Tours

The Brazilian metal thrashers in Sepultura are gearing up for a North America tour with Bay Area legends Death Angel and support from Krisiun and Havok dubbed the ‘Relentless Worldwide’ tour.

More good news from the Converge camp. The noisy Massachusetts metal monoliths have been busy working on their next studio album, which is possibly due this fall and is certainly one of our most anticipated albums of 2012. They will keep busy during the spring by hitting the road for a quick trip through North America. Perhaps the band will use this short, tightly routed, two-week trek, which kick

It was recently reported that Opeth, Mastodon and Ghost intended to join forces for one of the most anticipated North American tours of 2012. After a few weeks of suspense and a ton of buzz throughout the metal populace, the official tour dates have been announced.

Avalanche Tour is back and Shinedown are set to headline the massive spring trek along with support from acts Adelitas Way, New Medicine and Art of Dying. Moreover, Loudwire is giving away two tickets to any Avalanche show of your choice (see below for more details).

Iron Maiden fans rejoice! This news should improve your weekend tenfold. So we don’t know when, and we don’t know where, but Iron Maiden are planning to tour this year.

Boasting one of the most crushing lineups in recent history, dates for the 2012 Decibel Magazine Tour have just been revealed. The publication has put together a package containing Polish metal giants Behemoth and the Swedish trifecta of Watain, the Devil’s Blood and In Solitude.

Since the release of their fourth album, ‘The Truth Is…’ on July 12 of last year, Theory of a Deadman have been total road warriors, ripping up stages across the country, and now they’ll continue that run with a newly announced spring headlining tour featuring support from Pop Evil and Stellar Revival.

So, the rumors are true! After the leak yesterday that Slipknot would be headlining the 2012 Rockstar Mayhem Festival, most of the lineup has been announced and should get a full seal of approval from most metalheads.

Outer Space’s favorite metal band GWAR have just announced an insane tour with fellow thrashers Municipal Waste and Californian monsters Ghoul. The tour will be the second leg of the ‘Return of the World Maggot Tour.’ It was the first leg of the trek that witnessed the tragic passing of GWAR guitarist Cory “Flattus Maximus” Smoot.

A longtime representative for Ibanez guitars may have accidentally confirmed that Slipknot will be headlining the 2012 Rockstar Mayhem Festival this year. The official lineup is supposed to be revealed tomorrow (Jan. 25), but it looks like we may have gotten a sneak peak a little early.

After revealing last week that they were touring together, Godsmack, Staind and Halestorm have now unveiled the dates for their joint U.S. tour.

Shortly after Red Hot Chili Peppers had to postpone some of their ‘I’m With You’ world tour dates due to Anthony Kiedis’ recent foot surgery, they’ve followed it up with some good news: an additional 16 North American show dates!