METALSUCKS MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT, DAY 4: ?/EXODUS/ARSIS/MUTINY WITHIN!!!
Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 5:00pm by MetalSucks
On Tuesday we told you that we’re sponsoring an AWESOME tour this winter with a four band bill, and while we can’t tell you all the bands on the bill just yet, we can tease that info out for you. So every day for the rest of this week, we’ll be posting an interview with a member of each band on the bill, featuring questions designed to help you guess who they are without spoiling the surprise. Then, this Monday, October 12, we’ll reveal the complete line-up for the tour!
The first bands announced were Mutiny Within and Arsis. Yesterday, many of you correctly guessed that the third band is none other than the legendary Exodus! The band just announced a January 15 release date for their sure-to-be killer new DVD/CD set, Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities), and with a little luck, 2010 will also bring us the release of The Atrocity Exhibition – Exhibit B. These guys are true pioneers, a band that pretty much every metal band since has owed some debt to, and they absolutely SLAY live.
After the jump, check out the interview with a member of the headlining band. See if you can guess who it is just based on his or her answers!!!
Where is your band from?
The band is based in Sweden.
Including yourself, how many members are there in your band?
Five.
How many words are in your band’s moniker?
Two.
How many albums have you released? How many years has it been since your band’s debut album?
We have released eight full length studio albums. Thirteen years since the first album was released.
How many members of your original line-up remain? And by “original,” I mean musicians who were on an album people have heard of. No one cares about that dude who was on your demo that one time.
Three original members from the first album remain in our current line-up.
To which label are you currently signed?
Century Media.
Were you or any other members of your band ever in another well-known band? (If so, please don’t say which band or bands. that would spoil the fun.)
Yes.
How would you describe your band’s particular brand of metal?
Pure Fucking Metal.
Does your band have male members, female members, or some mix thereof?
It’s a mix thereof!
Does your band utilize clean vocals, screaming, or some mix thereof?
Screams and growls – no whiney, pseudo clean vocals.
How many guitar players in your band?
Two.
Does your band have a drummer?
Yes.
Does your band have a bassist?
Yes.
Does your band have a keyboardist?
No.
Thanks for playing along, mystery guest. Please tell us one another random fact of your choosing that might help our readers guess who you are.
Both our guitar players and our bass player have their own signature model guitars/bass with three separate companies/brands.
Alright, this is it everyone! Who wants to take a guess as to the identity of the last band on the bill?
-AR & VN
arch enemy?
yup.
i went to the century media website– and arch enemy popped up immediately lol
That’s exactly what I was thinking when I saw Century Media, Sweden, and Mix.
Arch Enemy.
Arch Enemy!!!
I’m gonna say Arch Enemy based on that “Pure Fucking Metal” answer.
ARCH ENEMY?!?!?!?!
yup it’s them
Arch Enemy, this is a good tour
That was a letdown
Care to elaborate as to why it’s a letdown? Arch Enemy fucking kills!!
Sure, if you’re 13.
that so true, sad, but true. like Marylin mansion or slipknot. bands like arch enemy just a phase that most people grow out of.
yea, arch enemy is pretty much for the noobs
Fuck you all! I’ve liked them since I first heard Stigmata almost 10 years ago. And I’m 30. Granted…I have the mentality of a 13 year old most of the time but I still like them.
I’m not putting down Arch Enemy at all, I haven’t given them too many listens, but I was hoping for someone else
I agree. Honestly I don’t see why this is such a good tour. Mutiny Within sucks and Arsis is ok i guess. Exodus sucks because you can get the same in any 80s trash band. Arch Enemy sucks compared to what could have been in the lead spot. I’m most definatly not going to see this tour.
Tyler… you obviously have NOT listened to Atrocity Exhibiton. Its not “80’s trash” in the least, it’s modern brutal death/thrash.
Even if it has some death metal elements, it’s mainly thrash. You can’t deny that. And no, I didnt listen to it because I tend to hear a few songs and make my desicion about a band. They didn’t impress me.
Arsis is ok? Wow. Exodus sucks and is generic? Arch Enemy isn’t an awesome headliner? Dude, who did you want to headline? Fucking Kanye West? I’m pretty damn sure most people are gonna get super jazzed about this fucking tour.
I mean honestly, this is a metalheads dream. You have Melo/Tech Death band. A melodic metal band. A fucking amazing thrash band. And another amazing melo-death band. Do you not like metal? Honestly, do you really NOT like metal?
I’m more into progressive metal and truly nothing ordinary. I see many elements in all of these bands from other bands. I know that I must be speaking blasphmey to many of you by saying that these bands are generic but it takes a lot to please me. I sorry if I only listen to the cream of the crop.
Good job sounding like a pretentious dick.
I like cats!
wow that comment made me chuckle. There should be pretention filters on the boards.
now now, him say ‘I sorry’
him listen to ‘cream of crop’
I sorry too!
This entire exchange made me fall out of my chair!
Hey I like cats too!
if its Arch Enemy im skipping this tour
Definitely Arch Enemy. Sounds like a killer tour! Hopefully it comes somewhere near Maine.
