Annihilator to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary Of “Alice In Hell” with a Special Set a Topfest 2024


Thrash and Heavy Metal legends Annihilator will celebrate 35 years of the release of their Alice In Hell album, exclusively at Topfest 2024 in Slovakia next June. Former Iced Earth frontman and fellow Canadian Stu Block will sing the entire Alice In Hell album playthrough, along with the return of original drummer Ray Hartmann. The set will also feature some “best of” tracks picked by fans. Watch a trailer for the festival event here and read a statement from the band below.Continue reading


Arch Enemy, Born Of Osiris, The Acacia Strain, etc Confirmed For 2015 Summer Slaughter Tour


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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.

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“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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Music Video + Tour: Texas In July – Nooses + Updated Tour Dates


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Texas In July is streaming their new music video for “Nooses” off their fourth and final full length album Bloodwork, out now via Equal Vision Records below. The band is currently in the midst of a US tour and dates are posted below.

TOUR DATES
Gideon w/Texas In July, Kublai Kahn, and Silent Planet
May 16: Brooklyn Asylum – Brooklyn, NY (Texas In July only)
May 17: Planet Trog – Allentown PA (Texas In July only)
May 19: Bogies – Albany, NY
May 20: Le Ritz PDB – Montreal, QC
May 21: Ritual – Ottawa, ON
May 22: Sneaky Dee’s – Toronto, ON
May 23: Hartland Performing Arts – Howell, MI
May 30: The Champ – Lemoyne, PA (Texas In July only)

Texas In July: European Farewell tour
Jun 19: Jera On Air – Ysselsteyn (NL)
Jun 20: Morecore Fest – Köln (DE)
Jun 21: Graspop – Dessel (BE)
Jun 22: Amadeus – Oldenburg (DE) (Texas In July w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jun 24: Musikzentrum – Hannover (DE) (Texas In July w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jun 25: Barrak – Ostrava (CZ) (Texas In July w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jun 26: Topfest – Piestany (SK)
Jun 27: KVLT – Budapest (HU) (Texas In July w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jun 28: Circolo Svolta (Dissonance Fest) – Milan (IT) (Texas In July w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jun 29: Dynamo Werk 21 – Zurich (CH) (Texas In July w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jun 30: Backstage – München (DE) (Texas In July w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jul 01: Arena – Wien (AT) (Texas In July w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jul 02: Reading 3 Club – Tel Aviv (IL) (Texas In July w/Chelsea Grin only)
Jul 03: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden (DE) (Texas In July w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jul 04: With Full Force Festival – Roitzschjora (DE)

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Audio + Euro Tour: Arch Enemy – Stolen Life (2015 Version)


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Arch Enemy is streaming a new music video for “Stolen Life (2015 Version)”, which features additional lead/solo parts by the band’s new guitarist Jeff Loomis. The band has an extensive schedule of upcoming European tour dates which is posted below.

May 05: Le Splendid – Lille (FR) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 06: L’Empreinte – Savigny-Le-Temple (FR) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 07: Le Fil – St Etienne (FR) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 08: Le Moloco – Audincourt (FR) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 09: JUZ Live Club – Andernach (DE)
May 10: ZAK – Uelsen (DE) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 11: Komplex 457 – Zurich (SI) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 14: Les Docks – Lausanne (SI) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 15: Audiodrome – Torino (IT) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 16: Rock Planet – Pinarella di Cervia (RA)(IT) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 17: La Paloma – Nimes (FR) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 18: La Krakatoa – Bordeaux (FR) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 21: Paradise Garage – Lisbon (PT) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 22: Hardclub – Porto (PT) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 23: Capitol – Santiago de Compostela (ES) (With Unearth and Drone)
May 31: Komma – Wörgl (AT) (support by Drone)
Jun 02: Barba Negra Track – Budapest (HU) (support by Drone)
Jun 03: Orpheum – Graz (AT) (With 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 (NL)
Jul 19: Two Days A Week Festival – Wiesen (AT)
Jul 23: Metaldays – Tolmin (SL)
Jul 24: Lanzenanger Festival – Burglengenfeld (DE)

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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Texas In July Announces Upcoming Farewell Tour Dates


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Texas In July has announced their final shows as a band, with an upcoming European tour as well as select shows with Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers, as well as a brief run with Gideon. The Ephrata, PA-based band originally formed in 2007 and signed to Equal Vision Records in 2010. Texas In July is currently comprised of JT Cavey (vocals), Adam Gray (drums), Chris Davis (lead guitar), and Benjamin Witkowski (bass).

TOUR DATES
Gideon w/Texas In July, Kublai Kahn, and Silent Planet
May 08: The End – Nashville, TN
May 09: Zydeco – Birmingham, AL
May 10: The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
May 12: The Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO
May 13: Double Happiness – Columbus, OH
May 14: Basement Transmissions – Erie, PA
May 15: Empire – West Springfield, VA
May 16: Brooklyn Asylum – Brooklyn, NY (Texas In July only)
May 17: Planet Trog – Allentown PA (Texas In July only)
May 19: Bogies – Albany, NY
May 20: Le Ritz PDB – Montreal, QC
May 21: Ritual – Ottawa, ON
May 22: Sneaky Dee’s – Toronto, ON
May 23: Hartland Performing Arts – Howell, MI

Texas In July: European Farewell tour
Jun 19: Jera On Air – Ysselsteyn (NL)
Jun 20: Morecore Fest – Köln (DE)
Jun 21: Graspop – Dessel (BE)
Jun 22: Amadeus – Oldenburg (DE) (w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jun 24: Musikzentrum – Hannover (DE) (w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers
Jun 25: Barrak – Ostrava (CZ) (w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jun 26: Topfest – Piestany (SK)
Jun 27: KVLT – Budapest (HU) (w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jun 28: Circolo Svolta – Milan (IT) (Dissonance Fest)(w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jun 29: Dynamo Werk 21 – Zurich (CH) (w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jun 30: Backstage – München (DE) (w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jul 01: Bach – Wien (AT) (w/Walking With Strangers only)
Jul 02: Reading 3 Club – Tel Aviv (IL) (w/Chelsea Grin only)
Jul 03: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden (DE) (w/Chelsea Grin and Walking With Strangers)
Jul 04: With Full Force Festival – Roitzschjora (DE)

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