Groove rockers Clutch have announced a new tour at the end of the year featuring the Devin Townsend Project and The Obsessed as direct support as reported by The Prp. Clutch has been very active the past couple of years, touring across the world in support of 2015’s Psychic Warfare, which included a slot on Tool’s massive show at the Glen Helen Amphitheater earlier this year. The band also plans on entering the studio in early 2018 to begin recording process for their twelfth studio album. Clutch has gained a reputation as one of the hardest working bands in the metal scene, continuing to jump on tour after tour with a vast array of metal bands, such as Lamb of God and The Sword. The group has been going strong for over twenty-five years, and there is no indication that they will be slowing down anytime soon.

The always prolific Devin Townsend has been hard at work writing four new albums with the singer/guitarist looking to broaden his style and move away from the metallic crunch of his previous releases with the Devin Townsend Project. Also, Townsend has been busy in other areas, releasing a brand new lyric video for the song “Offer Your Light” and reuniting on stage with the legendary Steve Vai, whom Townsend recorded with in the early 90’s, at the Starmus Festival. The Devin Townsend Project has been touring throughout the year and will be performing the entire Ocean Machine album in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which will be recorded for a special concert blue ray/DVD shortly. Ocean Machine was Townsend’s first solo release, which was written during the time that the legendary band Strapping Young Lad was formed by Townsend. Ocean Machine was a significant departure from the unrelenting abrasiveness of Strapping Young Lad and foreshadowed much of the musical output that was to follow from Townsend’s solo releases.

Clutch tour dates:
11/29 Greensboro, NC – Cone Denim Entertainment Center
12/01 Myrtle Beach, SC – House Of Blues
12/02 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
12/03 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
12/05 St. Augustine, FL – Backyard Stage @ St. Augustine Amphitheater
12/06 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
12/08 Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
12/09 San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
12/10 Houston, TX – House Of BLues
12/11 Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre
12/13 Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre
12/15 Peoria, IL – Limelight Eventplex
12/16 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
12/27 Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
12/28 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
12/29 Richmond, VA – The National
12/30 Knoxville, TN – The International

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