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Opeth And Katatonia Planning September/October North American Tour

Opeth will be mounting a North American tour with Katatonia in support of their forthcoming new album “Heritage” (due out September 20th.) Initial dates that have slipped out for the trek run as follows:

09/19 Worcester, MA – Palladium
09/20 Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
09/21 New York, NY – Webster Hall
09/22 New York, NY – Webster Hall
09/26 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
09/28 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
09/29 Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
10/06 Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
10/08 Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Centre
10/16 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
10/21 Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater
10/25 Denver, CO – Ogden Theater

Dates Revised For Kittie, Dirge Within, Etc. Tour

Dates have been revised for Kittie‘s forthcoming tour with Dirge Within and Diamond Plate. The updated schedule can be found below:

08/11 Cave In Rock, IL – Hog Rock (“Gathering Of The Juggalos“) (Kittie only)
08/12 Waterloo, IA – Spicoli’s Rock Garden
08/13 Milwaukee, WI – The Basement
08/14 Joilet, IL – Mojoes
08/15 Sauget, IL – Pop’s
08/19 Columbus, OH – Al Rosa Villa
08/20 Lake Odessa, MI – Carnival Of Chaos
08/21 Battle Creek, MI – Planet Live Music
08/23 Dayton, OH – McGuffy’s
08/24 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
08/25 Syracuse, NY – Lost Horizon
08/26 Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
08/27 Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
08/28 Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
08/30 New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
08/31 Springfield, VA – Jaxx
09/01 Fayetteville, NC – Jesters
09/02 Jacksonville, NC – Hooligans
09/03 Spartanburg, NC – Ground Zero
09/04 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
09/07 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
09/08 San Antonio, TX – Backstage Live
09/09 Dallas, TX – Trees
09/10 Lubbock, TX – Jake’s
09/12 Farmington, NM – Top Deck
09/13 Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse
09/14 Los Angeles, CA – The Whisky
09/15 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
09/16 Santa Clara, CA – Avalon
09/17 Orangevale, CA – Boardwalk
09/20 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
09/21 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep

Primer 55 Rejoined By Former Vocalist, Announce June Shows

Primer 55 continue to work on a new album, once again with vocalist Donny “THE DRP” Polinske back in the fold. Speaking on the bands current mindset, guitarist/bassist,etc. Bobby Burns offered:

“Im excited about the future once again… The last couple of years in Soulfly really fucked me up to say the least.. lies and deceit is what that camp is made up of… It’s sad i think.. they’ll try to brainwash anyone that steps in but at the end of the day all i can say is “Best of luck” Im happy with my life now, alot happier now that I dont have to act like a rockstar and be told not to sign such and such for a fan.”

Current Primer 55 dates include:

06/13 Joilet, IL – Mojoes
06/14 Peoria, IL – The Brass Rail
06/15 Sioux City, IA – The Chesterfield
06/16 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
06/17 Des Moines, IA – House Of Bricks
06/18 Hutchinson, KS – McGraws Nightclub

Thrice Frontman Speaks On New Album

Thrice vocalist/guitarist Dustin Kensrue recently spoke at length with Altpress.com regarding the bands newly recorded album. Speaking on the direction of the effort, Kensrue offered:

“…It definitely has some elements of underground ‘90s grunge—like chord turns and some of that dirtiness. Other than that, it’s hard to say. It’s definitely the most natural progression from record to record that we’ve had in a while. We did The Alchemy Index, which was totally different [from Vheissu]. Then Beggars was kind of the reaction against that. This kind of makes sense coming out of Beggars, but it’s definitely a different record.”

The album is presently set for a late September release date through Vagrant.

I Killed The Prom Queen To Record New Album

Following on the heels of a recent bout of touring in their native Australia comes word that I Killed The Prom Queen have begun writing new material for their next album which they plan to have in stores in 2012. Touring is expected to be mounted in support of the outing.

The current incarnation of I Killed The Prom Queen shapes up as follows:

Vocals – Jamie Hope
Guitar/Clean Vocals – Jona Weinhofen (Bring Me The Horizon)
Drums – JJ Peters (Deez Nuts)
Guitar – Kevin Cameron (In Trenches)
Bass – Sean Kennedy

The Black Dahlia Murder Cover Carcass For “Decibel” Magazine

The Black Dahlia Murder will have their cover of Carcass‘ “This Mortal Coil” featured on flexi disc included with the July 2011 issue (in stores June 09th) of “Decibel“. The cover will feature a guest appearance from CarcassJeff Walker. The Black Dahlia Murder‘s new album “Ritual” will land on store shelves on June 21st via Metal Blade.

New Puscifer Tentatively Set For October Release

Maynard James Keenan continues to push forward with work on the next album from his Puscifer side project. A tweet made earlier today by Keenan reads as follows:

“Finishin up new puscifer tracks. mixin this month w hopes of an Oct release. It’s sounding pretty tasty. Fairly confident you’ll b pleased.”

Arch Enemy Set For “Khaos Over Europe Tour” With Warbringer & Chthonic

Arch Enemy have announced the dates for their “Khaos Over Europe” winter 2011 tour which will see support from Warbringer and Chthonic. Here’s how the trek will run:

12/07 Amsterdam, NET – Paradiso
12/09 Tilburg, NET – 013
12/10 Geiselwind, GER – Christmas Metal Meeting
12/11 Osnabruck, GER – Rosenhof
12/13 Koln, GER – Essigfabrik
12/14 Reims, FRA – Le Cartonnerie
12/16 Rouen, FRA – Le 106
12/17 Vannes, FRA – L’Echonova
12/18 Limoges, FRA – CC John Lennon
12/20 Munchen, GER – Backstage Werk
12/21 Saarbrucken, GER – Garage
12/22 Pratteln, SWI – Z7

Arch Enemy will release their new album “Khaos Legions” through Century Media this coming Tuesday, June 07th, via Century Media. In the meantime, the group have released a series of webisodes documenting their recent time spent on the road below:

Boulevard Festival, Casablanca (MO):

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Skeletonwitch Begin Recording New Album, Welcome New Drummer

Skeletonwitch entered a Los Angeles, CA area studio today to begin tracking their as-yet untitled new album with producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Machine Head) at the helm. The effort will mark the debut of ex-Demiricous drummer Dustin Boltjes, who has now officially been welcomed into the band.

Speaking on the outing and Boltjes, band guitarist Scott Hedrick had the following to offer:

“Waiting fucking sucks! So, after months of writing, it’s great to finally be in the studio tracking the new album. It’s not rocket science…it’s epic, it’s brutal, it’s fucking Skeletonwitch! We can’t wait for everyone to hear it. We’d also like to officially welcome aboard our newest member Dustin Boltjes. He’s a great fucking dude and an animal behind the kit. We couldn’t have found a better fit. Welcome aboard, brother!”

In addition to the following spate of overseas touring this summer, the band will be hitting the road this fall alongside DevilDriver, Chthonic and one more band TBA. Further details on that trek are expected next week.

08/04 Dortmund, GER – FZW Freizeitzentrum West
08/06 Wacken, GER – Wacken Open Air
08/08 Toulouse, FRA – La Dynamo
08/09 Montpellier, FRA – The Secret Place
08/11 Jaromer, CZE – Brutal Assault
08/12 Schlotheim, GER – Party San
08/13 Walton On Trent, UK – Canton Hall (“Bloodstock“)
08/14 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
08/16 London, UK – Barfly
08/19 Dinkelsbühl, GER – Summer Breeze
08/20 Dinkelsbühl, GER – Summer Breeze