MELIAH RAGE

MELIAH RAGE Guitarist Comments On This Month's US Dates With METAL CHURCH

As previously reported, hot on the heels of the just-released The Deep And Dreamless Sleep, Boston metallists MELIAH RAGE has just secured a month’s worth of dates opening for one of the founding fathers of thrash metal, METAL CHURCH. The tour will also include a January 29th date at BB Kings Blues Club in New York City, which will see another thrash metal co-creator, OVERKILL, added to the bill.

“We're really excited about this opportunity to tour with Metal Church,” says Meliah Rage guitarist Jim Koury. “We've been fans of theirs since the beginning, and then when we toured together in 1989 we had a great time. Our music has been compared to theirs since our first reviews were published, and even now, 17 years later, I'm still honored to share the stage with them."

Meliah Rage first burst on the scene in 1985 with Kill To Survive, and have been riffing and rolling ever since.

The Deep And Dreamless Sleep is their seventh release overall, and third for Screaming Ferret Wreckords.

Confirmed Meliah Rage tour dates include:

January
5 - Brick House - Dover, NH

January (with Metal Church)
8 - Fatcat - Modesto, CA
9 - The Galaxy Theater - Santa Ana, CA
10 - Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV
11 - Kamikazes - Ogden, UT
12 - Hubba's House Of Rock - Aurora, CO
13 - Aggie Theater - Ft. Collins, CO
14 - Static Bar - Topeka, KS
15 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
16 - The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
17 - Vnuk's Lounge - Cudahy, WI
18 - I-Rock Nightclub - Detroit, MI
19 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
20 - The Chance Theater - Poughkeepsie, NY
21 - Petit Campus - Montreal, QC
22 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
23 - Penny Arcade - Rochester, NY
24 - Pirate's Den - Glouster City, NJ
25 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT
26 - Goodtimes Emporium - Sommerville, MS
27 - Mark's Place - Bedford, NH
28 - B.B Kings Blues Club - New York, NY
29 - Jaxx Niteclub - West Springfield, VA
30 - Jesters Pub - Fayetteville, NC
31 - The Muse - Nashville, TN

MELIAH RAGE - New Live Shows Announced

Boston-based power metallers MELIAH RAGE have announced the following US live shows:

July
21 - Snowbound Club - Winchendon, Massachusetts

August
24 - Good Times Emporium Rock Club - Somerville, Massachusetts

October
20 - Mark's Showplace - Bedford, New Hampshire (with OVERKILL)

As previously reported, mainman/guitarist Anthony Nichols has told BW&BK that the follow-up to last year's The Deep And Dreamless Sleep will be "a bit faster and more aggressive/progressive than the last two" (including 2004's Barely Human). Two new song titles include 'Discrepancies Of Faith' and 'Mysterious Ways'. Nichols says that the new record "will be done in three months." Expect an early 2008 release date via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.