Death Angel has abruptly pulled out of the upcoming W.A.S.P. North American tour, “Album ONE Alive.” The band initially cited unforeseen circumstances, but drummer Will Carroll has now offered a more detailed explanation for their decision on social media. Armored Saint will step in as Death Angel‘s replacement, with Unto Others providing additional support.
Carroll wrote in a Facebook post yesterday (August 14): “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…”
When former Exodus guitarist Rick Hunolt replied to 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.”
He later added: 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 explicitly state it, many of his Facebook friends and followers are speculating that Death Angel‘s withdrawal from the W.A.S.P. tour may be at least partly due to the touring commitments of Slayer guitarist Kerry King‘s solo band, which includes Death Angel vocalist Mark Osegueda.
Shortly after Death Angel‘s tour dates with W.A.S.P. were announced, King‘s social media revealed that his band would be performing two shows in Mexico in early November—one in Mexico City supporting Amon Amarth on November 6, and another in Guadalajara supporting Slipknot on November 8—directly conflicting with the W.A.S.P. tour, which was set to run from late October to mid-December.
