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Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated dates revealed!

This is madness. What metal bands AREN’T touring in the next few months!? If you had an excuse to not go to any of the tours coming this winter/spring, think of another one because Meshuggah, Baroness, and Decapitated have announced North American dates in March and April!

 

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

If you haven’t seen Decapitated live, you are MISSING OUT. They’re incredible. Like its a thousand degrees in here, I’ve been standing for 7 hours sweating with 600 other people, drunk as hell, but can’t look away incredible. I’m sure Meshuggah is much the same, can’t wait to knock them off the list. And hey! Baroness is on the bill too!

-Chris

January 31, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , | Leave A Comment »

The “Heritage Hunter Tour” dates revealed…finally!

So this rumored Mastodon/Opeth/Ghost tour has been all over the internet for two or so weeks now, and finally, finally we have dates to confirm everyone’s sources. The “Heritage Hunter” tour will begin in April, So yet again, another ridiculously awesome tour this Spring. Mastodon and Opeth will be trading the headlining/closing slot throughout the tour. Check out the dates below:

4/04 – Portland, ME @ State Theater (Mastodon)
4/05 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater (Opeth)
4/06 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis (Opeth)
4/07 – Toronto, ON @ Sony Centre (Opeth)
4/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory(Mastodon)
4/10 – Wallingford, CT @ The Dome (Mastodon)
4/11 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom (Mastodon)
4/13 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre (Mastodon)
4/14 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection (Mastodon)
4/15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE (Mastodon)
4/16 – Knoxville, TN @ TN Theater (Opeth)
4/18 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom (Mastodon)
4/19 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom (Opeth)
4/20 – San Antonio, TX @ Back Stage Live (Opeth)
4/21 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street (Opeth)
4/23 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium (Opeth)
4/25 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues (Mastodon)
4/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Opeth)
4/27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre (Opeth)
4/28 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort (Mastodon)
4/30 – Seattle, WA @ The Paramount (Opeth)
5/01 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre (Opeth)
5/03 – Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Center (Opeth)
5/04 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall (Mastodon)
5/05 – Saskatoon, SK @ The Odeon (Opeth)
5/06 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre (Opeth)
5/09 – Washington, DC @ The Fillmore (Opeth)
5/10 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore (Mastodon)
5/11 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues (Mastodon)
5/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Music Park (Mastodon)

Tickets go on sale this weekend, and Thursday through a number of pre-sale vendors.

-Chris

January 31, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , | Leave A Comment »

It’s OFFICIAL! Paganfest 2012 lineup and dates confirmed!

I mentioned last week possible dates and the bands that would be on the United States return on Paganfest, and we now have the official dates. The tour will be headlined by Finnish battle-metallers Turisas, and feature Scottish pirate-metallers Alestorm, Rome’s very own Ex Deo, as well as Arkona and Huntress. Check out the dates below:

3/29 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar

3/30 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium

3/31 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre

4/1 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda

4/2 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

4/3 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s

4/4 – Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s

4/5 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club

4/6 – Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4

4/7 – Louisville, KY @ Vernon Club

4/8 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall

4/9 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

4/11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees

4/12 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s

4/13 – Denver, CO @ The Marquis

4/15 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven

4/16 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre

4/17 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge

4/18 – West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club

4/19 – Tempe, AZ @ 910 Live

This is going to be an epic tour, with a unique, diverse lineup. It will be awesome to see Turisas play a proper headlining set, and is a good chance to see some bands that don’t come stateside too often.

-Chris

January 31, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Protest the Hero, Periphery, Jeff Loomis Tour?!?

I usually wait for an official announcement to come out before I post tour dates and whatnot, but every time I wait, they are usually confirmed and correct within the next day or two, so take this with a grain of salt, but it looks as if Protest the Hero will hit the road in March and April along with Periphery, Jeff Loomis and The Safety Fire.

Lambgoat first reported it along with the followed dates…all unconfirmed.

