The Metal Alliance Tour Gets High on Fire

Obligatory pleasant new year greeting here. Don’t pretend like you didn’t miss us, fuckers.

So. Shortly before our holiday hiatus, the organizers of the now-annual Metal Alliance Tour announced the 2013 line-up, which is, without a doubt, their sweetest bill yet; they also promised that more bands would soon be announced. Thus, this morning we have High on Fire added to the already-stellar package of Anthrax (performing Among the Living in its entirety), Exodus, Municipal Waste, and Holy Grail. HoF actually kinda stand out amongst those bands because they’re the only group on the trek who aren’t pure thrash. I can’t really imagine anyone with half a brain complaining, though. You have to have some copious amounts of sand in your vagina to be upset about seeing High on Fire.

The tour kicks off in March. There are still a couple of bands left to be announced, but I have to imagine this bill is already enough to persuade you to attend. Here are dates:

3/23 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
3/24 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
3/25 House of Blues San Diego, CA
3/27 House of Blues West Hollywood, CA
3/28 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
3/29 The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
3/30 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
3/31 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
4/2 Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
4/4 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
4/5 House of Blues Chicago, IL
4/6 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
4/7 Bogarts Cincinnati, OH
4/9 House of Blues Dallas, TX
4/10 House of Blues Houston, TX
4/12 House of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
4/13 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC
4/14 The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD
4/16 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
4/18 Theatre of the Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
4/20 Irving Plaza New York, NY