ILL NINO, GOD FORBID, EXILIA: European Tour Dates Announced

December 19, 2008

ILL NINO, GOD FORBID and EXILIA will team up for a European tour in February/March. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Feb. 24 - Haarlem (NL) - Patronaat
Feb. 25 - Eindhoven (NL) - Effenaar
Feb. 26 - Cologne (D) - Essigfabrik
Feb. 27 - Copenhagen (DK) - The Rock
Feb. 28 - Hamburg (D) - Knust
Mar. 01 - Berlin (D) - K17
Mar. 03 - Vienna (AT) - Arena
Mar. 04 - Stuttgart (D) - Die Roehre
Mar. 06 - Milan (IT) - Zoe Club
Mar. 07 - Winterthur (CH) - Salzhaus
Mar. 08 - Fribourg (CH) - Fri-Son
Mar. 10 - Villa Real (ES) - Salatal
Mar. 11 - Granada (ES) - El Tren
Mar. 12 - Madrid (ES) - La Sala Live
Mar. 13 - Vigo (ES) - Sala A
Mar. 14 - Villaba-Pamplona (ES) - Totem
Mar. 15 - Notre Dame de Gravenchon (F) - Arcade
Mar. 17 - Newcastle (UK) - Academy 2
Mar. 18 - Liverpool (UK) - Academy 2
Mar. 19 - Sheffield (UK) - Academy 2
Mar. 20 - London (UK) - Islington Academy
Mar. 21 - Birmingham (UK) - Academy 2
Mar. 22 - Bristol (UK) - Academy 2

ILL NINO's fourth full-length album, "Enigma", sold 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 145 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"Enigma" is said to be a much more natural-sounding album than any of its predecessors, with Latin rhythms and Spanish vocals snaking in and out of the more traditional numbers.

Starting with over 30 songs, the band took their time in choosing which tracks would make the final cut. "On past albums we spent about four months to record, mix and master. On 'Enigma' we spent almost seven months, as we wanted to make sure everything was the best that it could be," drummer Dave Chavarri noted.

GOD FORBID's new album, "Earthsblood", is scheduled for release on February 24 in North America and February 16 in Europe via Century Media Records. The CD was produced by Eric Rachel (ATREYU) with Christian Olde Wolbers (FEAR FACTORY, THREAT SIGNAL) handling all vocal tracking. The mixing was handled by Jens Bogren (OPETH, SOILWORK, AMON AMARTH).

Regarding the album's title, guitarist Doc Coyle previously stated, "The title 'Earthsblood' came to me after watching the film 'There Will Be Blood'. What is the price of ambition? Is the blood of our bodies and the blood of the earth one and the same? With the current energy crisis, and its relation to many of the military conflicts worldwide, there has been a global, collective consciousness that has emerged in regards to the interdependence between humankind and the planet in which we inhabit. Coincidentally, the lyrics that Byron Davis and Dallas Coyle had written meshed with these revelations perfectly. This isn't a preachy, trendy, 'hip-to-be-green' album, nor is it a concept album. It's just an abstract observation."

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