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Architects Joins Enter Shikari For US Tour: Confirmed For Vans Warped Tour

JonathanBarkan — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:45:58 +0000

Architects has announced that they will be touring with Enter Shikari for a US tour beginning Mar. 6th in Boston. Support will come from Heartist and Crossfaith. The band will also be on the 2013 Vans Warped Tour, which takes place this summer. All tour dates can be seen below.

Enter Shikari Tour Dates:
03/06/13 – Boston, MA @ Royale
03/07/13 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
03/08/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
03/09/13 – Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
03/10/13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
03/12/13 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
03/13/13 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/15/13 – Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live
03/16/13 – Grand Prairie, TX @ QuikTrip Park – South By So What?! 2013
03/18/13 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
03/19/13 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
03/20/13 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
03/22/13 – San Diego, CA @ Soma Sidestage
03/23/13 – West Hollywood, CA @ Roxy Theatre
03/24/13 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
03/26/13 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre

Vans Warped Tour 2013 Tour Dates:
06/15/13 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
06/16/13 – Portland, OR @ Portland Expo Center Parking Lot
06/19/13 – Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
06/20/13 – Pomona, CA @ Pomona Fairplex
06/21/13 – Pomona, CA @ Pomona Fairplex
06/22/13 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
06/23/13 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Country Fairground At Seaside Park
06/26/13 – Las Cruces, NM @ NMSU Practice Field
06/27/13 – Mesa, AZ @ Quail Run Park
06/28/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ Venue TBA
06/29/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairpark
06/30/13 – Denver, CO @ Sports Authority Field at Mile High
07/03/13 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
07/05/13 – Toronto, ON, CA @ The Flats At Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
07/06/13 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
07/07/13 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
07/09/13 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
07/10/13 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/11/13 – Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
07/12/13 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
07/13/13 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
07/14/13 – Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theatre
07/16/13 – Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
07/17/13 – Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
07/18/13 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
07/19/13 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
07/20/13 – Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
07/21/13 – Shakopee, MN @ Canterbury Park
07/23/13 – Kansas City, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
07/24/13 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/25/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
07/26/13 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park
07/27/13 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Ampitheatre
07/28/13 – Orlando, FL @ Central FL Fairgrounds
07/29/13 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/30/13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
07/31/13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheatre
08/02/13 – Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
08/03/13 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
08/04/13 – Houston, TX @ Reliant Center Parking Lot

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Cancer Bats To Tour Canada This Summer

JonathanBarkan — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:05:27 +0000

After spending the past month igniting stages across Europe with Bullet For My Valentine and Atreyu, the CANCER BATS return home this summer to bring their mountainous grooves and explosive blend of punk and metal to venues across Canada.

Before heading to the west coast to begin their tour across Canada, the CANCER BATS will perform at the 2010 S.C.E.N.E Music Festival in St. Catharines and will be part of the brand new “COOL TOUR” which will be hitting cities across the US in July. In association with Metal Blade Records, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing, and Musician’s Institute College of Contemporary Music, the “COOL TOUR” features As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Architects, and many more. The tour has one Canadian stop in Toronto.

Make sure enter the Exclusive Bloody-Disgusting Cool Tour contest HERE!

Since releasing their third studio album Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones in April, the Juno nominated CANCER BATS have graced the pages of Eye Weekly, Revolver, Kerrang!, Alternative Press, and countless other top-tier publications across the globe. They tore up the stage in front of 40,000 people at Download Festival, raged with the crowds of over 150,000 at Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park in Germany and played alongside heavyweights Every Time I Die, Billy Talent, Alexisonfire and Norma Jean. The CANCER BATS recently had a song featured in Canadian Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Splice’ starring Sarah Polley, which hit theatres June 4th and were inducted into the rock band song network, with four of their tracks now available to download for PS3 and XBOX.

“When you see the Cancer Bats’ new songs being played in front of 40,000 maniacs in the bright Download sunshine, you have the right ingredients for one of the best sets of the weekend thus far…Dropping their cover of the Beastie Boys’ ‘Sabotage’ like an atom bomb and ending with the punishing ‘Sleep This Away’, the Bats turn Donington park into their own beer-swilling, bring-a-keg party zone. Whose house is this? The motherf**king Cancer Bats’ house!”

