MORE TOURISM

This post is really about news of new spring tours, but I couldn’t resist adding that just-released cover artwork for the next studio album by Paradise Lost, Tragic Idol, which is scheduled for release on April 23 in Europe via Century Media Records. The album’s artwork was designed by Parisian designer Valnoir (www.metastazis.com), who has also worked with other artists such as Morbid Angel, Ulver, Watain, and more than 150 others.

Now, on to the tours news:

First, Lambgoat reported this news earlier today: “Late this spring there will be a festival type tour in the U.S featuring Origin, Cattle Decapitation, Misery Index, Aborted, Vital Remains, Threat Signal, Rings Of Saturn, and Dawn Of Ashes. The trek is currently being booked, with dates expected to surface in several weeks. We’ll keep you posted.” I mean, holy shit, that’s a helluva tour right there. But there’s more:

Hails and Horns reports that Skeletonwitch and The Black Dahlia Murder will be mounting a U.S. tour this spring. The dates are after the jump.

But that’s not all: MetalSucks will be co-sponsoring a 24-city U.S. tour consisting of Protest the Hero, Periphery, Jeff Loomis, The Safety Fire, and Today I Caught the Plague. The schedule for that one is after the jump — and there’s one more tour after the jump, too.

And here’s the info on the Protest the Hero headlining tour:

3/25 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
3/26 Lawrence, KS @ Granada
3/27 Dallas, TX @ Trees
3/28 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
3/30 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine
3/31 Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
4/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
4/2 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
4/3 Portland, OR @ The Branx
4/4 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
4/6 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
4/7 Denver, CO @ Summit
4/9 St. Louis, MO @ Pops
4/10 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
4/11 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
4/12 Columbus, OH @ The Outland Ballroom
4/13 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
4/14 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
4/16 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
4/17 Orlando, FL @ The Social
4/18 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
4/20 New York, NY @ Gramercy
4/21 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (New England Metal and Hardcore Fest)
4/22 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero

Nope, that’s still not all. There’s this:

Kind of hard to see the dates on those flyers, so here they are:

DYING FETUS W/ Job For A Cowboy, Volumes and Last Change to Reason

2/26 Keene, NH @ Railroad Tavern
2/28 Providence, RI @ PVD Social Club
2/29 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
3/2 Albany, NY @ Bogie’s
3/3 Buffalo, NY @ Club Infinity

 

DYING FETUS W/ The Faceless, Goatwhore, Volumes and Last Chance to Reason

3/4 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls Theatre
3/6 Lansing, MI @ The Loft
3/7 Toledo, OH @ Omni
3/8 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater
3/9 Peoria, IL @ Brass Rail
3/10 Covington, KY @ Bangarang’s
3/12 Evansville, IN @ Boney June’s
3/13 St Louis, MO @ Fubar
3/14 Fayetteville, AR @ The Rogue