Friday, January 25, 2008

GENGHIS TRON has posted a third preview track from their forthcoming Relapse debut, Board Up The House. The track, “Things Don’t Look Good”, can be heard now exclusively via the band’s MySpace: www.MySpace.com/GenghisTron along with the album’s “City On A Hill” and title track, “Board Up The House”. Board Up The House will see its North American release on February 19 (February 25 internationally).
GENGHIS TRON has also announced a number of tour dates in support of Board Up The House. The band will first embark upon a series of record release shows starting February 21 in Philadelphia, PA. These dates will also include the AUSTERITY PROGRAM and Steve Moore (of ZOMBI). Additional guests include AA, Ponytail, and more on various dates.
GENGHIS TRON will then tour through the greater part of March around the annual South By Southwest festival in mid-March taking place in Austin, TX. Joining GENGHIS TRON on the later part of these dates are label-mates COLISEUM. Immediately following, GENGHIS TRON will join CONVERGE and THE RED CHORD for a five-week U.S. tour.
GENGHIS TRON’s touring will continue with a headlining U.K. and European tour in May. This tour will also include NACHTMYSTIUM and ZOROASTER and will be presented by Terrorizer Magazine and Rock Sound in the U.K. A complete listing of GENGHIS TRON tour dates can be found below with more dates being announced shortly.

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GENGHIS TRON Tour Dates:

***All dates from Feb. 21 thru Feb. 24 w/ Austerity Program, Steve Moore***
February 21 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
February 22 New York, NY Knitting Factory
February 23 Red Hook, NY MPR - Bard University
February 24 Boston, MA Great Scott (w/ Disappearer)
February 29 Baltimore, MD Talking Head (w/ Ponytail, AA, Vincent Black Shadow)
March 1 Brooklyn, NY TBA (w/ Ponytail, AA)
March 7 Oberlin, OH Oberlin College Dionysus
March 8 Bowling Green, OH Howard’s Club H
March 10 Iowa City, IA The Picador
March 11 Kansas City, MO Record Bar (w/ Monotonix)
March 16 Austin, TX Red 7 (w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum, Tera Melos)
March 17 Tulsa, OK Monolith (w/ Coliseum)
March 18 St. Louis, MO 2 Cents Plain (w/ An Albatross, The Apes, Coliseum)
March 19 Kenyon, OH Kenyon College (w/ Coliseum)
March 20 Pittsburgh, PA Meridian Vets Club (w/ Coliseum)
March 21 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s (w/ Oneida, Coliseum, Pony Pants)

***All dates from March 30 thru May 3 w/ Converge, The Red Chord***
March 30 Worcester, MA Palladium (w/ Baroness)
April 1 New York, NY Blender Theatre @ Gramercy w/ Baroness)
April 2 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre (w/ Baroness)
April 3 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s (w/ Baroness)
April 4 Detroit, MI Magic Stick (w/ Baroness)
April 5 Chicago, IL Reggies (w/ Baroness)
April 6 Chicago, IL Reggies (w/ Baroness)
April 7 Huburtus, WI Richfield Chalet (w/ Baroness)
April 8 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock (w/ Baroness)
April 9 Sioux Falls, SD Nutty North (w/ Baroness)
April 10 Iowa City, IA The Picador (w/ Baroness)
April 11 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground (w/ Baroness)
April 12 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck (w/ Baroness)
April 13 Denver, CO Marquis Theater (w/ Baroness)
April 15 Boise, ID The Venue (w/ Baroness)
April 16 Portland, OR Satyricon (w/ Baroness)
April 18 Los Angeles, CA The Knitting Factory (w/ Baroness)
April 19 Pomona, CA The Glass House (w/ Baroness)
April 20 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse (w/ Baroness)
April 22 Austin, TX Red 7 (w/ Coliseum)
April 23 Dallas, TX The Door (w/ Coliseum)
April 24 Houston, TX The Red Room (w/ Coliseum)
April 25 New Orleans, LA High Ground (w/ Coliseum)
April 26 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre (w/ Coliseum)
April 27 Orlando, FL The Social (w/ Coliseum)
May 1 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar (w/ Coliseum)
May 2 Pittsburgh, PA The School (w/ Coliseum)
May 3 Philadelphia, PA Starlight Ballroom (w/ Coliseum)

***All dates from May 9 thru May 22 w/ Nachtmystium, Zoroaster***
May 9 Brighton, U.K. Engine Rooms
May 10 Sheffield, U.K. Corporation
May 11 Leeds, U.K. Josephs Well
May 12 Newcastle, U.K. Trillians
May 13 Plymouth, U.K. White Rabbit
May 14 Bristol, U.K. Croft
May 15 London, U.K. Islington Bar Academy
May 17 Hasselt, Belgium Muziekodroom
May 19 Koln, Germany Underground
May 20 Berlin, Germany Cassiopeia
May 21 Munich, Germany Feierwerk
May 22 Milan, Italy Magnolia Club

“equal measures of barbarian brutality and electronic stylization.” – PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY

“like the soundtrack to Mega Man as scored by Napalm Death.” – REVOLVER

“Genghis Tron generally don't give a collective f*ck about genre alignment. You shouldn't, either.” – DECIBEL

“it’s just a matter of time before the Tron conquer all.” – EXCLAIM!

“you are going to love them: they are the mad-ass band you’ve been waiting for.” – METAL HAMMER

“cacophonous musical experimentation that is as dizzying in scope as it is mind-blowing in delivery… experimental rock music at its finest; the world needs more bands like Genghis Tron” – ROCK SOUND

“the most inventive, invigorating, incapable-of-classification shit I've heard since The Locust” – SKYSCRAPER

“Genghis Tron tempers the in-your-face aggro and violent lurch of grindcore with the elemental flow of a sophisticated hip-hop producer.” – TIME OUT NEW YORK

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