Vocalist Mark Osegueda commented: "We are so excited, and proud to finally be doing our first headlining tour of North America since, the now infamous, Act III tour of 1990! We have put together a line up of bands that we feel will give all the fans what they deserve! An all out blow showcasing all the best elements of thrash metal found today! Ending of course with a full headlining set by Death Angel that we promise will leave everyone feeling relentlessly and sonically ravaged! See you on the road! In the pit! And at the bar!"
Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Early Man, Bonded By Blood and Hexen Tour Dates:
1/30/11 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
01/31/11 The Cabsbah - Charlotte, NC
02/01/11 Jaxx - W. Springfield, VA
02/02/11 Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
02/03/11 Rocko's - Manchester, NH
02/04/11 Club Hell - Providence, RI
02/05/11 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
02/06/11 Mod Club - Toronto, ON - CANADA
02/07/11 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
02/08/11 Blondie's - Detroit, MI
02/09/11 Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
02/10/11 Phoenix Hill Tavern - Louisville, KY
02/11/11 Riot Room - Kansas City, MO
02/12/11 Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK
02/13/11 Numbers - Houston, TX
02/14/11 Emo's - Austin, TX
02/15/11 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
02/16/11 Rail Club - Ft. Worth, TX
02/18/11 Club DV8 - Tucson, AZ
02/19/11 Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
02/20/11 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
02/21/11 Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV
02/22/11 The Key Club - Hollywood, CA
02/23/11 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
02/24/11 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
02/25/11 Lost on Main - Chico, CA
02/26/11 Slim's - San Francisco, CA
April West Coast Tour:
04/08/11 Last Day Saloon - Santa Rosa, CA
04/09/11 Dante's - Portland, OR
04/10/11 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
04/11/11 Biltmore - Vancouver, BC - CANADA
04/12/11 Dickens - Calgary, AB - CANADA
04/13/11 Pawn Shop - Edmonton, AB - CANADA
04/14/11 The Exchange - Regina, SK - CANADA
04/15/11 The Osbourne Village Inn - Winnipeg, MB - CANADA
04/16/11 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
04/18/11 Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
04/19/11 Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT
04/22/11 Ventura Theater - Ventura, CA
04/23/11 Avalon Theater - Santa Clara, CA
Destruction bassist/vocalist Schmier: "It feels fantastic to return to North American shores for the first time after our return to Nuclear Blast with a new album as brutal as Day Of Reckoning on our backs. This is the strongest material we have written since (2001's) The Antichrist and we are burning to present these shredding songs and introduce our new 6.6 foot tall drum animal Vaaver live! Of course, all the Destruction classics will be there; we know what our faithful fans want and we will serve them well! You will feel the force of the strongest lineup we have ever had. Experience the true power and the rigorous precision of German Thrash Metal live this spring! "
Destruction Tour Dates:
4/26/11 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC Canada
4/27/11 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
4/29/11 Oakland Metro Opera House - Oakland, CA
4/30/11 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
5/1/11 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
5/3/11 Oriental Theater - Denver, CO
5/5/11 Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
5/6/11 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
5/7/11 Harpo's - Detroit, MI
5/8/11 Maverick's Bar - Ottawa, ON, Canada
5/9/11 Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC, Canada
5/10/11 Bourbon Street - Baltimore, MD
5/11/11 B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - New York, NY
5/13/11 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
5/14/11 Respuesta - Santurce, Puerto Rico
5/16/11 The Rail - Fort Worth, TX
5/17/11 Mug Shots - Austin, TX
5/18/11 Numbers - Houston, TX
5/20/11 Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
5/21/11 Angel's - Yucaipa, CA
5/22/11 Key Club - West Hollywood, CA
"We are very happy to play once again in the US, especially after a long time away from the American and Canadian stages," commented guitarist Andreas Kisser. "We're also excited to start working with our new label Nuclear Blast. They have a rich history in the heavy music business and we are honored to have such a partner. We are currently working on a new record, that will be released together with the American dates, so it will be our first tour for the new album. Hope to see you all at the shows! We will play the whole history of the group and we're going have a blast! See you on the Sepultour 2011!"
