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On The Road… with The Summer Slaughter Tour
The heaviest tour of the summer rolls across the USA as the 9th annual Summer Slaughter package makes its way from sea to shining sea. We attended the Worcester MA date at the Palladium. Although there have been years past when the tour was much more brutal and years where the bands on the tour was more proggy, but the 2015 line-up ha proven to be solid. Touring behind 2014’s War Eternal (Century Media) album, Arch Enemy continue to be a worthy headline act for this type of tour. They have their full production with them and the showmanship of Alissa White-Gluz and guitarists Michael Amott and Jeff Loomis shows. Born of Osiris and Veil of Maya bring the deathcore fans out and into the pit. One of the highlights of the Worcester date was that for The Acacia Strain, it was practically a hometown show, in a venue they often fill up by themselves. As usual, it was a mix of carnage and hilarity. For a lot of people, the most anticipated band of the day was Cattle Decapitation. With their new album out, The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade), this is just the beginning of a long cycle of tours for the band. Beyond Creation was also warmly received by the early crowd. The Worcester date was captured for Ghost Cult here by Meg Loyal of Meg Loyal Photography, and looks like it was a sick time all around.
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Amnesia Rockfest Confirm More Acts, Documentary Trailer Streaming
Amnesia Rockfest has released their full schedule for the full event, happening June 18-21, 2015 in Montebello, QC. The newest additions to the lineup include:
The Dookies (featuring members of Goldfinger playing Green Day‘s album Dookie in full late-night on the Friday, on top of their regular set)
Big D & The Kids Table (A tribute to Operation Ivy late-night on the Saturday, with possibly some special guests)
Beyond Creation
Insurrection
Slayer
Carcass
Down (with Phil Anselmo of Pantera)
Parkway Drive
Bolt Thrower
Hatebreed
The Ataris
RVIVR
War On Women
An Amnesia Rockfest documentary titled Montebello Rock Village: the story of Rockfest is currently in the works, and stream the trailer below. Ongoing project since 2010, the film will finally see the light of day this Fall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival. The film will tell the unique story of the event, from its modest beginnings with 500 festival-goers to present-day, now the largest rock festival in Canada.
Over 200 bands will be featured in the documentary. Members of Bad Religion, The Offspring, Pennywise, Korn, NOFX and Lagwagon appear in the trailer.
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Arch Enemy, Born Of Osiris, The Acacia Strain, etc Confirmed For 2015 Summer Slaughter Tour
Arch Enemy has been confirmed to headline the 2015 Summer Slaughter Tour with Born Of Osiris, Veil Of Maya, The Acacia Strain, Obscura, After The Burial, Cattle Decapitation and Beyond Creation. This also marks Arch Enemy’s first North American trek with new guitarist Jeff Loomis.
“Summer Slaughter 2015” tour dates feat. Arch Enemy, Born Of Osiris, Veil Of Maya, The Acacia Strain, Obscura, After The Burial, Cattle Decapitation, Beyond Creation
Jul 28: The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
Jul 30: Val Air Ballroom – Des Moines, IA
Jul 31: Skyway Theater – Minneapolis, MN
Aug 01: Mojoes – Joliet, IL
Aug 02: The Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
Aug 03: The Northland Performing Arts Center – Columbus, OH
Aug 05: Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Aug 07: Heavy MTL – Montreal, QC
Aug 08: The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Aug 09: Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Aug 12: Webster Hall – New York, NY w/ The All Stars Tour
Aug 13: Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Aug 15: The International – Knoxville, TN
Aug 17: Gas Monkey Live! – Dallas, TX
Aug 18: Empire Control Room & Garage – Austin, TX
Aug 20: The Marquee – Tempe, AZ
Aug 21: House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Aug 22: City National Grove Of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
Aug 23: The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
More dates coming soon!
Arch Enemy live in Europe:
May 31: Komma – Wörgl, Austria (support by Drone)
Jun 01: Barba Negra Track – Budapest, Hungary (support by Drone)
Jun 03: Orpheum – Graz, Austria (supported by Unearth and Drone)
Jun 04: Out & Loud Festival – Geiselwind (DE)
Jun 05: Metalfest Open Air – Pilsen (CZ)
Jun 06: Plein Air de Rock Festival – Jarny (FR)
Jun 19: Nummirock Metal Festival – Nummijarvi (FI)
Jun 20: Graspop Metal Meeting – Dessel (BE)
Jun 21: Hellfest – Clisson (FR)
Jun 25: Bravalla Festival – Norrköping (SE)
Jun 26: TopFest – Piestany (SL)
Jul 03: Pfeffelbach Open Air – Pfeffelbach (DE)
Jul 05: With Full Force Festival – Roitzschjora (DE)
Jul 17: Metal Collision Festival – Frankfurt (DE)
Jul 18: Dynamo Metal Fest – Eindhoven (NE)
Jul 19: Two Days A Week Festival – Wiesen (AT)
Jul 23: Metaldays – Tolmin (SL)
Jul 24: Lanzenanger Festival – Burglengenfeld (DE)
Aug 27 – 31: Full Metal Cruise III – Scandinavia
Aug 31: Headbangers Weekend – Istanbul (TU)
Nov 13: Principal Club Theater (GR)
Nov 14: Gargarin 205 – Athens (GR)
Nightwish, Arch Enemy, Amorphis “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” European tour 2015
Nov 16: Falconer – Copenhagen (DK)
Nov 18: O2 World – Hamburg (DE)
Nov 19: Heineken Music Hall – Amsterdam (NL)
Nov 20: Heineken Music Hall – Amsterdam (NL)
Nov 21: König-Pilsener-Arena – Oberhausen (DE)
Nov 23: Hall Tony Garnier – Lyon (FR)
Nov 25: POPB-Bercy – Paris (FR)
Nov 26: Le Zénith – Toulouse (FR)
Nov 28: St. Jakobshalle – Basel (SI)
Nov 29: Unipol Arena – Bologna (IT)
Dec 01: Zenith – Munich (DE)
Dec 03: Schleyerhalle – Stuttgart (DE)
Dec 04: Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt (DE)
Dec 05: Arena – Nürnberg (DE)
Dec 07: Tip Sport Arena Prague – Prague (CZ)
Dec 10: Polivalenta Hall – Bucharest (RO)
Dec 14: Arena – Leipzig (DE)
Dec 15: Max – Schmeling-Halle – Berlin (DE)
Dec 16: Rockhal – Luxembourg (LX)
Dec 17: Lotto Arena – Antwerp (BE)
Dec 19: Wembley Arena – London (UK)
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The Summer Slaughter Tour is back for its 9th installment and joining us this year will be Arch Enemy, Born of Osiris,…
Posted by The Summer Slaughter Tour on Friday, May 22, 2015
Beyond Creation – The Aura
Beyond Creation is Canadian technical metal goodness. Having just signed to Relapse Records, this Montreal, Quebec quartet unleashed a sonic beast of beauty here, with their re-issue of The Aura. It’s really ballsy and impressive to have songs from just under two minutes run all the way to ten minute long epics, and not be the least bit boring. The production is so full and crisp; it has that “in the room” feeling you just can’t fake. I can gush about this debut easily, and I shall. This album screams “we practiced ten hours a day!”, but the important thing here is not just that they are true to their tech death roots, but they can actually write great songs. Many bands have the talent to do it, but few can pull it off.Continue reading