Archive for the ‘Tours And Dates’ Category

All I can say is that I just had to change my pants. Here is the announcement from Megadeth.com. Tour dates after the fold.

Megadeth will join forces with Testament and Exodus for a month-long jaunt that will find these thrash titans crisscrossing the nation on the Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour. These will be incredibly special shows that will delightMegadeth fans, as the band will be playing their landmark, genre-defining album, 1990’s “Rust in Peace”, in its entirety, in addition to other Megadeth set list favorites. The tour will kick off on March 1st in Spokane, WA and will run through the end of the month. MegaFanClub tickets presale will be held on Thursday, January 28th from 10AM to 10PM. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, January 29th

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Scion Rockfest is back again this year and it’s still totally free. I almost went last year but I was too lazy to make the 6 hour drive and I kicked myself in the ass for weeks after. Chances are I won;t make it this year either due to prior obligations.

This year it’s going to be in Ohio and it’s got another killer line-up with Cannibal Corpse headlining. It’s going top be stretched out in to 4 venues in Columbus Ohio on March 13. One venue is all ages while another is 21+ and the other two are 18+. For all the details/rules and to RSVP to get your free tickets visit scion.com/rock/. Here is the complete line up:

• Cannibal Corpse
• Shrinebuilder
• Voivod
• D.R.I.
• Brutal Truth
• Hate Eternal
• YOB
• Pelican
• 3 Inches Of Blood
• Absu
• Ludicra
• Acrassicauda
• Trap Them
• Magrudergrind
• Landmine Marathon
• Thou
• Saviors
• Liturgy
• Struck By Lightning
• Black Tusk
• Deadsea
• Lightning Swords Of Death
• Lullabye Arkestra

If you missed Kreator earlier this year on their Hordes Of Chaos Tour, now is your chance to catch them again on the Hordes Of Chaos Tour Part II. This time around they are taking the U.K.’s Evile and Wisconsin’s Lazarus A.D. along with a few other supporting acts changing up in and out of the tour. I caught them on the first part of this tour with Exodus and it was everything I thought it could have been. If they come to a city near you, go check them out. You won;t be disappointed. Here are the dates. Read the rest of this entry »

As soon as tickets for the North American Endgame tour went on sale I was all over it and bought my ticket. It cost me a little over $40 dollars but I had not been to a Megadeth show in over 12 years.

When we got to the venue there was a long line down the street and I figured it was going to be a long wait because it was listed that doors were opening at 6:45 pm and we got there a little less than an hour before the scheduled opening. Parked the car in a parking deck that said they were closing at 12:30 am and that had me a little worried because I wasn’t sure what time the show was supposed to be over but the attendant told me that it was supposed to be over by 11:30. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m totally ready for the Endgame Tour coming this Saturday and just yesterday it was announced that Slayer and Megadeth fans will get their wish of bringing the Canadian Carnage Tour to U.S. soils. Properly titled The American Carnage Tour, Megadeth and Slayer are co-headlining and they are also dragging along bay area thrash legends Testament to top it all off. The only problem is that it’s only 26 dates and none of them are close enough for me to go. For everyone else that has the pleasure to make this, now is your chance to see history. I’m not angry or sad. I would love to see this tour but I’ve seen Megadeth, I’ve seen Slayer and I’ve seen Testament live. I would love to see them all on one tour and have one giant Metalgasm after another, but it’s not going to happen for me. Try to make it happen for you. Tour starts January 18th. It’s rumored right now that the final [26th] date will be in NY. Read the rest of this entry »

Friday night’s show was great. it was a much better turn-out than I expected; of course the classic bands always seem to draw a bigger crowd in this area. Warbringer opened the show with ferocity as usual and had the energy to get the crowd ready for the bands to come. The Berzerker, a band I had only heard of, made quite the impact with the death metal/grindcore infusion from Melbourne, Australia. A bit loud but they put on a great show too.

Krisiun has a brand new fan. Another band that I had only heard the name and just never had the interest to pursue Krisiun. Damn, I’ve been missing out. Read the rest of this entry »

L.A. Thrashers Early Man are hard at work recording a new album due to come out early next year. No name for the new album as of yet but it’s being produced by the legendary Jack Endino who has worked with Nirvana, High On Fire, Bruce Dickinson, and most recently 3 Inches of Blood. Until then you can catch Early man touring North America with Valient Thorr (U.S. Tour) and Priestess (Canada) Below are the tour dates. You can also check out video of Early Mike tracking some vocals at WhiplashWhiplashWhiplash. Read the rest of this entry »

Presser follows:

After months of anticipation, ANIMALS AS LEADERS – the acclaimed progressive instrumental solo project of 7- and 8-string guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi (ex-Reflux, touring guitarist of Born Of Osiris) – have announced their first tour dates, a three-week November trek throughout the south and midwest with Between The Buried And Me and Veil of Maya. The dates are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

Fresno media presser:

The Root of All Evil contains a selection of completely re-recorded tracks from the band’s first three albums Black Earth (1996), Stigmata (1998) and Burning Bridges (1999), reenergized and upgraded by the band’s definitive line-up. The new record will be available in the US on October 6th, via Century Media Records.

I couldn’t make it to this years Mayhem fest, even though I really wanted to. I’m sure everyone that attended had a great time. I’ve seen most of the bands that were on the roster at least once but it would have been nice to see Slayer again. Every year I imagine it will get progressively better and I can’t wait to see what next year brings. Here is a message from the people that brought it to you. Read the rest of this entry »