The House of Blues in Boston would be a pretty good place.
yea. I’m glad metal bands are finally coming back to Boston. For a while, the Palladium in Worchester was my only answer, and that’s annoying to get to.
House of Blues in Boston is a great venue based on sound. The security they have there during most metal shows is downright intrusive.
MA/RI just needs a new venue in general. Palladium and Lupo’s just have muddy sound usually.
That said – I may check this tour out. None of these bands are bad, they just don’t really strike me as something I’d want to go out and see. Just doesn’t move me.
You gotta admit that the Palladium is the shit though. I absolutely love that venue.
…and I’m sad to hear that about the security at the house of blues. I’m seeing Mastodon, Dethklok, Converge and High on Fire there in a couple weeks. If they decide bitch about moshing and general public drunkenness, we’re gonna have a big problem.
pure fuing metal is the give away. its gonna be an awesome tour!!!
BETTER COME TO NEW ENGLAND or ill come down to nyc and kick metal sucks ass’s!!!
NEED TICKETS NOW.
I hope they come to Las Vegas, if its Arch Enemy then your an pure idiot for not going to this tour. Bring this shit to Las Vegas and I will let you kick my friend in the balls.
Come to Las Vegas
i cant see them playing house of blues, i think its the palladium IF anything in new england. they havnt even headlined here since april 06, and it was a festival. the other shows they did were sept 06 with gigantour/megadeth. after that it was sept 07 coheadline with machine head, and then they skipped new england on their may 08 headline tour.
arch enemy is due in new england.
haha, I remember being so angry about skipping New England for that last year, that was with Dark Tranquillity wasn’t it? I like Exodus, but THAT is a fucking pairing right there (though I guess DT would have wiped the floor with AE every night)
Arch Enemy.
Arch Enemy is headlining over Exodus, am I the only one who finds that to be horribly wrong?
Arch Enemy are definitely a bigger band than Exodus nowadays, however wrong that may sound.
I completely agree. I know it makes sense from a business perspective, but it’s infuriating. It’s like when Shadows Fall went on tour with Agnostic Front supporting. That was a similar makes sense/pisses me off combo.
no, AE is bigger then exodus, they always play over them.
I’ve pretty much waited my whole life to see Arch Enemy in America. I dont care if I have to hitch a ride in the attack attack tour bus, I’m gonna be there. Arsis and Exodus are a big plus too! SO STOKED!!!
hmmm this is displeasing….
I love exodus but ehhh
OMFG ARCH ENEMY ARCH ENEMY GAHHHHHHHHH IM SO FUCKING EXCITED WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! POST DATES ALREADY!!!!!!
do we have to wait until monday for the dates
I guessed Arch Enemy based on the first answer alone. I can’t think of any other band who is “based in” Sweden (i.e. but not from there).
Pure Fucking Metal indeed. I’d see that tour if it came to town.
If anyone thinks this will be a bad tour then you’ve got to have some kind of brain damage or just stupid as fuck. This shits gonna be fucking great. o ya bring the tour to vegas
Or maybe we just have decent tastes in music.
This tour sucks. Boring banner bands of metal.
For sure. Although I’d go to this tour, I can definitely see how it’s not for everyone.
Decent taste and you don’t like Arsis or Exodus? Please explain to me how you think this is correct.
Freakin genius! You get me!
The tour is pretty bad! I have never been a fan of Arch Enemy. Female vocalists aren’t my thing. The metal scene is so generic and boring these days. I’m looking forward to seeing Isis and Kylesa in Koln, Germany on the 30th.
Kylesa has a female vocalist dumbass
+1
it has to be fucking Arch Enemy!!!!!! fucking awesome tour, they better come to NYC!!
I’m not a *massive* fan of their studio albums, but i saw them in August when they headlined Bloodstock festival in the UK, and honestly, i’d probably say they were the best live band i’ve seen, they were incredible. Sounds like a pretty killer tour to me, nobody should just pass this one up – if you get the chance to go you should take it!
What a horrible tour.
Arch Enemy is awful.
Exodus hasn’t done anything worthwhile is decades (and even that stuff wasn’t too impressive).
Arsis hasn’t done anything god since ACoG.
Mutiny Within is pathetic crap.
Two has-beens and two crap bands do not warrant me going to this show.
Exodus is still a beast live. And goddamn, I want to see Arsis so bad. I’m a fan of all their albums (although undoubtedly nothing even compares against ACoG).
;_; y u gotta h8 zilty
Arch Enemy are godly live.
Rob Dukes is the first non-annoying frontman that Exodus have ever had.
Arsis isn’t that bad but yes, their older stuff was better.
Haven’t heard enough of Mutiny Within to have an opinion but I like what I’ve heard.
My word, Ziltoid pooh-poohs another parade?
Who knew.
His comments are no longer interesting, he’s become hopelessly predictable.
Or maybe he was always like that.
Suck my Fucking long Cock! Let’s see your Favourite tour, Britney Espears, Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Gloomy Grim as headliners! Suck this 8=================D
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This is a really good bill. I’ve seen Arch Enemy three times already (opening for Maiden in 2003, when they toured with Machine Head, and on Ozzfest 2005) and they always put on a strong show. I haven’t seen Exodus since 1990, Arsis since 2006, and I’ve never seen Mutiny Within. I think I will probably hit the NYC date of this tour, especially since it’s likely to be held at the Nokia Theater, which has plush seats in which I can rest my tired old bones.
