Blind Guardian Announce North American Tour With Grave Digger

No matter how cool or edgy I try to be, I can’t hate power metal. Sure, it’s mostly about princesses in ice castles and wizards throwing shit around, and it has a fanbase that is 96% stretch marked nerds and 4% musclebound nutbars, but man, I love a booming chorus over a wailing guitar. I love a lyric about plunging a sword.

Which is why I was ridiculously stoked to learn via Metal Underground that Blind Guardian and Grave Digger are heading out on a North American trek together this fall. Blind Guardian might be the best power metal band of all time–listen to “Battlefield”, right now–and Grave Digger take cheese to a level so epic that it can’t be ignored.

Ride bravely out to one of the dates below, but make sure to brush up on your vital Blind Guardian facts first.

Oct 27 Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
Oct 29 The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada
Oct 30 Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre, Montreal, Canada
Oct 31 The Palladium, Worcester, MA
Nov 01 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 03 Webster Hall, New York, NY
Nov 04 Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall, PA
Nov 06 The Crofoot, Pontiac, MI
Nov 07 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
Nov 08 Concord Music Hall, Chicago, IL
Nov 09 Mill City Nights, Minneapolis, MN
Nov 11 The Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO
Nov 13 MacEwan Ballroom, Calgary, Canada
Nov 14 Union Hall, Edmonton, Canada
Nov 16 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
Nov 17 Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
Nov 19 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
Nov 20 Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
Nov 21 City National Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA
Nov 22 The Marquee, Tempe, AZ
Nov 24 Gas Monkey Live!, Dallas, TX
Nov 25 Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Nov 27 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
Nov 28 The Plaza Live, Orlando, FL