So it seems like potentially-excellent 2012 tours are now being announced left and right — no joke, this is the second of four consecutive posts about tour itineraries you’ll see on MetalSucks this morning. Of course, this is a terrific problem to have; no one ever laid on their death bed and thought, “I saw too many awesome rock concerts,” y’know?

So… Every Time I Die! They’ve announced a headlining trek which will feature Terror, Stray from the Path, and Former Thieves. ETID and Terror are both terrific, in my estimation; I’m not really a Stray from the Path fan, but I’ve also never seen them live, and Vince says they’re great; and I don’t know Former Thieves. I guess my point is, all in all, this seems like it could be a really fun night at the opera. And now that ETID is breaking out new songs live (like the one above, “Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space”), you’ve got some extra incentive to check this tour out.

Here are dates, via Metal Underground:

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Hey, so remember last week when we told you this year’s Metal Alliance Tour* featuring DevilDriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, and Impending Doom? Well, the full tour itinerary has been released, so now you can, like, go n’ shit. I don’t really know what else there is to say about this tour… it’s such a killer line-up, I’m just stoked to go.

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Lately, it hasn’t exactly been easy to get the pure Pathology live experience. For the death-slam metallers’ September tour with Grave and Blood Red Throne, vocalist Jonathan Huber was out of the line-up with a “badly broken leg.” Last November on the MetalSucks-sponsored tour with Nile, the band left the tour after a scary van wreck in South Dakota. Between those was a surely awesome Spring jaunt opening for Grave and Obituary — but that was worlds away in stupid Europe. Sigh.

So for a year now, I’ve kept muttering that Raineer Wolfcastle line from The Simpsons, when the muscleman stands by as Milhouse tries to beat a fitness test by holding in his gut: “We can waaait.” But hey here’s to patience cuz Pathology, with Huber back in the fold, just announced a headline tour to kick off in mid-January! No dinky 30-minute set for these slam bros!

But again, there’s a catch: It’s West Coast only, fools. That’s bummer news for some, but awesomeness for those who can recover lost time by hitting up multiple Pathology shows around Southern California (Simi, West Holly, Fullerton for starters) without breaking a sweat. And now I happily quote Wolfcastle’s next words to Milhouse, as belly finally cascades over belt: “Come to Papa!” See u there!

-ADF

Pathology’s awesome Awaken To The Suffering was my 16th favorite 2011 metal album. Get it here and get dates here. 

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SPOILER ALERT: If MetalSucks ever does a list of the Top Live Modern Metal Bands or whatever, Tool is almost certainly going to be #1. Vince definitely thinks they’re the best live band on the planet — he often calls them the only band he’ll go see in concert anytime, anywhere — and while his passion for them probably surpasses my own, I definitely worship the pot Tool pisses in. I mean, not only does Tool sound fantastic live, but, y’know — LASERS!!!

So it’s hard not to be incredibly excited by the fact that the band is gonna do a tour starting next month. If you have the chance to see Tool live and you don’t go, you really should go lie down in traffic. They are just… mind-blowing.

Here are the dates so far… it’s hard for me to imagine that there won’t be more announced soon:

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In October, Axl Rose told That Metal Show that Duff McKagan’s Loaded featuring Duff McKagan was going to open some shows on GN’R current North American headlining tour. But then we didn’t hear anything else about it for over a month, so I think most people either assumed it wasn’t happening, or forgot about it all together.

But now it’s actually happening, and is happening this week, no less, in Seattle and Vancouver.

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The full lineup for the 2012 edition of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, now in its 13th year, has been announced… and it’s a doozy. The fest will once again span three days at Worcester, MA’s Palladium in April, those three days are once again roughly divided by metal sub-genre, and one of those is once again likely to piss off metal purists.

If you live in or near Massachusetts, attending this thing seems like a no-brainer; all these bands in one place in one weekend is gonna be the metal party of the year, even if you don’t necessarily like every single band. Where I get stuck is whether or not it’s worth the drive up from New York since most of these bands will have NYC tour stops in the days or weeks before and after NEMHF, and many of the bands will inevitably be touring together anyway. But damn, with all the great sponsors involved this year the ticket prices are very affordable, especially considering all the star-power involved. After the jump, the lineup!

