The Skull, featuring vocalist Eric Wagner and bassist Ron Holzner, formerly of metal legends Trouble, has completed work on its highly anticipated sophomore album. Titled, The Endless Road Turns Dark, the LP was recorded in Chicago's Decade Music Studios with engineer Sanford Parker (Yob, Tombs) and builds on the foundation laid by The Skull's debut album, For Those Which Are Asleep, a recording that landed at or near the top of a host of 2014 year-end best of lists. A fall release date via Tee Pee Records is projected for the new LP.
To celebrate the completion of the new album, The Skull, which also features longtime Cathedral drummer Brian Dixon, guitarist Lothar Keller (Sacred Dawn), and guitarist Rob Wrong (Witch Mountain) has announced a U.S. headlining tour that will launch on June 2 in in Chicago where the band will headline the third annual Doomed & Stoned Fest. The 12 city jaunt will run through June 15 in Lombard, IL. On the spring tour, The Skull will be joined by guest drummer Henry Vasquez of Saint Vitus who will fill in for Dixon. Opening acts will include Earthride and Hyborian.
The just-announced itinerary is as follows:
THE SKULL tour dates:
June 2 Chicago, IL Reggie's (as part of Doomed & Stoned Fest) June 3 Minneapolis, MN Studio B @ Skyway Theatre June 5 Bozeman, MT Zebra Lounge June 7 Seattle, WA Highline June 8 Bellingham, WA Shakedown June 9 Portland, OR Star Theatre June 10 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp June 11 Santa Cruz, CA Atrium @ Catalyst June 12 San Francisco, CA Elbo Room June 13 Los Angeles, CA Resident June 14 Las Vegas, NV Count's Vamp'd June 15 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
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"The Skull have always been a pretty fascinating band for me, formed out of the ashes of one of the greats, they have now fully integrated into the modern doom scene, pulling in current and former members of Witch Mountain and Pentagram (among others) to create a lineup that simply can't help but impress. Simply put, The Skull is made up of some of the realest motherfuckers alive and the music reflects that. These are dudes who live and breathe rock and roll and the more you invest in their sound the more you get out of it. The Skull is taking doom metal by storm and are about to conquer the globe" - METAL INJECTION
The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep (Full Album) - 2014
