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Latest Killswitch Engage News
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Spineshank Added To Music As A Weapon Tour
Reunited American heavy metal act Spineshank are the latest band to be added to this year's edition of the Music As A Weapon tour. Headlining the festival will be Disturbed and they will be joined by Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira as well as Suicide Silence and Bury Your Dead.
The latest Music As A Weapon 2009 tour dates are as follows:
March 20 - Madison, WI @ Alliance Energy Center
March 21 - Waterloo, IA @ McCelroy Arena
March 23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
March 25 - Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
March 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Jobbing.com Arena
March 29 - Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Auditorium
March 31 - Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theatre More...
Slipknot, Down And More Added To Graspop 2009
The organizers of this years Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Dessel, Belgium has announced some more bands for the festival in the form of Slipknot, Down, Exodus, Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Motley Crue, Gojira, The Gathering, Buckcherry, Marilyn Manson, Jon Olivia's Pain, Pestilence and August Burns Red.
The lineup is now as follows:
Heaven And Hell
Motley Crue
Slipknot
Marilyn Manson
Down
Exodus
Lacuna Coil
Dream Theater
Disturbed
Hatebreed
God Forbid
Anthrax
Sacred Reich
Mastodon
Gojira
Buckcherry
Pestilence
August Burns Red
Papa Roach
Jon Olivia's Pain
Volbeat
W.A.S.P.
Trivium
Devildriver
Epica
Blind Guardian
Wolves In The Throne Room
Legion of The Damned
Laaz Rockit
Scar Symmetry
Kataklysm
Firewind
Parkway Drive
Samael
Dagoba
Taake
Eths
Negura Bunget
KSE, Chimaira Music As A Weapon Off-Dates
Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil, and Chimaira have announced a number of headlining dates in between Music As A Weapon 4 tour dates. Here are the latest:
3/22 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre
3/30 Lubbock, TX @ The Pavilion
4/10 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
4/26 Richmond, VA @ The National
5/01 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s
5/11 Sioux Falls, SD @ Ramkota Exhibit Hall
In related news, Chimaira points out that the press has neglected to mention that they are rotating with Lacuna Coil on the Music As A Weapon tour. This means that they'll be the second main stage act on half of the dates, with Cleveland as one of those nights.
Lacuna Coil And KSE Announce Off-Dates
Lacuna Coil and Killswitch Engage has announced that they will be joining up for some co-headlining shows this year in North America. These shows will be taking place on some of the "off-dates" that the bands have from the Music As A Weapon tour.
The schedule for the festival and co-headlining shows are as follows:
March (Music As A Weapon IV)
20 - Alliant Energy Center - Madison, Wisconsin
21 - McElroy Arena - Waterloo, Iowa
22 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, Kansas (Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage only)
23 - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
25 - The Fillmore - Denver, Colorado
28 - Jobbing.com Arena - Glendale, Arizona
29 - Tingley Auditorium - Albuquerque, New Mexico
30 - Pavillion - Lubbock, Texas (Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage only)
31 - Nokia Theatre - Dallas, Texas
April
1 - Hartmann Arena - Witchita, Kansas
3 - Centurytel Center - Bossier City, Louisiana
4 - Riverfest Amphitheater - Little Rock, Arkansas
5 - Uno Lakefront - New Orleans, Louisiana
7 - Pensacola Civic Center - Pensacola, Florida
8 - Gwinnnett - Atlanta, Georgia
10 - House Of Blues - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage only)
11 - Amway Arena - Orlando, Florida
13 - Bojangles Coliseum - Charlotte, North Carolina
14 - 1st Mariner Arena - Baltimore, Maryland
15 - Tsongas Arena - Lowell, Massachusetts
17 - Bryce Jordan Center (PSU) - University Park, Pennsylvania
18 - Cumberland County Civic Center - Portland, Maine
20 - Erie Civic Center Complex - Erie, Pennsylvania
21 - Arena At Harbor Yard - Bridgeport, Connecticut
22 - Izod Center - East Rutherford, New Jersey
24 - Crown Coliseum - Fayetteville, North Carolina
25 - Sovereign Center - Reading, Pennsylvania
26 - The National or Toad's Place - Richmond, Virginia (Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage only)
27 - Glens Falls Civic Center - Glens Falls, New York
28 - Petersen Events Center - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
30 - Kellogg Arena - Battle Creek, Michigan
May
1 - Pierre's - Ft. Wayne, Indiana (Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage only)
2 - Cobo Arena - Detroit, Michigan
3 - Wolstein Center (CSU) - Cleveland, Ohio
5 - Value City Arena - Columbus, Ohio
6 - Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, Illinois
8 - Target Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota
9 - National Balloon Classic Field - Des Moines, Iowa
10 - Resch Center - Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 - LaCrosse Center - LaCrosse, Wisconsin
13 - Roberts Stadium - Evansville, Indiana
15 - Mid America Center - Council Bluffs, Indiana
16 - Charter One Pavillion - Chicago, Illinois
More Bands Confirmed For Music As A Weapon Tour
The Music As A Weapon tour has announced that Suicide Silence and Bury Your Dead will be a part of the trek alongside Lacuna Coil, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage and headliners Disturbed. More bands are expected to be announced soon.
