ONSLAUGHT Announce First-Ever North American Tour; M-PIRE OF EVIL To Support
December 8, 2011, 12 years ago
Three decades of waiting are finally over! British thrash masters ONSLAUGHT will cross the Atlantic for their first ever North American tour sponsored by BraveWords.com! The band is scheduled for a three-week tour performing an exclusive set list spanning through all their studio albums such as: Power From Hell, The Force, In Search Of Sanity, Killing Peace and their latest release Sounds Of Violence.
Coming along on tour is the new black/thrash metal outfit M-PIRE OF EVIL an all ex-VENOM supergroup featuring Demolition man, Antton Lant and Venom's founding member Jeff "Mantas" Dunn. Mpire will be presenting their own material as well as performing classic Venom songs. Bay area thrashers EVIL DEAD will joining this unholy package for some devastating dates on the US West Coast.
Onslaught's Nige Rockett comments:
"Good Morning America. Here we are at very long last! Onslaught are super-fucking stoked to announce our debut tour of the mighty USofA and Canada. It's been one hell of a long time coming, but we are now finally bringing the Scream For Violence tour to North America for 20 shows in March and April 2012. Just as we did in Europe, the UK and South America, we'll be thrashing it up with a brutal 90 minute set featuring tracks off all five Onslaught studio albums. We can't fucking wait guys. This is the Sound of Violence!"
These are the first confirmed dates:
March
19 - Seattle, WA - Studio 720 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
21 - Oakland, CA - The Pound
22 - Los Angeles, CA - Ecoplex
23 - San Diego, CA - Jumping Turtle
24 - Tempe, AZ - 910 Live
26 - San Antonio, TX - The Korova
27 - Laredo, TX - TBA
29 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
30 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
31 - Dayton, OH - House of Rock
April
1 - Detroit, MI - Blondies3 - Toronto, ON - Wrek Room
4 - Montreal, QC - The Katacombs
6 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
7 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus Bar
A promo video for the tour can be found below:
