{"id":23747,"date":"2018-01-23T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T02:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=23747"},"modified":"2018-01-23T20:02:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T02:02:31","slug":"lamb-god-anthrax-behemoth-testament-support-slayer-leg-one-north-america-bands-final-world-tour-north-american-itinerary-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=23747","title":{"rendered":"LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX, BEHEMOTH, TESTAMENT TO SUPPORT SLAYER ON LEG ONE, NORTH AMERICA, OF THE BAND’S FINAL WORLD TOUR North American Itinerary Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES, CA – January 23, 2018 – Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth, and Testament, all bands who have close ties to and have shared the stage multiple times with the band over the years, will accompany Slayer on leg one, North America, of what will be its final world tour. \u00a0The trek starts May 10 when a 26-date odyssey will have them crisscrossing the country, from San Diego to Toronto, Orlando to Minneapolis. \u00a0 Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, January 26; log onto www.anthrax.com<\/a>\u00a0for all ticketing and Anthrax VIP package purchasing information.<\/div>\n
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“If you are lucky enough to be invited to play even just once with living legends like Slayer, it’s an incredible honor. Slayer gave Lamb Of God our very first two overseas shows. Slayer has subsequently taken us on several full length tours, both at home and abroad. The guys in Slayer and their crew have also always been very, very cool to our band. It is irrefutable that Slayer helped create the genre of aggressive metal, and all modern bands of that ilk owe them a huge debt – I know we do. To be asked to be a part of their final tour – well, it just makes you stop and realize just how lucky you are. Hail Slayer! We’ll see you on the road…” – Randy Blythe, Lamb Of God<\/div>\n
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“It’s truly an honor to be on Slayer’s final tour,” said Anthrax’s Frank Bello.\u00a0 “Anthrax and Slayer have toured together for decades, we are family, band and crew, so we want to help give Slayer the best send-off possible and to have one last blast with our friends.\u00a0 But you know, at the end of the day, Slayer will never die.”<\/div>\n
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\u00a0“Well, well, well… the dream comes true AGAIN it seems. Behemoth will be teaming up with mighty Slayer again for another extensive American run later this year! Nothing short of epic if you ask me!\u00a0 I cannot wait to confront American legions again before we unleash the new record. One of the biggest metal tours this year: Testament, Behemoth, Anthrax, Lamb Of God and Slayer. Can you miss it out?\u00a0 FUCK NO!” \u00a0Negral, Behemoth<\/div>\n
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“Sharing the stage with Slayer once again is going to be an honor, and to be a part of the final tour is going to be a special privilege for us.\u00a0 Slayer has influenced so many aggressive bands in their career. This tour will be an epic time for all who attend. Do yourself a favor and clear your calendars when this show comes to town. This will be your last chance to see a tour like this. Get ready North America for the devastation.”\u00a0 – Chuck Billy, Testament<\/div>\n
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Dates for Slayer’s final world tour, leg one, North America, are as follows:<\/div>\n
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MAY<\/b><\/div>\n
10\u00a0\u00a0 Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA*<\/div>\n
11\u00a0\u00a0 FivePoint Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA*<\/div>\n
13\u00a0\u00a0 Papa Murphy’s Park at Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA<\/div>\n
16\u00a0\u00a0 PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC<\/div>\n
17\u00a0\u00a0 South Okanagan Events Centre, Penticton, BC<\/div>\n
19\u00a0\u00a0 Big Four, Calgary, AB*<\/div>\n
20\u00a0\u00a0 Shaw Centre, Edmonton, AB*<\/div>\n
22\u00a0\u00a0 Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, MB*<\/div>\n
24\u00a0\u00a0 The Armory, Minneapolis, MN*<\/div>\n
25\u00a0\u00a0 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL (Tinley Park, IL)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
