For music fans familiar with black metal from Japan, the name Abigail is likely to strike a chord. The black/thrash metal band has a European tour scheduled for November, with several shows already (almost) sold out. Abigail will tour Europe with Colombia-based thrash metal band Perpetual Warfare and American blackened thrash metal band Black Mass The Netherlands is also on the planning, with a special Sunday show at Willemeen in Arnhem, this will be the first Dutch performance for the trio. Neither will Abigail skip Belgium with a show. Originally, the band also had plans to head to the United Kingdom, but that plan was scrapped due to problems with the visas.
Abigail, founded in 1992 by Yasuyuki Suzuki, is known as “The Most Evil Band in Japan”. Suzuki has remained a constant presence as the band’s frontman and bassist. Although their band sound was initially pure black metal, Suzuki now describes it as ‘street metal,’ with strong influences from thrash metal. Over the years, they have built up an extensive discography and achieved cult status within the international metal community.
Abigail European Tour 2024 Dates
Friday 1 November, 2024: Winter Rising Fest @ La Grange À Dîmes – Écouen, France
Saturday 2 November, 2024: MCP Apache – Fontaine-l’Évêque, Belgium
Sunday 3 November, 2024: Willemeen – Arnhem, Netherlands
Tuesday 5 November, 2024: Slaughter Club – Paderno Dugnano, Italy
Wednesday 6 November, 2024: MenzaPriKoritu – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thursday 7 November, 2024: Surogat – Zagreb, Croatia
Friday 8 November, 2024: Hospoda u Datla Blatná – Blatná, Czechia
Saturday 9 November, 2024: Helvete – Oberhausen, Germany
Sunday 10 November, 2024: Zille – Göppingen, Germany
Tuesday 12 November, 2024: Goldgrube – Kassel, Germany
Wednesday 13 November, 2024: Dürer Kert – Budapest, Hungary
Thursday 14 November, 2024: Escape – Wien, Austria
Friday 15 November, 2024: Odessa – Warsaw, Poland
Saturday 16 November, 2024: Back to the Cemetery @ Wokoclub – Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechia
