As if the thought of Origin, Misery Index and Fuck the Facts touring was not enough, Metal Injection is sweeting the deal by giving away a pair of tickets to each show on this MI co-sponsored tour. BUT WAIT…There's more ::Cue infomercial voice:: One GRAND PRIZE winner will not only get a pair of tickets, but also the newest discs by Origin, Misery Index and Fuck the Facts, as well as an embroidered Origin work shirt and Origin beanie. So you'll be all decked out in ORIGIN-wear as you destroy the pit to their amazing music. How do you enter? All you have to do is leave a comment in this post with the tour date you'd like to attend. Here is the itinerary:

Sep 28 2008 - The Church of Boston Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 29 - Rebel (formerly Downtime) New York, New York
Sep 30 - Peabody’s Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 1 - Doug’s Rockhouse Aurora, Illinois
Oct 2 - Vnuks Milwaukee, Wisconsin*
Oct 3 - The Riot Room KC, Missouri*
*without Misery Index, Fuck the Facts.

So pick a date, leave a comment…win FREE tickets!

Aww yea. The full routing for the previously announced tour featuring THE FACELESS headlining with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DECREPIT BIRTH, VEIL OF MAYA, and NEURAXIS. This lineup is quite ridiculous. We are definitely looking forward to hitting this one up:

Planetary Duality Tour dates:

Oct. 17 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
Oct. 18 - Phoenix, AZ - The Sets
Oct. 19 - Albuquerque, NM - The Launchpad
Oct. 20 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
Oct. 21 - Wichita, KS - Club Oz
Oct. 22 - St. Louis, MO - Rockstar Nightclub
Oct. 23 - Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasant's
Oct. 24 - Chicago (Tinley Park), IL - Mojoes
Oct. 25 - Detroit (Westland), MI - Skateland
Oct. 26 - Rochester, NY - Penny Arcade
Oct. 27 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
Oct. 28 - Quebec City, QC - L'Anti
Oct. 29 - Montreal, QC - Underworld
Oct. 30 - Toronto, ON - The Reverb
Oct. 31 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
Nov. 01 - Philadelphia, PA - Broad Street Ministries
Nov. 02 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Nov. 03 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11
Nov. 04 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Nov. 05 - Tampa, FL - The Crowbar
Nov. 07 - Houston, TX - Java Jazz
Nov. 08 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
Nov. 09 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
Nov. 11 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
Nov. 12 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
Nov. 13 - Fresno, CA - The Exit
Nov. 14 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro
Nov. 15 - Roseburg, OR - Riversdale Grange
Nov. 16 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
Nov. 17 - Portland, OR - Satyricon
Nov. 20 - Bakersfield, CA - The Dome
Nov. 21 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
Nov. 22 - San Diego, CA - SOMA

If you haven't checked out The Faceless's new track Xenochrist, click here to watch our exclusive live footage. The band's new album, Planetary Duality comes out November 11th.

(SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP, DO YOU SEE THIS LINEUP?!)

To reiterate: HOLY FUCK! One of the best lineups I've ever seen, and they're sure to add at least a dozen more bands over the next few months. I swear, every Maryland Death Fest is better than the last. The fest has been grinding away since 2003, and I had the pleasure of having my guts punched in and face ripped off at the 2007 & 2008 editions. This year had Anaal Nathrakh, Nuclear Assault, Grave, Hellnation, Disfear, Coffins, Blood Duster, and Macabre; the year before featured the likes of Extreme Noise Terror, Zyklon, Ghoul, Cripple Bastards, Misery Index, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation (best all-female Japanese grind band ever) and tons more. This year? Man oh man, this year…well, read for yourself. So far, Ryan and Evan (i.e. the dudes who plan this madness) have confirmed the following bands for MDF VII:

PESTILENCE - Netherlands (!!!!)
MAYHEM - Norway (one of only three US shows! if they don't play "Chainsaw Gutsfuck," someone's gettin' smacked)
ATHEIST - Florida (!!!!!)
ASPHYX - Netherlands (words can't express how much this band rules)
IMMOLATION - New York
BRUTAL TRUTH - New York (grindgrindgrind)
ABSCESS - California (yessssss)
HAIL OF BULLETS - Netherlands (old school death done right)
GENERAL SURGERY - Sweden (FUCK YEAH!)
TODAY IS THE DAY - Tennessee (strange. very strange)
PHOBIA - California (LOUD, PROUD, AND PUNK AS FUCK! this band destroys all. poser-stomping glory)
SAYYADINA - Sweden
FLESH PARADE - Louisiana (YES)
JIG-AI - Czech Republic
ANTIGAMA - Poland
CROWPATH - Sweden
GNOSTIC - Georgia
MAN MUST DIE - Scotland
ENTRAILS MASSACRE - Germany
TRIAC - Maryland (HELL yeah)

And many more to come! Now, we all know that half of these bands might drop off in the nine months 'til the fest (considering the recurring trend that MDf's been plagued with since its inception), but goddamn is that list a beautiful sight. There's a good mix of old-school death, tech death, gore, and grind so far, with Mayhem playing the wild card. They definitely need to bring the splatterthrash and add Ghoul (come on, you KNOW they're gonna play this, just like they do every year). I'm hoping that they'll add in some more powerviolence/crusty stuff (psst, bring back Skitsystem!); I know Hellbastard's supposed to tour this spring, so I'll be crossing my fingers for that. Also, more old-school death and black metal, please!

No matter which way you slice, dice, or hack it with a chainsaw, Maryland Death Fest '09 is going to rule just as hard, if not way fucking harder than it has in previous years. It ain't called "North America's Biggest Heavy Metal Party of the Year" for nothin'! Anyone who's witnessed the crusty fights, blow-up dolls, chicken suits, fake (and real) blood, endless circle pits, Creepsylvanians, and 24-hour-blastbeat-a-thons set against the seedy Red Light background of downtown Baltimore knows what I'm talking about.

MDF VII is being held at Sonar in Baltimore, MD, May 22 - 24, 2009. No word on pricing or running order yet, but we'll keep ya posted. Check out MDF's official forum here.

Be there or you're officially fired from metal. Forever.

Now THAT'S going to be one fun show. Legions of spiky-haired street punks and mallrats facing the 'Waste's sick moshin' skate thrash? It's gonna be a massacre…OF AWESOME. Also, Municipal Waste play first, so all the metal kids can feel free to leave after their set and leave the punkers to their pogoing. Everybody wins!

Confirmed dates:

October 8 - Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
October 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ J C Dobbs
October 10 - Buffalo, NY @ Club Paradise
October 12 - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest

DRAGONFORCE will be coming back to the U.S. very soon for a full headlining run. The band will be joined by TURISAS. The six-week headline tour will hit all major markets, and kicks off on November 1 running through December 19.

Nov. 1 - Pipeline Cafe – Honolulu, HI
Nov. 3 – The Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
Nov. 5 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
Nov. 7 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 8 – SOMA – San Diego, CA
Nov. 10 – Marquee – Phoenix, AZ
Nov. 11 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 13 – The Great Salt Air – Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 14 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Nov. 15 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
Nov. 17 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
Nov. 18 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
Nov. 19 – Stubbs – Austin, TX
Nov. 21 – The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
Nov. 22 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
Nov. 23 – House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC
Nov. 25 – Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY
Nov. 26 – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Nov. 28 – Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Nov. 29 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Nov. 30 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 2 – The Medley – Montreal, QC Canada
Dec. 3 – Imperial – Quebec City, QC Canada
Dec. 5 – Kool Haus – Toronto, ON Canada
Dec. 6 – Royal Oak Music Theater – Royal Oak, MI
Dec. 7 – Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
Dec. 9 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Dec. 10 – Congress Theater – Chicago, IL
Dec. 12 – MYTH – Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 13 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB Canada
Dec. 15 – Events Centre – Edmonton, AB Canada
Dec. 16 – MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB Canada
Dec. 19 – Croation Cultural Centre – Vancouver, BC Canada

As far as shows go, this fall is shaping up to be absolutely insane. Without even mentioning Carcass or Amon Amarth, there are still enough sick tours coming around to keep your wallets empty and your ears happy. Start conditioning your necks now, 'cause come September you're going to be banging your heads against the stage like it's 1986 (or something).

One thing I'm really interested in seeing is how KATAKLYSM, DYING FETUS, Keep of Kalessin, and
Eluveitie's DEATH BY DECIBELS tour fares. Featuring an unlikely lineup of brutal death, scathing black, and fiddle-happy folk metal, this is one of the more diverse bills I've seen in awhile, and to my immense delight, there is literally not a bad band on the whole thing. Remember the days when you'd go to see your favorite metal band play and be forced to sit through a half-dozen metalcore bands before getting to the good stuff? I remember going to see Amon Amarth and Children of Bodom back in '04 and being forced to sit through a pre-Hetfield-jocking Trivium. Ouch. Luckily for me and everyone else, it seems that the tide is turning; straight-up METAL tours are starting to come through, and I couldn't be happier. That being said, peep the dates for this one, and start making plans now; this is going to be a killer show, I guarantee it.

September
26 - The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
27 - Harpo’s Concert Theatre – Detroit, MI
28 - Peabody’s Concert Club – Cleveland, OH
29 - Blender Theater at Gramercy – New York, NY
30 - Sonar – Baltimore, MD

October
1 - The Palladium – Worcester, MA
2 - Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
3 - The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
4 - Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
5 - Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
7 - Meridian – Houston, TX
8 - White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
9 - Ridglea Theater – Dallas, TX
10 - Club 101 – El Paso, TX
11 - Soma – San Diego, CA
12 - The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
14 - The Avalon – Santa Clara (San Francisco), CA
15 - Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
16 - Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
24 - Le Medley – Montreal, QC
25 - L’Imperial – Quebec City, QC
26 - The Opera House – Toronto, ON

Initial dates have been announced for an upcoming fall tour with Relapse ragers Origin, Misery Index and Fuck The Facts. Be prepared to WRECK YER NECKS!

September 28 - Boston, MA @ The Church of Boston
September 29 - New York, NY @ Rebel
September 30 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
October 1 - Aurora, IL @ Doug’s Rockhouse

More dates to follow; keep an eye on the bands' Myspaces (and of course, on good ol' Metal Injection!) for updates! While you're at it, check out Fuck the Facts' brand-new album, Disgorge Mexico, revisit Origin's last slayer (Antithesis) and keep your ears peeled for MISERY INDEX's next release, due out soon (I'm STOKED).

As we previously posted, JOB FOR A COWBOY is going out for a headlining tour this Fall with HATE ETERNAL, ALL SHALL PERISH, ANIMOSITY, and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY. The full routing is below…

November 13 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse Music Hall
November 14 - Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
November 15 - Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
November 16 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
November 17 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
November 18 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
November 20 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
November 21 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
November 22 - Iowa City, IA @ The Picador
November 23 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
November 25 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
November 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Strummers
November 27 - London, ON @ The Embassy Hotel
November 28 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
November 29 - Portland, ME @ The Station
November 30 - Providence, RI @ The Living Room
December 1 - Framingdale, NY @ The Crazy Donkey
December 2 - Sayerville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
December 3 - Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
December 4 - Richmond, VA @ Canal Club (Downstairs)
December 5 - Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
December 6 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
December 7 - T.B.A., NC @ T.B.A.
December 9 - Little Rock, AR @ The Village
December 10 - Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
December 11 - Dallas, TX @ The Door
December 12 - McAllen, TX @ Cine El Rey Theatre
December 13 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
December 14 - Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos
December 15 - Farmington, NM @ Big City Night Club
December 16 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre

IMPALED, PHOBIA, MALIGNANCY, ILLOGICIST, KILL THE CLIENT and MARUTA are primed to decimate your shithole hometown this month! Get ready to grind your faces off, fuckers.

WAR ON EVERYTHING TOUR 2008
IMPALED, PHOBIA, MALIGNANCY, ILLOGICIST, MARUTA:

Aug. 22 - Oakland, CA - The Metro
Aug. 23 - San Marcos, CA - The Jumping Turtle
Aug. 24 - Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory
Aug. 25 - Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse Theater
Aug. 26 - Farmington, NM - Gator's
Aug. 27 - El Paso, TX - Chic's Billiards
Aug. 28 - Dallas, TX - Red Blood Club (w/ KILL THE CLIENT)
Aug. 29 - San Antonio, TX - Rock Bottom
Aug. 30 - Austin, TX - Red 7
Aug. 31 - New Orleans, LA - The Whirling Dirvish
Sep. 02 - Miami, FL - Churchill's Pub
Sep. 03 - Tampa, FL- The Brass Mug
Sep. 04 - Orlando, FL - The Haven
Sep. 05 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Sep. 06 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Sep. 07 - Allentown, PA -The Sterling Hotel
Sep. 08 - New York, NY - The Knitting Factory

IMPALED, PHOBIA, ILLOGICIST, MARUTA, KILL THE CLIENT:

Sep. 09 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East
Sep. 10 - Rochester, NY - The Penny Arcade
Sep. 11 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's (tentative)
Sep. 12 - Lansing, MI - Mac's
Sep. 13 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
Sep. 14 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews (all-ages matinee)
Sep. 15 - Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot
Sep. 16 - Denver, CO - The Kingdom Of Doom
Sep. 18 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
Sep. 19 - Portland, OR - Satyricon
Sep. 20 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside

Holy crap, the Fall touring lineup is getting more clogged than [random fat guy reference]'s arteries. Here is a round up of 3 tours just announced with their first rounds of dates:

IN FLAMES will hit the road with ALL THAT REMAINS, 36 CRAZYFISTS, and GOJIRA. First dates announced are:

November 8 - Mount Clemens, MI @ Emerald Theatre
December 6 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

JOB FOR A COWBOY is doing another headlining tour this Fall will also include HATE ETERNAL, ALL SHALL PERISH, ANIMOSITY, and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY. The first dates announced are:

November 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Strummers
November 29 - Portland, ME @ The Station
December 11 - Dallas, TX @ The Door

The first round of dates for THE FACELESS' headlining run with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DECREPIT BIRTH, VEIL OF MAYA, and NEURAXIS have also been leaked:

October 20 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
October 27 - New York, NY @ Blender Theater at Gramercy
November 2 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx

Which of these will you be attending?

