Houle have confirmed a first run of headline shows across France. Cân Bardd, from Switzerland, and Galibot, from France, support on every date. The band are writing a second full length and the shows are there to carry material from it.
The announcement as carried by Metal Storm names the acts, the country and the purpose. It does not list the dates or the venues, and those have not been published.
Houle formed in Paris in 2019 and have one album, Ciel cendre et misère noire, which Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions put out in 2024. A self titled EP came in 2022, with the singles Le continent and Au loin la tempête the same year and La danse du rocher in 2024. The line up is Cafard on vocals, Crabe on lead guitar, Zéphyr on rhythm guitar, Græy Gaast on bass and Vikser on drums. Metal Archives lists the band's themes as the ocean and the sea, which has been the subject since the first release.
Both supports are kept for the whole run rather than changed city by city. Cân Bardd have four albums on Northern Silence Productions. Galibot are the newer of the two and French, like the headliner.