PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS are embarking on their extensive European tour tomorrow. The first show will take place on Thursday, June 20th at Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium. The run includes performances at Hellfest Open Air in France, Dynamo Metal Fest in the Netherlands, Roskilde in Denmark, as well as club shows in Germany, The United Kingdom, Austria and more. Find the full list of tour dates below.
| PHILIP H. ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS European shows dates 20 Jun 19 Dessel (BE) Graspop Metal Meeting 2019 22 Jun 19 Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES) Azkena Festival 23 Jun 19 Clisson (FR) Hellfest 2019 25 Jun 19 London (UK) Underworld 26 Jun 19 Manchester (UK) Gorilla 27 Jun 19 Bristol (UK) The Fleece 28 Jun 19 Birmingham (UK) The Mill 29 Jun 19 London (UK) Underworld 01 Jul 19 Frankfurt (DE) Nachtleben 02 Jul 19 Leipzig (DE) Hellraiser 03 Jul 19 Munich (DE) Backstage 05 Jul 19 Novi Sad (RS) Exit Festival 2019 06 Jul 19 Roskilde (DK) Roskilde Festival 07 Jul 19 Villafranca di Verona (IT) Rock The Castle 11 Jul 19 Salzburg (AT) Rockhouse 12 Jul 19 Vienna (AT) Szene 13 Jul 19 Balaton (HU) Rock Marathon 2019 14 Jul 19 Warsaw (PL) Progresja 16 Jul 19 Prague (CZ) Futurum 17 Jul 19 Hamburg (DE) Logo 19 Jul 19 Gelfe (SE) Gelfe Metal fest 20 Jul 19 Eindhoven (NL) Dynamo metal fest |
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS are playing in support of their latest release ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue’, which can be streamed in full below.
Artwork and album details of ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue‘ can be found here.
Track-list
1. Little Fucking Heroes
2. Utopian
3. Choosing Mental Illness
4. The Ignorant Point
5. Individual
6. Delinquent
7. Photographic Taunts
8. Finger Me
9. Invalid Colubrine Frauds
10. Mixed Lunatic Results
PHILIP H. ANSELMO is an iconic artist – maybe a little bruised, scarred, singed, and somewhat battered by time, himself, and others. But the Texan remains proudly standing, unbent, and still angry. Loved and hated, attacked and praised, Phil is not ready to go down into the archives of musical history without a fight.
His new cooperation with the band that Phil himself created, THE ILLEGALS, is as brutal, kicking, lashing, and fury-filled as one could expect from this artist and PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS‘ debut ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ (2013). Their sophomore album, ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue’ is a much the metaphorical fist in the face and display of force as his adherents could wish for.
‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue’ is not a simple repeat of the past – as tempting as that might sound, considering that no other artist left a deeper mark on metal in the 90’s than PANTERA. Raging, roaring, and bulldozing their way through the metal scene, the Texans have left a lasting legacy. At their front stood anger and hostility personified, PHILIP H. ANSELMO. What followed for example with DOWN and SUPERJOINT RITUAL has further cemented the singer’s reputation as a living legend. As an artist in his own right, Phil finally emancipated onto a solo-path with ‘Walk Through Exits Only’, which enabled him to do exactly as he pleased – with no need to compromise on anything.
Now, ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue’ follows along the path that PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS‘ debut has carved, but takes the mega-heavy, angry monster born out of mating the visceral aggression and power of PANTERA with the devastating thrash and Southern sludge that Phil and the New Orleans scene pioneered.
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS are back and about to mercilessly install ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue’ as a new benchmark for extreme heaviness.