PESSIMIST Announce West Coast Tour with Massacre

PESSIMIST Announce West Coast Tour with Massacre

Old school death metal stalwarts slaying Seattle, Portland and Tijauna for the first time

After two decades, Pessimist are oh so close to handing the underground the keys to their fourth album. The LA devils will road test new songs later this year while on tour with fellow ODSM veterans Massacre.

Of course, Pessimist will slaughter their faithful followers across California. For their hometown show in Los Angeles, they’re celebrating 30 years of Resurrection with Sadistic Intent. But the blackened band are also initiating new dungeon lords into their cult when they hit Seattle, Portland and Tijuana, Mexico for the first time in their 35 year history.

Pessimist 2024 West Coast Tour with Massacre

November 26 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
November 27 – Portland, OR @ Bossanova, Ballroom
November 29 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge [TICKETS]
November 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ 1720 w/ Sadistic Intent [TICKETS]
December 1 – Tijuana, MX @ Foro Nebraska

Next year, Pessimist will team up with Venom Inc. to reap blood for the gods in San Diego.

Pessimist with Venom Inc.
February 16 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick [TICKETS]

Season of Mist has reissued all three Pessimist albums. These reissues include new layouts, rare, archival band photos and never-before-heard bonus tracks.

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One of the premiere bands to emerge out of the early Baltimore, MD death metal scene, with their 1993 demo Dark Reality, PESSIMIST played their first shows opening for national acts Incantation, Deicide, and Malevolent Creation. In 1995, the band self-released the EP Absence of Light on cassette and landed gigs opening for Testament, Forbidden, Suffocation, and Napalm Death.

In 1997 PESSIMIST signed to Lost Disciple Records and released their debut CD Cult of the Initiated, which charted on CMJ Top 40 Loud Rock Charts, and received acclaim from around the world. The band continued to play shows in the Mid-Atlantic region, opening for Cryptopsy, Nile, Gorguts, Dying Fetus, Vader, Monstrosity, and festival appearances at Milwaukee Metalfest XII, New England Metal and Hardcore Fest – and the band’s first European tour with Fleshless (Cz) in 1999.

PESSIMIST released their second CD, Blood For the Gods, in 1999, which soared into the CMJ Top 30 and received the prestigious “Pick of the Issue.. 10 Fucking Skulls” in SOD Magazine. PESSIMIST became recognized for their unique brand of brutal and technical Black/Death Metal, with old-school thrash influences, an emphasis on quality songwriting, powerful live shows and a dark, evil sound.

In 2001, the band traveled to Tampa, FL to record with producer Erik Rutan, for their third CD, Slaughtering the Faithful, which featured a re-vamped lineup and a faster, more extreme musical direction. More shows followed with Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Immolation, Cannibal Corpse, Dark Funeral, festival appearances at March Metal Meltdown, New England Metal and Hardcore Fest, and November to Dismember.

PESSIMIST returned in 2008 with the Evolution Unto Evil CD, a compilation of rare/live demo recordings and tributes to Kreator, Megadeth, and Possessed, which was co-released on Pathos Prod and Deathgasm Recs. This was followed by appearances at New England Deathfest and Hostile City Deathfest. In 2009, the band returned to Europe for their second European tour with label-mates Pandemia (CZ).

In between downtime with the band, founder/guitarist Kelly McLauchlin had also been a member of bands such as UNHOLY GHOST, DIABOLIC, filled in live with ANGELCORPSE, and had later joined Death Metal legends POSSESSED, touring with the band from 2011-2013.

In 2018, PESSIMIST returned to the stage at Maryland Deathfest, headlining Las Vegas Deathfest, Rage of Armageddon Fest (NY), and Ruinfest (CA), and in 2019 released a new single, Keys to the Underworld, which featured studio drummer Kevin Talley (Dying Fetus, Suffocation) and bassist Kelly Conlon (Monstrosity, Death).

Now, in their latest incarnation, the current PESSIMIST lineup includes founder/guitarist Kelly McLauchlin (I Am Morbid, Possessed, etc.), bassist Andrew Bowen (Carnal Necrosis), drummer Cooper Dustman (Helsótt) and vocalist Ivan Alison aka “The Evil One” (Black Mass).

The band is finishing their fourth studio album.

Line-up
Kelly McLauchlin – Guitars
Andrew Bowen – Bass
Ivan Alison – Vocals
Cooper Dustman – Drums

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