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Death To All is without a doubt one of the more buzzworthy and substantial “comebacks” of the last few years. Many fans have long given up on the possibility of seeing a Death show since the band’s founder Chuck Schuldiner passed away after battling cancer in 2001. Fortunately, surviving members of the group’s revolving door of musicians have stepped up to unite under the Death To All name to celebrate Chuck and give back to the fans and charity, with proceeds from the DTA tours going to Sweet Relief, a non-profit organization that provides financial aid to touring musicians in need of health care.

Thanks to LiveNation, we have two pairs of tickets to give away for the April 24th stop of the show at Irving Plaza in New York City! To enter, send us an email with the subject DEATH TO ALL to mail[at]heavyblogisheavy[dot]com with your full name and cell phone number. You have until next Friday, April 19th at 5 PM EST to enter! Good luck!

- JR

 

 Killswitch Engage 2013 tour

Perhaps five years ago I would have been flipping out over a tour with Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying. Nowadays, straight up “traditional” metalcore (or the new wave of American heavy metal) doesn’t do much for me. Though As I Lay Dying are still putting out quality records and the new Killswitch Engage record seems promising (would you believe that I haven’t even heard it yet?!), I’m not too fussed over this newly announced tour featuring support from Miss May I and Affiance. I can’t explain my almost apathy fairly, either; I’m sure this tour would be fun and exciting, but I’m seeing Death To All and Dillinger Escape Plan in the next month, and my tastes have changed a bit since the rise of melodic metalcore.

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Thy Art Is Murder

Last week, we reported that Rings of Saturn had won the fan voting contest to open up this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour. It was a controversial win, because the polls had stayed open longer than the tour had reported and the band only narrowly beat out runner-ups Thy Art Is Murder by 1% — just a handful of votes. It was close, but Rings of Saturn got the nod at the end of the day and were added to the Summer Slaughter roster.

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Touring in support of their latest album Pinnacle of Bedlam, the legendary Suffocation have recently embarked on a headlining tour, featuring support from Exhumed, Jungle Rot, and Rings of Saturn. As usual, our East Coast-based photographer Maclyn Bean attended his nearest spot in New York at St. Vitus to capture the show! Check out the photos below:

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One of these days, I’m totally going to go to one of these awesome music cruises. I came pretty close one time but at the end of the day, I couldn’t afford it. I will be entering the “legitimate” workforce soon, so I should have some extra scratch.  Maybe I’ll finally be able to attend one soon? A good goal to set my eyes on is 70000 Tons of Metal 2014, because so far, the lineup’s looking pretty sweet.

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I tend to think of these  yearly summer package tours that Sumerian Records and the Pantheon Agency put on as falling on a certain spectrum. One one end you have Summer Slaughter, meant for fans of more extreme music which has now branched out to appeal to prog fans. On the other end All Stars Tour appeals to more hardcore/scene fans — think a selection of bands that you could see on the heavier end of Warped. I tend to align myself with Summer Slaughter Tour and avoid All Stars like the plague, but this year’s All Stars tour has at least three bands I’d LOVE to see!

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Summer Slaughter 2013

Last week, the year’s biggest extreme metal tour Summer Slaughter announced their lineup (which includes headliners The Dillinger Escape Plan and an array of other Heavy Blog favorites like Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, and more) while letting fans vote on who they wanted to see open the show. After a neck-and-neck race between Thy Art Is Murder and Rings of Saturn, it looks like Rings of Saturn have won by a slim 1% of the vote.

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It’s not some big surprise that Georgian sludge group Baroness were going to be having trouble getting back on their feet following the tragic bus crash that hospitalized the band and crew while touring the UK last year. Members were all sorts of cut up, bruised, and broken, but luckily they’ve been on the path to recovery. Frontman John Baizley got right back up and started playing acoustic shows left and right and continued doing his much sought-after artwork. It’s good physical rehab, at least.

Some of the other members of the group were not so ready to get back on the wagon though. Drummer Allen Blickle and bassist Matt Maggioni (far right and center right above, respectively) have parted ways with the group, leaving the guitar duo John Baizley and Peter Adams.

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Intronaut 2013

Intronaut‘s new album will be on my year end list. There is no doubt about it. I had the privilege of hearing five new songs early when they did their show in Tallahassee a month or so back, and ever since I got the album it’s been on repeat. However, this isn’t a review, this is news, and great news at that. They have just announced their summer headlining tour, supported by Scale The Summit and Mouth Of The Architect! Sweet!

Scale The Summit have many fans here at Heavy Blog, and Mouth Of The Architect are an underrated favorite. Castle will be opening on select dates, and while I’m not familiar with them, it won’t be hard to find out what they sound like. I’d imagine a cross of Intronaut and Scale The Summit. It will be awesome to get to see all three of these bands live on the same bill. If you’re going to be at the Orlando date, hit me up and we’ll concert together! Be sure to pick up Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones) now via Century Media! Dates after the jump!

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Summer Slaughter 2013

The Summer Slaughter 2013 lineup has officially been announced and will include The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders,  Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, and Aeon, with more bands to be announced. I am so excited that I am going to faint.

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