Sepultura and Angra:
1/13/11 House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
1/14/11 House of Blues - Hollywood, CA
Sepultura, Belphegor, Hate, Keep Of Kalessin, Neuraxis and Bonded By Blood Tour Dates:
04/18/11 The Opera House - Toronto, ON - CANADA
04/19/11 Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City, QC - CANADA
04/20/11 Club Soda - Montreal, QC - CANADA
04/22/11 The Palladium - Worcester, MA
04/23/11 Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
04/24/11 The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
04/25/11 The Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
04/26/11 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
04/27/11 The Club at Firestone - Orlando, FL
04/28/11 Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
04/29/11 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
05/01/11 Clicks - Tyler, TX
05/02/11 Scout Bar - Houston, TX
05/03/11 Trees - Dallas, TX
05/05/11 Jake's - Lubbock, TX
05/06/11 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
05/07/11 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/08/11 Club DV8 - Tucson, AZ (w/ D.R.I.)
05/09/11 House of Blues - San Diego, CA
05/10/11 The Knitting Factory - Reno, NV
05/11/11 The Grand Ballroom at Regency Center - San Francisco, CA
05/12/11 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
05/13/11 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
05/14/11 The Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA
05/16/11 Gothic Theater - Englewood, CO
05/18/11 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
05/19/11 Reggies Rock Club - Chicago, IL
05/20/11 Blondie's - Detroit, MI
05/21/11 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
05/22/11 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
Sepultura, Nevermore, Hate, Keep Of Kalessin, Neuraxis and Bonded By Blood Tour Dates:
05/23/11 Expo Five - Louisville, KY
05/24/11 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
05/26/11 The Zoo - Winnipeg, MB - CANADA
05/27/11 The Exchange - Regina, SK - CANADA
05/28/11 Dickens - Calgary, AB - CANADA
05/29/11 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB - CANADA
05/31/11 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC - CANADA
Says Dickinson, "We were taken aback by the fantastic reaction from everyone to EF1 during the 2008/09 World Tour. As our fans all know from the "Flight 666" film, which documented the trials and tribulations we underwent in order to get the whole project literally off the ground, the end result was well worth all the effort and complex logistics we had to deal with! The band and crew enjoyed themselves so much traveling that way, it seemed only logical to set up this part of The Final Frontier tour in the same way so we could get to see as many fans as possible all over the World, only this time we're pushing the boundaries even further and going to more places Maiden has never been before... in true Frontier style!! We very much look forward to playing in Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea for the first time, as well as revisiting our fans everywhere else.
"The set list will be different to this year's tour. Of course we will play more songs from the new album and some other recent material, but we will include a healthy dose of older fan favourites as we will be playing to so many new faces who we know will want to hear those songs live for the first time. We will cram into the plane as much of the production we used this year as is physically possible, including of course Eddie, and intend to replicate the spectacular light show in as many places as we are able. All in all it promises to be a fantastic trip for everyone!! So see you all soon".
