WHAT DO CHIMAIRA, FEAR FACTORY, HIGH ON FIRE, IMPENDING DOOM, AND TOTA ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

They’re all touring with Daath! Not all at once, unfortunately. In two separate groups. But still! These are good bills.

The U.S. tour will see Chimaira headlining with Impending Doom, Daath, and This or The Apocalypse providing support.The Chimaira/Daath bill alone is enough to get my money. When those bands toured Europe together last year, I was jealous of the Europeans. Now I’m jealous of people who live in Poughkeepsie, which has never happened before and may never happen again.

Europe, meanwhile, gets a Fear Factory headlining run with Daath and High on Fire. Those aren’t three bands you’d necessarily expect to see touring together, but they’re all bands of a certain quality, and that’s what makes this tour cool. When I criticized the line-up for Fear Factory’s U.S. tour earlier this year, a member of one of the supporting bands e-mailed me to a) call me a dick, and b) ask who I thought Fear Factory should be touring with. Well… THIS is who I think Fear Factory should be touring with. THIS is an exciting tour. I’m not even a Fear Factory fan, and I’d go to this.

So if you’re in a position to go to either tour, do it. Buy some merch. Give Eyal a high-five. It’ll be fun.

Get dates for both tours after the jump.

Chimaria, Impending Doom, Daath, This or The Apocalypse

Wed/Nov-24 –  Chicago IL
Fri/Nov-26 –  Columbus OH
Sat/Nov-27 –  Detroit MI
Sun/Nov-28 –  Pittsburgh PA
Mon/Nov-29 –  Toronto ON
Tue/Nov-30 –  Montreal QC
Wed/Dec-01 –  Poughkeepsie NY
Thu/Dec-02 – West Springfield VA
Fri/Dec-03 –  Allentown PA
Sat/Dec-04 –  Lancaster PA

Fear Factory, High on Fire, Daath

06.12. LUX Luxembourg, Den Atelier
07.12. BEL Antwerp, Trix
08.12. GER Saarbrucken, Garage
09.12. AUT Wien, Arena
11.12. SWI Zurich, Dynamo
12.12. ITA Bologna, Estragon
13.12. GER Köln, Essigfabrik
14.12. FRA Paris, Elysee Montmartre
15.12. GBR Nottingham, Rock City
16.12. SCO Glasgow, QMU
18.12. GBR Manchester, O2 Academy
19.12. GBR London, Forum
20.12. GBR Bristol, O2 Academy

-AR