Bonded By Blood Comments On Upcoming Tour Dates

Earache Records has issued the following statement about the upcoming Bonded By Blood tour:

"BONDED BY BLOOD will be playing their first cross-country shows on the Masters of Disaster tour. Alongside fellow thrash acts, EXMORTUS and WITCHAVEN, BONDED BY BLOOD vocalist, Jose "Aladdin" Barrales looks to take a little bit of the LA thrash scene to every town they play. As the excitable frontman explains, "This is our first Full US tour and we are really excited to play all over the US as more and more fans seem to want us to play their hometown."

"However as sweet as the tour is for each band on the bill, there is always the inevitable sour. Metal Maniacs magazine, as has been reported, has closed its doors. Before the esteemed metal institution went out of business, they had lent their name as the main sponsor for the tour. "Im honored and saddened that Metal Maniacs is sponsoring this tour" says Jose, who elaborates his position. "I'm honored that its a metal mag for metal fans that has always kept an eye out for smaller bands and I'm saddened that they are closing their doors. Thats one less mag of a scarce few there is that metal fan can get his hands on."

"Despite the bittersweet feelings that the closing of Metal Maniacs has brought to the tour, all of the bands intend to keep the underground spirit of the magazine alive by personally making sure that at each show no head is left unbanged and each body has been thoroughly thrashed.

The tour dates are as follows:

2/28 Pomona CA-The Elks Lodge
3/6 Las Vegas NV-The 4 Aces
3/7 Phoenix AZ-The Sets
3/9 Tucson AZ-Vaudville
3/10 Las Cruces NM-El Patio
3/11 Lubbock TX-Jakes Backroom
3/12 Oklahoma city OK-Conservatory
3/13 Dallas TX-Renos Chop Shop
3/14 San Antonio TX-The Warhol
3/15 Jackson MS- Bomb Shelter
3/17 St. Peterberg FL- State Theatre
3/18 Ft. Myers FL-Rockstarz
3/20 Winterpark FL-The Haven
3/22 Shefield AL-Muscle Shoals
3/24 Raleigh NC-Volume 11
3/26 Danville VA-Plan B
3/27 Allentown PA-Sterling Hotel
3/28 Bayonne NJ-Liquid Loungue
3/29 Boston MA-The Metal Hall
3/30 Syracuse NY-Lost Horizon
3/31 Cleaveland OH-Now Thats Class
4/1 Bay City MI-Indian Barrys
4/2 Detroit MI-Blondies
4/3 Fort Wayne IN-Miss Q's
4/4 Aurora IL-Dougs Rock House
4/7 Des Moines IA-Vaudville Mews
4/8 Kansas City MO-Riot Room
4/9 Lincoln Nebraska- Knickerbocker
4/10 Denver CO-Moes BBQ
4/11 Billings MT-FOE
4/15 Boise ID-Gustos
4/16 Seattle WA-King Cobra
4/17 Portland OR-Satyricon
4/18 Medford OR-Musichead
4/20 Daly City CA-Route92
4/22 Fresno CA- The Exit
4/24 San Jose CA- West Valley College
4/25 San Francisco CA-Thee Parkside
5/1 Hollywood CA-The Knitting Factory "Thrasho De Mayo IV" w/Exumer