ENSLAVED ARE TOURING! SOME BAND CALLED DIMMU BORGIR WILL BE THERE, TOO.

I kid, I kid. There’s really no reason for me to be so down on Dimmu Borgir; I enjoyed that song in the Hellboy trailer as much as the next guy.

But I can’t understand why anyone would be more excited to see Dimmu Borgir than Enslaved. It’s just, like, over my head.

So. Dimmu are doing a U.S. headlining tour starting in November, with support coming from Enslaved, Blood Red Throne, and Dawn of Ashes. I don’t really like Blood Red Throne but Dawn of Ashes’ new album, Genocide Chapters, is a lot of fun for a record with the word “genocide” in the title. So I’ll give Dimmu Borgir some credit and predict that this tour will ultimately be at least 62.5% awesome (that’s 25% for Enslaved, 25% for Dawn of Ashses, and 12.5% for Dimmu Borgir). Is that enough awesome to make you buy a ticket? That’s your own decision, but I think if you have a chance to go see Enslaved live and you pass it up, you’re a dope.

Here are dates:

November 05th Worcester, MA – The Palladium
November 06th Albany, NY – Northern Lights
November 07th Towson, MD – Recher Theater
November 08th New York, NY – Terminal 5
November 10th Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
November 12th Pittsburg, PA – Mr. Smalls
November 13th Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
November 14th Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
November 15th Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
November 16th Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze
November 18th Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
November 19th Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Center
November 21st Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
November 22nd Spokane, WA – The Knitting Factory
November 23rd Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
November 24th Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
November 26th Reno, NV – The Knitting Factory
November 27th Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater
November 28th San Francisco, CA – The Regency Grand Ballroom
December 01st Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
December 02nd Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
December 03rd Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
December 04th Englewood, CO – Gothic Theater
December 06th Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
December 07th Houston, TX – House Of BLues
December 09th Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
December 10th Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
December 11th Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
December 12th Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
December 13th Montreal, QC – Metropolis
December 14th Quebec City, QC – Imperial

-AR