Category: Tours and Rumors of Tours


Hardcore legends Converge are known to be recording the follow up to their 2009 album Axe To Fall as we speak, but they’ve also dialled up the workload by announcing a U.S. headlining tour for this spring (yes, another one, you lucky scrotes!).

They’ll be joined by the excellent Loma Prieta and the admittedly unfamiliar Git Some for most of the tour, with various other knowns and unknowns, most notably Deafheaven and Pianos Become The Teeth.

04/01 Providence, RI – The Met (feat. Deafheaven, Morne)
04/02 Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar (feat. Regents)
04/03 Syracuse, NY – Lost Horizon (feat. Burning Love)
04/04 Ottawa, ON – Ritual (feat. Burning Love)
04/05 Montreal, QC – Tuiple (feat. Burning Love)
04/06 Toronto, ON – Mod Club (feat. Burning Love)
04/07 Lansing, MI – The Loft (feat. The Armed)
04/08 Chicago, IL – Reggies (feat. Weekend Nachos)
04/09 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop (feat. Ringworm)
04/11 Richmond, VA – Kingdom (feat. Pygmy Lush, Pianos Become The Teeth)
04/12 Washington DC – DC9 (feat. Pygmy Lush)
04/13 Philly, PA – Union Transfere (feat. Pianos Become The Teeth)
04/14 Brooklyn, NY* – Williamsburg Music Hall (feat. Pianos Become The Teeth) (no Loma Prieta)

In the meantime, keep your ears pricked for updates on the new album, which will probably be out in the second half of 2012 and likely be the cause of that rumoured Mayan apocalypse.

Yes, I will be making constant allusions to that all year. No, I am not sorry.

- CG

CALLED IT!

So Summer Slaughter’s lineup rumors are looking like they’re true. This year’s trek will include headliner Cannibal Corpse with special guests Between the Buried and Me. If you aren’t excited, you need to check your pulse. These two bands bring in a wide spectrum of metal fans, which will no doubt be filled in nicely with the diverse rumored lineup of The Faceless, Job For A Cowboy, Veil of Maya, Exhumed, and Hate Eternal. There should be something for everyone, and as long as some unwanted lame metalcore or deathcore band slips in, this will likely be the best Summer Slaughter lineup yet.

I’m stoked on this. The rest of the lineup will be slowly churned out each Sunday, so keep up with Summer Slaughter on Facebook for up-to-date info.

- JR

Fun fact: 2008′s Gigantour was my first real metal show. My dad took me and a friend of mine to Louisville, KY to see Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job For A Cowboy, and High on Fire. That show was pretty awesome, and it set in motion my concert-going and have made a dedicated effort to see at least one show a year since then (travel is hard on the wallet).

It’s good to know that Gigantour is still going on! This year’s lineup consists of the yearly headliner Megadeth alongside Motorhead, Volbeat, and Lacuna Coil. Tonight the tour’s hitting Glen’s Falls, New York. Don’t miss it!

Here are the remaining dates on Gigantour 2012:

Feb. 01 – Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center
Feb. 02 – Quebec City, QC – Colisee Pepsi Arena
Feb. 03 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Feb. 05 – Kingston, ON – K-Rock Centre
Feb. 07 – Oshawa, ON – General Motors Centre
Feb. 08 – Hamilton, ON – Copps Coliseum
Feb. 09 – Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb. 10 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Feb. 12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Feb. 14 – St. Paul, MN – Myth
Feb. 16 – Saskatoon, SK – Prairieland
Feb. 17 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Centre
Feb. 18 – Calgary, AB – Big 4 Building
Feb. 20 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre
Feb. 21 – Kent, WA – Showare Center
Feb. 23 – San Jose, CA – Events Center
Feb. 24 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
Feb. 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
Feb. 26 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
Feb. 28 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium

- JR

 

The monstrous post-death metal band from down under, New Zealand’s Ulcerate, have announced their first ever North American tour. Featuring support from Tombs, the band’s short trek will lead up to their appearance at Maryland Deathfest (which I plan on attending, woah!).

