precaution to make sure that these shows are safe for everyone. Grab your tickets, practice your air guitar licks, and we will see you hellraisers out on the road soon!”

KHEMMIS Tour Dates:
Dec 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus Bar
Jan 8 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Jan 13 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
Jan 14 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Jan 15 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret
Jan 16 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Jan 18 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
Jan 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Jan 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Underground
Jan 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

KHEMMIS will release their darkest album to date, Deceiver, on November 19th with Nuclear Blast.

Pre-order Deceiver now at http://www.nuclearblast.com/khemmis-deceiver

“Deceiver” Tracklisting:

1. Avernal Gate
2. House of Cadmus
3. Living Pyre
4. Shroud of Lethe
5. Obsidian Crown
6. The Astral Road

Restlessly awakening from the depths of a feverish slumber, doomed heavy metal masters KHEMMIS return to reveal their fourth full length studio album, Deceiver, arriving via Nuclear Blast Records in November 2021. Six tracks of desolate, soul-awakening heaviness encapsulate a project that has been nearly three years in the making. With a title that reflects the internal struggles that many of us battle in our daily lives, Deceiver is a ferociously honest and appetizingly raw piece of musical artistry.

While the lyrical themes of Deceiver, sorrow, pain, longing for hope, will no doubt be familiar to longtime fans, these six songs display a broader collection of musical influences than on any other KHEMMIS record to date. “It being our 4th album, especially after the transition between the last two albums, it felt really freeing. We felt that we could really do anything on this record,” explains drummer Zach Coleman. “There’s a lot here that we’ve never done before,” adds Pendergast. “In some areas it gets darkly psychedelic. I think we found a cool way to mutate things using transitions that feel really natural. There is a subtle symmetry between the first and last songs which is one of the things that makes listening to the full album a satisfying holistic experience. It builds from almost nothing, becomes very dark, and then you slowly crawl out of that lowest circle of hell.”

KHEMMIS’s Deceiver is a beautiful, musically ambitious journey from beginning to end drenched in impassioned melody and complex, unrestrained variations of sonic savagery adorned with chilling, intensely tragic cover art by frequent collaborator Sam Turner.

KHEMMIS is:
Ben Hutcherson (Guitar & Vocals)
Phil Pendergast (Vocals & Guitar)
Zach Coleman (Drums)

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