CRUMBLING REMNANTS OF CIVILIZATION...A BROKEN JUSTICE SYSTEM...A CONSUMER WASTELAND..WAS IT ALL PART OF THE PLAN? FIND OUT IN THE NEW VIDEO FOR “MR. PLAGUE”
WATCH AND SHARE “MR. PLAGUE” HERE
NEW ALBUM, STRANGE PEACE, OUT NOW VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS
INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH MORE PERFORMANCES IN CANADA THIS SUMMER
PURCHASE STRANGE PEACE HERE VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS
"With the aid of his friends Chris Slorach and Hayden Menzies, who make up METZ's colossal rhythm section, Edkins and his guitar have never sounded so cunning, confrontational and, yet, so compellingly uncertain." [9/10] - Exclaim!
"Strange Peace is an album that just sounds great from front to back, consistently knocking it out of the park with heavy guitars, concrete drums, and basslines that threaten speaker systems everywhere." - Northern Transmissions
“With Strange Peace, METZ have created an album that still largely has one foot rooted in the best of their past, but sees the other stretching forward into a future that is just as riotous. Long may it continue.” - The Line of Best Fit
Hot on the heels of their blistering March 27 performance on the The Chris Gethard Show, METZ have a new video for the track “Mr. Plague”, from their latest album, Strange Peace. As described by director, Shayne Ehman (who has directed 3 out of 3 of the videos from Strange Peace), the video examines: “...the crumbling remnants of civilization...a broken justice system...a consumer wasteland… Was it all part of the plan?”
WATCH AND SHARE “MR. PLAGUE” HERE
METZ have added new dates to their previously announced and comprehensive 2018 international tour schedule. New Canadian headlining date added in Quebec City on July 11. Tour includes stops in Ottawa and Vancouver.
Strange Peace is available now on CD / LP / DL / CS worldwide via Sub Pop and in Canada, from Royal Mountain Records.
INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES
Apr. 17 - Lisbon, Portugal – MusicBox *
Apr. 18 - Porto, Portugal – Hard Club *
Apr. 19 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Noord
Apr. 20 - Rotterdam, Netherlands – Motel Mozaique
Apr. 21 - Esch-sur-Alzette, LU - Out of the Crowd Festival
Apr. 23 - Milan, IT - Magnolia *
Apr. 24 - Bologna, IT - Freakout, Bologna *
Apr. 25 - Munich, DE - Strom *
Apr. 26 - Cologne, DE - Gebaude 9 *
Apr. 27 - Belfort, FR - Impetus Festival
Apr. 28 - London, UK - Test Pressing Festival*
Apr. 30 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo *
May 01 - Dublin, IE - Whelan’s
May 02 - Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen *
May 03 - Ramsgate, UK - Ramsgate Music Hall * [Sold Out]
May 04 - Brussels, BE - Les Nuits Botanique [Sold Out]
May 05 - Leffinge, BE - De Zwerver *
May 23 - Taipei, Taiwan - The Wall
May 25 - Beijing, China - TBC
May 26 - Shanghai, China - TBC
May 29 - Hong Kong, China - TTN Livehouse
May 31 - Manila, Philippines - Mow’s Bar
Jun. 01 - Singapore - Decline
Jun. 02 - Bangkok, Thailand - Norma
Jun. 04 - Tokyo, Japan - Fever
Jun. 05 - Tokyo, Japan - Fever
Jun. 06 - Nagoya, Japan - Tight Rope
Jun. 07 - Osaka, Japan - Conpass
Jun. 13 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Jun. 14 - New York, NY - Rocks Off Cruise w/ Holy Fuck
Jul. 11 - Quebec City, QC - Festival D’ete
Jul. 12 - Ottawa, ON - Babylon
Jul 18 - Leipzig, DE - UT Connewitz,
Jul. 19 - Berlin, DE - Cassiopeia
Jul. 21 - Tromso, Norway - Bukta Festival
Aug. 16 - Wiesbaden, DE - Schlactof
Aug. 25 - Reading, UK - Reading Festival
Aug. 26 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Festival
Aug. 27 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
Aug. 29 - Cardiff, UK - The Globe
Aug. 31 - Asten-Heusden, NL - Misty Fields Festival
Sep. 14 - Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre (Westward Festival)
Oct. 26-28 - Gainesville, Florida - The Fest
* w/ Moaning
MORE PRAISE FOR STRANGE PEACE
“Recorded with Shellac's mastermind Steve Albini, Strange Peace is an album that doesn't need to be explicitly political to make a statement about our current chaotic climate. The opening track, "Mess of Wires," gallops out of the gate like a malfunctioning industrial robot, a tangle of mechanical riffs and Edkins' oddly infectious chants. The band's ability to inject melody into the weirdest of places is most striking on "Cellophane." Slightly more laidback than the usual METZ song, it's closer to a garage-rock anthem than a skin-peeling punk rager, and Edkins' refrain of "How will I know? / How will I know?" is designed to lodge itself in the brain of the listener like some insidious implant....cathartic rather than hopeless — an exorcism of nervous energy at a time when it's direly needed.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
“Strange Peace is more - more intense, more melodic, more brutal, more confident.” [4/5] - DIY
“Laden with hypnotic riffs and Alex Edkins’ delightfully coarse vocals, the album has a basement-to-radio quality. METZ maintains the relentless punk energy from their first two albums, but with a more accessible play-through; Strange Peace could serve as a comfortable introduction to noise punk....Born out of political defiance, punk rock is a necessary retort at this juncture; it can’t be dead, especially if METZ has anything to say about it.” - Stereogum
"Hardcore fans can rest easy knowing that METZ haven't skimped on the nitrous-fuelled angst that has inspired legions of us to smash windows with our faces since 2012." - Under the Radar
"The band’s third album, Strange Peace, is very much like its first two, and that is a good thing. Each is single-minded in its purpose and methods. There are no ballads, no songs that are quiet or long or contemplative. Instead, there is a constant search for a frequency that is thrilling and a commitment to it." [8/10] - Popmatters
“Strange Peace is as raucous and fun as you want a METZ record to be.” [4/5]- Dork
"The Toronto-based trio METZ have incorporated harmony into their heavy sound on their third full-length. They shift away from all-out abrasion, adding color to their eruptions."- Pitchfork
"It's hard to imagine where METZ can go after pushing their sound and skills into the red zone as they have on Strange Peace, but with their third album, they've left no doubt that they're one of the most singularly powerful rock bands in North America, and you ignore them at your peril." - [4/5] - All Music
"METZ has a habit of keeping their listeners waiting for new music, but when Strange Peace is the final product, the wait suddenly feels justified. The quality of songwriting on this album might not only be the best that METZ has ever done, but it’s also one of the better noise rock records of recent memory." [9/10] - Glide
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