News: ABIGAIL WILLIAMS: Black Metal Misery Makers To Kick Off Tour With Belphegor, Origin, And Shining This Week + Headlining Dates Confirmed

Black metal misery makers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS are preparing to kick off a month-long live takeover this weekend supporting Belphegor and Origin. The Conjuring The Dead North American Raid Part II will trample its way through twenty-four cities from August 11th through September 4th. Additional support will be provided by Shining. Prior to and following the tour, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS will be playing a handful of headlining shows with supplementary performances to be announced in the coming weeks.

 

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS:

8/06/2016 The Haul - Grant Pass, OR ^

8/07/2016 Starlite Lounge - Sacramento, CA^

w/ Belphegor, Origin, Shining:

8/11/2016 Scout Bar - Houston, TX

8/12/2016 Dirty Dog - Austin, TX

8/13/2016 The Rail Club - Ft. Worth, TX

8/15/2016 LVCS - Las Vegas, NV

8/16/2016 Joe's Grotto - Phoenix, AZ

8/17/2016 Brick by Brick - San Diego, CA

8/18/2016 The Whisky - W. Hollywood, CA

8/19/2016 Oakland Metro - Oakland, CA

8/20/2016 Star Theater - Portland, OR

8/21/2016 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC

8/23/2016 Pub Station - Billings, MT #

8/22/2016 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA

8/24/2016 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN

8/25/2016 The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO

8/26/2016 Full Metal Assault - Cave-in-Rock, IL

8/27/2016 Oddbody's - Dayton, OH

8/28/2016 Reggie's - Chicago, IL

8/29/2016 The Outpost- Kent, OH ^

8/30/2016 Salle Multi - Quebec City, QC

8/31/2016 Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY

9/01/2016 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD *

9/02/2016 Exit/Inn - Nashville, TN *

9/03/2016 Georgia Theatre - Athens, GA *

9/04/2016 Culture Room - Ft Lauderdale, FL *

End Tour

9/06/2016 TBA ^

9/07/2016 Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN ^

9/08/2016 Lookout Lounge - Omaha, NE ^

9/09/2016 Roxy Theater - Denver, CO ^

9/10/2016 Metro Bar - Salt Lake City, UT ^

* No Shining

^ Abigail only

# No Belphegor

 

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS continues to tour in support of their critically lauded The Accuser full-length released last October via Candlelight Records. Captured in just five days by founding vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron (ex-Lord Mantis)'s home studio in Olympia, Washington, the eight-track offering is fittingly bleak, dark, nihilistic, and infinitely engrossing and features a guest appearance by Neill Jameson (Krieg, Twilight) as well as the psychedelic cover creations of Portland-based illustrator/tattoo artist, Stevie Floyd (Dark Castle, Taurus). Said Metal Injection of the offering, "ABIGAIL WILLIAMS maintains a balancing act as The Accuser drives on. Tracks swoop between thundering tempos with skin peeling shrieks/screams, and melodic sections that are sometimes beautiful, and sometimes harrowing. Never does it feel like the band is exhausting anything because nothing is ever held for very long. The band always manages to maintain something interesting or captivating." The Metal Observer agrees crowning The Accuser, "...the best release in the band's career, and certainly one worthy of multiple spins." New Noise Magazine notes, "The Accuser cements ABIGAIL WILLIAMS' status as one of the great American black metal bands, capable of crafting challenging yet rewarding music that rocks as much as it is thoughtful..." Echoes Lambgoat, "With the callous, sonically punishing The Accuser, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS have once again eschewed putting out the same record twice." Adds Spoutnik Music, "The Accuser will go down as ABIGAIL WILLIAMS' crowning achievement, and hopefully, the start of a transition towards the band they were always capable of becoming."