Iron Maiden Tour Dates:
2/11/11 Moscow, RUSSIA Olympiski
2/15/11 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
2/17/11 Jakarta, INDONESIA Stadium Utama Gelaro Bung Karno Senayan
2/20/11 Bali, INDONESIA Garuda Wisnu Kencana
2/23/11 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Hisense Arena
2/24/11 Sydney, AUSTRALIA Entertainment Centre Thu 24 Sydney, AUSTRALIA Entertainment Centre
2/26/11 Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Showgrounds (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
2/27/11 Sydney, AUSTRALIA Eastern Creek Raceway (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
3/4/11 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Showgrounds (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
3/5/11 Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Bonython Park (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
3/7/11 Perth, AUSTRALIA Steel Blue Oval (SOUNDWAVE FEST)
3/10/11 Seoul, KOREA Chamsil Gymnasium
3/12/11 Tokyo, JAPAN Super Arena
3/13/11 Tokyo, JAPAN Super Arena
3/17/11 Monterrey, MEXICO Banamex Theatre
3/18/11 Mexico City, MEXICO Foro Sol
3/20/11 Bogota, COLOMBIA CC Sapo
3/23/11 Lima, PERU Estadio San Marco
3/26/11 Sao Paulo, BRAZIL Morumbi Stadium
3/27/11 Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL HSBC Arena
3/30/11 Brasilia, BRAZIL Nilson Nelson Parking Lot
4/1/11 Belem, BRAZIL Parque De Exposicoes
4/3/11 Recife, BRAZIL Parque De Exposicoes
4/5/11 Curitiba, BRAZIL Expotrade
4/8/11 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Velez Sarsfield
4/10/11 Santiago, CHILE Estadio Nacional
4/14/11 San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA Coliseo De Puerto Rico
4/16/11 Sunrise, Florida, USA Bank Atlantic Center
4/17/11 Tampa, Florida USA St Pete Times Forum
6/30/11-7/3/11 Roskilde, DENMARK Roskilde Festival
7/1/11 Gothenburg, SWEDEN Ullevi Stadium
7/6/11 Oslo, NORWAY Telenor
7/8/11 Helsinki, FINLAND Olympic Stadium
7/10/11 St Petersburg, RUSSIA SKK Peterburgskiy
“See, I don’t know what is ‘heavy metal,’” he said. “I was on That Metal Show yesterday, and they were [discussing] heavy metal drummers... and they didn’t have John Bonham. ‘Well, he’s not metal.’ But then they had Bill Ward from Black Sabbath. But if heavy metal is Slipknot, it would probably be Joey [Jordison]; he’s killer.”
McKagan went on to question if Led Zeppelin could be considered metal, but removed GN’R from the metal camp.
“What else is metal? If Led Zeppelin is metal, then hands down, John Bonham. But Guns N’ Roses is not – I would say we were not a metal band,” he said. “Metal to me when I was coming up was like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. That was metal. And Motörhead wasn’t metal to me.
“I think there is – with metal purists – a definite line. I’m probably like some dumb ass poking my nose into something I don’t know much about.”
But thrash does not begin and end with those four bands. For each one of the Big Four there are dozens more who trod similar ground but never quite made the leap to superstardom. Here are the great thrash bands that came mighty close to dislodging one of the Big Four but didn’t quite get over the line.
1. Exodus
Another classic Bay Area thrash stalwart, Exodus was formed in 1980 by Kirk Hammett and Paul Baloff, with Hammett’s guitar tech Gary Holt stepping up to the co-axeman role early in the group’s history. While Hammett went on to bigger things with Metallica, Holt and Co. released the classic Bonded by Blood in 1985, and a few more albums before calling it a day after 1992’s Force Of Habit. A 2001 reunion led to several new classics, including 2010’s brutal Exhibit B: The Human Condition. Most recently, Holt was drafted into Slayer to sub for Jeff Hannemann while he recovers from surgery.
2. Sepultura
The brainchild of Brazilian brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera, Sepultura’s early lo-fi works were underground classics but the band started to shrug off the Slayer influences with Beneath the Remains in 1989. By the time Arise was released in 1991, Sepultura were poised to become the new kings of thrash, and their 1996 hit Roots was one of the few metal albums to survive the ’90s intact. Sepultura, however, did not: Max left to form Soulfly that same year, and Iggor left in 2007. The brothers reunited in the thrash-influenced Cavalera Conspiracy in 2007 and the band is preparing to release their second album, Blunt Force Trauma.
3. Annihilator
Another classic thrash band from Canada, Annihilator are led by virtuoso guitarist Jeff Waters, a huge influence on modern metal heroes Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) and Willie Adler and Mark Morton (Lamb of God). Waters has played V-style guitars throughout almost his entire career, and currently dishes out ferocious thrash riffs on his signature Epiphone Annihilation-V guitars. Annihilator’s most recent release is a self-titled 2010 album that features a cover of Van Halen’s “Romeo Delight.”
