The Summer Slaughter Tour is an annual death metal tour originally held in the United States, but now in Europe and as of 2009, Australia and New Zealand.

It is dubbed "The Most Extreme Tour of the Year".
The tour originated in 2007 with headliners Necrophagist

Necrophagist

Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....

, and has since continued and become one of the biggest growing metal tours in the world today.

Summer Slaughter '08 was held in the United States and took place between June 20 and July 28, 2008. There was also a full Canadian portion of the tour between May 23 and June 8. The tour made its Australian debut on March 2009, taking place in five cities, plus one date in Auckland, New Zealand.

2001

Headliner:

• Vader
  Vader (band)
  Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...
  
  

Support bands:

• Skinless
  Skinless
  Skinless is a death metal band that was formed in 1992 and disbanded in 2011.-History:Skinless was formed by Ryan Wade and Noah Carpenter in the town of South Glens Falls, New York...
  
  
• Origin
  Origin (band)
  Origin is an American death metal band from Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1998. They have been recognized by music critics and metal fans alike for combining a harsh sound with a high level of technical skill....
  
  
• Impaled
  Impaled (band)
  Impaled is a death metal/goregrind band from Oakland, California.-History:The band's name is an acronym, standing for: Impaled - Immoral Medical Practitioners And Licentious Evil-Doers...
  
  
• Withered Earth
• Enter Self

2007

Headliner:

• Necrophagist
  Necrophagist
  Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
  
  

Support bands:

• Decapitated
  Decapitated (band)
  Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
  
  
• Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises vocalist Lenzig Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos...
  
  
• Cattle Decapitation
  Cattle Decapitation
  Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from San Diego, California, formed in 1996.-History:Originally founded in 1996, Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals as well as the abuse of the environment. Lyrics may also focus on subjects such as...
  
  
• The Faceless
  The Faceless
  The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
  
  
• As Blood Runs Black
• Arsis
• Ion Dissonance
  Ion Dissonance
  Ion Dissonance is a Canadian mathcore/deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They're known for their technical mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus the Herd.-History:...
  
  
• Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...
  
  
• Daath (June 3–10)

2008

Headliner:

• The Black Dahlia Murder

Support bands:

• Kataklysm
  Kataklysm
  Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They call their musical style "northern hyperblast" after an advertisement in M.E.A.T. magazine describing another band, Fear Factory, as "hyperblast". The term refers to the extremely fast blast beats that Kataklysm's drummer, Max Duhamel, fuses into the...
  
  
• Vader
  Vader (band)
  Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...
  
  
• Cryptopsy
  Cryptopsy
  Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 1988. The band has sold over 300,000 records.-Necrosis :...
  
  
• The Faceless
  The Faceless
  The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
  
  
• Despised Icon
  Despised Icon
  Despised Icon was a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is notable for the use of two vocalists; Alexandre Erian, takes use of a mid-range screaming technique, and Steve Marois for the low growling vocals, and high pitched screamed vocals...
  
  
• Aborted
  Aborted
  Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom,...
  
  
• Born of Osiris
  Born of Osiris
  Born of Osiris is an American progressive death metal band from Palatine, Illinois. Formed in 2003, the group has undergone a number of name changes including Your Heart Engraved, DiminisheD, and Rosecrance before finally settling with Born of Osiris in 2007, basing the name off the Egyptian deity...
  
  
• Psycroptic
  Psycroptic
  -External links:**...
  
  
• Whitechapel
  Whitechapel (band)
  Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
  
  

2008 (Canada)

Headliner:

• Necrophagist
  Necrophagist
  Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
  
  

Support bands:

• Brutal Truth
  Brutal Truth
  Brutal Truth is an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continue to release new music.-History:...
  
   (Toronto only)
• Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
  
  
• Beneath The Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...
  