27\u00a0\u00a0 Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre @ Freedom Hill, Detroit, MI<\/div>\n
29\u00a0\u00a0 Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON<\/div>\n
30\u00a0\u00a0 Place Bell, Montreal, PQ*<\/div>\n
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JUNE<\/b><\/div>\n
\u00a01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT<\/div>\n
\u00a02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ<\/div>\n
\u00a04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Santander Arena, Reading, PA*<\/div>\n
\u00a06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH<\/div>\n
\u00a07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH<\/div>\n
\u00a09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 KeyBank Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA<\/div>\n
10 \u00a0\u00a0Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA<\/div>\n
12\u00a0\u00a0 VUHL Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA<\/div>\n
14\u00a0\u00a0 PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC*<\/div>\n
15\u00a0\u00a0 Orlando Amphitheater, Orlando, FL<\/div>\n
17\u00a0\u00a0 Smart Financial Centre, Houston, TX<\/div>\n
19\u00a0\u00a0 The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX<\/div>\n
20\u00a0\u00a0 Austin 360 Amphitheater, Austin, TX<\/div>\n
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* Anthrax appears on all dates with the exception of those marked *<\/div>\n
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ABOUT SLAYER –\u00a0<\/b>www.slayer.net<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/div>\n
For more than three decades, Slayer’s onslaught has proven the band to be the supreme thrash-metal band on the planet,\u00a0the band that other heavy acts are measured against and aspire to.\u00a0Their membership in “The Big Four” – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax – the four bands that defined the thrash\/metal genre – secures their place in music history.<\/div>\n
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The two-time Grammy-winners have accumulated an abundance of certified Gold Albums along with “Best…” awards from media outlets all over the world, including\u00a0Kerrang!<\/i>,\u00a0SPIN<\/i>,\u00a0Metal Hammer<\/i>,\u00a0Revolver<\/i>, and Esquire<\/i>. \u00a0Throughout Slayer’s history, the band has never faltered in unleashing its extreme and focused sonic assault, and, unlike many of its contemporaries who commercialized their sound, Slayer has remained crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the mainstream. \u00a0Slayer’s founding member, guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed in 2013, and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt has been filling in for him since. \u00a0Paul Bostaph, who was Slayer’s drummer from ’94 – ’01, rejoined bassist\/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Kerry King in 2013, and is back behind the kit to stay.<\/div>\n
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In September 2015, Slayer released\u00a0Repentless<\/i>, the band’s 12th, and what would be their final studio album, the first without Hanneman and first with producer Terry Date, to widespread rave reviews and the highest chart debut of the band’s career. \u00a0The band also teamed up with director BJ McDonnell for three high-concept and brutal music videos for the album’s\u00a0title track<\/a>,\u00a0then for\u00a0“You Against You<\/a>,” and the most recent,\u00a0“Pride in Prejudice,”<\/a>\u00a0racking up a combined 25-million+ YouTube views. \u00a0In 2017, Dark Horse Comics published the three-issue “Repentless” comic book series based on McDonnell’s original story concept for the videos and written by “Metalocalypse” director Jon Schnepp.<\/div>\n
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On January 22, 2018, Slayer announced its decision to do one last world tour to thank its fans for their decades-long support, and then move on. \u00a0All Hail Slayer.<\/div>\n
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ABOUT LAMB OF GOD –\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/www.lamb-of-god.com<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/div>\n
