The seemingly unimaginable occurred lately – Acid Bath reunited and introduced not solely a handful of pageant dates, however (to date) two exhibits in New Orleans. Acid Bath in 2025 is guitarist Sammy Duet, vocalist Dax Riggs and guitarist and vocalist Mike Sanchez alongside new members drummer Zack Simmons of Goatwhore, and bassist Alex Bergeron (ex-Brokers Of Oblivion, and so on.).
So why now for an Acid Bath reunion? In keeping with the commonly quiet Riggs in an interview with New Noise Magazine, it was at all times going to occur. It was only a matter of time and distance from the demise of Acid Bath bassist Audie Pitre in 1997.
“We by no means actually broke up… I did not wish to play anymore exhibits when our bass participant Audie Pitre was killed by a drunk driver,” stated Riggs. “I did not wish to stay in that disappointment endlessly. I needed to do one thing totally different at the moment. It is nonetheless there however it’s a distant ache. For the primary time since that trauma, it appeared like enjoyable to get collectively. Now it is type of like a reunion of previous pals so there is a sweetness to it.”
Or as Riggs places its a in a hilariously shorter method throughout an interview with Revolver: “I do not know man… It is at all times been there within the shadows, and it [finally] discovered a method out.”
Duet expressed comparable sentiments throughout a current interview with the Tales From The Riff Podcast, saying Acid Bath‘s reunion had loads to do with the demise of stay keyboardist Tomas Viator in 2024.
“What occurred was ‘Sick New World’ contacted, my… properly, Goatwhore reserving agent, Dan Rozenblum, and was like, ‘So what would it not take to make this occur?’ And we had lately had a passing of an excellent buddy of ours that was enjoying keyboards for us on the Pagan Terrorism Ways tour.
“His title was Tommy Viator — higher often known as Tomas. And I believe that had a giant function to play within the state of affairs, to the place, you realize, a number of us aren’t going to be round endlessly, proper? So… I had spoken to Dax about this, once we have been speaking about getting it again collectively, and I used to be like, you realize, we have to do that earlier than…. I did not put it that method, however I simply type of hinted. And he was like, ‘possibly it is time.’ And that is how this complete factor type of got here into play.”
Acid Bath‘s stay doings in 2025 to date are:
4/25 New Orleans, LA The Fillmore (w/ Eyehategod)
4/30 New Orleans, LA The Fillmore (w/ Exhorder)
5/8-11 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple Artwork + Music Pageant
5/15-18 Daytona Seashore, FL Welcome To Rockville
7/18-20 Mansfield, OH Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Pageant
9/18-21 Louisville, KY Louder Than Life
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