  
• Into Eternity
• Neuraxis
• Whitechapel
  Whitechapel (band)
  Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
  
  
• Veil of Maya
• Divinity
• Common Grave

2008 (Europe)

Headliner:

• Suicide Silence
  Suicide Silence
  Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
  
  

Support bands:

• As Blood Runs Black
• Abigail Williams
  Abigail Williams (band)
  Abigail Williams is an American metal band, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but now based in Los Angeles. Formed in 2004, the group would suffer constant changes to their line-up...
  
  
• Born of Osiris
  Born of Osiris
  Born of Osiris is an American progressive death metal band from Palatine, Illinois. Formed in 2003, the group has undergone a number of name changes including Your Heart Engraved, DiminisheD, and Rosecrance before finally settling with Born of Osiris in 2007, basing the name off the Egyptian deity...
  
  
• Annotations Of An Autopsy
• The Berzerker
  The Berzerker
  The Berzerker was an extreme metal band from Melbourne, Australia and was formed in 1995. The band's music, heavily influenced by older death metal and grindcore, can be characterized as a fusion of these with speedcore, and gabber...
  
  

2009 (Australia/New Zealand)

Headliner:

• Necrophagist
  Necrophagist
  Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
  
  

Support bands:

• Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
  
  
• Aborted
  Aborted
  Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom,...
  
  
• The Red Shore
  The Red Shore
  The Red Shore were an Australian death metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band claims their style is a combination of death metal and technical death metal, though they are often referred to as a deathcore band....
  
   (withdrew)
• The Faceless
  The Faceless
  The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
  
  
• Dawn of Azazel
  Dawn of Azazel
  Dawn of Azazel is a death metal band from New Zealand. They have played around the world in countries such as U.S., Switzerland , Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Czech Republic, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia...
  
   (New Zealand only)
• Ulcerate
  Ulcerate
  Ulcerate is a death metal band from Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed in 2000 under the name Bloodwreath with Michael Hoggard on guitar, Jamie Saint Merat on drums and Mark Seeney on vocals...
  
   (New Zealand only)
• Ouroborous (then Dred) (Sydney only)
• Signal the Firing Squad (Brisbane only)
• A Million Dead Birds Laughing (Melbourne only)
• Gallows for Grace (Perth
  Perth, Western Australia
  Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
  
   only)
• Closed Casket (Adelaide only)

2009

Co-headliners:

• Necrophagist
  Necrophagist
  Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
  
  
• Suffocation
  Suffocation (band)
  Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
  
  

Support bands:

• Ensiferum
  Ensiferum
  Ensiferum is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "heroic folk metal." Since their formation, Ensiferum has released four full-length albums, one EP, one compilation, three singles, and three demo albums and one unreleased album.-Musical...
  
  
• Darkest Hour
• Winds Of Plague
  Winds of Plague
  Winds of Plague is an American deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002. They are best known as one of the only deathcore bands to incorporate symphonic elements into their music....
  
  
• Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
  
  
• Born of Osiris
  Born of Osiris
  Born of Osiris is an American progressive death metal band from Palatine, Illinois. Formed in 2003, the group has undergone a number of name changes including Your Heart Engraved, DiminisheD, and Rosecrance before finally settling with Born of Osiris in 2007, basing the name off the Egyptian deity...
  
  
• Origin
  Origin (band)
  Origin is an American death metal band from Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1998. They have been recognized by music critics and metal fans alike for combining a harsh sound with a high level of technical skill....
  
  
• Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...
  
  
• After the Burial
  After the Burial
  After the Burial is an American heavy metal band from Twin Cities, Minnesota. The group is currently signed to Sumerian Records and have released two of their three full-length albums through the label...
  
  
• Decrepit Birth
  Decrepit Birth
  Decrepit Birth is a death metal band from Santa Cruz, California, USA, signed to Nuclear Blast. They have released three studio albums through Unique Leader Records and a demo independently...
  
  
• Blackguard
  Blackguard (band)
  Blackguard is a melodic death metal band from Montréal, Québec, previously known as Profugus Mortis.-Formation :Blackguard was formed in 2001 by guitarist Terry Roadcase and drummer Justine "Juice" Éthier as a straight ahead black metal outfit, the Montreal-based sextet - was originally named...
  