The tour dates are as follows:
March 20 - Madison, WI @ Alliance Energy Center
March 21 - Waterloo, IA @ McCelroy Arena
March 23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
March 25 - Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
March 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Jobbing.com Arena
March 29 - Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Auditorium
March 31 - Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theatre More...
Korn, KSE And More To Perform At Rock Am Ring
The lineup for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals are shaping up quite nicely as the organizers have announced some more additions. Korn, Marilyn Manson, Dragonforce and Killswitch Engage have all been confirmed to perform at the festivals, as have the returning Limp Bizkit. Rock Am Ring will be held in the town of Nurburgring and Rock Im Ring will be held in Nurnberg with the shows being held over June 5th-7th.
The lineup is now as follows:
Billy Talent
Bloc Party
Bring Me The Horizon
Dragonforce
Dredg
Enter Shikari
Flogging Molly
Gallows
Jan Delay & Disko No.1
Juliette Lewis
Kettcar
Kilians
Killswitch Engage
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Mando Diao
Marilyn Manson
Middle Class Rut
Peter, Bjorn and John
Peter Fox
Placebo
Polarkreis 18
Scouting For Girls
Selig
Slipknot
The Gaslight Anthem
The Killers
The Kooks
The Prodigy
The Script
The Subways
Tomte
Trivium
Volbeat
First Bands Confirmed For Nova Rock Festival 2009
The first round of bands have been confirmed for the 2009 Nova Rock Festival in Austria. The festival will take place from June 19th - 21st. The following bands have been announced so far:
Metallica
Slipknot
Disturbed
Trivium
Mastodon
Killswitch Engage
Black Stone Cherry
Bring Me The Horizon
Placebo
Gogol Bordello
In Extremo
The Living End
Black Tide
Music As A Weapon 4 Tour Dates Revealed
The routing for the Music As A Weapon 4 tour, featuring Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Chimaira and Lacuna Coil has been revealed.
Chimaira plans on filling in some shows between dates. Stay tuned for ticket sales and tour updates.
Here's the current Music As A Weapon 4 tour routing: More...
Disturbed Reveals Music As A Weapon Lineup
Disturbed has announced the details for the 4th Music As A Weapon tour. There will be four bands performing on the mainstage: joining headliners Disturbed will be Killswitch Engage, Chimaira and Lacuna Coil. In addition to the mainstage acts, there will be a tattoo and music festival as well. Some of the world's best tattoo artists will be traveling with the tour, including Oliver Peck and Hart & Huntington. They will be joined by some of the top local tattoo artists in each market. Everyone attending the show will have the opportunity to schedule an appointment in advance with the tattoo artist of their choice and get some new ink at the shows. Tattooing will happen as local ordinances allow. There will also be an extreme sports exhibition including Freestyle and Half Pipe from top action sports stars, a second stage with additional bands performing, a vendor village and much more.
