Amon Amarth Announce Pillaging of North America

And so it is that your favorite viking metallers in Amon Amarth have officially announced their upcoming 2011 U.S. headlining tour.  Who will be opening for them, you ask?  The answer to that is nobody.  Get ready for "An Evening with Amon Amarth."  The band will be playing two different sets in each show, one being them playing their upcoming March 29th release of Surtur Rising in its entirety.  In a Metal Blade news release, drummer Fredrik Andersson elaborated: "We're really excited about the upcoming album, Surtur Rising. And what better way to showcase it by playing the full album on our first U.S. tour for Surtur Rising?! It's definitely a unique opportunity for our fans because not only will the album be performed live but a second set with material from our previous albums will take place. We want our fans to really experience AMON AMARTH."

Check out dates for the tour after the break.

Times Of Touring Grace

For the past couple weeks, Times of Grace, the new project of original Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach and current KSE guitarist Adam D., have been releasing music video teasers of a few of their songs from their upcoming album The Hymn Of A Broken Man which will be released on Januaray 18, 2011.  I didn't bother to post them up here becasue that wouldn't just gotten annoying plus I find teasers like that annoying anyways.  So I was lulled into believing that would be the only real type of news from them until the new album dropped.

But much to my surprise, they released their upcoming tour information today!  That's right. Times Of Grace's first tour has been officially announced and will begin on February 1.  Their supporting acts will be Straight Line Stitch and War Of Ages.  From the beginning of Times Of Grace, it was said that this side project would be a mix of many musical genres but from what I've heard so far it sounds pretty much like old KSE, which I'm not complaining about at all.  Count me as interested in this one.

Dates for the tour can be seen below after the break.

As I Lay Dying Announces 2011 Headlining Tour

The San Diego based metalcore giants As I Lay Dying just released info about their first tour of 2011. For them it will be a headlining tour along with support from Winds Of Plague and After The Burial. To be completely honest, this lineup seems mediocre at best. I hate to say that because I've always had a great respect for As I Lay Dying because they do bring it live. But count me as un-interested in this concert. If this does interest anybody you can see the dates below after the break.