METALLICA have released an official itinerary for their first tour in quite a few years, and they have various openers for different parts of the country including DOWN, LAMB OF GOD and MACHINE HEAD. THE SWORD will be opening all the shows. Once again, it's great to see that the band chose to take our more credible acts than in the past with artists such as GODSMACK and LIMP BIZKIT coming to mind.

With DOWN and THE SWORD:

Oct. 21 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing Arena
Oct. 23 - Albquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum
Oct. 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
Oct. 26 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
Nov. 01 - Portland, OR @ Rose Quarter
Nov. 03 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Energy Solutions Arena
Nov. 04 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
Nov. 06 - Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center
Nov. 08 - Moline, IL @ iWireless Center
Nov. 09 - Columbus, @ OH Schottenstein Center
Nov. 17 - St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
Nov. 18 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
Nov. 20 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Nov. 22 - Little Rock, AR @ Alltel Arena
Nov. 23 - New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena

With LAMB OF GOD and THE SWORD:

Dec. 01 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Dec. 02 - Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
Dec. 04 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Dec. 07 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
Dec. 12 - Ontario, CA @ Citizens Bank Arena
Dec. 13 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center
Dec. 15 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena
Dec. 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Dec. 20 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

With MACHINE HEAD and THE SWORD:

Jan. 12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center
Jan. 13 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena
Jan. 15 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
Jan. 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
Jan. 18 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Center
Jan. 26 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
Jan. 29 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
Jan. 31 - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

More dates have been released for SUICIDE SILENCE's headlining tour with DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN (Update: Dillinger Escape Plan announced they had to drop off the tour.), EMMURE, BENEATH THE MASSACRE and ARCHITECTS. This is one not to be missed, folks. Dates are:

October 03rd Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
October 04th Denver, CO - Cervantes Ballroom
October 05th Wichita, KS - Club Oz
October 06th St. Louis, MO - Pop's
October 07th Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
October 08th Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
October 09th Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
October 10th New York, NY - The Fillmore At Irving Plaza
October 11th Worcester, MA - The Palladium
October 12th Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
October 13th Montreal, QC - Club Soda
October 14th Toronto, ON - Opera House
October 15th Albany, NY - Northern Lights
October 16th Buffalo, NY - Xtreme Wheels
October 17th Baltimore, MD - Sonar
October 18th Richmond, VA - Canal Club ("Virginia Metal & Hardcore Festival")
October 19th Huntington, WV - Monkey Bar
October 20th Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
October 21st Atlanta, GA - TBA
October 22nd Tampa, FL - TBA
October 24th San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit
October 25th Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
October 26th Houston, TX - Java Jazz
October 27th Tulsa, OK - The Marquee
October 29th El Paso, TX - Club 101
November 01st San Diego, CA - Soma
November 02nd Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues

GWAR, KINGDOM OF SORROW and TOXIC HOLOCAUST are teaming up for a full U.S. run with the following dates:

October 02nd Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
October 03rd Orlando, FL - The Club @ Firestone
October 04th Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
October 05th Tallahassee, FL - Floyd's Music Store
October 06th Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
October 08th New York, NY - The Fillmore
October 09th New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
October 10th Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom
October 11th Worcester, MA - Palladium
October 12th Johnson City, NY - Magic City Music Hall
October 13th South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
October 14th Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
October 16th Baltimore, MD - Club Sonar
October 17th Winston-Salem, NC - Millennium Center
October 18th Norfolk, VA - Norva Theatre
October 20th Louisville, KY - Club Oasis
October 21st Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre
October 22nd Urbana, IL - The Canopy
October 23rd Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
October 24th Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
October 25th Detroit, MI - Harpo's
October 26th Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
October 28th Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
October 30th Chicago, IL - House of Blues
October 31st Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club
November 01st Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
November 02nd Cedar Rapids, IA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway
November 03rd Fargo, ND - The Venue
November 10th Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
November 12th Seattle, WA - Showbox
November 14th Portland, OR - Roseland
November 29th Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
December 18th Montreal, QC - Club Soda