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

Obviously this would be a pretty killer tour. You know my stance on Protest the Hero, and seeing them again would be great. Jeff Loomis has a new album coming out and besides that….it’s JEFF LOOMIS! Think of how much shred there will be at these shows! Throw Periphery in and you have yet another tour well worth seeing. Schweet.

-Chris

January 30, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , | Leave A Comment »

More Tours, More Tours, and MORE TOURS!

I can’t keep up!!! This is insane!!! I figure if I posted all the info for most of the tours, I better post the rest of them, plus a few more have released dates and what not today so let’s do this again.

All Shall Perish have announced a headlining tour featuring support from Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Conducting From the Grave, and The Contortionist. Look at the dates HERE.

In addition to a tribute concert for Cory Smoot, GWAR have announced a full tour with support from Municipal Waste and Ghoul. How fun does that sound!?! Not to mention the last date of the tour is right here in Fort Collins!!!! Get info and date HERE.

Dave Mustaine’s brainchild GIGANTOUR has returned and just began this past week. The tour includes Megadeth (duh), Motorhead, Lacuna Coil, and Volbeat. You can buy tickets and check out the dates HERE. If you dish out $250 you can get a “VIP” ticket, including early entry, a photo band members, and other perks. If you have that much money, well, have fun! For us poor folk, just being able to see Megadeth and Motorhead on the same bill would be worth the price of admission!

Finally, this year the U.S. welcomes back Paganfest. The tour took a few years off from the states and will return this year with Turisas as the headliner. Support will come from Alestorm, Ex Deo, Arkona, and Huntress. I’m still kicking myself for missing out a few years ago, so this will definitely be a high priority for myself. Dan and I literally ran to The Gothic in order to watch Turisas play their final 3 or so songs from their set about a year ago, and they were awesome. Check for dates within the next day or two!

Anyone wanna help some broke ass metalheads out!?

-Chris

January 29, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Grave Robber and filling up your space with blood.

Back in 2008 I went to the Cornerstone Festival, and saw this band called Grave Robber. They were pretty much a Christian version of The Misfits, but with the attempts at the theatricality of Gwar (on a really, really small and limited scale, and in truth it’s nothing like Gwar, but it’s the best comparison I can think of). It was a pretty fun show to watch and I subsequently went and bought the only CD they had out at the time and a t-shirt. Fast forward to 2012 and I find the band on good ol’ Spotify and realize they’ve got a few new albums out. After listening to them, I realized I needed to share some tunes with you all, in case any of you have a horror punk/semi-metal itch in you. Here’s a couple tracks. Enjoy!

-Dan

January 28, 2012 | Categories: Random-Ass Stuff, Videos | Tags: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Tours, Tours, and More Tours!

From the fan’s standpoint, there is one good thing about the shitty state of the music industry; bands basically HAVE to tour. While there are always a plethora of  winter and spring tours in the U.S. this year seems particularly busy. Check out some dates and hit up some shows, buy a CD, a shirt, anything, and support these guys!

One of the bigger tours, the Metal Alliance Tour, will feature Devildriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For a Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, Impending Doom, Wretched. If you haven’t seen Devildriver then I’m not sure what you’ve done wrong because they never stop touring and seem to be on like every other metal tour that gets announced. The Faceless and J.F.A.C. always put on a great show, but I have yet to see Impending Doom or Wretched live yet. Last time I saw Dying Fetus they absolutely SLAYED, and the last two times I’ve seen 3 Inches of Blood they made me think my ears were bleeding. Needless to say…it was awesome. Check out dates HERE.

Iced Earth have announced co-headlining dates with Symphony X and Warbringer, get dates and info HERE. I haven’t had a chance to see any of these bands live, but I’m sure it’s awesome. In writing this, it reminded me of Iced Earth’s terribly awesome music video, so why not?! Here ya go!

 

East of the Wall and Black Tusk have announced a mini-tour featuring Intronaut, Hull, and Royal Thunder on various dates. Fresh of their ridiculously awesome album The Apologist, East of the Wall would be awesome to see, throw Intronaut in a couple of shows and damn! That’s a lineup! Too bad these are the only dates!

