SLAUGHTER SURVIVORS TOUR: SCALE THE SUMMIT AND SOME OTHER BANDS
Ever since Within the Ruins were chosen as the opening band on Summer Slaughter via popular fan vote there’s been speculation that some of the other bands who were up for that final slot would team up for a tour of their own. That tour — dubbed the Slaughter Survivors Tour — has finally been announced, and as with its namesake older brother, it’s a mixed bag.
Conducting From the Grave will headline, which for me is neither a great thing or a bad one; I liked their first album and enjoyed their set at NEMHF 2009, but felt that their follow-up album saw them regressing towards the genericness of their peers. I feel roughly the same way about The Contortionist; I could take them or leave them. Regular readers of MetalSucks know we LOVE Scale the Summit, so there’s that. Volumes play generic 2nd-gen djent, Structures play generic 3rd-gen Sumeriancore (but have sick choreographed stage moves, brah!!!), and Rings of Saturn have some kind of tech-deathcore / Psyopus-meets-Oceano thing going on that isn’t wowing me on first listen.
So that’s your tour, ladies and gents. One great band, a couple of OK bands, and a couple of shitty bands. In other words, this will be a great opportunity to catch Scale the Summit! Dates after the jump.
THU 7/21 Hollywood, CA @ Key Club (Official Summer Slaughter Tour Kickoff Party)
FRI 7/22 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
SAT 7/23 Gallup, NM @ The Juggernaut
SUN 7/24 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s
MON 7/25 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
WED 7/27 Orlando, FL @ Firestone
THU 7/28 St Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
FRI 7/29 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
SAT 7/30 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
SUN 7/31 Trenton, NJ @ Backstage at Champs
WED 8/03 Wilmington, DE @ Mojo 13
THU 8/04 Amityville, NY @ Broadway Bar
FRI 8/05 Holyoke, MA @ Waterfront Tavern
SAT 8/06 Amsterdam, NY @ Elks Hall 101
SUN 8/07 Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigby’s
MON 8/08 Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter
WED 8/10 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater
THU 8/11 Steger, IL @ Another Hole In the Wall
FRI 8/12 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
SAT 8/13 Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
SUN 8/14 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
MON 8/15 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
TUE 8/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
THU 8/18 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
FRI 8/19 Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
SAT 8/20 Sparks, NV @ The Alley