I haven’t heard too much Arch Enemy, but what I have heard is really good. Good headliner choice too, tix to this shouldn’t be too expensive.
Exodus (live, they are still a beast) and Arsis are more than enough reason for any extreme metal fan to attent this tour.
Ill go if its < $20 AND drive < 1 hour.
+1
… That’s all I have to say.
Arch enemy for sure
EIther Arch Enemy or In Flames.
So Anders did go through with that sex-change operation!
Yeah, that kinda caught me by surprise when I heard the news.
This is a letdown for me. Im very picky with my female vocalists, and arch enemy is not one of the ones I like. I’ll still consider going though, for exodus and arsis.
So you prefer a manly voice do you?
I KNEW IT.
Arsis is the only band worth seeing.
This.
Damn. Now I need a new computer monitor, this little tidbit just made jizz all over it
Wow, thats totally cool and metal.
holy shit james malone looks like a totally different person now.
Arch Fucking Enemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Municipal Waste/Goatwhore/Phobia > this crap.
Arch Enemy hasnt released a decent album since Wages of Sin.
Exodus needs to stop milking Bonded by Blood and retire.
Arsis are a train wreck live and have been becoming less and less relevant w/ every new album.
Arsis were once relevant?
Arch Enemy! Right on.
ohmygawd!
well, that probably shot the sacramento date that I was hoping for in the face. Here’s to another possible 2 hour drive out to shitty parking and shitty traffic in the bay area.
i was gonna say the haunted but read more futheron. nice tour
Totally off topic BUT:
I just got the Brutal Legend demo and it actually has me wondering if I might get this instead of Uncharted 2. Holy fuck it’s good.
Bring this tour to Europe!
Skip Germany if you do!
Mutiny Within sounds gay
Arsis is killer
Exodus is pretty good
Arch Enemy = Awesome don’t give a fuck what anyone else thinks!
Atrocity Exhibition…Exhibit B
Cannot fuckin wait.
Shovel Headed Tour DVD, first day buyer. I understand that you cant please everyone, but damn this was a let down. MS Played this one up WAY too hard.
P.S EXODUS pisses allover athe other bands on this bill
If you dont believe me pick up Shovel Headed Kill Machine.
I was wrong, huh.
But Arch Enemy is kinda boring anyways.
DARK TRANQUILLITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no keyboardist buddy
i fucking wish. even though i think Arch Enemy are great…fucking love DT
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Why is Exodus on this tour?
Arch Enemy is going to be embarressed night after night closing for Exodus. At least with Arch Enemy on the bill there will be a lot of 18 year old girls.
and half of them are dykes
arch enemy exodus and arsis?
this tour it fucking tits!
i really hope theres a mass date
you should write your own sript, yes, i know….
arch enemy is anticlimactic. meh ill see ticket prices, would love to see exodus and arsis, would most likely enjoy seeing arch enemy
I was gonna say Dark Tranquillity right after the Century Media question came up. Then “Pure fucking metal” was the answer to the next “question”, then it became obvious.
Fuck Arch Enemy.
Arch Enemy, obviously.
So yeah, this tour doesn’t look awesome at all from my point of view.
Of course it’s Arch Enemy. Them answers gave it away. The fact that The Root of All Evil just got released makes it all the more obvious.
I haven’t heard any Arch Enemy with Liiva on vocals, but I have heard Doomsday Machine in full. What a piece of crap that album is, seriously.
So yeah, I don’t think I’m missing out on much.
this one was pretty easy:
1. they have girl(s)
2. the girl is not a keyboardist
3. no clean vox
4. etc…
MS, I beg of you: make this a European Tour as well.
I’ve already seen Arsis and Arch Enemy live, and I was not dissapointed. Quite the opposite; THEY FUCKING KILL!!!! People are gonna be dropping dead of strokes at this concert, because it’s too much for the brain to handle. This show will be SO FUCKIN’ EXTREME!!!!
Now, to find out if it’s even gonna come close to Baltimore…
Oops, no disrespect to Paul Baloff; I forgot he died of a stroke.
aw crap. i don’t give a rat’s ass about Arch Enemy. two out of four ain’t bad….
Arch Enemy sucks just like the rest of these bands.
ICP with a guest appearance by Fred Durst.
Fred Durst would be the chick right?
wow? i cant believe they are touring over exodus.. thats kinda bullshit to me, Exodus is amazing. i mean yeah, so is AE, but Exodus, they are gods. as far as im concerned, they should take anthrax’s place in the big 4
suffocation is opening for them too in europe. THAT pissed me the fuck off
All i can say is, this tour better fucking come to Orlando, or atleast Tampa. every band but the opener is phenomenal.
hope it comes to pittsburgh
been wanting to check out arch enemy and arsis live
checked out that first band, and they suck ,the destro wouldve been cool in that slot.
first date revealed: jan 23 worcester palladium