Here are the dates, via tour co-sponsor Metalsucks (how come we don’t get to sponsor sweet tours like this? Someone throw us an offer!):

May 18, 2012 — Philadelphia, PA — Kung Fu Necktie
May 19, 2012 — Brooklyn, NY — Public Assembly
May 20, 2012 — Boston, MA — TBA
May 22, 2012 — Quebec City, QC — L’Agitée
May 23, 2012 — Montreal, QC — Katacombes
May 24, 2012 — Toronto, ON — Hard Luck
May 25, 2012 — Rochester, NY — Bug Jar
May 27, 2012 —  Baltimore, MD — The Sonar (Maryland Deathfest)

Since this is their first tour on this continent, be sure to make it out and support these guys. As a small band from New Zealand, I’m sure getting over here was not easy. Go out to the show and buy every shirt and album they’re selling.

- JR

As expected, the rumored Meshuggah, Baroness, and Decapitated tour is the real deal! I’m trying to be a big boy and report this news with excitement, but no date even comes remotely close to me. I has a sad.

Here are the dates, you lucky savages:

4/29/12  House of Blues – Houston, TX
4/30/12  House of Blues – Dallas, TX
5/01/12  Emo’s – Austin, TX
5/03/12  Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
5/04/12  House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
5/05/12  House of Blues – Hollywood, CA
5/06/12  The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
5/08/12  Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
5/09/12  Showbox Sodo – Seattle, WA
5/11/12  Odgen Theatre – Denver, CO
5/13/12  First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
5/15/12  House of Blues – Chicago, IL
5/16/12  St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
5/17/12  Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
5/18/12  Theatre of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
5/19/12  Palladium – Worcester, MA
5/20/12  Olympia de Montreal – Montreal, QUE – CANADA
5/22/12  The Fillmore – Silver Springs, MD
5/23/12  Terminal 5 – New York, NY

If you can make it out, do it; this tour is bound to be a killer. Meshuggah’s new album Koloss is sure to be amazing as well, and that is due out March 27th on Nuclear Blast.

- JR

Instrumental rock titans Mogwai, whilst not necessarily heavy, are fucking awesome, and your should definitely go out and get your ass to see their upcoming U.S. tour, which was just announced by guitarist Stuart Braithewaite.

Early 2011 saw them release the excellent Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (truth), and the year that followed was their busiest yet with no fewer than 124 shows in something like thirty different countries – but as Stuart said in a statement; “the only blemish on an otherwise brilliant year was us twice having to postpone shows in North America. Firstly because of a visa delay and secondly because of ill health.”

The dates in question were in Washington and Boston – and Mogwai have promised to honour all tickets bought for these dates on the new run.

This is likely to be their last major tour for a little while (whether or not this has to do with the recent robbery of their jam space in their hometown of Glasgow whilst they were in Australia we’re not sure…), so you’d do well to head on out and support them. I’m sure they could always use it!

Dates after the jump mo’fuckas!

- CG

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If you’re too slow to work the title out, you inbred child of your mother’s brother and his female kinsperson, then let me spell  out the details for you: tech-metal hillbillies Protest The Hero, faeces-throwing chugga chimps Periphery, The Mighty Raven himself Mr. Jeff Loomis and UK pyromaniacs The Safety Fire are thought to be be touring them United States Of ‘Murica this March!

I think I’ve eaten too many e-numbers today. Bear with me.

So yes, the word going round the interwebs (and you can blame Lambgoat is this is wrong) is that these four worthy acts will be teaming up for four weeks from late March to hit the road in a town possibly but not necessarily near you, depending on your arbitrary scale of nearness. Yes.

Nothing official as of yet, so again, don’t shoot me if I’m wrong, but dates are thought to be as follows:

3/25 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
3/26 Lawrence, KS @ Granada
3/27 Dallas, TX @ Trees
3/28 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
3/30 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine
3/31 Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
4/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
4/2 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
4/3 Portland, OR @ The Branx
4/4 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
4/6 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
4/7 Denver, CO @ Summit
4/9 St. Louis, MO @ Pops
4/10 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
4/11 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
4/12 Columbus, OH @ The Outland Ballroom
4/13 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
4/14 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
4/16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
4/17 Orlando, FL @ The Social
4/18 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
4/20 New York, NY @ Gramercy
4/22 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero

Not a bad line-up at all. Protest The Hero and Periphery both seem to have been on an endless string of tours with amazing line-ups of late. Long may it continue, no?