Richmond, VA natives<\/span>\u00a0LAMB OF GOD<\/b>\u00a0are one of heavy music’s most successful and uncompromising bands. \u00a0When\u00a0the band’s first major release,\u00a0New American Gospel, was released in 2000 it was immediately touted as a classic within the genre. AllMusic stated it best,\u00a0“The essential signatures of post-Pantera metal are in abundance on Lamb of God’s inaugural album. New American Gospel provides a mighty oak upon which gritty American metal’s faith is maintained, effectively bridging the ’90s’ insistence upon drill-sergeant technicality and the old school’s determined focus on riff construction.”<\/div>\n
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Some predicted a sophomore slump – that no band could top a debut album so strong. \u00a0They were proven wrong, with the release of 2004’s\u00a0Ashes of the Wake<\/i>, an album that not only exploded stateside (certified Gold by RIAA) but also saw the spread of\u00a0LAMB OF GOD<\/b>to all corners of the world. \u00a0The band’s first DVD,\u00a0Killadelphia<\/i><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0followed shortly after and was\u00a0certified Platinum. \u00a0Then, with\u00a0Sacrament<\/i><\/span>\u00a0(Album, 2006, #8 debut on the US Billboard Hot 200),\u00a0LAMB OF GOD<\/b>\u00a0were honored with a Grammy nomination for the track “Redneck”, which would be the first of five Grammy nominations for the band to date. Next came\u00a0Walk With Me In Hell<\/i>\u00a0(DVD, 2008) and then the band’s fourth album\u00a0Wrath<\/i>\u00a0in 2009, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart, and then\u00a0Resolution<\/i>,\u00a0which debuted at\u00a0#3. Shortly after the release of\u00a0Resolution<\/i>, vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested in Prague, and spent 30 days in jail on a charge for which he was later acquitted (and lead to Blythe’s bestselling memoir,\u00a0Dark Days<\/i>, as well as the film\u00a0As The Palaces Burn<\/i>). \u00a0After regrouping,LAMB OF GOD<\/b>\u00a0lost no ground with their latest full-length album,\u00a0VII: Sturm Und Drang<\/i>, the album was #3 in the US, #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia, #3 in Finland, #7 in UK, #12 in Germany and #13 in Japan, and #13 in Netherlands.\u00a0“Overlord<\/span>“, the first single from\u00a0VII: Sturm Und Drang<\/i><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0achieved a new milestone for the band when it reached the Top Thirty of US Active Rock Radio Chart (Mediabase). \u00a0In late 2016,\u00a0LAMB OF GOD<\/b>\u00a0paid tribute to late, longtime fan and friend Wayne Ford with the release of\u00a0The Duke\u00a0<\/i>EP, which raised funds and awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The EP release coincided with a charity campaign offering personal items such as Blythe’s\u00a0Ashes Of The Wake<\/i>\u00a0Gold plaque, signed signature model guitars, handwritten lyrics and more.<\/div>\n
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Since inception and through it all,\u00a0LAMB OF GOD<\/b>‘s consistent and unwavering commitment to their music – and their fans\u00a0–\u00a0has kept them a critical and fan favorite worldwide, selling millions of albums and tickets around the world.<\/div>\n
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LAMB OF GOD<\/b>\u00a0is Randy Blythe (vocals), Mark Morton (guitar), Willie Adler (guitar), John Campbell (bass), and Chris Adler (drums).<\/div>\n
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ABOUT ANTHRAX –\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/anthrax.com<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/div>\n
As part of the band’s 35th anniversary year, Anthrax released one of 2016’s most-anticipated metal\/thrash albums,\u00a0For All Kings\u00a0<\/i>(February 26\/Megaforce in North America\/Nuclear Blast internationally), that debuted at #1 on\u00a0Billboard’s\u00a0<\/i>Hard Rock Chart, and #9 on\u00a0the\u00a0Top 200, becoming Anthrax’s highest-charting album in more than two decades. \u00a0Written by drummer Charlie Benante, bassist Frank Bello and guitarist Scott Ian, the dynamic triumvirate whose unique composition chemistry is, in part, what sets Anthrax’s music apart from other bands’ in the same genre, combined with Joey Belladonna’s breathtaking vocals and the searing guitar leads by newest member Jonathan Donais, it’s no wonder the album and the band’s live shows have consistently received tremendous reviews.<\/div>\n
