Complete with several U.S. Military vehicles as well as armed and uniformed troops, the Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival was announced yesterday (April 25th) at The Key Club on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA The Key Club became a military detention camp, all guests received an ID bracelet and had to pass through a caged security check before entering.

Members from several of the Trespass America support line-up - Kyle "Gumby" Gunther from BATTLECROSS, EMMURE's Frankie Palmeri and Mark Castillo, Matt Heafy from TRIVIUM, and recently rejoined KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach - all handcuffed and hooded - were marched out onto the stage at the press conference with a military escort. Press conference attendees were then able to view the arrival of headliners FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH on the club's in-house movie screen; a military convoy transported 5FDP - also handcuffed and hooded - up the Sunset Strip to The Key Club 'detention camp.' Upon arrival, ten U.S Military troops escorted the band through the crowd and onto the stage. Metal Hammer's editor, Alexander Milas, announced the tour and the lineup as the prisoners-cum-musicians were cut out of their handcuffs by the soldiers and pulled of their hoods for the reveal.

Check out the complete 24-minute press conference below:

The 31-date Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival will kick off July 13th in Broomfield, CO and end in Los Angeles on August 28th. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 27th. Log on towww.trespassamerica.com for details. With more to be announced, confirmed dates for the Metal Hammer Trespass America Festival are as follows:

July

13 - Broomfield, CO - 1st Bank Center
15 - Billings, MT - MetraPark Arena
16 - Bismarck, ND - Bismarck Civic Center
17 - Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Arena
19 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
21 - Fort Wayne, IN - Allen County Expo Center
24 - Lubbock, TX - Lonestar Amphitheatre
25 - Belton, TX - Bell County Expo Center
27 - San Antonio, TX - Freeman Coliseum
28 - Beaumont, TX - Ford Pavilion
30 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
31 - Evansville, IN - Ford Center

August

3 - Battle Creek, MI - Kellogg Arena
7 - Syracuse, NY - SRC Arena and Events Center/Onondaga Community Center
8 - Glens Falls, NY - Glens Falls Civic Center
10 - Scarborough, ME - Scarborough Downs
14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
15 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theatre
17 - Worchester, MA - DCU Center
18 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
19 - Philadelphia, PA - Penn's Landing - Festival Pier
22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum
25 - Rio Rancho, NM - Santa Ana Star Center
26 - Phoenix, AZ - Comercia Theatre
28 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium