WIN-TOUR MANIA!
This winter is shaping up to a great incredible one for U.S. metal tours.The European Summer festivals ain’t got nothin’ on us… ok, well yeah they do, but this winter’s U.S. metal tour slate is still most excellent.
There’s the much ballyhooed Between the Buried and Me / Cynic / The Devin Townsend Project / Scale the Summit North American Orgasm Tour, about which Axl shared his man-juice excitement yesterday. On January 15th death metal Egyptologists Nile kick off their mammoth Those Whom the Gods Detest Tour with Immolation, Krisiun, Abigail Williams and Dreaming Dead. Only five days later Arch Enemy embark on the MetalSucks-sponsored Tyrants of Evil Tour with Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within. The Pagan/Folk metal tour du jour this Winter is headlined by Korpiklaani with Tyr, Swashbuckle and White Wizzard in tow (the latter of whom are certainly not pagan or folk). And tomorrow The Metal As Art Tour featuring Hypno5e, Revocation and The Binary Code kicks off in Brooklyn and traverses the country for 31 days. Yowza!
Full lists of dates and venues for all four tours are posted after the jump. There’ve been a few venue changes so make sure you double-check… then feel free to bitch about how none of these tours are coming to your city and proceed to blame us.
North American Orgasm Tour (Between the Buried and Me, Cynic, The Devin Townsend Project, Scale the Summit):
Jan. 08 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown
Jan. 09 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Jan. 10 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Jan. 11 – Houston, TX – Meridian
Jan. 12 – Dallas, TX – The Prophet Bar (Big room)
Jan. 13 – San Antonio, TX – The White Rabbit
Jan. 15 – Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
Jan. 16 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
Jan. 17 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
Jan. 18 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
Jan. 20 – Denver, CO – Cervantes
Jan. 22 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
Jan. 23 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
Jan. 24 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Jan. 25 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder
Jan. 26 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Jan. 27 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
Jan. 28 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Jan. 29 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
Jan. 30 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
Jan. 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
Feb. 01 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
Feb. 03 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
Feb. 06 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
Those Whom the Gods Detest (Nile, Immolation, Krisiun, Abigail Williams, Dreaming Dead):
01/15 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
01/16 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
01/17 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
01/18 The Blender Theater at Gramercy – New York, NY
01/20 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
01/21 Metro / Smart Bar – Chicago, IL
01/22 Rave – Milwaukee, WI
01/23 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
01/24 The Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO
01/25 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
01/27 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
01/28 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
01/29 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
01/30 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
01/31 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
02/02 House of Blues – Hollywood, CA
02/03 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
02/04 U.B.’s Bar – Mesa, AZ
02/05 The Rock – Tucson, AZ
02/06 Gator’s – Farmington, NM
02/08 House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
02/09 Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX
02/10 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
02/11 Trees – Dallas, TX
02/12 Marquee – Tulsa, OK
02/13 Headliner’s Music Hall – Louisville, KY
02/14 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
02/16 Peppermint Beach Club – Virginia Beach, VA
02/17 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
02/18 Amos Southend – Charlotte, NC
02/19 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
02/20 Music Farm – Charleston, SC
Tyrants of Evil Tour (Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis, Mutiny Within):
1/20 Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
1/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
1/22 New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre
1/23 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
1/25 Montreal, QC @ Le Medley
1/26 Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Imperial
1/27 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
1/29 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
1/30 Minneapolis, MN @ The Rock
1/31 Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Centre
2/2 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
2/3 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Center
2/5 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
2/6 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
2/8 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center @ The Grand
2/9 West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
Korpiklaani, Tyr, Swashbuckle, White Wizzard:
Jan 8 Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Jan 9 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
Jan 10 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Jan 11 Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
Jan 12 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
Jan 13 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
Jan 14 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
Jan 15 Allentown, PA @ The Sterling Hotel
Jan 16 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Jan 17 Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
Jan 18 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Jan 19 Tampa, FL @ Czar
Jan 21 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Jan 22 Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
Jan 23 Tulsa, OK @ The Flytrap Music Hall
Jan 24 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Jan 25 Tempe, AZ @ TBA
Jan 26 Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
Jan 27 Ramona, CA @ Ramona Main Stage
Jan 28 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
Jan 29 Portland, OR @ Satyricon
Jan 30 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Jan 31 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
Metal As Art Tour (Hypno5e, Revocation, The Binary Code):
January 6 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
January 7 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
January 8 Buffalo, NY Broadway Joe’s
January 9 Akron, OH Annabell’s Bar and Lounge – FREE
January 10 Mt. Clemens, MI Hayloft
January 11 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle – FREE
January 12 St. Louis, MO Fubar (w/ LYE BY MISTAKE)
January 13 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic Lounge
January 14 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
January 15 Dallas, TX The Lounge on Elm
January 16 an Antonio, TX Zombies
January 17 Austin, TX Red 7
January 18 Amarillo, TX War Legion
January 19 Gallup, NM Wowie’s Activity Hall
January 21 Los Angeles, CA The Blvd (in Boyle Heights)
January 22 Ramona, CA Ramona Mainstage
January 23 Santa Cruz, CA The Parish
January 24 Sparks, NV New Oasis
January 25 Portland, OR Ash Street Saloon
January 26 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
January 27 Spokane, WA The Cretin Hop
January 28 Boise, ID Gusto’s Bar
January 29 Salt Lake City, UT The Outer Rim
January 30 Denver, CO Old Curtis Street Bar
January 31 Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge
February 1 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
February 2 Kansas City, MO tba
February 3 Nashville, TN The Muse
February 4 Cincinnati, OH Dirty Jacks
February 5 Baltimore, MD Sidebar
February 6 Trenton, NJ The Championship