  
• Behemoth
  Behemoth (band)
  Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
  
   (3 dates only 7/05-7/07)
• At the Throne of Judgment
  At The Throne of Judgment
  At the Throne of Judgment was an American melodic death metal/metalcore band from Lebanon, Ohio.- Inception, The Arcanum Order, and break-up :...
  
   (1 date only 7/14)
• Sea of Treachery
  Sea Of Treachery
  Sea of Treachery is an American metalcore/deathcore band from Hebron, Kentucky formed in 2004. Since forming, they have released three EPs and two full-length studio albums, the first being At Daggers Drawn, which was released on April 29, 2008 on Sumerian Records, and the second being Wonderland,...
  
   (1 date only 7/14)
• Desiccation (1 date only 6/08)

2009 tour dates

• 6/05 - Baltimore, Maryland @ Sonar
• 6/06 - Richmond, Virginia @ The National
• 6/07 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ TLA
• 6/08 - Hartford, Connecticut @ Webster Theater
• 6/10 - Charlotte, North Carolina @ Amos Southend
• 6/12 - Louisville. Kentucky @ Headliners
• 6/13 - Atlanta, Georgia @ The Masquerade
• 6/14 - St. Petersburg (Tampa), Florida @ Jannus Landing
• 6/15 - Jacksonville, Florida @ Plush
• 6/16 - Orlando, Florida @ Club Firestone
• 6/18 - San Antonio, Texas @ White Rabbit (Night One)
• 6/19 - Houston, Texas @ Java Jazz
• 6/20 - San Antonio, Texas @ White Rabbit (Night Two)
• 6/21 - Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues
• 6/23 - Denver, Colorado @ Gothic Theatre
• 6/24 - Albuquerque, New Mexico @ Sunshine Theatre
• 6/26 - Phoenix, Arizona @ The Marquee Theatre
• 6/27 - San Diego, California @ Soma
• 6/28 - Anaheim, California @ The Grove
• 6/29 - Las Vegas, Nevada @ House of Blues
• 6/30 - Los Angeles, California @ House of Blues
• 7/01 - San Francisco, California @ The Grand Ballroom
• 7/02 - Portland, Oregon @ Roseland Theater
• 7/03 - Seattle, Washington @ King Cat Theater
• 7/05 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
  The Starlite Room
  The Starlite Room is a small hall concert venue located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The venue is inside a brick building originally constructed in 1925 by The Salvation Army. It is a members-only facility. Entry is available to individuals possessing a Starlite Room membership card...
  
  
• 7/07 - Spokane, Washington @ Knitting Factory
• 7/09 - Minneapolis, Minnesota @ First Ave
• 7/10 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ The Rave
• 7/11 - Birch Run, Michigan @ DirtFest
• 7/12 - Lakewood, Ohio @ Phantasy Concert Club
• 7/13 - Chicago, Illinois @ House of Blues
• 7/14 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ Bogart's
• 7/15 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
• 7/16 - Montreal, Quebec @ Medley
• 7/17 - Albany, New York @ Northern Lights
• 7/18 - Worcester, Massachusetts @ The Palladium
• 7/19 - New York @ Irving Plaza (Day One)
• 7/20 - New York @ Irving Plaza (Day Two)

2010

Confirmed Bands:



Headliner:

• Decapitated
  Decapitated (band)
  Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
  
  

Support bands:

• The Faceless
  The Faceless
  The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
  
  
• All Shall Perish
  All Shall Perish
  All Shall Perish is an American deathcore band from Oakland, California, formed in 2002. Currently, the band is signed to Nuclear Blast and have released four full-length albums through the label. Their latest record, This Is Where It Ends was released on July 26, 2011...
  