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Over its 35-year career, Anthrax has been a pioneering band with its unique style, sound and heavy brand of thrash metal, and, as Metallica’s Kirk Hammett put it, “one can hear their influence on any number of up and coming bands.” \u00a0Anthrax has sold in excess of 10-million units,\u00a0received multiple Gold and Platinum certifications, six Grammy nominations and a host of other accolades from the media, industry and fans. \u00a0From the race and genre barriers Anthrax helped break down in 1988 when they collaborated with Public Enemy on “Bring The Noise,” to becoming a card-carrying member of The Big Four – with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth – as one of the four bands that defined the speed\/thrash metal genre – to being the first metal band to have its music heard on Mars when NASA played “Got The Time” to wake up the Mars Rover, Anthrax continues to break ground andinnovate. \u00a0On December 13, 2016, the Epiphone\/Revolver Music Awards presented Anthrax with its first-ever “Innovator Award” to acknowledge the band’s contribution to music.\u00a0 On April 27, Anthrax will release “Kings Among Scotland,” a live DVD shot at the band’s 2\/15\/16 show at Glasgow’s historic venue Barrowland Ballroom.<\/div>\n
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ABOUT BEHEMOTH –\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/behemoth.pl<\/b><\/a>
\nBehemoth<\/b>\u00a0have been carving out their claim as one of the world’s top extreme \/ black metal bands since their inception in 1991. That claim was solidified in 2014 with the release of the band’s tenth album,\u00a0The Satanist<\/i><\/b>. The record marked their triumphant return following front man Adam “Nergal” Darski’s battle with Leukemia.\u00a0“‘The Satanist<\/b>‘ is magic. It’s dangerous. It’s adventurous, and it’s organic,”<\/i>\u00a0states Nergal. While instantly recognizable as the work of the Polish blackened death quartet, it takes their sound in previously unimagined and riveting directions. A writhing, densely layered, brutally violent and sinister record, it is quite unlike anything ever unleashed within the canon of heavy music. As such it demands attention, offering ever greater sonic and emotional depths with every listen. This is evident in the band’s videos for the\u00a0title track<\/a>, as well as\u00a0“Messe Noir”<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0“Ben Sahar”<\/a>. Nergal continues,\u00a0“You may hear the title and think it’s very primitive and one-dimensional, and yes it is, but when you look beyond that it’s as primitive as it is complex and multidimensional, and that applies to everything about the record.”<\/i>\u00a0Behemoth<\/b>‘s lineup is rounded out by Inferno (drums), Orion (bass), and Seth (guitar).The Satanist<\/i><\/b>\u00a0debuted at #34 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in the United States. In their home country of Poland, the album became their second consecutive #1 debut, along with 2009’s\u00a0Evangelion<\/i><\/b>. Since the release of\u00a0The Satanist<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0Behemoth<\/b>\u00a0have published their official biography “Behemoth<\/b>: Devil’s Conquistadors” as well as Nergal’s own biography, “Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and the Profane:\u00a0Behemoth<\/b>\u00a0and Beyond.” The books are available worldwide now.<\/div>\n
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ABOUT TESTAMENT –\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/www.testamentlegions.com\/site\/<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
For over three decades, the Bay Area thrash quintet-Chuck Billy [vocals], Eric Peterson [guitar], Alex Skolnick [guitar], Steve DiGiorgio [bass], and Gene Hoglan [drums]-has consistently delivered unadulterated, unbridled, and unbreakable metal in its purest form without compromise or any signs of slowing down. Over the course of seminal releases ranging from\u00a0The Legacy<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Practice What You Preach<\/i>\u00a0to\u00a0The Gathering<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Formation of Damnation<\/i>, which won “Best Album” at Metal Hammer’s 2008 Golden Gods Awards, the group’s sales exceeded 14 million worldwide with 2 million in the U.S. alone. Most recently, 2012’sDark Roots of Earth<\/i>\u00a0and 2016’s\u00a0Brotherhood of the Snake<\/i>\u00a0assaulted the charts, both debuting within Billboard’s Top 20 chart.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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