SUFFOKATE and ABIOTIC Team Up for July U.S. Tour, Play Burnsville July 10

Death/metalcore bands Suffokate and Abiotic will tear across the western U.S. during July with Aegaeon and As They Sleep in tow. The routing includes a stop at The Garage in Burnsville on Thursday, July 10, with Reaping Asmodeia, Roads Of Glass, So Long Orion, Death Punch, Axiom, and Bring Out Your Dead also on the bill. Tickets for the Burnsville show are on sale now through Ticketfly. Here’s the full list of tour dates:

July 3 – Houston, TX, Walters

July 4 – San Antonio, TX, The White Rabbit

July 5 – Austin, TX, Dirty Dog Bar

July 6 – Dallas, TX, Tomcats West

July 7 – Tulsa, OK, Vanguard

July 8 – Chicago, IL, Bada Brew

July 9 – Milwaukee, WI, The Metal Grill

July 10 – Burnsville, MN, The Garage

July 11 – Iowa City, IA, Gabe’s

July 12 – Denver, CO, The Rock House

July 13 – Colorado Springs, CO, Sunshine Studios Live

July 14 – Salt Lake City, UT, The Loading Dock

July 15 – Boise, ID, The Shredder

July 16 – Seattle, WA, El Corazon

July 17 – Richland, WA, Ray’s Golden Lion

July 18 – Salem, OR, The Nest

July 19 – Santa Rosa, CA, Live Musician’s Co-op

July 20 – San Jose, CA, San Jose Rock Shop

July 21 – Riverside, CA, Clash City Studios

July 22 – Las Vegas, NV, Nevada Sports Centre

July 23 – West Hollywood, CA, The Whisky

July 24 – Anaheim, CA, Mirror Image Studios

July 25 – Mesa, AZ, Club Red

SCALE THE SUMMIT to Embark on North American Tour with GLASS CLOUD, ERRA, REFLECTIONS, and MONUMENTS, Burnsville Stop July 26

Heavy instrumentalists Scale The Summit hit the road in July and August for an extensive tour that takes them to most corners of the U.S. and Canada. The rest of the bill is heavy on metalcore, and includes Glass Cloud, Erra, the Twin Cities’ own Reflections, and Monuments.

Reflections is still out in support of their late 2013 eOne/Good Fight release Exi(s)t which hit #1 on the iTunes Metal Album chart.

Included on the itinerary is a stop in Burnsville at The Garage on Saturday, July 26. This is an all ages show, and tickets are on sale now through AXS. The complete list of dates is below.

July 15 – Springfield, VA, Empire

July 16 – Philadelphia, PA, The Barbary

July 17 – Hartford, CT, Webster Underground

July 18 – Amityville, NY, Amityville Music Hall

July 19 – New York, NY, Gramercy Theater

July 20 – Worcester, MA, The Palladium

July 21 – Albany, NY, Bogies

July 22 – Montreal, QC, La Sala Rosa

July 23 – Toronto, ON, Hard Luck

July 24 – Grand Rapids, MI, The Stache

July 25 – Chicago, IL, Reggie’s Rock Club

July 26 – Burnsville, MN, The Garage

July 27 – Winnipeg, MB, West End Cultural Centre

July 28 – Regina, SK, The Exchange

July 29 – Calgary, AB, The Den

July 31 – Vancouver, BC, Rio Theatre

August 1 – Seattle, WA, Chop Suey

August 2 – Portland, OR, Hawthorne Theatre

August 3 – Oakland, CA, Oakland Metro

August 4 – Los Angeles, CA, The Lyric

August 5 – Las Vegas, NV, Southern Nevada Sports Centre

August 6 – Mesa, AZ, The Underground

August 7 – Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad

August 8 – Denver, CO, Bluebird Theater

August 9 – Lawrence, KS, Jackpot

August 10 – St. Louis, MO, Fubar

August 11 – Columbus, OH, Park St. Saloon

August 12 – Knoxville, TN, Concourse

August 13 – Greensboro, NC, Blind Tiger

August 14 – Jacksonville, FL, 1904 Music Hall

August 15 – Pembroke Pines, FL, Talent Farm

August 16 – Orlando, FL, Backbooth

August 17 – Atlanta, GA, The Vinyl at Center Stage

August 19 – Fort Worth, TX, Tomcats

August 20 – Austin, TX, Red 7

August 21 – Houston, TX, Fitzgeralds

Tonight - REFLECTIONS Album Release Show and Tour Kick-Off in Burnsville, NIK TURNER'S HAWKWIND in St. Paul

