German thrash metal founders Kreator (pictured above), Florida death metal legends Obituary, old-school Ohio brutalizers Midnight, and progressive death prodigies Horrendous are confirmed for the 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour. Regional openers in select markets to be announced next year.

For the past six years, ambitious curation has unified artists from far reaches of the extreme universe who would otherwise never have the opportunity to tour North America together. The lineup for the 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour continues that proud tradition.

Of 2017’s four featured acts, two will release new LPs in 2017 to coincide with the Decibel Tour: Kreator, with their fourteenth full-length album, Gods Of Violence; and Obituary, with tenth effort Obituary. The latter have already been honoured with an authoritative Hall of Fame feature on 1990’s landmark album Cause of Death. In 2015, Horrendous took home Decibel’s Album of the Year honor for their Anareta release. Additionally, Kreator, Midnight and Horrendous have each recorded and released exclusive tracks via the Decibel Flexi Series, and Obituary will soon join them, recording a flexi track that will appear in the annual Decibel Tour issue of the magazine that hits stands in March 2017.

Tickets for the 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour are on sale now at decibelmagazine.com. All dates and venues are below.

March
17 - Underground - Charlotte, NC
18 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA  
19 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL  
20 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA  
21 - House of Blues - Houston, TX
22 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
24 - Club Red - Phoenix, AZ
25 - Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
26 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
27 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
28 - Neptune - Seattle, WA
29 - Rickshaw - Vancouver, BC
31 - MacEwan Ballroom - Calgary, AB

April
1 - Union Hall - Edmonton, AB
4 - Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO  
6 - Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
7 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL  
8 - The Vogue - Indianapolis, IN
9 - House Of Blues - Cleveland, OH  
11 - Opera House - Toronto, ON  
12 - Club Soda -Montreal, QC
13 - Paradise Rock Club  Boston, MA
14 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
15 - TLA - Philadelphia, PA