After successfully decimating Europe this summer with multiple festival appearances and headlining shows, your lords and masters the almighty GWAR have awoken from their arctic slumber to once again create utter devastation in North America this fall. The tour kicks off October 18th at in Charlotte, NC and will cross North America wrapping up November 27th in New Haven, CT.

Providing direct support on the tour will be Buffalo New York's EVERY TIME I DIE. GHOUL will open the first half of the tour and WARBEAST will be opening the second half. A complete list of tour dates is listed below.

Momentarily putting down his crack pipe, the warty front thing and mutant overlord Oderus Urungus spoke about the carnage that is sure to ensue when GWAR tours North America: "Once again we blow the mighty horn of war, and summon the most fanatical fans in metal history to pay homage to their brutal overlords, us. Between holding Crack-a-Thon's, having GWAR-B-Q's, you might think that your Lords and Masters had forgotten about you... but you won't get off that easy! GWAR is returning to personally slap the teeth out of your collective mouths, and have a great time while doing it!"

Tour dates:

October

18 - Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
19 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
20 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
21 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
22 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
23 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
24 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
25 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
26 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
28 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
29 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's
30 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
31 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues

November

1 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
2 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
4 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Event Centre
5 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall Ballroom
7 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
8 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
9 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
11 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
12 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
13 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
14 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
15 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
16 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall
18 - Austin, TX - East Side Drive In
19 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
20 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
21 - New Orleans, LA - The Hangar
22 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
23 - Tampa, FL - Green Iguana Stadium
25 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
26 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
27 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place

In a recent Facebook post, GWAR announced their split with bassist Casey Orr (aka Beefcake The Mighty, pictured below). The message states:

"You fools... it is true, Casey has left, but Beefcake The Mighty lives on! And GWAR continues to RULE."

Stay tuned for further updates.

Metal Blade Records and Slave Pit Inc. are once again teaming up to put on the wildest party of this or any other summer... the 2011 GWAR B-Q is on for September 17th at Hadad's Water Park in Richmond, VA, featuring two full stages of rock before the final, climactic performance from the mighty GWAR. And this will be no ordinary Gwar set (if such a thing could exist...) as original Gwar bass player Mike Bishop (the first Beefcake the Mighty) will join the band for a very special set of songs from the Scumdogs era, before turning over the stage to the latest incarnation of the universe's most dangerous band.

"After slacking off for easily four or five minutes, the slaves of Gwar are back at it, laboring ceaselessly to satisfy our muddied desire and provide you with the sick shit you crave," said crass uber-thing Oderus Urungus. "Everyone is ordered to attend the Gwar B-Q and pay homage to their undead overlords of necrotic filth, us, the mighty Gwar, and maybe even join us for a yummy grilled baby-ass."

The final lineup is as follows:

Main Stage:

GWAR

DARKEST HOUR

KEPONE

MENSREA

DBX

GROUNDSCORE

Second Stage:

BATTLE MASTER

WHITE CROSS

THE OCCULTIST

BLOODY CRACKDOWN

In addition to all this great music, there will be BBQ cook-offs, the return of The Spew-O-Lympics and American A-hole competitions, a jousting exhibition from the Cutthroats Bike Gang, a Bloody T-Shirt contest and of course, all the wet and wonderful fun that Hadad's Lake offers.

Don't miss the most insane party in the history of the most insane band to ever curse this Earth. Get your tickets in advance for only $20. There are a limited amount of tickets available so be sure to get yours at Gwar.net.

Tickets will be $25 at the door on the day of the event.

There are also two other premium ticket deals:

Deluxe - $30.00 - 1 day entry to all music performances and events and an official Gwar-B-Q t-shirt

Premium - $75.00 - 1 day entry to all music performances, official Gwar-B-Q t-shirt, Gwar live concert DVD, VIP pass for "Meat and Beat" signing with Gwar, and a chance to appear on stage with Gwar and be devoured by their pet World Maggot.

But just because the sun goes down, it doesn't mean the fun has to end. Included with the price of your ticket you will also gain access to the Gwar B-Q After Show Party at the newly re-opened Alley Katz, in fabulous Shockoe Bottom. The After Show Party will feature music by HEX MACHINE, THE LANDMINES, U.S. BRASS and a super secret surprise headlining band. The after-show party starts at 7pm and goes 'til 2am.

In other Slave Pit news, the new episode of the Blood Vomits, Slave-Pit's Kickstarter funded animated comedy short, is wrapping up its editing and should be premiering soon on Gwar.net. Slave Pit has also unfortunately had to take down their popular Gwar-B-Q and Gwar.tv pages, due to server issues. And finally, there are rumors going around that the Crack-a-Thon may be back, sooner than you think. Look for an announcement next week.

Despite getting kicked off Red Eye for disemboweling Sarah Palin, Oderus wasted little time in finding another platform to terrorize the airwaves - and what better place to do that than from the #1 syndicated metal radio show in the US, Full Metal Jackie. That's right, for the past few months Oderus has been appearing on Jackie's show in 'The Mad Minute', in which our warty anti-hero mouths off about a variety of topics, covering a spectrum from "jenkum" to Fred Durst and why he sucks so bad. Check out the mind of a mad man - or at least someone that is mad - at The Mad Minute on Full Metal Jackie.