– April 10th, 2023 –
Photo Hannah Verbeuren
Cleveland blackened thrash punks MIDNIGHT are celebrating twenty years of sonic debauchery with a massive North American tour later this Spring! Support on The 20 Years Of Hell, Speed, And Sleaze USA Tour will be provided by Spirit Adrift and Spiter from May 1st through May 10th, then Early Moods and Necrofier from June 1st through June 16th. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
MIDNIGHT w/ Spirit Adrift, Spiter:
5/01/2023 The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
5/02/2023 Mag Bar – Louisville, KY
5/03/2023 The Radio Room – Greenville, SC
5/05/2023 Underbelly – Jacksonville, FL
5/06/2023 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
5/07/2023 Gramps – Miami, FL
5/09/2023 Chelsea’s Live – Baton Rouge, LA
5/13/2023 Vibes Event Center – San Antonio, TX
5/14/2023 89th Street – Oklahoma City, OK
5/15/2023 The Vanguard – Tulsa, OK
5/16/2023 Red Flag – St. Louis, MO
5/18/2023 Reggies – Chicago, IL
5/19/2023 Hoosier Dome – Indianapolis, IN
5/20/2023 Preserving Underground – New Kensington, PA
w/ Early Moods, Necrofier:
6/01/2023 HQ – Denver, CO
6/04/2023 Red Room – Vancouver, BC
6/05/2023 Dante’s – Portland, OR
6/06/2023 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
6/07/2023 The Shredder – Boise, ID
6/09/2023 Cyprus – Reno, NV
6/10/2023 Cafe Colonial – Sacramento, CA
6/11/2023 Eli’s Mile High Club – Oakland, CA
6/13/2023 The Catalyst Atrium – Santa Cruz, CA
6/14/2023 Temblore Brewing Co. – Bakersfield, CA
6/15/2023 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
6/16/2023 The Rock – Tucson, AZ
MIDNIGHT released their fifth full-length, Let There Be Witchery, last Spring via Metal Blade Records. Filthy, belligerent, and obnoxious, MIDNIGHT makes music to start fights to. Since 2003, one-man-band Athenar has been churning out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits and EPs – and in 2022 he returns, delivering a catchy mixture of black metal, speed metal, and dirty punk rock. “I always want it to be loud and nasty,” he asserts. “That kinda thing never gets old with me. How funny will that look to see me at age 77 – if I reach that point – sitting on the porch blasting Hellhammer?” Preview and purchase Let There Be Witchery at THIS LOCATION.
“Part of the reason why MIDNIGHT’s output is so fantastic is that it is supremely digestible. You know exactly what it is you’re going to be subjected to across the next 40-or-so minutes and that is always the audible equivalent of being repeatedly punched in the face by a large man with an anchor tattoo on his hairy forearm.” – Distorted Sound
“…the most purely MIDNIGHT release yet. It’s sleazy and at times a little icky, but it is also incredibly catchy.” – Blabbermouth
“With Motörhead-inspired riffs underneath debaucherous lyrics that would make Sarah Silverman blush, MIDNIGHT and its twisted mastermind Athenar have risen from the underground on leathery black wings.” – Metal Injection
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