4. Death Angel
These Bay Area thrash icons were formed in 1982 by cousins Rob Cavestany, Dennis Pepa, Gus Pepa and Andy Galeon. Right as they were poised to hit the big time with 1990's Act III, Galeon was sidelined by a traffic accident and the band were never quite able to capitalize on the buzz surrounding them. After a hiatus lasting most of the 1990s, the band returned in 2000, and their most recent thrashfest is 2010’s Relentless Retribution.
5. Bathory
Essentially a one-man band apart with occasional contributors brought in under a revolving door policy, Bathory was the creation of Quorthon, who formed the band when he was 17 years old in 1983. Bathory’s albums were typically quite lo-fi but Quorthon never let the limitations of his 4-track recording medium affect his songwriting or playing. Tragically, Quorthon passed away of heart failure aged 38 in 2004.
6. Voivod
A prog-inspired thrash outfit from Quebec, Canada, Voivod also tempered their metal with an occasional punkish edge, and were not afraid to delve into political post-apocalyptic science fiction themes in their lyrics. Although there are gems on all of the band’s albums (including those made after original guitarist Dennis “Piggy” D’Amour passed away in 2005), Nothingface (1989) and Angel Rat (1991) are held in particularly lofty regard among prog-thrash connoisseurs.
7. Overkill
Featuring the inimitable vocals of Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth, Overkill was at one time the musical home of future Anthrax lead guitarist Dan Spitz, and they hit the big time with The Years Of Decay in 1989. Produced by Terry Date (Pantera, Soundgarden, White Zombie), the album combined stellar production with complex song structures. It was followed up in 1991 with Horrorscope, which featured new guitarists Rob Cannavino and Merritt Gant, who teamed up for a particularly memorable cover of Edgar Winter’s Frankenstein. The band is still active today, and their most recent release is 2010’s Ironbound.
8. Kreator
Founded in Essen, Germany, in 1982, Kreator built on the sound of early thrash influencers Venom (see honorable mentions below) and punched it up with more precision and aggression. Guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza is one of the most furious rhythm guitarists in the genre, and is no slouch when it comes to soloing either. Check out the band’s 2009 release Hordes Of Chaos or their 1989 classic Extreme Aggression.
9. Sacred Reich
These Phoenix, Arizona, thrashers were fiercely political in their lyrical approach and equally aggressive in their raw, in-your-face production. Drummer Dave McClain joined in 1991 and went on to join Machine Head in 1995, while founder Phil Rind has reconvened Wiley Arnett, Jason Rainey and Greg Hall to play occasional shows. The 1993 album Independent is an excellent entry point into the band’s particular brand of aggressive thrash.
10. Forced Entry
This Seattle-area thrash band’s sound was so ahead of its time that only now are bands like Cynic catching up. Guitarist Brad Hull was a technical monster, writing cracking riffs punctuated with staccato harmonics and a fat, warm, midrange-heavy tone in an era when everyone else scooped the mids right out. Hull was also a wild man when it came to whammy bar tricks. The band’s crowning glory is 1991’s As Above, So Below, which was reissued in 2009 after many years out-of-print.
The band started releasing studio albums in 1980, and they seem to get more popular with time. Their most recent studio album is 2010's The Final Frontier which went One in 29 countries. In the US The Final Frontier reached its peak position of Four by selling 63,000 units in America.
Their upcoming compilation album will highlight songs from their last eight studio albums, which follows 2008's compilation of their earlier work, the 1980-1990 Somewhere Back In Time album.
The announcement of From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010 comes on the heels of Iron Maiden's first ever a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category for "El Dorado" from The Final Frontier.
Even though From Fear To Eternity will be a double-disc release, it will only be sold at the price of a single album. The album will also be available as a Digital Download Album and as a Limited Edition Triple Vinyl Picture Disc.
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