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Torche Release Epic, Wild Video For “Annihilation Affair”
Torche have released their official video for “Annihilation Affair” and it’s fucking insane! Directed by BD fave Phil Mucci (High On Fire, Opeth, Huntress), the video shows an apocalyptic vision of the future where robots are programmed to wage war. However, a good old fashioned porno mag and a gorgeous woman in a cryotube – looking suspiciously like Leeloo from The Fifth Element – are all it takes for everything to descend into utter chaos once again. For some reason, I’m sensing there are a lot of influences and inspirations from the Heavy Metal films.
Torche singer/guitar player Steven Brooks comments:
Phil Mucci’s creation and destruction is so beautiful. Everything we hoped for and more!
“Annihilation Affair” comes from the band’s latest album Restarter, which you can snag via iTunes.
Torche on tour:
March 26 Brooklyn, NY St. Vitus
March 27 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
March 28 Richmond, VA Strange Matters
March 29 Washington, DC DC 9
May 2 Leipzig, DE Taubchental
May 3 Wroclaw, PL Asymmetry Festival
May 4 Prague, CZ 007
May 5 Munich, DE Ampere
May 6 Milan, IT Lo Fi Club
May 8 Barcelona, SP Rocksound
May 9 Madrid, SP Boute Live!
May 10 Lisbon, PT Musicbox
May 11 Bilbao, SP Kafe Antzokia
May 13 Zurich, SZ Dynamo
May 14 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthoff
May 15 Cologne, DE Underground
May 16 Berlin, DE Hafenklang
May 18 Nijmegen, NL Merelyn
May 19 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
May 20 Paris, FR Glazart
May 21 Antwerp, BE Kavka
May 22 London, UK Underworld
May 23 Leeds, UK Belgrave Social Club
May 24 Galway, IR Roisin Dubh
May 25 Cork, IR Craine Lane
May 26 Dublin, IR Grand Social
May 27 Belfast, IR The Limelight
May 28 Glasgow, UK CCA
May 29 Manchester, UK Sound Control
May 30 Bristol, UK Temples Festival
May 31 Nimes, FR This is Not a Love Song
June 1 Nantes, FR Le Ferrailleur
July 2 Portland, OR Dante’s
July 3 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
July 4 Vancouver, BC Venue
July 6 Edmonton, ON Pawn Shop Live
July 7 Calgary, AB The Gateway at SAIT
July 8 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina
July 10 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
July 11 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
July 13 Indianapolis, IN The Hi-Fi
July 14 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
July 15 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
July 16 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
July 17 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
July 20 Nashville, TN Exit/In
July 21 Columbus, MO Rose Music Hall
July 22 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
July 24 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
July 25 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
July 26 Las Vegas, NV The Bunkhouse
July 28 San Diego, CA The Casbah
July 29 San Diego, CA The Casbah
July 31 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
August 1 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro Operahouse
March 26 to 29 w/Nothing & Wrong
July 2 to August 1 w/Melt Banana (co-headline)
AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.