Earlier this week, it was revealed that DEATH ANGEL would “no longer be able” to join W.A.S.P. on their North American tour, “Album ONE Alive,” led by Blackie Lawless, this fall. ARMORED SAINT will replace them, with additional support from UNTO OTHERS on all dates.
Initially, the only explanation for DEATH ANGEL‘s withdrawal from the W.A.S.P. tour was “unforeseen circumstances,” with no further details provided. However, earlier today (Wednesday, August 14), DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll offered more insight into the situation on his personal Facebook page, explaining the reasons behind the band’s decision to pull out of the tour.
He wrote: “Well, this has been a week of s**tty news and (and it’s only Wednesday).
“Now that the tour’s been cancelled I have a bunch of time freed up for the remainder of the year. Instead of falling deeper into depression (which really doesn’t suit me) I plan on staying busy with the drumming. [DEATH ANGEL guitarist] Rob Cavestany and I are continuing work on the new music. NOBODY can put the kibosh on that. But in addition to that I’d like to put the word out that I’m interested in working on other projects. I love recording and I’m pretty efficient at it. Gigs and touring are possibilities as well. So if you’re interested in working together hit me up on DM or if you have my number then contact me directly.”
“Please don’t ask me why we’re not on the WASP tour in the comments below,” he added. “I think it’s pretty f**king obvious…”
After former EXODUS guitarist Rick Hunolt replied in below Will‘s post, ” This f**kin sucks!!! I’m so sorry Will“, the drummer responded, writing, “It really does. The word BETRAYAL comes to mind.” He added: “We knew there would be problems at some point but not so immediately.”
Will then added: “I notice people are slagging WASP here. As much as I’d like to I made a promise I would not go into details about why we are no longer doing the WASP tour….on social media. But to be clear it has absolutely nothing to do with WASP.”
Although Carroll did not directly say so, many of his Facebook friends and followers are speculating that DEATH ANGEL‘s decision to withdraw from the W.A.S.P. tour is at least partly connected to the touring commitments of SLAYER guitarist Kerry King‘s solo band, which features DEATH ANGEL vocalist Mark Osegueda.
Not long after DEATH ANGEL‘s tour dates with W.A.S.P. were announced, King‘s social media revealed that Kerry’s band would play two shows in Mexico in early November — one concert in Mexico City as the support act for AMON AMARTH on November 6, and another gig as the support act for SLIPKNOT in Guadalajara on November 8 — in direct conflict with the W.A.S.P. tour, which was scheduled to launch in late October and conclude in mid-December.
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