3 Inches Of Blood are set to be the special guest support on the Darkness's forthcoming UK tour.
Their debut album, 'Battlecry Under A Winter Sun' has just been released on Death O'Clock/Must Destroy and has already got the rock press salivating: "3 Inches of Blood aren't just some hardcore band shaking their metal maker - they're a crusading metal army come to smite the heathen naysayers!" - KKKK Kerrang!
The dates with The Darkness are:
4 Oct: Keele University
5 Oct: Solus, Cardiff
6 Oct: Carling Academy, Bristol
8 Oct: Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
9 Oct: Leeds Metropolitan University
10 Oct: University Of Sheffield, Sheffield
12 Oct: Rock City, Nottingham
13 Oct: University Of East Anglia, Norwich
15 Oct: Academy 2, Manchester
16 Oct: University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne
17 Oct: Barrowlands, Glasgow
18 Oct: Academy 2, Liverpool
20 Oct: Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
21 Oct: Pyramids, Portsmouth
22 Oct: Carling Apollo, Hammersmith