Concert Announcements - June 14, 2014

The Deafheaven, Pallbearer, and Wreck And Reference show on Monday, June 23 at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis is now SOLD OUT.

Pov’s 65 in Spring Lake Park has a big night of local metal on Saturday, July 12 with Blue Felix topping the bill along with Immoralis, Left 4 Dead, Endless Reign, and Lysergic.

Sludge band Weedeater will play Minneapolis at the Triple Rock Social Club on Sunday, July 13. No openers have been announced, and advance tickets are on sale now through Ticketfly.

Following an appearance at the Warped Tour in Shakopee on Sunday, July 20, acoustic-punk band Divided Heaven will take over the What’s Up Lounge in Mankato on Thursday, July 24 with Braden Saulsbury as support.

As announced a couple days ago (see tour announcement here), rock band He Is Legend from North Carolina will play St. Paul at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall on Sunday, August 17 with support from Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster and Wilson. Advance tickets are now on sale through Ticketfly.

Arch Enemy, in tow with new vocalist Alissa White-Gluz (ex-The Agonist), play Mill City Nights in Minneapolis on Tuesday, November 18 with Germany’s Kreator and Huntress. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 20 at 10:00 am through AXS. The tour announcement with complete dates is here.

Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium are pairing up for a tour that brings them to the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on Friday, January 16, as reported a couple days ago here. Advance tickets and VIP packages are on sale now through The Vault.

Tours: ARCH ENEMY Return to North America with KREATOR, HUNTRESS, and STARKILL; Play Minneapolis November 18

Arch Enemy performing January 30, 2010 at The Rock in Maplewood. Click the photo to see more pictures from this show (23).

Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy have lined up a North American tour during October and November to promote their new War Eternal album, the first with former The Agonist vocalist Alissa White-Gluz. Lined up for support are legendary German thrashers Kreator, Huntress, and Starkill on select dates. The package arrives on Tuesday, November 18 in Minneapolis at Mill City Nights. Tickets for the Minneapolis concert go on sale Friday, June 20 at 10:00 am through AXS; Starkill will not play this date. The full list of tour dates follows.

Starkill performing August 17, 2013 at The Oxford Theater in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Click the photo to see more pictures from this show (15).

October 23 – Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Soundstage

October 24 – New York, NY, Best Buy Theater*

October 25 – Worcester, MA, The Palladium

October 26 – Clifton Park, NY, Upstate Concert Hall

October 27 – Montreal, QC, Metropolis

October 28 – Quebec City, QC, Imperial Theater

October 29 – Toronto, ON, The Opera House

November 1 – Winnipeg, MB, The Garrick Centre*

November 2 – Regina, SK, Riddell Centre*

November 3 – Calgary, AB, Macewan Hall Ballroom*

November 4 – Edmonton, AB, Union Hall*

November 6 – Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom*

November 7 – Seattle, WA, Studio Seven*

November 8 – Portland, OR, Hawthorne Theater*

November 10 – San Francisco, CA, Regency Center

November 11 – West Hollywood, CA, House of Blues

November 12 – Anaheim, CA, House of Blues

November 14 – Tempe, AZ, The Marquee

November 15 – Albuquerque, NM, Sunshine Theater*

November 16 – Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre

November 18 – Minneapolis, MN, Mill City Nights*

November 19 – Joliet, IL, Mojoes

November 20 – Grand Rapids, MI, The Intersection

November 21 – Detroit, MI, Majestic Theatre

November 22 – Cincinnati, OH, Bogarts

November 23 – Cleveland, OH, House of Blues

*No Starkill

Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis Concert Review

Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis

Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Rock, Maplewood, MN

The Rock was already packed to near-capacity for this heavy-hitting tour as I squeezed through the line immediately at the start of Arsis’s set. Arsis canceled their tour the last time they were scheduled to play in The Cities, so I excited to hear a preview of their forthcoming album Starve For The Devil. A majority of the 30-minute set seemed to be new material and it definitely sounds like the band is moving into thrash metal territory. The band appeared confident despite their low name recognition amongst the crowd, and their guitarists’ technical abilities really shined. Arsis suitably warmed-up the audience and received a rousing farewell as they left the stage.

Click picture to see more Arsis photos (7).

Exodus next took the stage, opening with “Bonded By Blood” before delving into “Iconoclasm” from their most recent album The Atrocity Exhibition – Exhibit A. Maybe the younger crowd wasn’t used to an old-style thrash attack, so singer Rob Dukes began berating the audience for the weak pit action. The incitement continued after “A Lesson In Violence”, and the crowd up front finally began to respond. Exodus clearly feeds off the crowd, and the band sounded reinvigorated when the first crowd-surfer landed over the security fence during “Children Of A Worthless God”. By now Exodus sounded fully charged as they ripped through “Piranha” and “Deathamphetamine”. A couple tracks from Tempo Of The Damned followed (“Blacklist” and “War Is My Shepherd”), which then led into the obligatory classic “The Toxic Waltz”. The band again reached back to Bonded By Blood for “Strike Of The Beast” to close the set amidst loud cheers. At 60 minutes, this was a fine Exodus set, but I was left disappointed that nothing from their forthcoming new album wasn’t played. I’ve also never quite understood their heavy reliance on Bonded By Blood on recent tours. Sure, it’s a great album, but there’s so much of the Exodus’s awesome catalog that’s ignored and some songs from Pleasures Of The Flesh and Fabulous Disaster would be welcome.

Click picture to see more Exodus photos (14).

The crowd was clearly here for Arch Enemy, and a great roar went up as the band arrived with an impressive light show. As with Exodus, it’s been nearly three years since Arch Enemy’s last album, so a comprehensive career-spanning set was offered tonight. Quite shockingly, “The Immortal” from 1999’s Burning Bridges opened the show before more recent and familiar material was presented. “Revolution Begins” and “Ravenous” saw Angela Gossow take command of the stage as all eyes were focused on the deathly growls that emanated from her petite form. Doomsday Machine was next represented by “Taking Back My Soul” and “My Apocalypse”, then stepping back to 2003 for “Silent Wars”. Little time was wasted between songs, so “I Will Live Again” and “Dead Eyes See No Future” were ripped through before another old number, “Bury Me An Angel”. Following “Dead Bury Their Dead”, the set closed with the band’s most well-known song, “We Will Rise”. Primarily older songs were featured in the encore, including “Snow Bound”, “Nemesis”, and “Fields Of Desolation”. Arch Enemy made their way through an impressive number of songs in 60 minutes, and it was nice to hear acknowledgment of the band’s earliest albums before Angela took over as vocalist. The band sounded impressive tonight, and there was something for all fans to enjoy.

Click picture to see more Arch Enemy photos (14).

New Concert, Album Reviews On The Way!

A slew of new concert and albums reviews will be posted by the end of the week. Look for concert reviews, pictures, and video from the recent Arch Enemy/Exodus/Arsis and Epica/Threat Signal/Blackguard/Gracepoint/Echoterra shows and album reviews from Alice In Chains, Karnivool, Kreator, Eluveitie, Overkill, Priestess, and Scar Symmetry.

Arch Enemy Show Announcement

Century Media recording artist Arch Enemy has announced the Tyrants of Evil tour in support of their recently released album The Root Of All Evil, which will include a stop at The Rock in Maplewood on Saturday, January 30. Support bands for the tour are Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within. Further details will be added to the calendar entry as they become available.