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Last year’s first annual Metalliance Tour had a sweet line-up — Helmet, St. Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa, Red Fang, Howl, and The Atlas Moth — and it’s looking like this year’s edition will as well… although, holy tonal shift Batman, y’know? According to Lambgoat, the bill this year will consist of Devildriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, and Impending Doom, six bands who are obviously way, way different from the groups that played last year.

But who cares? There’s literally only bad band on the bill — Impending Doom — and if they play first, they’ll be easy to miss anyway. The rest of this bill is a total beast.

Only a few dates have gotten out so far, but more are sure to follow. So, for now:

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Well, I guess technically we don’t know that for 100%. But the fest’s organizers have just released “a TEASER from a mystery headliner,” and if that’s not Howard Jones’ voice, than my name is Phil Labonte.

Listen to the teaser here and decide for yourself.

But let’s be real, it’s Killswitch Engage.

-AR

Anthrax, Testament, and Death Angel is a great bill for a tour, and according to my man Anso DF, the resulting concert was not a disappointment. (Alyssa Lorenzon captured some killer photos from the tour, too; we’ll post those at some point very soon.) And I guess Anso’s not the only one who felt that way, ’cause now the trio has announced a second leg to the tour, which will kick off in late January.

Only twelve dates have been announced thus far, but more are guaranteed to follow. Here’s the itinerary as of now:

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Ever since Sanctuary reunited on the inaugural 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise this past January fans have been speculating as to when (and if) they’d get around to doing a few more shows. And, ya know, it’s not as if Nevermore’s busy schedule is providing any conflicts these days. Speculate no longer: the website for NYC’s Gramercy Theatre lists a January 11th, 2012 Sanctuary date, while a search on Ticketbastard turns up another date on January 7th, 2012 at Club Nokia in L.A. With only four days between two shows on opposite coasts, it’s likely those are the only two they’ll be playing this time around, but I wouldn’t be surprised if another major market fly-in such as Chicago or Dallas popped up around the same time-frame.

Pardon me if this old news, but I haven’t seen it announced anywhere yet — the band doesn’t appear to have official web properties of any sort and they haven’t sent out an email blast or press release of any kind either. So this is big news! Sanctuary’s prime came before my time, but I have an immense respect for their legacy and love Warrel Dane as a vocalist. Too bad Jeff Loomis won’t be involved this time around.

-VN

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Following last month’s leak in in the Las Vegas Sun and a series of clues posted by the band just this week — including one here on MetalSucks yesterday — yesterday evening, Mötley Crüe confirmed on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight that they’ll do a residency at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this February. Called ”Mötley Crüe in Sin City,” the twelve shows will take place between February 3rd and February 19th.

And you know what? For all the shit I give the Crüe, Vince and I had great time seeing them live this past summer… dudes still know how to put on a show, and Vegas seems like a venue which was pretty much designed specifically for Mötley. So I imagine these shows will be a blast.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, or you can get in on the pre-sale right now using the password “SIN13.” The prices are actually not at all terrible by Vegas standards, too.

-AR

As promised, a show to pay tribute to recently deceased GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot — a.k.a. Flattus Maximus — has been announced. When Smoot passed away, he had recently completed work on a solo album, and the show is meant to celebrate all of his work, no matter who it was with.

Details of the show are on the flyer above. Here’s a list of all the items which will be raffled off — more items are expected to be added soon:

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In case both my headline and the above video are somehow confusing to you: yes, during this past Saturday night’s stop on his current solo tour, Corey Taylor did indeed reveal that Slipknot will be touring the U.S. this summer, and he did say that “there will be another Slipknot album,” although “we’ve still got a couple of years before” said album gets made.

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…Devin Townsend recently performed an acoustic version of the song — the first time he’s dipped into the SYL catalog since that group disbanded in 2007 — and hol-ee shee-ite, does the song just sound that much sexier with Devy whispering sweet nothings in your ear. See what’s all the fuss about below:

In semi-related news, Townsend just announce The Retinal Circus, a ridiculously-awesome sounding concert set to take place in London on October 27, 2012. There are a LOT of cool goings-on involved with this show — so many that I probably should have just written a whole post about it, but oh well — so just go here to read the press release, get all the details, and find out how you can buy tickets. This sounds like the kind of thing that might actually get me on plane to London.

-AR

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Lock Up — the supergroup (for lack of a better term) featuring Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates/Disfear fame, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury, super-famous-drummer-dude Nicolas Barker, and Pentagram’s Anton Reisenegger — have never tour the U.S. before… but that’s gonna change in February, when the band will cross the ocean to do a headlining run here in the States. The dudes involved in the group are probably enough on their own to make you wanna go see ‘em, but just in case, the band is bringing Goatwhore and Strong Intention along for support. I can’t speak intelligently about Strong Intention, but Goatwhore fucking rules so hard, so I’m pretty much already onboard with this tour.

Here are dates, courtesy of Lambgoat:

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Although I’m obviously somewhat biased, it is my firm belief that Meek is Murder’s Algorithms is one of the best albums of the year, and it’s stayed in my regular rotation pretty much since the band first let me hear this past winter. It is also my firm belief that Meek is Murder live is an INCREDIBLE experience. I’ve seen them… sheesh… I dunno now. I’ve lost count. But I’ve never had anything less than a 110% awesome time. And I still get excited every time I have a chance to se them.

The band is kicking off a six-date tour tonight in Brooklyn; then they’ll head down south this weekend. Three of these shows are with East of the Wall, who are also an INCREDIBLE live band — like “Holy shit I can’t believe this” incredible — so if you have a chance to go one of these gigs and you miss it, you should commit sepuku, for you have shamed your ancestors.

Dates are after the jump!

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Robin Leach — yes, that Robin Leach — reports in the Las Vegas Sun that Mötley Crüe “will play a nearly monthlong series of three- and four-night concerts a week” at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas… I’m assuming at The Joint, that hotel and casino’s own 4,000-person-capacity venue. The news has yet to be confirmed by any representatives from the Hard Rock or The Crüe, but it seems plausible.

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Kevin Hufnagel, the guitar player from Dysrhythmia and Gorguts, is releasing his second solo album in January via his own Nightfloat Recordings imprint. And, really, the phrase “Kevin Hufnagel is releasing an album” should prompt nothing from you but a response of “Where can I pre-order it?” ‘Cause that dude rules.

And the answer to you very appropriate question is: you can pre-order Transparencies, the second solo album Hufnagel, right at this web page, where you can also stream two songs. Everyone who pre-orders Transparencies with receive a digital download a month before the album’s official release date, plus immediate downloads of the aforementioned streaming tracks. Of course, you need to pre-order nothing to watch the above trailer for the album — which was done by Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu using photographs by Hufnagel himself — but after watching the trailer, you should go ahead and pre-order it like I was just telling you too a second ago.

Hufnagel will also be hitting the road later this week for a brief tour in support of Transparencies. You should really go see this fella live… he’s so good fingers, he makes me feel like a total Labonte. Here are dates:

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There’s still six dates left on Exhumed’s MetalSucks-presented tour with Goatwhore and Havok! The shows thus far have been completely fucking nuts, and we assume if you live near one of the remaining dates, you are going. But if for some reason you aren’t going, you should check out this sweet live footage from Metal Injection, ’cause it will make you wanna go.

See? Now you wanna go, right? So go! Remaining dates and ticketing info are available here. And you can check out more footage from the tour at Metal Injection: Goatwhore live and Havok live. Enjoy!

-AR

So there’s been a rumor going around that Lamb of God were doing a headlining tour with support coming from The Acacia Strain, and now we know that the rumor is kinda true: in January, the band will playing six club shows (read: gigs in venues smaller than the ones they usually play) on the east coast. The Acacia Strain, along with Too Late the Hero, will appear at five of those six shows. So, not a full tour, but still pretty cool.

These concerts should be a lot of fun… they’re the band’s first dates in support of their new album, Resolution, and I don’t think LoG have played in rooms this small since their As the Palaces Burn days, if not earlier. Dates are after the jump.

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