- CG

It’s finally here; Opeth and Mastodon have announced their co-headlining North American ‘Heritage Hunter Tour’ featuring the loveable Swedish Satanists Ghost. The tour is rather extensive, going from April 4th through May 12th and will see Mastodon and Opeth swapping out closing spots.

Without further ado, here are the dates!

* Denotes Opeth closing show
** Denotes Mastodon closing show

04 Apr – Portland, ME @ State Theater**
05 Apr – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater*
06 Apr – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis*
07 Apr – Toronto, ON @ The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts*
09 Apr – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory**
10 Apr – Wallingford, CT @ The Dome**
11 Apr – New York, NY @ Roseland**
13 Apr – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater**
14 Apr – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection**
15 Apr – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE**
16 Apr – Knoxville, TN @ TN Theater*
18 Apr – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom**
19 Apr – Dallas, TX @ Palladium*
20 Apr – San Antonio @ Back Stage Live*
21 Apr – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street*
23 Apr – Denver, CO @ Fillmore*
25 Apr – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues**
26 Apr – Hollywood, CA @ Gibson*
27 Apr – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre*
28 Apr – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort**
30 Apr – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater*
01 May – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum*
03 May – Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Ctr*
04 May – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall**
05 May – Saskatoon @ The Odeon**
06 May – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings*
09 May – Washington DC @ The Fillmore*
10 May – Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore**
11 May – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues*
12 May – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Music Park**

Tickets go on sale February 3rd, but presales will be available starting February 1st at this location.

I am beyond excited for this. Anyone else making the trip out to Knoxville?

- JR

As polarizing as the band are, iwrestledabearonce won me over with last year’s Ruining it for Everybody. I think the record was legitimately fun and enjoyable, and I don’t really understand where all these accusations of the band being all ironic about their music came from. Sure, they don’t take anything seriously and they like to have fun, but you can sort of tell they write and play their music because they care, not because of some inside joke that amounts to, “it’d be kinda funny if we were in a shitty metal band, you know?”

Or I could be wrong. Whatever. It’s hard to tell these days.

Based on what I’ve heard, IWABO can put on a good live show. I’ve never seen them personally, but I know Noyan and our good friend Tre Watson saw them last year and they ended up playing instrumentally because vocalist Krysta Cameron was sick, and they thought the set was excellent. Maybe some cities on their upcoming Road To Metalfest tour (featuring the likes of Molotov Solution, Glass Cloud, and The Greenery) will be as lucky and feature the band as instrumental. Not that I hate Krysta with a passion (only slightly!), or anything. It’d just be rad as shit. Fingers crossed!

Here are the dates, below.

04/16 Oklahoma City, OK – Conservatory
04/17 Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theater
04/18 Knoxville, TN – Valarium
04/20 Springfield, VA – Empire
04/21 Worcester, MA – The Palladium (New England Metal And Hardcore Festival)
04/23 Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
04/24 Evansville, IN – Boney Junes
04/25 Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theater
04/26 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
04/27 Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose
04/29 Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
04/30 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
05/01 Flagstaff, AZ – Cinnabar

- JR

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is probably the biggest commercial metal tour in the United States since its inception in 2008. There was a point in my life when I would have loved the shit out of this tour, but I don’t see much to get excited for as far as my own enjoyment is concerned. Not to talk down on the tour or the bands on it; I’m glad there are more huge metal tours like Mayhem making their way across North America than there were when I was first getting into the genre. Hell, I wouldn’t even mind seeing Slipknot, as they’re a band that really pulled me into more aggressive music. I just can’t help but feel underwhelmed, you know? I’m busy being stoked on the possibility of catching Cannibal Corpse, BTBAM, The Faceless, and more on this year’s Summer Slaughter (which will be announced next week. God, I hope I’m right about that lineup).

But some of you are probably excited for Mayhem Fest, and that’s awesome. This year’s lineup is better than last year’s from where I’m sitting, and features Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel, and High on Fire. Some of these bands are pretty awesome. Some of them.

After the jump, you can peruse the large list of dates to find your hometown or a city in close proximity!

- JR

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