Full details, tour dates and on-sale dates will be coming soon. All information and future announcements regarding the tour can be found at the official MAAW web site, www.musicasaweapon4com. The website will go live on January 27th.
Slipknot, KSE, Trivium Confirmed For Rock Am Ring
SLIPKNOT, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM are among the first confirmed bands for next year's Rock am Ring and Rock IM Park festivals, set to take place June 5-7, 2009 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively.
As previously announced, Slipknot will be making a headlining run across North America early next year with Trivium and Coheed and Cambria in tow.
Killswitch Engage Begins Recording New Album
Killswitch Engage has announced that they have entered the studio to record their new studio album, which will be the bands fourth album to be released via Roadrunner Records. The band will work with an outside producer for the first time as they've hired Brendan O' Brien, who has previously worked with the likes of AC/DC, Stone Temple Pilots and Audioslave. Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz will take on the role of co-producer. The album is excpected to be released in the Spring of next year and is being recorded in Georgia and their native state of Massachusetts.
Killswitch Engage To Tour With Disturbed
Killswitch Engage is the first band to be confirmed for Disturbed's "Music As A Weapon" tour which will kick off next year, likely around March. No more acts have been confirmed for the huge tour yet but stay tuned for updates. Disturbed launches the tour every time they release a new album and in the past has featured other big names such as Stone Sour and Drowning Pool.
More Roadrunner United DVD Footage Posted Online
Another clip from the forthcoming Roadrunner United DVD has been posted online. You can check it out below. The DVD chronicles the one night only concert when members of the Roadrunner roster, past and present, joined forces to perform classic songs from Roadrunner history. The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Punishment (originally by Biohazard)
Evan Seinfeld- Vocals
Billy Graziadei- Vocals
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Adam Duce- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums
2. Set It Off (originally by Madball)
Jamey Jasta- Vocals
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Paul Gray- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums More...
Another Roadrunner United DVD Clip Posted Online
Another clip of the Roadrunner United DVD has been posted online and is available for viewing below. The DVD contains a full live concert aswell as backstage footage and interviews and features the following tracklisting:
1. Punishment (originally by Biohazard)
Evan Seinfeld- Vocals
Billy Graziadei- Vocals
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Adam Duce- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums
2. Set It Off (originally by Madball)
Jamey Jasta- Vocals
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Paul Gray- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums
3. River Runs Red (originally by Life Of Agony)
Keith Caputo- Vocals
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Scott Ian- Guitar
Paul Gray- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums More...
New Roadrunner United DVD Clips Posted Online
Previews of the forthcoming Roadrunner United have been posted online and are available to view below. The DVD features an all-star lineup of Roadrunner Records alumni and members of the current roster performing some of the biggest songs ever to be released by Roadrunner Records. The DVD also features a 75 minute documentary which includes behind the scenes footage and interviews.
The tracklisting for the concert is as follows:
1. Punishment (originally by Biohazard)
Evan Seinfeld- Vocals
Billy Graziadei- Vocals
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Adam Duce- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums
2. Set It Off (originally by Madball)
Jamey Jasta- Vocals
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Paul Gray- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums
3. River Runs Red (originally by Life Of Agony)
Keith Caputo- Vocals
Andreas Kisser- Guitar
Dino Cazares- Guitar
Scott Ian- Guitar
Paul Gray- Bass
Joey Jordison- Drums More...
Roadrunner United DVD To Be Released
More than three years ago, Roadrunner Records celebrated their 25th anniversary by corralling 56 musicians from 44 different bands spanning the label's entire 25-year history to release "Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions."
Now, Roadrunner Records has announced that a new live DVD entitled, "Roadrunner United The Concert" will be released on December 9th.
The double disc DVD features the concert in Times Square where members and alumni of Roadrunner Records gathered to perform some of the label's best known tracks, including former Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach dueting with current vocalist Howard Jones on the song "My Last Serenade" and a variety of vocalists and musicians joining together to perform classic songs from the likes of King Diamond, Soulfly, Type O Negative, Machine Head, Slipknot and Sepultura.