–Metal Hammer on the Cancer Bats performance at Download 2010

CANCER BATS UPCOMING CANADIAN TOUR DATES

June 27th St.Catharines, ON S.C.E.N.E Music Festival

July 17th Toronto, ON Sound Academy – COOL TOUR

August 5th Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret

August 6th Victoria, BC The Lucky Bar

August 7th Kamloops, BC Pogue Mahone Pub

August 8th Lethbridge, AB The Blarney Stone

August 10th Red Deer, AB The Vat

August 14th Winnipeg, MB Red River Exhibition

August 15th Thunder Bay, ON The Office (Crock’s)

August 16th Sudbury, ON Jubilee Hall

August 17th Montreal, QC Le National Cabaret

August 19th Moncton, NB The Manhattan Club

August 20th Fredericton, NB Nickyzees

August 21st Halifax, NS The Pavilion

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The Cool Tour Announces Download Pack

JonathanBarkan — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:34:03 +0000

Make way for the COOL TOUR Download Pack! The package is full of amazing merchandise and goodies, all of which are listed below! Make sure to head over to the COOL TOUR Facebook page to grab the free pack! Check after the jump for all the details!

Don’t forget to enter our exclusive contest HERE! You could win a pair of tickets to the Cool Tour date that is closest to you as well as the chance to win an Ibanez Guitar.

As I Lay Dying merch coupon for $3 off a purchase over $30 at asilaydyingstore.com

Underoath merch coupon for 15% off a purchase over $20 at underoathmerch.com

Cancer Bats MP3 “Sabotage”

Invisible Children Video

Atticus Coupon for 25% off anything in the Atticus Black Webstore

Alt Press Coupon for a 1 year digital subscription for only $5

The Acacia Strain: “Dr. Doom (live),” taken from their recently released 2DVD “The Most Known Unknown.”

War Of Ages MP3 “Collapse”

Ding! Coupon for 20% off anything at dinglife.com

Facedown Records coupon for 10% off merch and music at facedownrecords.com

Blessthefall MP3 “To Hell And Back”

Fearless coupon for 10% off http://fearless.merchnow.com/

Free Fearless Records Summer 2010 sampler

2010 Cool Tour New Artist Sampler (provided by Metal Blade Records & Good Fight Records).

Tracklisting:

1 The Absence- “Enemy Unbound”

2 Aeon- “Kill Them All”

3 Allegaeon- “The God Particle”

4 Barn Burner- “Holy Smokes”

5 Bison b.c.- “Two-Day Booze”

6 Brain Drill- “Monumental Failure”

7 Charred Walls Of The Damned- “Ghost Town”

8 Dawn of Ashes- “Seething the Flesh in the River of Phlegethon”

9 Fatal Embrace- “Wake the Dead”

10 Fleshwrought- “Mental Illness”

11 Istapp- “Vinterrket”

12 Kings Of Asgaard- “Vamods Tale”

13 Lightning Swords Of Death- “Nihilistic Stench”

14 The Ocean- “Swallowed By The Earth”

15 Return To Earth- “Back Of My Hand”

16 Skyforger- “In The Underworld”

17 System Divide- “Vagaries of Perception”

18 Valkyrja- “Oceans to Dust”

19 Woe Of Tyrants- “Creatures of the Mire”

20 Cancer Bats- “Dead Wrong”

21 Son of Aurelius- “Mercy For Today”

22 I Am Abomination- “Since 1776”

23 This Or The Apocalypse- “Charmer”

24 Rosaline- “London Lost Its Fog”

Heads up! Sale of the COOL TOUR VIP “Cooler Packages” ends June 28th. The exciting packages include: 1 COOL TOUR Atticus T-shirt, 1 autographed COOL TOUR poster, and 1 souvenir laminate for $20 plus the cost of the ticket. You can buy these packages through the ticketing page for each event, which can be found here: www.ticketmaster.com/cooltour (please note Royal Oak is not a Ticketmaster venue, but packages are still available. Tempe packages not available, however previously purchased packages for Mesa will still be honored.)

You can check out AS I LAY DYING’s new video for the song “Parallels”. New album, The Powerless Rise (review HERE), in stores and online now!

Zia Records in Chandler, AZ is hosting a Cool Tour In-store signing with Between The Buried And Me, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats & War Of Ages on July 30th at 2:30PM. The event is free and all fans are welcome to hang out, shake hands, and get things signed prior to their show at the Marquee Theatre that night.

2010 witnesses the inaugural year of COOL TOUR, in association with Metal Blade Records, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing, and Musician’s Institute College of Contemporary Music, and features As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Betwen the Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages. COOL TOUR is brought to you by Ibanez, Ding, Alternative Press, altpress.com, Invisible Children, Facedown Records, Mesa Boogie, Ampeg, Live Nation, The Agency Group and Good Fight Entertainment.

