Cruel Hand to tour in support of new album

Cruel Hand announced today that they'll be heading out across the United States (and Mexico!) in October and November on their first headlining tour on their newest album, Lock & Key.

Supporting Cruel Hand will be Long Island, NY's Backtrack and the tour will bring the bands South, through the Midwest, out to the West and back East again. The Lock & Key tour will be a precursor to the band's European jaunt on the Persistence Tour alongside Sick of it All, D.R.I., Blood for Blood and more throughout December. Please check out all up-and-coming Cruel Hand shows at www.Bridge9.com/tours/CruelHand now.

Lock & Key, the follow-up to their B9 debut Prying Eyes, has been dubbed “the best thing that this band has created thus far“ by AMP Magazine. Full of just as many catchy, metallic riffs as mosh parts, Lock & Key is a heavy mix of Madball, Leeway, Cro-Mags, Metallica, and Suicidal Tendencies and is one of the most well-rounded hardcore albums in recent memory. Alternative Press refered to the album as "...some seriously intense hardcore, mostly characterized by blistering speed and ferociously heavy breakdowns," and Decoy Music declares that Cruel hand is "... a force to be reckoned with and one of the best hardcore bands in the game."

Lock & Key was recorded in Wakefield, MA with producer Jay Maas (Verse, Bane, Defeater) and illustrates what Cruel Hand is capable of both lyrically and musically.

Vocalist Chris Linkovich said, "Lock & Key is definitely not a 'Prying Eyes Part 2'. It's not just a progression either, we feel like this is our defining release. We weren't scared to bring all of our influences to the table, no matter what the genre of music."


CRUEL HAND LOCK & KEY TOUR
Oct 22 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Alexandria, VA @ The Lab
Oct 23 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Virginia Beach, VA @ Skate High
Oct 24 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Greensboro, NC @ Legitimate Business
Oct 25 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Lexington, SC @ Oak Grove Civic Club
Oct 26 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Tampa, FL @ Transitions
Oct 27 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Pembroke Pines, FL @ Talent Farm
Oct 28 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Jacksonville, FL @ Warehouse 8B
Oct 29 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Atlanta, GE @ 585 Wells
Oct 30 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
Oct 31 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Cincinnati, OH @ Warsaw Arena
Nov 01 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Evansville, IN @ Resurgence Church
Nov 02 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
Nov 03 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music
Nov 04 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Dallas, TX @ The Nightmare
Nov 05 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Houston, TX @ Walter's
Nov 07 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)San Antonio, TX @ Ten Eleven
Nov 08 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Mesa, AZ @ Nile Underground
Nov 09 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Tijuana, Mexico @ Bodega Aragon
Nov 10 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Canoga Park, CA @ Cobalt Cafe
Nov 11 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Fresno, CA @ The CYC
Nov 12 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
Nov 13 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Sacramento, CA @ Branch St.
Nov 14 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Seattle, WA @ Fusion Cafe
Nov 16 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Rapid City, SD @ Trea Bingo Hall
Nov 17 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Kansas City, MO @ Scion Lab
Nov 18 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Omaha, NE @ The Commons
Nov 19 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Minneapolis, MN @ The Beat
Nov 21 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Lansing, MI @ Mac's
Nov 22 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Toledo, OH @ Mickey Finn's
Nov 23 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Edinboro, PA @ The Hangout
Nov 24 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
Nov 26 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
Nov 27 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)New Haven, CT @ Lilly's Pad
Nov 28 Cruel Hand (w/ Backtrack)Holyoke, MA @ Waterfront Tavern