San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on a European headlining tour this fall, dubbed The Eighth Plague Tour. Support on the trek will come from BRING ME THE HORIZON, DEVILDRIVER and DARKEST HOUR.

Confirmed dates include:

November

2 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
3 - Stockholm, Sweden - Arenan
5 - Tampere, Finland - Sorsapuistosali
6 - Helsinki, Finland - The Circus
8 - Fredriksberg, Denmark - KB Hallen
9 - Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 36
10 - Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
24 - Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hugenottenhalle
25 - Munich, Germany - Kesselhaus
26 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Arena
30 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle

December

3 - London, UK - Wembley Arena
4 - Birmingham, UK - National Indoor Arena
5 - Glasgow, UK - Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC)
6 - Manchester, UK - Central

There will be a pre-sale available from Live Nation tomorrow morning (Thursday, June 23rd) at 9 AM. The rest of the tickets will go on general sale at 9 AM on Friday morning (June 24th).

Tickets at this location.

An advance mix of Machine Head's new track, 'Locust', is now available for purchase via iTunes at this location.

This version of the song was mixed by Juan Urteaga, while the final mix will be done by Machine Head producer Colin Richardson.

The advance mix of 'Locust' is streaming below:

The band, which released the back-to-back, modern classics, 2004's Through The Ashes Of Empires and 2007's The Blackening, are aiming to unleash their third masterwork in a row on September 27th via longtime label Roadrunner Records. The as-yet untitled new album is being recorded at JingleTown Studios in Oakland, with frontman Robb Flynn producing, and it is sure to level anything and everything that happens upon its path.

Machine Head will prepare for the release of their new album by appearing on the main stage of the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival for key dates (while headlining the Extreme Stage for others) this summer; the tour kicks off this July. This is the band's second tour of duty on Mayhem, as they appeared on the festival during its inaugural run in 2008.

(Thanks: TakeMyScars.com)