ORIGIN, MISERY INDEX, and ABYSMAL DAWN will join forces for the 2008 installment of the Relapse Records Contamination Tour. The tour kicks off on July 21st in St. Louis, MO. A listing of confirmed tour dates and cities can be found below with more to be announced soon.

Origin released their Antithesis album in April. The band is currently in the midst of their first-ever European headlining tour and have recently debuted their first video for the album, for 'Finite'. Check it out below...

Tracks taken from Antithesis can be heard now via the band’s MySpace.

Misery Index recently completed work on their follow-up album to their Relapse debut, Discordia. The new full-length, Traitors, was recorded in Salem, MA with Kurt Ballou (DISFEAR, COLISEUM, GENGHIS TRON) and is expected to see a September 30th North American release date (October 8th internationally). Misery Index will also release a digital-only EP, Dead Sam Walking, next Tuesday, June 10th, that will feature a post-Discordia collection of vinyl-only material and live tracks. Studio updates and audio samples can be accessed via the band’s official MySpace.

Abysmal Dawn released their Relapse debut, Programmed To Consume, in mid-May. The band is currently out on a Western U.S. headlining tour in support of its release. Audio samples taken from Programmed To Consume and a listing of tour dates can be found via the band’s MySpace page.

The Contamination Tour has been a label vehicle used to expose some of its newest and most exciting bands. Previous Contamination Tour alumni include MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, NEUROSIS, NILE, HIGH ON FIRE, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, COALESCE, DYSRHYTHMIA, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, and many more.

2008 dates include:

July

21 - St. Louis, MO - Rockstar Nightclub
22 - Fayetteville, AR - The OPO
24 - Dallas, TX - TBA
25 - Victoria, TX - Sun Valley Ranch
26 - Austin, TX - Red 7
28 - El Paso, TX - Chics
29 - Farmington, NM - Gator’s
30 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
31 - San Marcos, CA - Jumping Turtle

August

1 - Hollywood, CA - Safari Sams
2 - Oakland, CA - The Metro
3 - Portland, OR - Satyricon
4 - Roseburg, OR - Riversdale Grange
5 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas
8 - Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep
9 - Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot