Darkened Screamo / Hardcore from the Basque Country, crushing since 2009
Bayonne-based quintet THE RODEO IDIOT ENGINE have been nothing but unstoppable since their very first steps in 2009, tirelessly sculpting a signature sound torn between the most abrasive sides of chaotic hardcore, post-metal or screamo. After gaining a growing reputation all over Europe due to their 250 staggering, seizure-inducing live shows, the band returned to Amaury Sauvé’s studio in Laval during summer 2015 to track "Malaise", their third full-length and follow-up to 2013's "Consequences".
While most acts tend to soften with age, the band's work has only become darker over the years. Opener "Le Parfum" sets the tone, with merciless, spasmodic rhythms morphing into bleak, slow-paced heaviness and emotionally-charged vocals screamed to the breaking point. From the straight-up barrage of grinding yet melodic tracks ("Carrying Icons", "Final Relief") to more downtempo, menacing ones ("Syngue Sabour", "Thousand Of Nails"), "Malaise" is a dense album with rich atmospheres and structures. On these nine tracks THE RODEO IDIOT ENGINE's trademark sound has turned more expressive, resulting in nothing but the band’s strongest material to date.
PAST SHOWS
2018
Fri 15 Apr - Torino (IT)
Sat 16 Apr - Cakovec (CR)
Sun 17 Apr - Sofia (BG)
Mon 18 Apr - Ioannina (GR)
Tue 19 Apr - Thessaloniki (GR)
Wed 20 Apr - Athens (GR)
Thu 21 Apr - Karditsa (GR)
Fri 22 Apr - Xanthi (GR)
Sat 23 Apr - Skopje (MK)
Sun 24 Apr - Bucharest (RO)
Mon 25 Apr - Cluj Napoca (RO)
Tue 26 Apr - Budapest (HU)
Wed 27 Apr - Vezsprem (HU)
Thu 28 Apr - Sered (SK)
Sat 30 Apr - Berlin (DE)
Fri 25 May - Donosti (EH) w/ Urugl, Mustamakkara
Fri 09 Nov - Gaztetxe, Oñati (EH) w/ Revolta Permanent
2016
Fri 29 Jan - Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ J.C.Satan, Monarch & Naizroxa
Thu 07 Apr - Arrebato, Zaragoza (ES) w/ Grand Détour
Fri 08 Apr - Disgraça, Lisboa (PT)
Sat 09 Apr - New Capac, Madrid (ES)
Sun 10 Apr - Xurrut, Gorliz (EH) w/ Drei Affen
Sun 20 Nov - Petit Bain, Paris (FR) w/ Oathbreaker, WIFE
Mon 21 Nov - Canadian Café, Tours (FR)
Tue 22 Nov - Le Ferailleur, Nantes (FR) w/ Oathbreaker, WIFE
Wed 23 Nov - IBOAT, Bordeaux (FR) w/ Oathbreaker, WIFE
Thu 24 Nov - Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ Oathbreaker, WIFE
2015
Sat 28 Feb - Salle Emeraude, Bressuire (FR) w/ Trepalium
Fri 20 Apr - Izar Beltz Ateneoa, Bilbo (EH)
Sat 21 Apr - Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ Anestesia
Wed 13 May - Pavillons Sauvages, Toulouse (FR) w/ Plebeian Grandstand
Thu 14 May - Throatruiner Fest - Glazart, Paris (FR)
Fri 15 May - Throatruiner Fest - Molodoi, Strasbourg (FR)
Sat 16 May - Raymond Bar, Clermont Ferrand (FR) w/ Plebeian Grandstand
Fri 4 Jun - Toxoplasmose Festival, Sonviller (CH)
Fri 04 Dec - Heretic Club, Bordeaux (FR)
Sat 05 Dec - Le Zinor, Montaigu (FR)
Sun 06 Dec - Hipster Café, Rouen (FR)
Mon 07 Dec - Jeugdhuis Job, Ghent (BE)
Tue 08 Dec - ACU, Utrecht (NL)
Wed 09 Dec - La Zone, Liege (BE)
Thu 10 Dec - AK44, Giessen (DE)
Fri 11 Dec - XB-Liebig, Berlin (DE)
Sat 12 Dec - S9, Leipzig (DE)
Sun 13 Dec - Cross Club, Prague (CZ)
Mon 14 Dec - Venster99, Wien (AT)
Tue 15 Dec - Mochvara, Zagreb (HR)
Wed 16 Dec - Centraf, La Chaux-De-Fonds (CH)
Thu 17 Dec -La Salle Gueule, Marseille (FR)
Fri 18 Dec - Kasal de Joves Roquetes , Barcelona (ES)
Sat 19 Dec - Le Saint des Seins, Toulouse (FR)
2014
Wed 28 May - Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ Touché Amoré, Birds In Row & No Omega
Fri 27 Jun - La Flèche d’Or, Paris (France) w/ Birds In Row, Plebeian Grandstand, Death Mercedes, Left In Ruins & Providence
Mon 28 July - Le Ferrailleur, Nantes (France) w/ As We Draw & My Answer
Tue 29 July - Hull (UK) w/ Oblivionized
Thu 31 July - The Fenton, Leeds (UK) w/ Oblivionized
Fri 01 August - The Unicorn Camden Live, London (UK) w/ Oblivionized
Sat 02 August - Stuck On A Name Recording Studio, Nottingham (UK) w/ Oblivionized
Sun 03 August - Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton (UK) w/ Oblivionized
Mon 04 August - Le Bocal, Caen (France) w/ Tromblon, Cyclamen
Tue 05 August - DNA, Bruxelles (Belgium) w/ Svalbard & Employed To Serve
Wed 06 August - AJZ Chemnitz Kolonnade, Chemnitz (Germany) w/ Svalbard & Employed To Serve
Thu 07 August - Cross Club, Prague (Czech Rep) w/ Mycop, Madame Bovary
Fri 08 August - Kawati, Strasbourg (France) w/ Contwig
Sat 09 August - Grill The Hill Festival, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Sun 2 Nov - La Machine à Coudre, Marseille (FR)
Mon 3 Nov - No Cage, Prato (IT)
Tue 4 Nov - Mocvara, Zagreb (HR)
Wed 5 Nov - AG Club, Sarajevo (BH)
Thu 6 Nov - Jet Rock Club, Sofia (BG)
Fri 7 Nov - Villa Zografou, Athens (GR)
Sat 8 Nov - Matsaggou Squat, Volos (GR)
Sun 9 Nov - 66 Crew Club, Thessaloniki (GR)
Mon 10 Nov - Peyote, Istanbul (TR)
Tue 11 Nov - Chopper Club, Skopje (MK)
Wed 12 Nov - Klub Fest, Belgrade (SR)
Thu 13 Nov - Question Mark Club, Bucharest (RO)
Fri 14 Nov - Rockstadt, Bresov (RO)
Sat 15 Nov - Irish Music Pub, Cluj Napoca (RO)
Sun 16 Nov - Kontra Club, Budapest (HU)
Mon 17 Nov - Gromka, Ljubljana (SI)
Tue 18 Nov - Papperlapapp, Bolzano (IT)
Wed 19 Nov - Arci Cinciana, Mantova (IT)
2013
Fri 11 January - Le Volume, Nice (FRANCE) w/ Until The Uprising, Four-O-Five Code
Sat 12 January - CPG, Melzo (ITALY) w/ Filth In My Garage, Fall Of Minerva
Sun 13 January - NoLogo, Laives, Bolzano (ITALY) w/ Back Again, Requisiti di Potenza
Mon 14 January - Tavorna Rog, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
Tue 15 January - Medika, Zagreb (CROATIA) w/ Gods Of Chaos
Wed 16 January - Underground, Tuzla (BOSNIA) w/ Deer In The Headlights
Thu 17 January - CK13, Novi Sad (SERBIA) w/ Deer In The Headlights
Fri 18 January - !NEW YEAR’S CVRSE FEST! - SZABAD AZ Á, Budapest (HUNGARY)
Sat 19 January - Sub, Graz (AUSTRIA) w/ Ähmm
Mon 21 January - Bublina, Bohumin (CZECH REP) w/ The Sin Of Lilith, Genital Destruction
Tue 22 January - Kawiarnia Naukowa, Krakow (POLAND) w/ NOFA, WHITECLAUDIA
Wed 23 January - Wats Club, Holesov (CZECH REP)
Thu 24 January - Rychta, Sokolov (CZECH REP) w/ Velo
Fri 25 January - AK44, Giessen (GERMANY) w/ Patsy O’Hara & more
Sat 26 January - St Imier (SWITZERLAND) w/ Elizabeth
Tue 29 January - Trokson, Lyon (FRANCE) w/ Michel Anoia
Wed 30 January - Mojomatic, Montpellier (FRANCE) w/ Birds In Row, Sugartown Cabaret, Aussitot Mort
Sat 16 March - Bistrot St So, Lille (FRANCE) w/ Selenites, The Lumberjack Feedback & Oruga
Sun 17 March - Hangover Sunday #20, Purple Turtle, London (UK) w/ Selenites, Agonyst, Hogslayer…
Mon 18 March - Broadcast, Glasgow (UK) w/ Selenites, WheelchairWheelchairWheelchairWheelchair & Don’t Hold Your Breath
Wed 20 March - Santiago, Leeds (UK) w/ Palm Reader, Selenites & Catharsis
Thu 21 March - Boston Music Rooms, London (UK) w/ Lost Gravity, Channel Five News
Mon 8 April - Villa Oetinger, Darmstadt (GERMANY) w/ The Prestige and The Brutal Deceiver
Tue 9 April - Subway to Peter, Chemnitz (GERMANY) w/ The Prestige and The Brutal Deceiver
Thu 11 April - Small Opera Club, Kiev (UKRAINE)
Fri 12 April - Kinderbund club, Donetsk (UKRAINE)
Sat 13 April - Marks club, Voljsky (RUSSIA)
Sun 14 April - Kirpichi club, Tol’yatti (RUSSIA)
Mon 15 April - Rock’s Cafe club, Ufa (RUSSIA)
Wed 17 April - Ozz club, Chelyabinsk (RUSSIA)
Thu 18 April - CityStudio club, Izhevsk (RUSSIA)
Sat 20 April - Mozart club, Ivanovo (RUSSIA)
Sun 21 April - Ulitka club, St Petersbourg (RUSSIA) w/ Euglena
Mon 22 April - Lepakkomies, Turku (FINLAND) w/ Downfall Of Gaia
Tue 23 April - Pub Port Arthur, Helsinki (FINLAND) w/ Downfall Of Gaia
Wed 24 April - IOGT-Huset I Skarp, Stockholm (SWEDEN) w/ Downfall Of Gaia
Thu 25 April - Larmcentralen, Copenhagen (DENMARK) w/ Märesvin, No Fealty, Eglise, Piss Vortex & Ajuna
Fri 26 April - Konfus, Esbjerg (DENMARK) w/ No Omega & This Gift Is A Curse
Sat 27 April - Smile, Liege (BELGIUM)
Thu 09 May - Sentinel Rock Club, Bilbo (EUSKAL HERRI) w/ Meido
Fri 10 May - C.S.A Los Antiguos Almacenes de la Mina, Udias (SPAIN)
Sun 12 May - Sala A Reserva, Carballo (SPAIN)
Mon 13 May - El Frenopatiko, Vigo (SPAIN)
Tue 14 May - Casaviva, Oporto (PORTUGAL)
Wed 15 May - Sala The Class, Gijon (SPAIN)
Thu 16 May - Rock Palace, Madrid (SPAIN) w/ This Thing Called Life & Forzuda
Fri 04 Oct - La Bouée, Paris (FRANCE) w/ Jungbluth, Afterlife Kids, Gazers & Hyëna
Sat 05 Oct - Atabal, Biarritz (EH) - ALBUM RELEASE PARTY w/ Infest, Madeleine, Viva Bazooka
Mon 07 Oct - Le Saint des Seins, Toulouse (FRANCE) w/ Xibalba, Hierophant
Fri 18 Oct - Le Celtic Pub, Tarbes (FRANCE) w/ Deadly Whispers
Sat 19 Oct - Heretic Club, Bordeaux (FRANCE) w/ Selenites
Sun 20 Oct - Josette Bar, Poitiers (FRANCE) w/ The Phantom Carriage
Mon 21 Oct - L’Antr2, Laval (FRANCE) w/ The Brutal Deceiver, The Prestige
Tue 22 Oct - L’Ecluse, Reims (FRANCE) w/ Anorak
Wed 23 Oct - Red Club, Metz (FRANCE) w/ Anunaki & Warfaith
Thu 24 Oct - Le Chapeau Rouge, Troyes (FRANCE) w/ Nesseria & Apostat
Fri 25 Oct - Black Sheep, Montpellier (FRANCE) w/ Anorak & Horror Vacui
Fri 22 Nov - CPG, Melzo (ITALY) w/ Give her the blues, Rise above dead
Sat 23 Nov - e20 Underground, Vicenza (ITALY) w/ Fall of Minerva & more
Sun 24 Nov - Sub, Graz (AUSTRIA) w/ THE CANYON OBSERVER
Mon 25 Nov - Vegalite, Brno (CZECH REP) w/ Got A Wolf, Morsa
Tue 26 Nov - Plan B Hardcore Café, Ostrava (CZECH REP) w/ Got A Wolf
Wed 27 Nov - Cafe Na Pul Cesty, Prague (CZECH REP) w/ UNDERGROUND THEATRE, DEAD CITY RADIO & LES
Thu 28 Nov - Kulturcafé, Leipzig (GERMANY) w/ Afterlife Kids & Oaken Heart
Fri 29 Nov - AK44, Giessen (GERMANY) w/ Left In Ruins, Afterlife Kids, Deuil, Human Compost, The Tragedy We Live In & Henry Fonda
Sat 30 Nov - JUZE Plochingen, Stuttgart (GERMANY) w/ Serial Mistakes & I am Omega
2012
Wed 14 March - Saint Des Seins, Toulouse (FRANCE) w / I Pilot Daemon
Sat 17 March - Centre Social Bernia, Benissa (SPAIN) w/ Dead In Montana & Mal Roïn
Fri 23 March - Heretic Club, Bordeaux , (FRANCE) Brah Brah Gaua
Sat 24 March - Hurricane Café, Tours (FRANCE) w / Beyond The Styx
Sat 31 March - Gaztetxea, Donapaleu (EH)
Sat 7 April - Kixkil Ostatua, Baiona (EH) w / Stuntman
Fri 20 April - Bar La Haute Croix, Orléans (FRANCE) w / Buried At Sea, Break These Shackles & Merge
Sat 21 April - AK44, Giessen (GERMANY) w / Le Dead Projet, Unrest & Spreading Miasma
Sun 22 April - Proberaumhaus Meschwitzstraße, Dresden (GERMANY) w / Le Dead Projet
Mon 23 April - Dejvická klubovna, Prague (CZECH REP) w / Le Dead Projet
Tues 24 April - Plan B Hardcore Café, Ostrava (CZECH REP) w / Le Dead Projet
Wed 25 April - Venster99, Wien (AUSTRIA) w / Le Dead Projet
Thurs 26 April - CA Matongee, Parma (ITALY) w / Le Dead Projet & Damned Spring Fragrantia
Fri 27 April - XM24, Bologna (ITALY) w / Le Dead Projet & SFC
Sat 28 April - Le Trokson, Lyon (ITALY) w / Le Dead Projet & Belladone
Sun 29 April - Le Mojomatic, Montpellier (FRANCE) w / Le Dead Projet & Oma
Mon 30 April - Begood, Barcelona (SPAIN) w / Le Dead Projet
Tue 01 May - Mogambo, Donostia (EH) w / Le Dead Projet
Sat 16 June - HellFest, (FRANCE) w/ Refused, Amenra, Celeste, Year Of No Light…
Sun 22 July - Fluff Fest Open Stage (CZECH REP)
Mon 23 July - Immerhin, Wuerzburg (GERMANY) w/ Hil Aiari
Tue 24 July - Sssweet, Kolding (DENMARK)
Wed 25 July - Kraftwerket, Copenhagen (DENMARK) w/ Whorls
Thu 26 July - Schokoladen, Berlin (GERMANY) w/ After Life Kids
Sat 28 July - Rodeofest, Antwerp (BELGIUM)
Sun 29 July - La Cantine de Belleville, Paris (FRANCE) w/ Quartier Rouge & ((remote))
Tue 31 July - L’Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ Suicidal Tendencies
Sat 25 August - Yell Fest, Chambalon (FRANCE) w/ Verdun, Neige Morte…
Sat 01 December - La Cantine de Belleville, Paris (FRANCE) w/ Divider & Le Dead Projet
Sun 02 December - Le Garage, Creative Music, Liege (BELGIUM) w/ Divider & Pretty Pretty Betty
Mon 03 December - Antwerp (BELGIUM) w/ Divider
Tue 04 December - Kulturrampe, Krefeld (GERMANY) w/ Divider, Continents & Pretty In Newport
Wed 05 December - Cafe Extase, Tilburg (NETHERLANDS) w/ Divider & Witness The Fall
Thu 06 December - Tiefgrund, Berlin (GERMANY) w/ Divider & Galvano
Fri 07 December - Atari, Leipzig (GERMANY) w/ Divider
Sat 08 December - H**S, Kassel (GERMANY) w/ Divider
Sun 09 December - AK44, Giessen (GERMANY) w/ Divider & Agony And Scream
Mon 10 December - Molodoï, Strasbourg (FRANCE) w/ Divider & Boar
Tue 11 December - Canadian Café, Tours (FRANCE)
Fri 14 December - Kixkil Ostatua, Baiona (EH) w/ DJ Brah Brah!
2011
01 March - Heretic Club, Bordeaux (FRANCE) w/ Kruger, Abraham
25 March - DZG, Donibane Lohitzune (EH) w/ Mendeku Itxua
12 March - Le Zic Zinc, Limoges (FRANCE) w/ Barbarian Koala
01 April - Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ Punish Yourself, Willis Drummond
14 April - Secret Place, Montpellier (FRANCE) w/ Selenites, Verdun
16 April - Meltin’Pop, Arona (ITALY) w/ Arottenbit
17 April - Menza Pri Koritu, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA) w/ Nadja, Monsanto Killers, Galena
18 April - Medika, Zagreb (CROATIA) w/ Monsanto Killers, Seppuku
19 April - Bogota Café, Ostrava (CZECH REP) w/ I Survided Cremation, Prugelknabe, Trashearth
20 April - Cross Club, Prague (CZECH REP) w/ Le Dead Projet
21 April - Wats, Holesov (CZECH REP) w/ Le Dead Projet
22 April - Jazzrock Café, Cheb (CZECH REP) w/ Drag Me Pissed
07 May - Pavillon 108, Fumel (FRANCE) w/ Gerda
08 May - Kixkil, Baiona (EH) w/ Gerda
13 May - Kortxoenea, Donostia (EH) w/ Burne, Pord
27 May - Putzuzulo, Zarautz (EH) w/ Gamora, Achtung
04 June - Scream At The Sun Fest, Bordeaux (FRANCE) w/ Celeste, Khuda, I Am A Curse, Robot Orchestra, Aussitot Mort, Pneu, Vitamin X, Reflections Of Internal Rain…
02 July - EHZ, Heleta (EH) w/ I AM, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Shaka Ponk, Chinese Man, La Phaze…
28 August - Bestak, Guéthary (EH)
22 October - Highlands Café, Rouen (FRANCE) w/ Donkey Punch, Pal, Stuntman, The Phantom Carriage
28 October - Celtic Pub, Tarbes (FRANCE) w/ I Pilot Daemon
18 November - L’Atabal, Biarritz (EH) w/ The Enterprise, Kuma No Motor
19 November - Queens Bar, Laval (FRANCE) w/ As We Draw
10 December - Sala A Reserva, Carballo (SPAIN) w/ Hongo, Bulldozer, Lulu Y Los Canibales
11 December - Antiguos Almacenes De La Mina, La Gandara (SPAIN) w/ Carontte
16 December - Caravan Serail, Toulouse (FRANCE) w/ Birds In Row, Ancre
2010
02 April - DZG, Donibane Lohitzune (EH) w/ Islaia, Tud
16 April - Heretic Club, Bordeaux (FRANCE) w/ Last Tango Theatre, Follow The Fury
23 April - Kixkil, Baiona (EH) w/ Down To Earth
24 April - CC Grand Ecrin, Malesherbes (FRANCE) w/ JHAG, Nix, Proletaria, EB
25 April - La Campine, Antwerp (BELGIUM) w/ King Terror, Daybreak, Viaje A800
26 April - Villa De Koop, Den Haag (NETHERLANDS) w/ Burne
27 April - Why Not, Dudelange (LUXEMBOURG) w/ Burne, Retrace My Fragments
29 April - Up & Down, Montpellier (FRANCE) w/ Denizen
30 April - Le Volume, Nice (FRANCE) w/ Dismo, Uncle Mosh
01 May - Le Saint Des Seins, Toulouse (FRANCE) w/ Selenites, Arkeus
29 May - La Miroiterie, Paris (FRANCE) w/ Eibon, Fanny’s Your Aunt, Panda Valium
13 June - Mogambo, Pasaia (EH) w/ Madeleine, Shitbox
20 June - Hammered Fest, Guardetxe, Donosti (EH) w/ Cohen, Forus, Yaw, Krilin, Madeleine, Wayne, Marvin, The Hostile, Defectos Comunes
05 August - Plage, Angelu (EH) w/ Funkemen, Dup Paire Cul
10 September - Bota Gaztetxea, Donaixti (EH) w/ Plebeian Grandstand
11 September - Celtic Pub, Tarbes (FRANCE) w/ Plebeian Grandstand
18 September - Heretic Club, Bordeaux (FRANCE) w/ Celeste, Alceste, When Icarus Falls
30 October - Metal “O” Ween, Les Halles, Hendaia (EH) w/ Infest, Impio, Silent Opera, Dominium, Cylenchar, Northaya
13 November - DZG, Donibane Lohitzune (EH) w/ Naizroxa, Repuls, Xutik
26 November - Kixkil, Baiona (EH) w/ Nesseria
20 December - Skate Parka, Bera (EH) w/ Madeleine, Dama
2009
21 August - DZG, Donibane Lohitzune (EH) w/ Sorotan Babies
11 September - Kixkil, Baiona (EH) w/ Twstr, Totem