German thrash giants, Kreator, have launched a countdown clock, leading up to the pre-order for their new album, Gods Of Violence, due in January via Nuclear Blast. Head to godsofviolence.com to see the countdown and hear a snippet of a new song via a teaser video.

In early 2017, Kreator will tour Europe in support of their upcoming album. Legendary guitarist/singer Mille Petrozza and his crew will be accompanied by a varied as well as iconic billing. Brazilian-American extreme metal pioneers Sepultura are announced to be direct support to the headliners, followed by visionary Swedish melodic death metallers Soilwork and Belgium’s finest death/grind outfit, Aborted.

Commented Mille Petrozza: "Finally we are gonna be back on a headlining tour through Europe again. It will be more than two years by then since our last run and we have some amazing ideas for a new stage show, supporting our new album. It will be nothing less than spectacular, I promise! Looking forward to see all of you metal maniacs in 2017. And this will just be the beginning..."

Kreator: Ever since their inception in the early 1980’s, Kreator have pushed boundaries not only in speed/thrash metal in general but also influenced countless bands in other extrem metal genres. With iconic outputs like »Endless Pain«, »Pleasure To Kill« and »Extreme Aggression« under their belt the band is mainly responsible for putting Germany on the map of extreme music. Unlike other acts in the genre, Kreator managed to maintain their status even throughout the difficult 1990’s when grunge dominated the music world. Ever since the early 2000’s Kreator have taken their sound and thrash metal in general to the next level by releasing modern classics like »Violent Revolution«, »Enemy Of God«, »Hordes Of Chaos« and most recently »Phantom Antichrist«. Fans and critics alike are looking forward to what Kreator will be up to with their next, 14th record.

Sepultura: What is there to say about Sepultura that had not been said already? Guitarist extraordinaire, Andreas Kisser, and his gang of extreme metal lunatics have proven to prevail for over 32 years now. Be it the early iconic releases like Beneath The Remains and Arise, the huge chartbreaking ones like Chaos A.D. and Roots or modern extreme metal milestones like A-lex or The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart, Sepultura have shown how versatile and relevant they’ve aways been and still are today. With a brand new record underway, the band will showcase a new brand of chaos at these upcoming shows.

Soilwork: No other European band has been as influential for modern extreme metal as these Swedes. Soilwork revolutionized melodic death metal the day they started out by adding clean vocals, a forward-thinking mindset, progressive elements and ridiculously great guitar work. Over the years the band has evolved to something so remarkably unique and set the blueprints for a modern sound other bands gladly took in. With their current masterpiece The Ride Majestic and the upcoming rarities collection Death Resonance, Soilwork are a great addition to this varied tour bill.

Aborted: As one of a few successful artists from Belgium, Aborted have always stood out from the rest. With the new album, Retrogore out now and their unique blend of death metal and grindcore elements accompanied by sick artworks and brutal live performance, the quartet is set to unleash hell when opening the shows every night.

Tour dates:

February
2 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
3 - Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
4 - Hamburg, Germany - Mehr! Theater
6 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
7 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
12 - Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Cafe
13 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Siemens Arena
15 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja
17 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
18 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
19 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
21 - Trezzo, Italy - Live Club
22 - Grenoble, France - Summum
23 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
24 - Madrid, Spain - Riviera
25 - Toulouse, France - Bikini
26 - Paris, France - Bataclan
28 - Manchester, England - Academy

March
1 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
2 - London, England - O2 Forum
3 - Torhout, Belgium - De Mast
4 - Essen, Germany - Grugahalle