Furthermore the band will be touring the UK this April performing tracks from their forthcoming album ‘Tragic Idol’. To celebrate the event PARADISE LOST will have a very limited number of VIP tickets available (10 per show) which you can purchase online on Wed 1st February 2012 from the band’s website www.paradiselost.co.uk. Nick Holmes comments on the tour as follows: “This is a pretty extensive UK tour for us, I’m speechless and excited. It’s nice to know there’s a WH Smith in every town we play”

PARADISE LOST

April 2012

16th – Cardiff, Great Hall 2
17th – Southampton, The Brook
18th – Folkestone, Quarterhouse
19th – Colchester, Arts Centre
20th – Stoke, Sugarmill
22nd – York, The Duchess
23rd – Glasgow, King Tuts
24th – Sheffield, Corporation
25th – Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
26th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
27th – Manchester, Club Academy
29th – London, Scala
30th – Norwich, Waterfront

The Swedish outfit return after destroying at their debut UK show at Live Evil in October 2011 and catching the eye of labelmates AMON AMARTH who were looking to bring an intense package to the UK and Ireland.

IN SOLITUDE has been declared “one of the hottest new metal acts around” by Decibel Magazine while Metal Hammer described the band as “Structurally and melodically complex, densely layered yet dynamic and fluid, often enthralling, always engaging, this is a metallic Feast.”

The band’s Metal Blade debut, ‘The World. The Flesh. The Devil’ was released on May 20th and stands as a “trad-metal charge of IRON MAIDEN with doom metal’s ironclad grey” according to Kerrang! Magazine.

Additionally, Terrorizer heralded ‘The World. The Flesh. The Devil’ as their “album of the month” in issue #210.

See them here:

AMON AMARTH + GRAND MAGUS + IN SOLITUDE

March 2012

13th – Glasgow, ABC
14th – Belfast, Mandella Hall
15th – Dublin, Vicar Street
16th – Wolverhampton, Civic
17th – Prestatyn, Hammerfest @ Pontins (not Grand Magus, In Solitude)
18th – Cardiff, Solus

The Austrian outfit released their highly acclaimed ‘Death And Legacy’ album last year and were last here in London on the Out Of The Dark tour.

They’ll be joined by Napalm Records label mates NEMESEA who released their ‘The Quiet Resistance’ album in 2011. Making up the three-band package are London outfit PYTHIA.

Catch them here:

SERENITY + PYTHIA + NEMESEA

March 2012

24th – Cardiff, Bogiez
Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152857

25th – London, Underworld
Tickets: http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/gigs/eventdetails/25-mar-12-serenity-underworld/

Unfortunately time restrictions meant AMON AMARTH couldn’t bring their ongoing tour with AS I LAY DYING and SEPTIC FLESH, which just stopped off recently in London to all corners of the UK but the band haven’t forgotten their fans and wanted to get back to the North, South, East and West.

Frontman Johan Hegg comments:

‘We’re excited to be coming back to the UK and Ireland with a proper headlining show. We’ve been looking forward to this since our support tour (with CHILDREN OF BODOM) in April, and it feels great that the it is finally happening!’

GRAND MAGUS will join them on all dates except Hammerfest.

AMON AMARTH + GRAND MAGUS

March 2012

13th – Glasgow – ABC
14th – Belfast – Mandella Hall
15th – Dublin – Vicar Street
16th – Wolverhampton – Civic
17th – Prestatyn – Hammerfest @ Pontins (not GRAND MAGUS)
18th – Cardiff – Solus

The concert, in association with Asgard and the Jorvik Viking Festival will take place at Fibbers on Stonebow – a mere axe throw from the famous Viking Centre itself.

The line-up is confirmed as TYR, with support from Yorkshire heathen metallers RAVENAGEand the Glaswegian black metal band MAELSTROM.

Tickets are priced at £16 and can be purchased from the venue, the usual outlets or direct from Asgard’s event page at: www.asgardonline.co.uk

Joining the New York titans of gore on this history-making trek will be none other than bowel-exploding doom metal kings TRIPTYKON, spearheaded by seminal extreme metal icon Tom G Warrior of CELTIC FROST and HELLHAMMER fame. And, as if that wasn’t enough, both bands will also be joined by veteran Norwegian progressive black metallers ENSLAVED and Arizona death metal favourites, JOB FOR A COWBOY!

‘Just being a part of such a killer package and having these bands on there…it’s gonna be an exciting time and a great tour for the UK‘, says CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. ‘I hope all the fans are really pumped for this one, because we definitely are! This is the first time that this is happening in the UK, and it’s very exciting.’

‘It’s the perfect tour!’ adds JOB FOR A COWBOY frontman Jonny Davy. ‘We still feel like we have a lot to prove, and this is the perfect tour to get in everyone’s faces.’

Destroyers Of The Faith marks the first time that four such blockbuster extreme metal bands have toured the UK on one bill, and promises to be a legendary showcase of some of the gnarliest, darkest and downright heaviest music to ever grace these shores. Destroyers Of The Faith will hit the UK on the following dates. Be there or be forever false:

CANNIBAL CORPSE + TRIPTYKON + ENSLAVED + JOB FOR A COWBOY

March 2012

7th – BRISTOL – O2 Academy
8th – GLASGOW – O2 ABC
9th – MANCHESTER – Academ
10th – LONDON – HMV Forum
11th – BIRMINGHAM – HMV Institute

Comments the band: ‘When the rumours of a tour supporting GWAR first started circulating the whole band got excited right away! They are a band that really stands out from the rest and has been doing that for a long time. A cult band really!! Secondly it’s great to finally infect the UK with our presence and to round it all up back home in Stockholm couldnt be better. SISTER will kick it harder than ever and we’re looking forward to see all of you GWAR-heads and SISTER supporters in January! Fuck, the tours just keep on coming our way. We love it!!’

GWAR + SISTER

January 2012

12th – Bristol – Bierkeller
13th – London – Electric Ballroom
14th – Coventry – Kasbah
15th – Manchester – The Ritz
16th – Belfast – Spring & Airbrake
17th – Dublin- Button Factory
18th – Wrexham – Central Station
20th – Swansea – Sin City
21st – Nottingham – Rock City
24th – Portsmouth – Highlights

The band were last seen on these shores destroying at Sonisphere 2011. Trevor Strnad comments:

‘We in The Black Dahlia Murder could not be more excited for our upcoming tour of the UK. We are loaded up and ready to launch a full scale attack in support of the new album. Prepare for Ritual madness!!!’

Support on all dates comes from SKELETONWITCH.

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER + SKELETONWITCH

JANUARY 2012

11th – LONDON, Underworld
12th – LONDON, Underworld
13th – COLCHESTER, Arts Centre
14th – NORWICH, Waterfront
15th – NORTHAMPTON, Roadmender
16th – BIRMINGHAM, Academy 2
17th – NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms
18th – MANCHESTER, Moho Live
19th – SHEFFIELD, Corporation
20th – NEWCASTLE, Academy 2
21st – ABERDEEN, Tunnels
22nd – GLASGOW, Cathouse
23rd – DUNDEE, Beat Generator
24th – LEEDS, Cockpit
25th -WREXHAM, Central Station
26th – STOKE, Sugarmill
27th – PLYMOUTH, White Rabbit
28th – BRISTOL, Fleece
29th – SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners
30th – READING, Sub 89
31st – MARGATE, West Coast Bar

TICKETS GO ON SALE ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER captured footage while recording their latest album, ‘Ritual‘, with producers Mark Lewis and Jason Suecof. Fans will see tracks being laid down by all members, as well as the band’s infamous brand of humor a la their acclaimed Majesty DVD. The 12 minute behind-the-scenes video can be seen now on HERE: http://www.metalblade.com/bdm

‘Ritual‘ is a collection of 12 tracks that see the band staying true to their sound and style while progressing in both writing and musicianship. Guitarist Ryan Knight has delivered truly searing leads that will without a doubt daze and lay waste the ears of both loyal Black Dahlia diehards and burgeoning fans alike. Music for ‘Ritual‘ was recorded in early 2011 in Detroit, MI with Mark Lewis (DEICIDE, UNEARTH) and the band producing with vocals and mixing taking place at Orlando, Florida based studio, Audio Hammer with Jason Suecof (BDM, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, JOB FOR A COWBOY, ALL THAT REMAINS).

SAXON will release the long awaited follow up to their current album ‘Into The Labyrinth’ in March. The album will feature at least one special guest. Their recent DVD ‘Heavy Metal Thunder’ was recently nominated for best DVD of the year by Classic Rock Magazine.

The band have had a busy year, which included performing a blinding set at Download, Donington in June, where to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the first Monsters of Rock Show, they played their legendary ‘Wheels of Steel’ album in it’s entirety for the first time ever.

As is becoming an almost yearly custom for SAXON, they will perform at the 02 Shepherds Bush Empire in London on St. Georges Day, 23rd April, which promises to be a loud, rocking celebration of England’s patron saint’s day.

Full tour details are:-

April 2011

Sat 9th Leamington Spa – The Assembly
Sun 10th Nottingham – Rock City
Mon 11th Whitehaven – Civic Hall
Wed 13th Manchester – Academy 2
Thurs 14th Glasgow – O2 ABC
Fri 15th Newcastle – O2 Academy
Sun 17th Leeds – O2 Academy
Mon 18th Wolverhampton – Wulfrun Hall
Tue 19th Bristol – O2 Academy
Thurs 21st Falmouth – Princess Pavilion
Fri 22nd Bournemouth – O2 Academy
Sat 23rd London – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

Currently working up the long awaited and highly anticipated follow up album to 2008′s ‘Twilight Of The Thunder God’, AMON AMARTH are looking at a spring release and these dates will kick off their touring cycle.

Johan Hegg says “The last couple of months we have been busy working on our follow up to ‘Twilight of the Thunder God’. Ten songs were written and on October 1 we started tracking drums for the album in Park Studios. After a short trip to Tokyo, which included our first ever show in Japan at the renowned LOUD PARK festival, we continued tracking bass and guitars at Fascination Street studios. Recordings have been going well and we are now more than half-way through and the album starts to take shape. We’ll keep you updated with more info soon!”

Children Of Bodom + Amon Amarth

April 2011

1st – NORWICH – UEA
2nd – MANCHESTER – Academy
3rd – GLASGOW – O2 ABC
5th – (IRE) DUBLIN – Vicar Street
7th – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
8th – BIRMINGHAM – O2 Academy
9th – LONDON – HMV Forum