  
• Veil of Maya
• Decrepit Birth
  Decrepit Birth
  Decrepit Birth is a death metal band from Santa Cruz, California, USA, signed to Nuclear Blast. They have released three studio albums through Unique Leader Records and a demo independently...
  
  
• Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises vocalist Lenzig Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos...
  
  
• Animals As Leaders
  Animals as Leaders
  Animals as Leaders is an American, Washington, D.C.–based instrumental progressive metal band, formed by guitarist Tosin Abasi in 2007 which now includes guitarist Javier Reyes and drummer Navene Koperweis. The self-titled debut album was released in April 2009 by Prosthetic Records...
  
  
• The Red Chord
  The Red Chord
  The Red Chord is an American grindcore band from Revere, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band is made up of vocalist Guy Kozowyk, guitarist Mike "Gunface" McKenzie, and bassist Greg Weeks. The band gained a fanbase with its 2002 debut album Fused Together in Revolving Doors. The second album,...
  
  
• Carnifex
  Carnifex (band)
  Carnifex is an American deathcore band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Victory Records and have released four studio albums...
  
  
• Vital Remains
  Vital Remains
  Vital Remains is an American death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island formed in 1988.- History :Created in 1988 by guitarist Paul Flynn, Vital Remains' first line-up consisted of guitarist Butch Machado, vocalist Mike Flynn, bassist Tom Supkow, and drummer Chris Dupont. Searching for better...
  
  
• Blackened Skies (Tempe only)
• Dethrone The Sovereign (Salt Lake City only)
• Adipocere
  Adipocere
  Adipocere , also known as corpse, grave or mortuary wax, is a wax-like organic substance formed by the anaerobic bacterial hydrolysis of fat in tissue, such as body fat in corpses...
  
   (Salt Lake City only)
• Phoenix Down (Milwaukee only)
• I Decay (Detroit only)
• Shuma Gorath (Detroit only)
• Failed Society (Detroit only)
• Jungle Rot
  Jungle Rot
  -History:Jungle Rot was founded in 1994. After their first two demos, the band was signed to the American independent label Pure Death Records, where they released their first album in 1996. Next year, the second album was released, by Pulverizer Records, which was next year released again by...
  
   (Toronto only)
• Lightning Swords of Death
  Lightning Swords of Death
  Lightning Swords of Death is an American black metal band formed in 2003 by vocalist Autarch and guitarist Roskva in Los Angeles, California.Lightning Swords of Death signed a record deal with Metal Blade Records in 2009 and continued to push their music through their DIY attitude, getting multiple...
  
   (Toronto only)
• Perception of Intent (Minneapolis only)
• Within Vast Forms (Chicago Only)
• Regiment 26 (Portland only)
• Kalakai (Fort Lauderdale only)
• With My Bear Hands (Fort Lauderdale only)
• Malevolent Creation
  Malevolent Creation
  Malevolent Creation is a death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Moving to Florida in 1987, they became a part of the emergent local death metal scene, landing a deal with Roadrunner Records...
  
   (Baltimore only)

2010 Tour Dates

• July 17 San Diego, California – Soma
• July 18 Los Angeles, California – House of Blues
• July 19 Tempe, Arizona Marquee
• July 20 El Paso, Texas – Club 101
• July 21 San Antonio, Texas – White Rabbit
• July 22 Austin, Texas – Emo's
• July 23 Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas – Ridglea Theatre
• July 24 Houston, Texas – Warsaw Ballroom
• July 26 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – Revolution
• July 27 Atlanta, Georgia – The Masquerade
• July 28 Raleigh, North Carolina - Volume 11
• July 29 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – TLA (Theatre of Living Arts)
• July 30 Baltimore, Maryland – Sonar
• July 31 Worcester, Massachusetts – The Palladium
• August 1 New York – Irving Plaza
• August 2 Quebec City, Quebec – Imperial
• August 3 Montreal, Quebec – Club Soda
• August 4 Toronto, ON – Opera House
• August 5 Cleveland, Ohio – Peabody's
• August 6 Cincinnati, Ohio – Bogart's
• August 7 Detroit, Michigan – Harpos
• August 8 Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Rave
• August 9 Chicago, Illinois – House of Blues
• August 10 Minneapolis, Minnesota – First Ave
• August 11 Indianapolis, Indiana – Emerson Theatre
• August 13 Denver, Colorado – Summit Music Hall
• August 14 Salt Lake City, Utah – Club Sound
• August 16 Calgary, AB – Republik
• August 17 Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
  The Starlite Room
  The Starlite Room is a small hall concert venue located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The venue is inside a brick building originally constructed in 1925 by The Salvation Army. It is a members-only facility. Entry is available to individuals possessing a Starlite Room membership card...
  