COOL TOUR 2010 begins on July 12th in Orlando, FL, and comes to a halt in San Francisco, CA on August 1st. Tickets are on sale now, and are available through all Ticketmaster locations and online at www.ticketmaster.com, unless otherwise noted.

The anticipation is building, so make sure to get your tickets soon for COOL TOUR 2010; sure to be a tour you don’t want to miss!

COOL TOUR DATES:

July 12 – Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues (7 bands only; no

Acacia Strain)

July 13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle

July 14 – N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues SC

July 15 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte

July 16 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar

July 17 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy

July 18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre**

July 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston

July 21 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

July 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

July 23 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion

July 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Complex

July 25 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

July 27 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater

July 28 – Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom

July 30 – Mesa, AZ @ Marquee Theater** (NEW VENUE!!)

July 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

Aug 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

** Not Ticketmaster dates

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As I Lay Dying Debut ‘Parallels’ Video on Metal Blade TV

JonathanBarkan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:34:52 +0000

San Diego’s Grammy®-nominated group As I Lay Dying are pleased to release their first production video from the band’s latest release The Powerless Rise, which just hit streets on May 11. As I Lay Dying chose the song “Parallels” for the band’s first music video off their new album, which was shot in Pittsburgh, PA on May 18 with director David Brodsky of MyGoodEye with animation handled by Mike Milyavsky & David Brodsky. Fans can view the video HERE.

In other news: As I Lay Dying’s The Powerless Rise, which debuted at #10, has now spent the last 4 weeks in Billboard Magazine’s Top 200 Charts coming in at #67! This achievement marks yet another major feat for the metal band that refuses to compromise their sound to conform to the mainstream as they continue to deliver heavy and melodic music to their fans around the world.

On July 12, As I Lay Dying will launch the “Cool Tour” with Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages. The nationwide trek will launch this summer on July 12 in Orlando and wrap up in San Francisco on August 1. For pre-sale tickets and more information, visit: www.cooltour10.com.

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As I Lay Dying Stream Entire ‘The Powerless Rise’ Album On MySpace

JonathanBarkan — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:58:29 +0000

AS I LAY DYING’s new album THE POWERLESS RISE (out May 11 on Metal Blade) is now streaming live on their MySpace page HERE. From today at 12:00pm PST through Monday, May 10 at 6:00pm PST the entire 11-song disc including the furious new single “Parallels” will be unlocked and streaming live. The group will be featured act on the MySpace front page and music pages through May 11.

While AS I LAY DYING cross the U.S. on their headlining tour with Demon Hunter, blessthefall and War Of Ages, the group have announced a day-of-release in-store at Rolling Stones Music (7300 W. Irving Pk. Rd. Norridge, IL 60706). The in-store signing will begin at 3:30 PM sharp and continue until before the band’s headlining show later that night at the House of Blues (329 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL).

In tech news, AS I LAY DYING’s blistering first single “Beyond Our Suffering” is now available for fans to play and download for FREE on Tap Tap Revenge 3 via the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Tap Tap Revenge is a popular music game in the tradition of Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution that puts rhythmic skills to the test in all-new ways. Tap through the beats or shake left and right as the arrows fall. Download exclusive tracks or take on your friends head-to-head in Tap Tap Revenge’s unique two-player mode. For more info, visit: http://tapulous.com/taptap3.

Combined sales for the Grammy-nominated group’s last four albums now exceed 1.3 million copies. THE POWERLESS RISE marks the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed fourth album An Ocean Between Us which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Rock Chart, earning the group a Grammy® nomination for “Best Metal Performance” alongside Slayer and King Diamond. For the new album, the group re-teamed with producer Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage and mixer Colin Richardson who they’d previously worked with on An Ocean Between Us.

AS I LAY DYING–NICK HIPA (guitar), TIM LAMBESIS (vocals), JORDAN MANCINO (drums), PHIL SGROSSO (guitar) and JOSH GILBERT (bass)–will make their national TV debut when they perform live on the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, airing May 22 on VH1 Classic. On the show, AS I LAY DYING will appear with such artists as Slash, Dave Grohl, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Zombie, Zakk Wylde, Fear Factory, The Devil Wears Prada, and Brian Posehn’s all-star band featuring Scott Ian, Brendon Small, John Tempesta and Joey Vera, to name a few. For more info, visit HERE.

After AS I LAY DYING wrap their current headlining U.S Tour with Demon Hunter, blessthefall and War of Ages, the group will head overseas for shows in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, Holland, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Sweden and the U.K. On July 12, AS I LAY DYING will launch the “Cool Tour” with Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages. The nationwide trek will launch July 12 in Orlando and wrap up in San Francisco on August 1. For pre-sale tickets and more information, visit: www.cooltour10.com.

