Tantric release and tour dates

Tantric’s fourth album, Mind Control, will now be released August 4 on the Silent Majority Group label (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).  Originally scheduled for July 21, the album was produced by Brett Hestla (Creed, Framing Hanley, Dark New Day) and is the follow-up to 2008’s The End Begins, which produced the Top Five Rock hit, “Down and Out.”

The band is is gearing up for a U.S. tour with their special guests Aranda and Vayden starting July 31 in Syracuse, which will also include various radio station festivals along the route.

Tour Dates:

All dates with Aranda and Vayden (*except for the radio shows indicated):

Fri 7/31             Syracuse, NY                Lost Horizon
* Sat 8/1           Altamont, NY                 WZMR Edgefest/Altamont Fairgrounds
Sun 8/2             Hartford, CT                   Webster Underground
Tue 8/4             Boston, MA                   Middle East (downstairs)
Thu 8/6             Poughkeepsie, NY         The Chance
Fri 8/7               Baltimore, MD               The Quarter
Sat 8/8              Laurel, DE                     The House Sports Bar & Grill
* Sun 8/9           Rochester, NY               WZNE show/Riverside Festival Site
Tue 8/11            Pittsburgh, PA               Altar Bar
Wed 8/12          Cincinnati, OH               20th Century Theatre
Fri 8/14             Louisville, KY                 Phoenix Hill Tavern
Sat 8/15            Flint, MI                                    The Machine Shop
* Sun 8/16         South Bend, IN              Big 10 Rock Fest/St. Patrick’s Park
Sat 8/22            Maplewood, MN The Rock
* Sun 8/23         Algona, IA                     Rock Gone Wild Festival/Freedom Park
Fri 8/28             Dallas, TX                      Trees
Sat 8/29            Houston, TX                   Scout Bar
Sun 8/30           Beaumont, TX                Scout Bar
Wed 9/2            San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
Thu 9/3             Abilene, TX                    Midnite Rodeo
Fri 9/4               Lubbock, TX                  Tequila Jungle
Sat 9/5              Odessa, TX                   Dos Amigos Cantina
* Sun 9/6           Sunland Park, NM          KLAQ BBQ/Western Playland
* Sat 9/12          Huntington, WV             XFest 2009/Harris Riverfront Park
* Wed 9/16        York, PA                       York Fair

Hugo Ferreira of Tantric

Four years ago, Hugo Ferreira of Tantric was feeling pretty down and out.  First their record label folded, then he lost his manager, and the final blow came when the rest of his band walked out on him. Having lost everything he had, this might be enough for most people to call it quits, but for Ferreira it just added fuel to the fire that churned inside.  With a passion burning strong and the will to persevere he locked himself in his studio and wrote a new album.

Fast forward to the present.  Having resurrected an all-star line-up to support him with Kevin Miller on drums, Joe Pessia on guitar, Erik Leonhardt on bass and Marcus Ratzenboeck on violin, Tantric is set to release their new album on April 22nd.  Aptly titled The End Begins, this album will signify both an end and a beginning for both Tantric and Ferreira.

With the first single Down And Out already making it’s mark on rock radio from coast to coast, the band is getting an early start on promoting their new digs and has already hit the road in support of the new album.  On a busy afternoon full of interviews and cleaning the tour bus Ferreira took some time to fill us in on the new album, the new band, and how he managed to go from rock bottom to rock renegade.

Interviewed by: Mary Ouellette | April 2008

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