New Jersey tech-death monsters COGNITIVE will kick-off a string of dates leading up to next month’s ‘Brutal Grooves and Grinding Moves’ U.S. tour.
The action starts tonight at Rascal’s Tavern in Corry, PA and will see the band destroying stages in a series of one-off dates before embarking upon a month-long trek with PLACENTA POWERFIST and STILLBORN.
Dates are as follows:
May 01@ Rascal’s Tavern – Corry, PA
May 02 @ The Outpost Concert Club w/ TON, Rupture Christ – Kent, OH
May 03 @ R&K Pub – Hagerstown, MD
May 09 @ Guido’s Speak Easy – Frederick, MD
May 30 @Mojo 13 w/ Corpse Hoarder, Crackhouse & more – Wilmington, DE
BRUTAL GROOVES AND GRINDING MOVES w/ Placenta Powerfist & Stillborn
* = Cognitive only
Jun 02 @ Harper’s Pub – Clementon, NJ*
Jun 03 @ The Sidebar – Baltimore, MD*
Jun 04 @ RiffHouse Pub – Chesapeake, VA*
Jun 05 @ Slim’s – Raleigh, NC*
Jun 06 @ The 529 – Atlanta, GA*
Jun 07 @ The Tavern – Hattiesburg, MS*
Jun 08 @ Hangar 21 – Shreveport, LA*
Jun 09 @ The Lost Well – Austin, TX*
Jun 10 @ Blue Max – Midland, TX*
Jun 11 @ The Blue Phoenix – Albuquerque, NM*
Jun 12 @ The Drunken Lass – Prescott, AZ*
Jun 13 @ LAS VEGAS DEATH FEST 7 – Las Vegas, NV
Jun 14 @ Metal Invictus – Los Angeles, CA
Jun 15 @ The Doll Hut – Anaheim, CA
Jun 19 @ Sunshine Studios Live – Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 20 @ COLORADO GUTFEST – Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 21 @ The Hideout – Papillion, NE
Jun 22 @ The Wicked Moose – Rochester, MN
Jun 23 @ The Wilsco – Madison, WI
Jun 24 @ Live Wire Lounge – Chicago, IL
Jun 25 @ The 5th Quarter Lounge – Indianapolis, IN
Jun 26 @ the Foundry – Cleveland, OH
Jun 27 @ The Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 28 @ 3rd & Girard – Philadelphia, PA
Cognitive was born in 2011 with the sole intent to create heavy, intensely technical music, while maintaining an edge of creativity that separates them from the over produced sea of sub genres. Hailing from South Jersey, combining technicality, guitar solos, grooves, and abstract ideas with song writing, Cognitive is continually pushing itself to think outside of the box while maintaining a sheer brutal edge.
The 2012 release of their debut EP, The Horrid Swarm, proved Cognitive to be one of the most brutal and intense new bands on the scene and led to a deal with Spain’s Pathologically Explicit Records. Since then, Cognitive has embarked upon countless weekend-warrior tours, three extended outings with the likes of Devourment, Psyopus, Gorod, Wormed, Infernal Revulsion, and Condemned, and has shared bills with bands such as Between the Buried and Me, Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Broken Hope, Wretched, Misery Index, Origin, and tons more. With their new self-titled album, featuring artwork by Tony Koehl (Black Dahlia Murder,Job For a Cowboy, et al.), released to worldwide acclaim, Cognitive seeks only to advance itself musically and export New Jersey’s undying hatred globally.