  
• August 19 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
• August 20 Seattle, Washington – Studio Seven
• August 21 Portland, Oregon – Roseland Theatre
• August 23 San Francisco, California – The Fillmore

2011

North America

Headliners

• The Black Dahlia Murder
• Whitechapel
  Whitechapel (band)
  Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
  
  

Supporting Bands

• Darkest Hour
• Six Feet Under
  Six Feet Under (band)
  Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...
  
  
• Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
  
  
• The Faceless
  The Faceless
  The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
  
   (Texas dates only)
• As Blood Runs Black
• Oceano
  Oceano (band)
  Oceano is an American deathcore band from Chicago, IL formed in 2006. The band signed to Earache Records and released their debut album, Depths on April 7, 2009. Their second album, Contagion was released on November 9, 2010.-History:...
  
  
• Fleshgod Apocalypse
  Fleshgod Apocalypse
  Fleshgod Apocalypse is an Italian symphonic technical death metal band.-Biography:Fleshgod Apocalypse was formed during 2007 and recorded their first demo the same year. The demo was re-released the following year on a split CD with fellow Italian bands Septycal Gorge, Modus Delicti, and Onirik....
  
  
• Powerglove
  Powerglove (band)
  Powerglove is an American power metal band. They are known to play metal versions of classic video game themes. The band is named after the Power Glove, a NES controller accessory.-Early years, Total Pwnage and Metal Kombat :...
  
  
• Within the Ruins
• Kalakai (Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale only)

2011 tour dates

• 7/22-Los Angeles, California @ House of Blues
• 7/23-Anaheim, California @ The Grove
• 7/25-Portland, Oregon @ Roseland Theatre
• 7/26-Seattle, Washington @ King Cat Theatre
• 7/27-Boise, Idaho @ The Knitting Factory
• 7/28-Sacramento, California @ Ace of Spades
• 7/29-San Francisco, California @ The Fillmore
• 7/30-San Diego, California @ House of Blues
• 7/31-Scottsdale, Arizona @ Venue of Scottsdale
• 8/01-Albuquerque, New Mexico @ Sunshine Theater
• 8/02-Denver, Colorado @ Summit Music Hall
• 8/04-Louisville. Kentucky @ Expo Five
• 8/05-Detroit, Michigan @ St. Andrews
• 8/06-Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ The Rave
• 8/07-Cleveland, Ohio @ House of Blues
• 8/08-Chicago, Illinois @ House of Blues
• 8/09-Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
• 8/10-Montreal, Quebec @ Olympia
• 8/11-New York @ Irving Plaza
• 8/12-Worcester, Massachusetts @ The Palladium
• 8/13-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ Theatre of Living Arts
• 8/14-Sayreville, New Jersey @ Starland Ballroom
• 8/15-Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
• 8/16-Atlanta, Georgia @ The Masquerade
• 8/17-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida @ Revolution
• 8/19-Houston, Texas @ House of Blues
• 8/20-San Antonio, Texas @ Backstage Live
• 8/21-Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues

External links

• Official MySpace
• 2007 & 2008 Tour Live Footage
• News article
• News article
• News article
• 2008 lineup
• 2010 lineup news