For the latest news on AS I LAY DYING, check out the newly designed website: www.AsILayDying.com.

AS I LAY DYING U.S. headlining tour with Demon Hunter, blessthefall and War of Ages and “COOL TOUR” with Between The Buried And Me, blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages (see all confirmed dates below.)

AS I LAY DYING

Tour w/ Demon Hunter, blessthefall, War Of Ages

05/07 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock

05/08 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre

05/09 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre

05/10 Nashville, TN Rocketown

05/11 Chicago, IL House Of Blues

05/12 Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze

05/13 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club

05/14 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

05/15 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air

05/16 Boise, ID Knitting Factory

05/17 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory

05/18 Eugene, OR Mcdonald Theater

05/20 Reno, NV Knitting Factory

05/21 San Diego, CA Soma

05/22 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues

End Tour

Cool Tour 2010

Tour w/ Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages

07/12 Orlando, FL House of Blues

07/13 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle

07/14 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues

07/15 Charlotte, NC Fillmore

07/16 Baltimore, MD Sonar

07/17 Toronto, ON Sound Academy

07/18 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre

07/20 Boston, MA House of Blues

07/21 Sayreville, NJ Starland Parking Lot

07/22 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

07/23 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion

07/24 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom

07/25 St. Louis, MO Pageant

07/27 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless

07/28 Dallas, TX Palladium

07/30 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre

07/31 Los Angeles, CA Palladium

08/01 San Francisco, CA Warfield

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Metal Blade Announces The Cool Tour

JonathanBarkan — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:49:33 +0000

2010 witnesses the inaugural year of Cool Tour, in association with Metal Blade Records, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing, and Musician’s Institute College of Contemporary Music, and features As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages. Cool Tour is brought to you by Ibanez, Ding, Alternative Press, altpress.com, Invisible Children, Facedown Records, Mesa Boogie, Ampeg, Live Nation, The Agency Group and Good Fight Entertainment.

Cool Tour 2010 begins on July 12th in Orlando, FL, and comes to a halt in San Francisco, CA on August 1st. A ticket pre-sale is available beginning Tuesday, April 27th, and tickets go on sale to the public Friday, April 30th -Sunday, May 2nd. Check your local listing for on sale dates near you. Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster locations and online at www.ticketmaster.com, unless otherwise noted.

Also, starting April 27th, a VIP “Cooler Package” will be on sale to the public, along with general admission pre sale tickets. Fans will be able to purchase an Atticus Cool Tour T-shirt, a signed tour poster, and a souvenir tour laminate for only $20 plus the cost of a ticket. Cooler Packages will be available through Ticketmaster while supplies last.

Starting April 26th, you can check out headliner As I Lay Dying’s brand new song “Parallels” streaming live (70% of track is available) on www.thepowerlessrise.com. Also make sure to visit www.thepowerlessrise.com to check out their headline tour starting April 29th with Demonhunter, blessthefall, and War Of Ages as support. Their upcoming CD ‘The Powerless Rise’ is out May 11th on Metal Blade Records.

Many of Cool Tour’s notable artists had a few words to say about this exciting new festival! “After taking last summer off to focus on writing new material, we’ll be back out this year in support of our latest album, The Powerless Rise,” states As I Lay Dying guitarist Phil Sgrosso. “We’ve got a killer line up of bands that share the same passion for heavy music and putting on a great show every night for the fans. You don’t want to miss a tour as good as this.”

“We’re looking forward to get out on the Cool Tour this summer,” states Underoath guitarist Tim McTague. “2010 has been a transitional year for Underoath, and we are looking forward to putting our new direction in motion.” McTague also adds, “Cool Tour is the perfect place to come out and show everyone what Underoath of the future will sound like.”

Tommy Giles Rogers, vocalist of Between The Buried And Me is beyond thrilled. “Somehow, Between The Buried And Me, the un-coolest band on the planet, is part of a tour called Cool Tour. Even though this will not make us become cool, we are stoked to be a part of the tour. Pumped to get back around the U.S. and melt your fucking faces off.”

Booking agent Tim Borror of The Agency Group had some final words to say about Cool Tour. “To say I’m excited about Cool Tour this summer would sound too plain and generic. I’m more than excited; it’s my honor to work with the people putting this thing together behind the scenes and my honor to work with these bands. I already have great relationships with a few of these bands and I’m at the beginning of starting great relationships with the rest of them. Good times with good people making great music. Fuckin’ A, the Cool Tour!”