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Duelling EPs from Amenra

Posted by Loren on January 22, 2025

Duelling EPs from Amenra
photo by Stefaan Temmerman

Amenra will release two separate EPs, both out on March 28 via Relapse Records.

The EPs are titled De Toorn and With Fang and Claw, each taking its own course through the Amenra songbook.

"With De Toorn we finish what we have started with De Doorn in 2019," vocalist Colin H. Van Eeckhout says in a statement. Whereas guitarist Mathieu Vandekerckhove adds: "With Fang And Claw harks back to the essence of Mass I, embracing the primal force that defined our beginnings."

Of course, there are overlapping elements within both as well.

The band shared a new single "Heden" from De Toorn:

Amenra on tour:

22/03/25 : den Atelier  - Luxemburg (LU)
26-30/03/25 : Ancienne Belgique - Bruxelles (BE) ~headline shows (first 4 sold out, 5th just announced)~

21/04/25 : Im Wizeman – Stuttgart (DE)
22/04/25 : Carlswerk Victoria - Köln (DE) 
23/04/25 : Uebel & Gefährlich – Hamburg (DE)
24/04/25 : Astra – Berlin (DE)
25/04/25 : Oczki – Warsaw (PL)
26/04/25 : Kwadrat - Krakow (PL)
27/04/25 : Beatpol – Dresden (DE)
28/04/25 : Palac Akropolis – Prague (CZ)
30/04/25 : Arena - Vienna (AT)
01/05/25 : A38 – Budapest (HR)
02/05/25 : Boogaloo club – Zagreb (Croatia)
03/05/25 : Backstage Halle – Munich (DE)
04/05/25 : TPO – Bologna (IT)
05/05/25 : Monk Club – Rome (IT)
06/05/25 : Legend Club – Milano (IT)
07/05/25 : Les Docks – Lausanne (CH)
08/05/25 : CCO – Lyon (FR)
09/05/25 : Espace Julien – Marseille (FR)
11/05/25 : Apolo – Barcelona (ES)
12/05/25 : Cabane – Toulouse (FR)
13/05/25 : Atabal - Biarritz (FR)
14/05/25 : Antipode – Rennes (FR)
15/05/25 : Elysée Montmartre – Paris (FR)
17/05/25 : Desertfest @ Roundhouse – London (UK) 

De Toorn track list:

  1. Heden
  2. De Toorn (Talisman)

With Fang and Claw track list:

  1. Forlorn
  2. Salve Mater
Duelling EPs from Amenra
photo by Stefaan Temmerman

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