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| In Support Of “THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION”, TESTAMENT Announce US Tour. |
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 Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT are taking the stage once again for their first US headlining tour in support of the award-winning The Formation of Damnation. The band’s first new studio album in nine years won “Album of the Year” at the 2008 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. The tour will feature the classic lineup of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph. TESTAMENT will be bringing along metalcore outfit Unearth and neo-thrashers Lazarus A.D. The tour kicks off May 2.
Singer Chuck Billy commented on the upcoming US headlining tour: “It was really exciting last summer touring with Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, and Motorhead, playing in front of all the old-school as well as new-school metalheads. Now we look forward to CRUSHING on our first headline tour on the Damnation Vacation US run.
Heavy metal forever!!!”
The Formation of Damnation was named one of MySpace’s Top Albums for 2008 and found itself at the top of many year-end lists including #9 Rock Album of the Year on iTunes for 2008, #4 Album of 2008 in Revolver Magazine, #10 on Metal Edge Top 50 of 2008, #1 on Metal Maniacs Top 20 of 2008, and the #2 Brave Pick in Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles. The album also dominated metal radio, coming in at #1 on Sirius-XM’s metal channel, #1 on CMJ’s Loud Rock charts, and was the most played album on metal radio according to FMQB.
Testament US headlining tour starting May 2009:
(with Unearth and Lazarus AD)
5/2 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
5/3 - Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
5/4 - Vancouver, BC – Commodore
5/6 - Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
5/7 - Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre
5/9 - Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
5/10 - Maplewood, MN – The Rock
5/12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Theater
5/13 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s
5/15 - Chicago, IL – House of Blues
5/16 - Detroit, MI – Harpos
5/17 - Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
5/18 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
5/20 - Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
5/21 - Montreal, QC – Metropolis
5/22 - Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
5/23 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
5/24 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
5/26 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
5/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
5/28 – Norfolk, VA – Norva
5/29 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
5/30 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
5/31 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
6/2 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
6/3 – San Antonio – Scout Bar
6/4 – Ft.
Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
6/6 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont
6/7 – Denver, CO – Cervantes
6/9 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
6/10 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
6/11 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
6/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
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| ARCH ENEMY Announce Massive Co-Headlining U.S. Tour. |
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ARCH ENEMY will team up with MACHINE HEAD for "The Black Tyranny Tour" beginning in early September across North America with support coming from SANCTITY and THROWDOWN.
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn states: "Man, it's just an endless stream of good news here in MACHINE HEAD-land, we are so fucking stoked to be going out with some of our favorite bands, here in the U.S., on what is sure to be THE most brutal metal tour of the Fall! MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, THROWDOWN and SANCTITY are going to bring the pain to you motherfuckers, and carnage will have no rules on this tour. Beware The Black Tyranny!!!"
ARCH ENEMY’s Angela Gossow adds: "ARCH ENEMY teaming up with MACHINE HEAD in the U.S. is a big FUCK YOU to everybody who dwells in the past! We certainly aren't! Instead we’re looking forward to crushing the U.S. together and leaving nothing but a tangled wreck of molten metal in our wake!"
"As an added bonus for ARCH ENEMY fans, this will be the first time in three years that the (recently reunited) Amott brothers will be bringing their insane dual-guitar shredding to American soil! I am very excited to get back on stage and celebrate the sheer power of extreme music, all wrapped up in this fantastic tour package!"
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| OBITUARY: US Tour Dates Announced. |
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OBITUARY have released the final itinerary for their North American tour, with support from ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY, FULL BLOWN CHAOS and HEMLOCK. The dates are as follows:
Sep 11 @ Jaxx Nite Club - Springfield, VA
Sep 12 @ BB King Blues Club - New York, NY
Sep 13 @ Funhaus - Toronto, ON
Sep 15 @ ADC Performance Center - Southbridge, MA
Sep 16 @ Club Infinity - Williamsville, NY
Sep 19 @ Emerald Theatre - Mt. Clemens, MI
Sep 20 @ Peabody's Down Under - Cleveland, OH
Sep 21 @ The Rock - Maplewood, MN
Sep 22 @ Indianapolis Metalfest - Indianapolis, IN
Sep 24 @ Aztlan Theatre - Denver, CO
Sep 26 @ House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
Sep 28 @ Bourbon Street - Concord, CA
Sep 30 @ Knitting Factory - Los Angeles, CA
Oct 03 @ Emos - Austin, TX
Oct 04 @ Granada Theatre - Dallas, TX
Oct 05 @ Meridian - Houston, TX
Oct 06 @ The Hangar - New Orleans, LA
Their latest album “Xecutioner's Return” is set to be released on August 28 this year via Candlelight Records.
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