I recently had a post with updates on the activities of Reflections, the Twin Cities-based technical metalcore band that is set to explore with the release of their new album Exi(s)t, which is being released through eOne/Good Fight this Tuesday, October 22. The start of their co-headling tour with Erra happens right here in Burnsville tonight, October 19 at The Garage with local support from Don't Worry I'm A Doctor. This is the official album release show, so copies of Exi(s)t should be available tonight for purchase. It's an early (5:00 doors) all ages show, and tickets are $12 at the door.

Also tonight, Nik Turner of Hawkwind and Space Ritual fame, will be playing at the Turf Club in St. Paul. There's a strong argument to be made that Nik is one of the most influential pioneers of psychedelic space rock. Now over 70 years old, Nik is out promoting a new solo album called Space Gypsy. I've seen this show billed as Nik Turner's Hawkwind and Nik Turner's Space Ritual, but regardless of what it's called, I'm sure you can expect to hear a mix of material from those two bands alongside other selections from Nik's vast recorded catalog. This is a 21+ show that starts at 9:00 with support from Thunderbolt Pagoda and Hedersleben; tickets are $12 at the door. Interesting trivia: cult doom/stoner band Sleep supported Nik Turner's Hawkwind way back on the Holy Mountain tour!

Lastly, Soul Asylum plays First Avenue in Minneapolis tonight with Fountains Of Wayne and Evan Dando. This is an 18+ show that starts at 8:00; tickets are $30 at the door. Yeah, Soul Asylum is a far cry from metal, but they were instrumental in the early 80s hardcore scene in the Twin Cities and deserve respect for that.

REFLECTIONS Update: New Tour Dates (Including Burnsville), New Album Released October 22

Reflections performing April 9, 2013 at Station 4 in St. Paul. A review of this show is here, and you can download the audio from the entire show here, where they played another new song, "Delirium".

It's been a while since my last update on the Twin Cities' own progressive metalcore giants-to-be Reflections, so here's a summary of their current activities. Their second album, and debut for eOne/Good Fight, Exi(s)t, was finished August 1 and will be released October 22. Exi(s)t is available for pre-order now through various digital and physical media outlets. The first single, "My Cancer", is available now through iTunes and it has already reached the #5 position on the iTunes Metal Chart; the official lyric video for "My Cancer" can be viewed below (it has gotten over 300,000 views in 1 month!). You can also listen to a second song from from Exi(s)t, "Bridges", through Soundcloud and watch guitarists Patrick Comoulay and Charles Caswell do a play-through in the video posted at GuitarWorld (both below).

Eyal Levi, producer of Exi(s)t and partner of Audio Hammer Studios, participated in an AMA on reddit last month and had the following to say about recording the album; he had special praise for Reflections drummer Cam Murray:

Reflections drummer Cam Murray (originally posted on the band's Facebook page)

"..the whole 'holy sh*t' feeling started when we were tracking drums because their drummer Cam is a human computer. That holds the record for being my fastest drum session ever for a real album. And not because we were cutting corners. It's because he was playing great!"

"...he was 17 when we tracked. He actually had to leave the studio to go finish high school."

"...he is the fastest drummer I've ever worked with in terms of speed of tracking. I don't mean bpm. He's pretty quick there too though. I'm very curious to see where he takes it in the next five years. If he sticks to it I think he could be one of the top drummers in not only brutal metal, but in any style that requires intense and dynamic drumming."

Lastly, Reflections has added a third mini-tour of the U.S. with co-headliner Erra to coincide with the release of Exi(s)t. Following this, they have three shows supporting Born Of Osiris before heading out with Within The Ruins, Sworn In, and Legion. One of the newly added shows is the kickoff of the tour with Erra which happens right here in Burnsville at The Garage on Saturday, October 19 (all ages). Locals Don't Worry I'm A Doctor open the Burnsville show; advance tickets are $10, and you can also order a ticket combo package for only $16 that will also get you a copy of Exi(s)t at the show three days before it's released! The current list of complete Reflections tour dates are below.

