Dead Cross — the SoCal hardcore unit manned by Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Justin Pearson and Michael Crain — just surprise-released a killer self-titled EP, featuring among its four tracks a new song called "Skin of a Redneck." Today, the group dropped a fun, gory animated video vignette soundtracked by said cut, which visualizes a taco with two severed fingers in it, drawn portraits of the band members and a skeleton hand tearing Patton's face off. Watch the clip, which was created by artist Eric Livingston, below.
On June 2nd, the band will embark on its first-ever European tour — scroll down for tour dates, and for more on Dead Cross, read our Q&A with Patton from last year, when the band released its debut full-length, and our recent interview with Lombardo about his emotional, long-overdue return to Cuba, the country of his birth.
Dead Cross tour dates:
May 2 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 4 Mexico City, Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
June 2 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Sound
June 3 Nimes, France This Is Not A Love Song Festival
June 5 Bologna, Italy Estragon
June 6 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
June 7 Interlaken, Switzerland Greenfield Festival
June 10 Donington, UK Download
June 12 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal
June 13 Munich, Germany Backstage Werk
June 14 Nickelsdorf, Austria Novarock
June 16 Cologne, Germany Gloria Theater
June 17 Paris, France Download Paris
June 19 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks
June 20 Cognac, France Les Abattoirs
June 22 Vitoria, Spain Azkena Rock Festival
June 24 Dessel, Belgium Graspop
June 26 Eindhoven, Netherlands Effenaar
June 27 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle
June 29 Helsinki, Finalnd Tuska Metal Festival
July 3 Berlin, Germany SO 36
July 4 Gydnia, Poland Open'er Festival
July 6 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde
July 8 Belfort, France Eurokeenes Festival
July 10 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
July 12 Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