3/10 Detroit, MI – I Rock (feat. Royal Thunder, Hull)
3/12 St. Louis, MO – Fubar (feat. Royal Thunder, Hull)
3/13 Fayetteville, AR – Stone Pony (feat. Royal Thunder, Hull)
3/16 Scottsdale, AZ – Chaser’s (feat. Intronaut)
3/18 Tucson, AZ – The Rock (feat. Intronaut)
3/19 Los Angeles, CA – The Whisky A Go-Go

Lastly (for now) the dudes over at Metalsucks are sponsoring two strings of shows with the likes of The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job for a Cowboy, Goatwhore, Volumes, and Last Chance to Reason. Those dudes have their shit together! Get all that info for them HERE.

-Chris

 

 

January 24, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Behemoth Announce U.S. Dates!!!

The lineup for The Decibel Magazine Tour was announced last week, but hey dates have been announced! The tour will be headlined by Behemoth, the first time the band has returned to the States since front man Nergal was diagnosed (and conquered!) leukemia. Support on the tour will come from Watain, The Devil’s Blood and In Solitude………….dark!

The tour is offering special ticket packages as well as offering every general admission ticket a commemorative laminate as well as lower service fees. Check out tour dates and buy tickets HERE! Let the tours keep coming!!!

-Chris

January 24, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Mastodon release video for “Dry Bone Valley”

Boing Boing Video have premiered the music video for Mastodon’s “Dry Bone Valley” which can be viewed below. The video was produced and animated by Tim Biskup. This was the track the band opened with on their recent headlining trek in support of The Hunter, and is probably enjoyed best with your favorite recreational drug.

The rumors of a Mastodon, Opeth, and Ghost  tour appear to be true as Mastodon’s Troy Sanders confirmed it on a radio interview last week. No dates have been announced but HOLY HELL! What a line-up! We will definitely let you know when those dates are announced!

-Chris

January 24, 2012 | Categories: News, Videos | Tags: , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

Rolling Stone, you fail, Dave wants to be a preacher.

I thought about titling this post, “Today in ‘WTF?!’ land” because there are two things about this article from Rolling Stone that surprise me. First, it’s that Dave Ellefson (of Megadeth, duh?!) is studying to become an ordained minister in the Lutheran church. Now, Dave being a Christian is not so surprising to me because, well, whatever. Doesn’t change my opinion of his most excellent bass playing. And I do think it’s really cool that he’s following another path that he is passionate about. Nothing against that either. I’m actually kind of for it, because, come on, how cool would it be to say that your pastor is the bassist for Megadeth?! Of course, I neither live in Arizona nor am I a Lutheran, so this won’t happen. Still, I’d go to a church pastored by Dave just to say I did.

So, what about the second thing that makes this article strange? I’m honestly surprised that Rolling Stone is still considered a legitimate presence in the music industry. First, let’s face it; Rolling Stone knows about as much about Metal as I do Country. Which is to say an embarrassingly small amount if I cared. Rolling Stone does not care about Metal, and here’s how I know. Megadeth never wrote an album called Countdown to Destruction and I’m not sure what a “peolel” is, but I think the word the writer was searching for was “people.” I imagine some bespectacled intern hipster typing this up and thinking, “I just want to finish this so I can go fap over whatever Jack White is doing right now.” Or whatever bespectacled intern hipsters are faping over these days. Obviously I give as much of a rip about that scene as I do about Country. ANYWAY…

Dave Ellefson is going to be a Lutheran Minister some day and Rolling Stone makes the kind of mistakes that 16 year old bloggers do. I mean, this blog is no where near perfect and the grammatical structure of this post should be evidence to that, but come on guys! You are Rolling Stone! At least get the name of the album correct! Can I get an “Amen” from all my peolel?!

 

 

-Dan

January 23, 2012 | Categories: News, Random-Ass Stuff | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

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