Also on the DVD will be a 75 minute documentary which includes interviews and behind the scenes fottage. More details will follow as they're announced.
Mike D Talks About Overcast's Future
MTV.com reports: It's been two years since influential Massachusetts metallers Overcast announced they'd be reuniting for a single release — a collection of re-recorded tracks culled from the band's poorly produced back-catalog.
But on Tuesday, after what was a prolonged, yet modest, bidding war (or as close to a bidding war as you can get in metal), Overcast's reunion LP, "Reborn to Kill Again," finally landed in stores. And while the band has a handful of reunion shows booked through August 30 in Waterbury, Connecticut, with Dissolve, the reunion is going to be short-lived — at least for the time being.
With frontman Brian Fair's first priority being Shadows Fall, the band he joined after Overcast's 1998 demise, and bassist Mike D'Antonio's other band, Killswitch Engage, set to start work on their next studio effort in October, Overcast's reunion can't carry on forever. But D'Antonio said there's a chance the band could release new material down the line.
"When we recorded it, we just tried to get the songs sounding as good as they possibly could, and there are two songs we'd never recorded that are on this record," he said. "We had talked about doing another record, and there's another record on the table under our contract with Metal Blade. We can do it if we want. If we don't, whatever. But we have discussed doing another record, and I'm kind of excited about tinkering with ideas for it. That said, if we did start writing a new album, and it wasn't turning out like an Overcast record, I don't think we'd put it out. It really needs to have a certain vibe. It can't be another metalcore record, like the things that are going on these days. It really needs to have that old-school mentality, which we had held true back then. If not, it's not even worth it."
Read the full article at MTV.com.
Big Names Confirmed For Rock Band: Metal Health
Kotaku.com reports: "Gamers in need of a good face melting will be in for a treat with next week's Rock Band DLC update. It features the Roadrunner 6 Pack, a collection of metal more harsh than biting down on a ball of aluminum foil. It's that intense. The six pack of tracks will sell at 480 Microsoft Points or $5.99 actual bucks, with each track available for 80 MSP or $0.99. It's a time limited offer, as these tracks go up to $1.99 next month or 800 MSP / $9.99 for the full six-pack.
Roadrunner 6 Pack:
'Runnin’ Wild' by AIRBOURNE
'Clouds Over California' by DEVILDRIVER
'Constant Motion' by DREAM THEATER
'My Curse' by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
'Aesthetics Of Hate' by MACHINE HEAD
'Sleepwalker' by MEGADETH
Watch for 'em at a digital distribution venue near you, starting next Tuesday."
3 Inches of Blood Adds Three European Tour Dates
3 Inches of Blood's first European tour in nearly three years gets underway in just a few days. They will be traveling the continent with Bay-Area thrash legends Exodus, doing festivals and club dates. 3 Inches of Blood has added three last minute shows:
Aug. 01 Herford, Germany - Club X (w/ Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying)
Aug. 04 Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk (w/ Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying)
Aug. 18 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea (w/ Exodus)
Here's a list of the upcoming 3 Inches of Blood tour dates: More...
Headline News
Overcast Signs To Metal Blade
Metal Blade has announced the signing of legendary Boston Massachusetts metal act OVERCAST to its roster. On August 19th OVERCAST will release their Metal Blade debut, "Reborn to Kill Again," a collection of 11 re-recorded classic tracks and two previously unreleased tracks produced by Adam Dutkiewicz.
"Finally, after much waiting and wondering if it would ever see the light of day, Overcast is Reborn to Kill Again!!! We are all very excited to be working with Metal Blade Records for this release. It is a legendary label that has been home to some of the most influential bands in metal history. It was actually Metal Blade who gave Overcast our first release on CD as part of one of the Metal Massacre comps way back in the day so it seems as if everything is coming full circle. The time has come once again for the beast known as Overcast to rise again. You have been warned." comments Brian Fair
"We are greatly honored to be able to work with and put out such a legendary artist as Overcast" comments Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records. More...
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