 | Last Friday Motor City thrashers BATTLECROSS released their long awaited third album "Rise To Power" via Metal Blade Records. This highly anticipated release entered the following Billboard Charts: #103 Top 200 Current Albums #137 Top 200 Albums #4 Heatseeker #14 Hard Music #36 Rock #23 Independent |
Guitarist and founding member Tony Asta commented on the band's chart entries:
"We love our fans and I often say they are the best on the planet. You know it must be true because we are proud to announce "Rise To Power" charted well, thanks to you. Thank you all for your support, see you all on the road!"
"We love our fans and I often say they are the best on the planet. You know it must be true because we are proud to announce "Rise To Power" charted well, thanks to you. Thank you all for your support, see you all on the road!"
| The album that Metal Sucks describes as "quite appealing, coming off as an accomplished synthesis of a wide range of styles..." can be purchased oniTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Bandcamp and directly from Metal Blade Records. The album can be streamed via Apple Music and Spotify. A video for the song "Absence" is available for viewing HERE. The video was directed by David Brodsky of My Good Eye (Whitechapel, Revocation, Cannibal Corpse, GWAR). "Rise to Power" was produced by Jason Suecof, and mixed/mastered by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios. The cover art was completed by Hungarian artist Péter Sallai (Sabaton, Sacred Steel). | |
| BATTLECROSS are currently on the road with label-mates GWAR and Butcher Babies on a North American tour stopping in Tulsa, OK and wrapping up September 18th in Rochester, NY. Following a short break BATTLECROSS will rejoin GWAR on the road alongside Born of Osiris (Cryptopsy in Canada) starting October 7th in Cincinnatti, OH and wrapping up November 28th in Orlando, FL BATTLECROSS W/ GWAR and Butcher Babies 8/31: Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom 9/1: San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall 9/2: Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity Theater 9/3: Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen 9/4: Birmingham, AL @ Iron City 9/5: Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero* 9/6: Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggys 9/8: Wilmington, NC @ Ziggys By the Sea 9/9: Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live 9/10: Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 9/11: Sauget, IL @ Pop's 9/13: Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz* 9/14: Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance 9/15: So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground 9/16: Reading, PA @ Reverb 9/17: Huntington, NY @ The Paramount 9/18: Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall | BATTLECROSS With GWAR and Born Of Osiris: 10/7: Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts 10/8: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave 10/9: Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze 10/10: Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre** 10/12: Saskatoon, SK @ O'Brian's Event Centre** 10/13: Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Ballroom** 10/14: Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall** 10/16: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom** 10/17: Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory 10/18: Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory 10/19: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 10/20: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO 10/23: Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club 10/25: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom 10/26: Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory 10/28: Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee 10/29: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater 11/2: Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club 11/4: Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room 11/5: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue 11/6: Detroit, MI @ Harpo's 11/7: Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom 11/8: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater 11/9: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club 11/11: Norfolk, VA @ The Norva 11/12: Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory 11/13: New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place 11/14: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium 11/17: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel 11/18: Nashville, TN @ Exit/In 11/19: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues 11/20: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Live 11/25: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 11/27: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution 11/28: Orlando, FL @ Venue 578 *Off Date - BATTLECROSS Headline Show* **Crytopsy Providing Direct Support |
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