Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour

Following up on their celebration of their 25th anniversary, Metal Blade Records is kicking off a 25th anniversary tour. Cannibal Corpse will headline, with support from The Black Dahlia Murder, Aeon, and another band TBA.

Tour dates:
9.6.07 - New Orleans, LA @ The House Of Blues
9.7.07 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
9.8.07 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
9.9.07 - Ft. Worth, TX @ The Rockyard
9.11.07 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
9.12.07 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Venue Of Scottsdale
9.13.07 - Anaheim, CA @ The House Of Blues
9.14.07 - Hollywood, CA @ The House of Blues
9.15.07 - San Diego, CA @ The House Of Blues
9.16.07 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
9.17.07 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
9.18.07 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
9.19.07 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
9.26.07 - Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
9.28.07 - Chicago, IL @ The House Of Blues
9.29.07 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
9.30.07 - Cleveland, OH @ The House Of Blues
10.2.07 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
10.3.07 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10.4.07 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
10.5.07 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
10.6.07 - Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10.7.07 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
10.9.07 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
10.10.07 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10.11.07 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

June 29 and 30 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Robot Mosh Fest V

Perhaps even cooler than the earlier announcement on the Summer Slaughter Tour is the Robot Mosh Fest V. The only downside for those in my area is that Robot Mosh is held in Wisconsin (at a Skate World. . .how metal is that?).

Another two-day festival, Robot Mosh's lineup is as follows:

Friday, June 29th:

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
A LIFE ONCE LOST
DEAD TO FALL
FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW
HEWHOCORRUPTS
RUSSIAN CIRCLES
FORDIRELIFESAKE
THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
AFTER THE BURIAL
PARIA
TOWER OF ROME
CARNIVALE
LYE BY MISTAKE
EVEREST
SHIT OUTTA LUCK


Saturday, June 30th:

NECROPHAGIST
DECAPITATED
CEPHALIC CARNAGE
CATTLE DECAPITATION
ARSIS
ION DISSONANCE
THE FACELESS
BENEATH THE MASSACRE
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK
VEIL OF MAYA
AN END TO FLESH
HARLOTS
WITH DEAD HANDS RISING
PLAGUE BRINGER
EMPIRE
WINDS OF PLAGUE
EMMURE
CATHERINE
BENEATH THE SKY
BORN OF OSIRIS

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival Dates & Lineup

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will be on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 at the Palladium in Worcester, MA. Some bands have been confirmed (thanks to Lambgoat for the heads up). It will be interesting to see Bury Your Dead and Bloodlined Calligraphy with their new singers.

Some bands confirmed for Friday are:
Bury Your Dead
Devil Driver
Satyricon
Walls of Jericho
Kataklysm
Kylesa
Skinless
The Devil Wears Prada
All Shall Perish
100 Demons
Nora
The Human Abstract
Still Remains
Thy Will Be Done
Nachtmystium
December Aeterali
Merauder
Death Before Dishonor
Suicide Silence
Beneath the Massacre
Skeletonwitch
Stick to Your Guns
The Faceless
Blood Runs Black
Dead Hearts
xDeathStarx
Palehorse
Bloodlined Calligraphy
The Funeral Pyre

Saturday's performers include:
Unearth
Cannibal Corpse
The Black Dahlia Murder
The Red Chord
Job for a Cowboy
Lizzy Borden
Goatwhore
I Killed the Prom Queen
Shai Halud
Since the Flood
Demiricous
Hallows Eve
Cellador
Beyond the Embrace
The Architect
Animosity
Psyopus
If Hope Dies
Ed Gein
The Absence
Gaza
Forever in Terror
Apiary
Sons of Azreal
The Destro
The Network