LIKE DAGGERS

The GASMASK TERROR Japan Tour 2011 will start in one month and a half ! I can't believe it, and i can't wait ! Since the last update, not so many things have changed. Most of the bands are decided, but expect maybe few more bands to be added soon. You probably all saw the news those days about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and you can easily understand that everything sucks right now. As far as i am concerned i could get in touch with all my friends and relatives, but it's maybe not the case for everyone. It is possible to see few changes, or maybe few bands who cancel, who knows ? I won't blame anyone for that. For the moment we all have to focus on more important things here.

But let's try to get a little bit positive, even though it's not that simple... Let's talk about this tour ! Seriously the more i think about it, the more i realise that this tour is incredible. There will be amazing bands every nights, and not only the popular bands that everybody is waiting for. Many new bands, young punks will also play and party with us, and i am really excited about that !!

As a reminder, here are the details of the tour ! Thanks again to mathieu for drawing this great tour poster ! And of course, thanks to all the japanese punks who make this tour happens !

04/28 : KOKURA - UN KOKURA

with 惡AI意, MUZINA, END OF POLLUTION, ネメシス (NEMESIS)

04/29 : MATSUYAMA - 星空JETT

with AKKA, AXEWIELD, FORGET ME NOT, and more...

04/30 : OSAKA - KING COBRA

with FRAMTID, LAST SENTENCE, UNARM, ASOCIAL TERROR FABRICATION, FEROCIOUS X + DJ Mike Foster

05/01 : YOKOHAMA - FAD

with SYSTEMATIC DEATH, VIVISICK, ISTERISMO, RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA (AT), ASSHOLE PARADE (USA), RYDEEN, THINK AGAIN, IMPARA, MIND OF ASIAN, ANARCHY CONDOMS, TEMPEST, COMPLETED EXPOSITION, A.O.W.

05/03 : TOKYO - ZONE B

with AVFALL, FOLKEIIS, UNARM, ISTERISMO, ROUGH STUFF, GRIND SHAFT

05/04 : NAGOYA - DAYTRIVE

with AVFALL, D-CLONE, FOLKEIIS, SYSTEM FUCKER, ATTACK SS, ZILEMMA

05/05 : MIE - CLUB CHAOS

with AVFALL, ACROSTIX, CONTRAST ATTITUDE, DISGUST, NAQRO + DJ Vortex

05/06 : TSUYAMA - STUDIO K2

with AVFALL, DESPERDICIO, SKIZOPHRENIA, LAST, MASSGRAVE, DEATH DUST EXTRACTOR, and more...

To celebrate this tour, a news 7" entitled Like Daggers will be released on FLOWER OF CARNAGE and RATBONE RECORDS. I said it before, but i say it again, i am so proud and happy to do this records with this band, but also with Luc's label. This record is a real symbol of friendship. Seriously, those 4 new songs are killers ! Brutal raw d-beat punk hardcore distortion assault with great political lyrics. Imagine Swedish raw d-beat punk (TOTALITAR, MEANWHILE, ANTI CIMEX...) mixed with DISCHARGE, with a nasty/dirty sound and evil vocals on the top of that !! KANGNAVE !!

There will be a limited edition of this 7" for the Japan Tour, consisting of 100 copies on clear vinyl, with a obi and some goodies inside (patches, flyers...).

I would like to thank Dennis, for his huge help regarding this 7". We couldn't have done it without you ! Thank you so much !

A discography CD should also be ready for the tour. It will be released by CACTUS RECORDS in Malaysia. Last time i heard about it, it was ready to be sent at the pressing plant, so it will be ready soon i guess.

Their latest 12", Black sun/Fake gold is sold out from SOLAR FUNERAL. But I FEEL GOOD, in France probably have few copies left ? There is a very limited tape version of this 12", released by SACRED TAPES. The bands will maybe have few copies of this tape on tour. You should check what this guy is doing. His tapes are always amazing !

This tour is going to be awesome !! I can't wait to spend all this time with our french friends, with Dennis, with AVFALL. I can't wait to see our friends, and make new ones too !

See you in the pit ! Or at the merch table...

The photos above have been taken during the Deshibernation Festival in Lyon, 2006, by David P. I don't know him, but i hope he will be ok if i use them here...