Himsa departs for tour

Seattle-based thrashers HIMSA have departed for a brief headlining jaunt before meeting up with label mates The Acacia Strain for Darkest Hour's "Undoing Ruin 2006" tour, which also features A Life Once Lost and Dead To Fall. The band will plays shows back west immediately commencing the current tour when it is complete on April 1.

Meanwhile, dates for HIMSA's return to Europe have been announced. After touring the continent with 3 Inches of Blood during December 2005 in anticipation for the release of 'Hail Horror,' Himsa is excited to return to Europe, where press has since praised the new album. Kerrang called 'Hail Horror' "one of the most refreshing albums to surface in a while...a bilious, marauding antidote to the sickly sweet metalcore norm" featuring "serrated, hateful riffs that recall thrash gods Testament at their most extreme." The magazine also labeled HIMSA one of the "5 kick-ass metal bands for 2006." Metal Hammer also agrees, calling 'Hail Horror' a "gloriously vibrant effort absolutely chock full of crunchy metallic goodness." In fact, Finnish rocker Ville Valo (HIM) gives HIMSA his stamp of approval, too: "Everyone should check HIMSA out. It's extremely energetic metal that brings to mind Entombed's classic 'Left Hand Path' album with it's fuzzy guitar tones and horror movie atmospherics." European dates will start in late April and run through much of May and are listed below.

HIMSA on tour
(with Ringworm, The Banner, Demiricous)
2/13 Freeport, IL - Freeport Convention Center
2/14 Grand Rapids, MI - Ten Bells
2/15 Detroit, MI - Alvins
2/16 Buffalo, NY - The Buffalo Icon

(with The Acacia Strain, Darkest Hour, A Life Once Lost, Dead To Fall)
2/17 Latham, NY - Saratoga Winners
2/18 New York, NY - The Knitting Factory
2/19 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft - The Chance
2/20 Centereach, NY - Centereach VFW
2/21 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
2/23 Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar
2/24 Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
2/25 Wilmington, NC - Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
2/26 Jacksonville, FL - Thee Imperial
2/27 St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
2/28 Orlando, FL - Backbooth
3/01 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
3/02 Nashville, TN - Exit / IN
3/03 Little Rock, AR - Vino's
3/05 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
3/06 Houston, TX - Engine Room
3/07 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
3/08 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
3/09 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
3/10 San Diego, CA - Epicenter
3/11 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse
3/12 West Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go-Go
3/14 San Luis Obisbo, CA - Downtown Brew
3/15 Fresno, CA - The Belmont
3/16 San Francisco, CA - The Pound
3/17 Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
3/18 Portland, OR - Rock N Roll Pizza
3/19 Seattle, WA - Showbox
3/20 Boise, ID - The Venue
3/22 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
3/23 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
3/24 St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
3/25 West Dundee, IL - Clearwater Theatre
3/26 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
3/27 Pekin, IL - Planet X Rollerworld
3/28 Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theatre
3/29 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre
3/30 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Downunder
3/31 Asbury Park, NJ - Club Deep
4/01 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

(with Manntis, Full Blown Chaos, The Classic Struggle)
4/03 Lexington, KY - Downtown Arts Center
4/05 Wichita, KS - Headway Skatepark
4/06 Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
4/07 Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theatre
4/08 Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theater

(UK tour with Death By Stereo, The Banner)
4/27 Sneek, Holland - Het Bolwerk
4/28 Munster, Germany - Skaters Palace
4/29 Gestel, Belgium - Groezrock Fest
4/30 Arnhem, Holland - Hardcore Meeting
5/01 Koln, Germany - Underground
5/02 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
5/04 Linkoping, Sweden - Skylten
5/05 Copenhagen, Denmark - The Rock
5/06 Berlin, Germany - Knack
5/07 Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
5/08 Schweinfurt, Germany - Alter Stattbahnhof (with F.V.K., Betrayed)
5/09 Munchen, Germany - Backstage
5/10 Wien, Austria - Szene
5/11 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
5/12 Bassano del Grappa, Italy - Lagabbia
5/13 Wil, Switzerland - Remise (with Raised Fist, Bridge To Solace)
5/14 Trier, Germany - Exhaus
5/15 London, UK - Underworld
5/16 Bournemouth, UK - Operahouse
5/17 Leeds, UK - Joseph's Well
5/18 Manchester, UK - Music Box
5/20 Sheffield, UK - The Corporation