ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY, EX DEO, BLACKGUARD: N. Amer Tour Dates

[Mesarthim]

ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY, EX DEO, BLACKGUARD: North American Tour Dates Announced - Aug. 27, 2009



Fresh off a successful stint on this year's Summer Slaughter Tour, Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will kick off an American headlining tour with support from Nuclear Blast recording artists HYPOCRISY and EX DEO as well as Sumerian recording artists BLACKGUARD.



Said ENSIFERUM guitarist Markus Toivonen: "We had a great time on this year's Summer Slaughter tour. Thanks to all the bands involved, and to all the fans that came to see us. We're very excited to come back to [America] in November to support our new album, 'From Afar'. HYPOCRISY, EX DEO and BLACKGUARD are great bands. It should be great fun for everyone!"



HYPOCRISY will be touring in support of its soon-to-be-released and highly anticipated new album, "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity". The record will mark the band's their first full-length since 2005's "Virus".



Commented frontman Peter Tagtgren: "We're happy [with the new CD] so far; it's got everything a HYPOCRISY album should have in our own point of view. We will release it October 23 (Europe) and November 3 (North America)."



Roman-themed death metal troop EX DEO, featuring members of KATAKLYSM, MARTYR and BLACKGUARD, will be touring in support of their recently issued debut, "Romulus".



"I would like to thank everyone from the ENSIFERUM camp for this generous invitation," said mainman Maurizio Iacono. "We cordially accept the offer, but make no mistake: Rome bows to no one and our American legions are growing rapidly. We come for blood and we shall take no prisoners and in the great words of Caesar, 'Vini, Vidi, Vici,' and this is what we intend to do in November.”



The folk-influenced progressive metal act BLACKGUARD are currently celebrating the release of their debut, "Profugus Mortis". Vocalist Paul Ablaze stated, "We had such a blast with our Finnish brothers ENSIFERUM on the Summer Slaughter tour that a second round seems appropriate. Magnified by the legendary HYPOCRISY and our friends in the Roman legion of EX DEO, this will be the show to see this late fall."



The dates are as follows:



Nov. 06 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)

Nov. 07 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)

Nov. 08 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC

Nov. 09 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

Nov. 10 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Nov. 11 - AKA Lounge (part of the Anti*Pop Music Festival) - lummo's cowtown, FL

Nov. 13 - Meridian - Houston, TX

Nov. 14 - Emo's - Austin, TX

Nov. 15 - Ridglea Theatre- Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

Nov. 17 - Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA

Nov. 18 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA

Nov. 19 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA

Nov. 20 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR

Nov. 21 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA

Nov. 22 - Rickshaw - Vancouver, BC

Nov. 23 - Warehouse - Calgary, AB

Nov. 24 - Starlite - Edmonton, AB

Nov. 26 - The Zoo - Winnipeg, MB

Nov. 27 - The Rock - Minneapolis, MN

Nov. 28 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI

Nov. 29 - House of Blues - the official city of the chicago cubs, IL

Nov. 30 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH

Dec. 01 - Opera House - Toronto, ON (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)

Dec. 02 - Imperial - Quebec City, QC (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)

Dec. 03 - Medley - Montreal, QC (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)

Dec. 04 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA (w/ SWASHBUCKLE )

Dec. 05 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

hypocrisy :light:

[zim]

I saw one of the guys in blackguard flat ironing his hair before the show, now that's metal!

[jawn galliano]

has hypocrisy ever managed to snag a headlining spot in the US?

[Mesarthim]

*French Canadian.





and I actually like every band on this tour. only band I haven't seen is Ex Deo and I don't care if they are a gimmick, those guys rule. will probably go see this.

[Mesarthim]

[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]has hypocrisy ever managed to snag a headlining spot in the US? [/quote]





I don't believe so. they've co headlined which is more than a lot of bands can say.

[jawn galliano]

you'd figure with all the effort they've put in over the years, they'd be due for at least a minor headlining tour by now. it's a damn shame, i've only ever seen them in really low-rung opening spots where they get booted after 15-20 minute sets

[Mesarthim]

they played like 45 min - hour when they toured with Cannibal Corpse back in 2004.

[Tyreese BIGGUMS]

didn't they also coheadline that tour with fear factory in 06?



anyway the closest dates are ny and allentown, both at ~2.5hr (not counting traffic) so guess I'm not gonna hit this up sadly

[jawn galliano]

yeah with atlanta being the only semi-close date i'm gonna take a pass on this one

[Holocaust]

[quote name="Lumbergh"]Nov. 08 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC

Nov. 06 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA (w/ SWASHBUCKLE)[/quote]



Jaxx is five fucking hours and Volume 11 is about the size of a garage with a bar attachment.







Fuck.

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

jaxx isnt much bigger

[Teresa]

pass