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Torche’s Thundering Poppy-Doom Track May Make You One of Their “Minions”

Sunny Floridian doom-metal quartet Torche has returned with “Minions,” the band’s lead single for their Relapse debut Restarter. Stream it in full below. Preorders for the new LP begin today and will include the burner “Harmonslaught” and “Rock ‘N’ Roll Mantasy,” both available as bonus tracks.

TORCHE on TOUR
December 27 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s^
December 28 Cleveland, OH House of Blues^
December 29 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom^
December 30 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory^
December 31 Washington, DC 9:30 Club^
January 3 Atlanta, GA Center Stage^
January 4 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues^
January 6 New Orleans, LA House of Blues^
January 7 Houston, TX House of Blues^
January 8 Dallas, TX House of Blues^
January 9 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom^
January 10 Austin, TX Emo’s^
January 16 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s%
January 17 Wilmington, NC Ziggy’s by the Sea%
January 18 Tallahassee, FL Pug’s Live%
January 19 Gainesville, FL The Atlantic%
January 20 Ybor City, FL Crowbar%
January 21 Miami, FL Grand Central%
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

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^ – w/Clutch and Lionize:
% – w/Municipal Waste
* – w/Part Chimp and Henry Blacker
** – w/Kings and Henry Blacker