New Pro-Pain Album and Upcoming Tour

By jason • March 08, 2007

Aggressive, meticulous, passionate, righteous - all distinguishing traits that have come to symbolize the fundamentals of metal/hardcore pioneers PRO-PAIN. Since their crushing 1992 NAIRD nominated debut album "Foul Taste Of Freedom", PRO-PAIN have become a staple in the diets of heavy music listeners around the globe. Their successful and enviable career has perpetually prospered throughout it's course, and yet they still manage to find room to improve, and more importantly, impress. The year 2007 marks the 15 Year Anniversary of PRO-PAIN and the release of the above mentioned debut.

Their latest offering "Age Of Tyranny / The Tenth Crusade" is not only symbolic as being the band's 10th studio album, but the term "Tenth Crusade" is also a rhetorical device that builds an analogy between the U.S. led "War On Terrorism" and the historical Crusades. PRO-PAIN singer/founder Gary Meskil states: "This is about as close as we've come to creating a full fledged concept album, in that it's content never veers from what is generally being implied by the broader album title(s). He adds: "It is believed by many that our leaders are rushing us to Armageddon via a self-fulfilling prophecy which deviously mirrors

that of Biblical Prophecy, and that rapture-ready Christianity remains complicit for obvious reasons. These are terrible yet interesting times. Unfortunately , not too many artists have written about it, and the ones that have, only seem to have scratched the surface. PROPAIN have consistently gone much deeper than that". Songs such as "The New Reality", 'Beyond The Pale" (feat. Matt Bizilia from Icarus Witch), and "All For King George" all speak loudly for the album's musical diversity, which covers all aspects of PROPAIN's hardcore, metal, and classic rock n' roll roots and influences. "Age Of Tyranny / The Tenth Crusade" is an album for the ages.

Formed by vocalist/bassist Gary Meskil (ex-Crumbsuckers), New York-based PRO-PAIN have over the years benefited from substantial support from an ever growing loyal fan base, the Metal Press, Hard Rock Radio, and MTV Headbanger's Ball. In 2004, the band returned to MTV programming, clocking in regular and repeated rotation with "Can You Feel It." With guitarists Tom Klimchuck, Eric Klinger (ex-The Spudmonsters) and drummer JC Dwyer (ex- Paingod), the band's worldwide catalog sales nears one million units. Advance plans have the band set to tour the US and Europe extensively in support of "Age Of Tyranny / The Tenth Crusade".

For more info., log onto: http://www.pro-pain.com or http://www.myspace.com/propainspace

Tracklisting:

The New Reality, All For The King George, Pigs In Clover, Beyond The Pale, Three Minutes Hate, Heads Will Roll, Company Jerk, Impeach Indict Imprison, Leveler, Iraqnam, Live Free (Or Die Trying)

TOUR DATES:

-APRIL-

12.04.2007 - WACHENROTH(D) Toxicity
13.04.2007 - BISCHOFSWERDA (D) East Club
14.04.2007 - BERLIN (D) K17
15.04.2007 - STAVENHAGEN (D) Tankhaus
16.04.2007 - HALLE (D) Rockstation
17.04.2007 - OSTRAVA (CZ) Underground Arena
18.04.2007 - BRNO (CZ) Faval
19.04.2007 - PRAHA (CZ) Futurum
20.04.2007 - BRATISLAVA (SK) Randal
21.04.2007 - AIGEN (AT) Kikas
22.04.2007 - BUDAPEST (HU) Kultiplex
23.04.2007 - WIEN (AT) Planet Music
24.04.2007 - ZAGREB (CRO) Boogaloo
25.04.2007 MUENCHEN (D) Metropolis
26.04.2007 - AARAU (CH) Kiff
27.04.2007 - ERSTFELD (CH) Transylvania LIve
28.04.2007 - DUDINGEN (CH) Bad Bonn
29.04.2007 - SAARBRUECKEN (D) Roxy
30.04.2007 - FREIBURG (D) Café Atlantik

-MAY-
01.05.2007 - STUTTGART (D) Rohre
02.05.2007 - KOBLENZ (D) Suppkultur
03.05.2007 - ESSEN (D) Turock
04.05.2007 - SNEEK (NL) Bolwerk
05.05.2007 - AMERSFOORT (NL) De Kelder
06.05.2007 - VOSSELAAR (BE) Biebob

With Special Guests:

12/04 - 24/04 - SILENT OVERDRIVE (DE), HEMLOCK (USA)
25/04 - 06/05 - GURD (CH), DAYS OF BETRAYAL (BE)
Select Dates - X-CORE (CZ) and JUNKHEAD (DE)

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