As previously reported, Hella's first album as a newly fleshed out five-piece--There's No 666 in Outer Space--will be released next week, January 30, on Ipecac Recordings. Those of you in the California area will be able to preview what the entails beforehand though. The prog-metal outfit will be playing a couple of Sunshine State dates tonight and tomorrow before kicking off their tour in earnest come March. The itinerary is as follows:01-23 Visalia, CA - Howie & Son's Pizza Parlour
01-24 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
02-28 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
03-02 Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theatre
03-03 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
03-04 Vancouver, BC - Pat's Pub
03-05 Seattle, WA - Neumos
03-06 Missoula, MT - The Other Side
03-08 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
03-09 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
03-10 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
03-12 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
03-13 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
03-14 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
03-18 Houston, TX - Proletariat
04-04 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
04-09 Lubbock, TX - Jake's
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[...] Via: SPIN I’m gonna go on record as saying that Brandon Stosuy is probably my favorite contemporary music scribe, but this is just hilarious. In the February issue of SPIN, Stosuy deep-sixed Hella’s latest album, There’s No 666 in Outer Space, calling it “incomprehensible bombast” among other things. Well, the Hella boys, ever the comedians, turned the review into their tour T-shirt, as you can see in the accompanying picture. You can, presumably, pick up your own at one of the following tour dates. [...]