With Erra:

October 19 – Burnsville, MN, The Garage, w/Don’t Worry I’m A Doctor

October 20 – Lawrence, KS, The Bottleneck

October 22 – Austin, TX, Dirty Dog Bar, w/The Browning

October 23 – Tyler, TX, Crossroads

October 24 – Tupelo, MS, Goodtime Charlies

October 25 – Birmingham, AL, The Forge

October 26 – Douglasville, GA, BBQ Fest, w/We Came As Romans, Silverstein, others

October 27 – Cleveland, TX, The Warehouse

October 29 – Indianapolis, IN, Emerson Theatre

October 30 – Columbus, OH, Kobo Live

With Born Of Osiris, Sylar:

November 11 – Detroit, MI, The Shelter

November 13 – Buffalo, NY, The Waiting Room

November 15 – Albany, NY, Bogies

With Within The Ruins, Sworn In, Legion:

November 30 – Albany, NY, Bogies

December 1 – Nashua, NH, Bernies

December 3 – Providence, RI, Simon’s 677

December 4 – Trenton, NJ, Championship

December 5 – Amityville, NY, Revolution

December 6 – Newark, DE, Mojo Main

December 7 – Hartford, CT, Webster Underground

Tonight - BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME in Minneapolis, SENSES FAIL in Burnsville

The big show tonight comes from progressive, experimental hardcore stars Between The Buried And Me, who will be performing their latest album The Parallax II: Future Sequence in its entirety at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. The entire bill is impressive, with The Faceless, The Contortionist, and The Safety Fire all appearing. Inexplicably, tickets still remain for $20 at the door. The show starts at 7:00, and it's 16+.

RELATED CONTENT: Review of Mouth Of Swords by The Safety Fire (here), review of Intrinsic by The Contortionist (here), and a concert review of The Contortionist from April 2013 in St. Paul. (here).

Tonight you can also catch hardcore/rock band Senses Fail at The Garage in Burnsville will For The Fallen Dreams, Expire, and Being As An Ocean. This is an all ages show that starts at 6:30, and tickets are $18 at the door.

SENSES FAIL Announce Extensive Fall U.S. Tour, Appearance in Burnsville October 11

Post-hardcore/rock band Senses Fail recently announced a lengthy U.S. tour for October and November with support from For The Fallen Dreams, Expire, and Being As An Ocean. The trek comes to The Garage in Burnsville on Friday, October 11; tickets are on sale now through Ticketfly.

October 4 – Sacramento, CA, Ace of Spades

October 5 – Fresno, CA, Strummer’s

October 6 – Las Vegas, NV, Hard Rock Café

October 8 – Colorado Springs, CO, The Black Sheep

October 9 – Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room

October 10 – Des Moines, IA, Wooly’s

October 11 – Burnsville, MN, The Garage

October 12 – Joliet, IL, Mojoe’s

October 13 – St. Louis, MO, Firebird

October 15 – Louisville, KY, Headliners Music Hall

October 16 – Columbus, OH, Skully’s Music Diner

October 17 – Indianapolis, IN, Emerson Theatre

October 18 – Grand Rapids, MI, The Pyramid Scheme

October 19 – Toronto, ON, The Mod Club

October 20 – Buffalo, NY, Waiting Room

October 22 – West Chester, PA, The Note

October 23 – Pawtucket, RI, The Met

October 24 – Clifton Park, NY, The Emporium

October 25 – Washington, DC, Black Cat

October 26 – Sayreville, NJ, Starland Ballroom

October 27 – Patchogue, NY, The Emporium

October 29 – Greensboro, NC, Greene Street Club

October 30 – Wilmington, NC, Ziggy’s by the Sea

October 31 – Jacksonville, FL, Roc Bar

November 1 – Pensacola, FL, The Handlebar

November 2 – Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade

November 3 – Little Rock, AR, Juanita’s

November 5 – San Antonio, TX, Korova

November 6 – Lubbock, TX, Jake’s Sports Cafe

November 8 – Tucson, AZ, The Rock

November 9 – Anaheim, CA, Chain Reaction

November 10 – West Hollywood, CA, Troubadour, w/The Acacia Strain