Feb. 24, 2015, Philadelphia – Torche release Restarter, the hard rock outfit’s fourth album and Relapse Record’s debut, today.  The critically acclaimed collection is streaming in its entirety via Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/sets/torche-restarter).

The band will unveil an animated video for "Annihilation Affair" during the week of March 9.  A teaser for the clip, which was directed by Phil Mucci (High on Fire, Monster Magnet, Stone Sour), can be seen here: http://youtu.be/ZyZKd0IkJG0.

The ten-song release has received praise from a wide swath of outlets with Entertainment Weekly including Restarter in this week’s “Must List”, Pitchfork dubbing the album “their most compelling record since Meandrathal” and Spin crowning the release their “album of the week.”

Restarter was recorded at the band’s Miami studio, Pinecrust, with bass player Jonathan Nuñez overseeing production and Converge’s Kurt Ballou once again returning to handle mixing.  In a Spring 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, Nuñez said of the new material: "Some people will think it's different, but has continuity with the other stuff. But there will be the people who come back and say, 'Oh, I like them again. They're heavier than ever.' That word will be brought up a lot."

Upcoming headlining shows from Torche:

March 4     Miami, FL     Churchill’s Pub #

March 6     Atlanta, GA     The Masquerade

March 7     Birmingham, AL     The Bottletree

March 8     Baton Rouge, LA     Spanish Moon

March 9     Houston, TX     Fitzgerald’s Downstairs

March 10     Austin, TX     Red 7

March 11     Dallas, TX      Club Dada #

March 12     Memphis, TN     The Hi-Tone

March 13     St. Louis, MO     The Firebird

March 14     Chicago, IL     Empty Bottle

March 15     Milwaukee, WI     The Cactus Club

March 16     Columbus, OH     Skully’s Music Diner

March 17     Cleveland, OH    The Grog Shop

March 18     Grand Rapids, MI     The Pyramid Scheme

March 20     Detroit, MI     The Pike Room

March 21     Toronto, ON     Lee’s Palace

March 22     Montreal, QC     Bar Le Ritz

March 23     Buffalo, NY     Mohawk Place

March 25     Boston, MA     Great Scott

March 26     Brooklyn, NY     St. Vitus

March 27     Philadelphia, PA     Underground Arts

March 28     Richmond, VA     Strange Matters #

March 29     Washington, DC     DC 9 #

May 2     Leipzig, DE     TaubchentalMay 3     Wroclaw, PL     Asymmetry Festival

May 4     Prague, CZ     007

May 5     Munich, DE     Ampere

May 6     Milan, IT     Lo Fi Club

May 8     Barcelona, SP     Rocksound

May 9     Madrid, SP     Boute Live!

May 10     Lisbon, PT     Musicbox

May 11     Bilbao, SP     Kafe Antzokia

May 13     Zurich, SZ     Dynamo

May 14     Wiesbaden, DE     Schlachthoff

May 15     Cologne, DE     Underground

May 16     Berlin, DE     Hafenklang

May 18     Nijmegen, NL     Merelyn

May 19     Haarlem, NL     Patronaat

May 20     Paris, FR     Glazart

May 21     Antwerp, BE     Kavka

May 22     London, UK     Underworld *

May 23     Leeds, UK     Belgrave Social Club *

May 24     Galway, IR     Roisin Dubh

May 25     Cork, IR     Craine Lane

May 26     Dublin, IR     Grand Social

May 27     Belfast, IR     The Limelight

May 28     Glasgow, UK     CCA **

May 29     Manchester, UK     Sound Control **

May 30     Bristol, UK     Temples Festival

May 31     Nimes, FR     This is Not a Love Song

June 1     Nantes, FR     Le Ferrailleur

All U.S. dates w/Wrong; Nothing appears on all dates except when noted with a #

Fans of the band can try their skills at Torche vs. Robots: Annihilation Affair (www.torchevsrobots.com), a single-player game featuring each of the Torche band members as characters trying to save the city of Miami from destruction bend robots.

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