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Montreals hottest new export, THE AGONIST, recently embarked on a week-long tour as direct support to Overkill, which leads them directly into a massive North American trek alongside Enslaved, Arsis and The Faceless. The group just completed a lengthy run as direct support to Sonata Arctica further proving that their commanding and intense live performance can win over any crowd. They are quickly becoming one of the most talked about new artists within the genre due primarily to their unrelenting touring and vocalist Alissa White-Gluzs stunning presence. Look for them on tour through the end of the year and see www.myspace.com/theagonist for their complete itinerary.

White-Gluz states: THE AGONIST has finally completed our first U.S. tour, which was with Sonata Arctica. We will miss them! They were a lot of fun and very respectful towards us, something rare in the music industry. We were also happy with the crowd reactions at the Sonata shows. Obviously there were some closed minded people there who simply could not fathom the concept of screaming in metal, but for the most part we won over a large part of the people who haven’t heard of us before.

Now we are off to share the stage with Overkill and we are looking forward to getting more shows under our belt, but are also excited for the well-deserved week off we have prior to the Enslaved tour. The initial shock of a first tour has now worn off. We are all more comfortable with the torturous amount of work required for a band’s first tour in a van with no driver or crew. Overkill and Enslaved are going to be a lot of fun and more to come when the time arrives. We hope to see you all soon.”

White-Gluzs uncompromising vision, intelligence and thought-provoking lyrics has also helped garner some positive attention. Their vicious debut offering, Once Only Imagined, tackles some of societys biggest issues, including animal testing, drug abuse, eating disorders, environmental protection and man’s inhumanity towards man and animals. The bands ultimate goal, though, is simply to encourage people to think for themselves. Once Only Imagined is now available everywhere.

A new E-Card is now available, which features video messages from Alissa discussing the meaning behind each track on the disc, along with their first music video for the track “Business Suits and Combat Boots,” shot by renowned director David Brodsky (All That Remains, GWAR, The Red Chord). Click the link below to check it out.
http://ecard.centurymedia.com/theagonist

THE AGONIST
w/Overkill
10/11 The Mad Hatter – Covington, KY
10/12 Al Rosa Villa – Columbus, OH
10/13 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
10/14 The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
10/15 The Rock – Maplewood, MN
10/16 Reverb Cedar Falls, IA
10/17 Pops Sauget, IL
10/18 Peabodys Down Under Cleveland, OH
w/After Forever
10/19 Marks Place Bedford, NH
10/20 Jaxx West Springfield, VA
W/Enslaved, Arsis
11/02 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
11/03 Jesters Pub Fayetteville, NC
11/04 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC
11/06 Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, PA
11/07 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT
11/08 B.B. Kings Blues Club NYC, NY
11/09 Jaxx West Springfield, VA
W/Enslaved, Arsis, The Faceless
11/10 Marks Place Bedford, NH
11/11 Club Soda Montreal, QUE
11/12 Imperial de Quebec Quebec City, QUE
11/13 The Opera House Toronto, ONT
11/14 Peabodys Cleveland, OH
11/15 I-Rock Detroit, MI
11/16 The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
11/17 Station 4 St. Paul. MN
11/20 Roseland Grill Portland, OR
11/21 El Corazon Seattle, WA
11/23 Slims San Francisco, CA
11/24 Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana, CA
11/25 Key Club Los Angeles, CA
11/26 The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ
11/27 Launch Pad Albuquerque, NM
11/28 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
11/30 White Rabbit San Antonio, TX
12/01 Ridglea Theater Fort Worth, TX
12/02 Meridian Houston, TX
12/04 The Muse Nashville, TN

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