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Onslaught's North American Tour Kicking Off Tonight In Seattle

posted Mar 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM by xFiruath.  (7 Comments)

The first ever North American tour for England’s thrash commanders Onslaught finally begins tonight, erupting in the city of Seattle. Following the kickoff this evening, the tour will blast its way through nineteen other metal havens across the continent towards the East Coast, wrapping up in Brooklyn in three weeks, with direct support from all ex-Venom supergroup M-pire Of Evil.

Onslaught’s exclusive 90-minute set for the Scream For Violence 2012 North American tour spans the band's back catalog, including the classic "Power from Hell," "The Force," and "In Search of Sanity" LPs, in addition to the band's crushing comeback albums "Killing Peace" and "Sounds of Violence."

Onslaught is also amassing as much video footage as possible from this tour for an upcoming release. Dates are as follows:

3/19/2012 Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
3/20/2012 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
3/21/2012 The Pound – Oakland, CA
3/22/2012 Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
3/23/2012 Jumping Turtle – San Diego, CA
3/24/2012 910 Live – Tempe, AZ
3/26/2012 The Korova – San Antonio, TX
3/27/2012 *TBA – Laredo, TX
3/29/2012 Fubar – St. Louis, MO
3/30/2012 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
3/31/2012 House of Rock – Dayton, OH
4/01/2012 Blondies – Detroit, MI
4/03/2012 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON
4/04/2012 The Katacombs – Montreal, QC
4/06/2012 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
4/07/2012 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY

Onslaught's fifth studio album "Sounds Of Violence" was released in North American in February 2011 via AFM Records.

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7 Comments on "Onslaught Tour Kicking Off Tonight"

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1. NW_MetalHead writes:

I will be there tonight, can't fvcking wait!

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2. silvermountains writes:

see you in Dallas! \m/

# Mar 19, 2012 @ 5:40 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Russian Red writes:

Got far better things to do. Want to see young blood not failed 80's bands trying to top up their pensions.

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4. R10 writes:

Awe fvck post 3,id see Onslaught in a heartbeat if they came anywhere in New England. You can see new bands anytime;Onslaught's another story.

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5. Diamond Oz writes:

I've seen them five times. Never disappointed.

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6. DixieSkumLord666 writes:

Onslaught Y U no come to Florida?

# Mar 19, 2012 @ 9:43 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. NW_MetalHead writes:

It was an amazing show, the band sounded great, very tight. The only bad thing was there was only about maybe 100 people there, Monday night shows suck

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