by I think I just wet myself. Here are two bands that I’ve listened to a lot this past year. Death Angel’s The Ultra-Violence completely hijacked my aural life for many weeks and Battlecross‘ War of Will has been my go-to album for several weeks now (I’ll be damned if I can get to reviewing it though). So, to get news in my inbox of a Death Angel tour supported by Battlecross is nothing short of amazing.
I know it’s not the original lineup, and many fans irrationally take offense to that, but to see a show on the Death Angel tour is going to be epic. And then to see a new band, Battlecross, taking the metal reins to take thrash metal to new places… well, let’s just say we’ll all be dumbstruck.
See below for the press release and tour dates.
Rock Hard \m/
Death Angel Tour News, with Battlecross
Battlecross are about to return home from their summer of touring as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, but won’t be idle for long. The Michigan-based upstarts will be performing at the GWAR-BQ next weekend, then will head out on a short tour in September-October with Hatebreed. To cap off an extremely successful 2013, Battlecross has announced that they will be supporting Death Angel on their fall headlining tour! Battlecross will join the tour’s other supporting acts 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation, and Diamond Plate for a tour that begins on October 18 in San Francisco and wraps on November 10 in Santa Ana, CA. Tickets are on today/tomorrow in each city.
A new performance demonstration video for “Flesh & Bone” from “War of Will” has been posted to metalblade.com/battlecross. The video features Tony Asta, Don Slater, and Hiran Deraniyagala performing their individual parts to the track that proved to be a fan favorite on the road. “Flesh & Bone” was the soundtrack to walls of death all summer long on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, and popular metal blog, skullsnbones.com, even put together a compilation of fan-filmed walls of death from different cities on the tour. Watch those videos now at skullsnbones.com HERE!
Battlecross tour dates:
w/ Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom, Huntress
08/09 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
w/ Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, The Acacia Strain
09/26 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
09/30 Madison, WI Orpheum Theatre
10/02 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
10/03 Ft. Wayne, IN Piere’s
10/04 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
10/09 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s Downunder
End tour
10/12 Trois Rivieres, QC Bâtisse Industrielle w/ Hatebreed
Death Angel tour:
with Battlecross, 3 Inches Of Blood, Revocation, Diamond Plate
10/18 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
10/19 Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky
10/20 Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
10/21 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
10/23 Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog
10/24 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
10/25 Dallas, TX @ South By So What
10/26 Oklahoma City, OK @ Chameleon Room
10/27 St Louis, MO @ FuBar
10/29 New York, NY @ Webster Hall (Marlin Room)
10/30 Springfield, VA @ Empire
10/31 Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
11/01 Wilmington, DE @ Mojo 13
11/02 Boston, MA @ Middle East
11/03 Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques
11/04 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/05 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
11/07 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
11/08 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
11/09 Tempe, AZ @ Rocky Point
11/10 Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
Rock Hard \m/
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