Tampa-based death metal legends OBITUARY have issued the following update:

"Happy New Year to everyone! We hope all of you have a safe and great new year! Our 2008 European Tour starts in a couple of days and we are ready to go. We fly out today headed to Amsterdam. This is going to be an awesome tour and we can't wait to play a lot of the new material off Xecutioner's Return! You guys have had a several months to learn the new stuff and I hope you are ready! We have a lot of shows set up, so I hope we make it somewhere close to where you are! SEE YOU OUT ON THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!"

Obituary, HOLY MOSES, AVATAR European live dates include:

January

3 - Zwolle, Holland - Hedon
4 - Tilburg, Holland - 0 13
5 - Osnabrueck, Germany - Hyde Park
6 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
8 - Warsaw. Poland - Proxima
9 - Krakow, Poland - Studio
10 - Graz, Austria - Orpheum
11 - Vienna, Austria - Planet Music
12 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo
14 - Florence, Italy - The Viper Room
15 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
16 - Lyon, France - CCO
17 - Barcelcona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
18 - Madrid, Spain - Heineken
19 - Bergara, Spain - Sala Jam
21 - Rennes, France - Antipode
22 - Paris, France - La Locomotive
23 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
24 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
25 - Schweinfurt, Germany - Stattbahnhof
26 - Glauchau, Germany - Alte Spinnerei
27 - Prague, Chech Rep. - Abaton
29 - Budapest, Hungary - A 38
30 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
31 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7

February

1 - Stasbourg, France - La Laiterie
2 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Hof Ter Loo
3 - London, England - ULU