DEAD CROSS Feat. MIKE PATTON, DAVE LOMBARDO: North American Tour Dates Announced

DEAD CROSS, the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS) and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE),has announced its first North American tour dates.

"Everything about DEAD CROSS screams aggression," said Lombardo. "I have no idea what kind of chaos it will conjure on stage or in the audience... but I know it's going to be a hell of a good time. Really looking forward to hitting the road with these guys."

The late-summer outing kicks off on August 10 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California and includes a stop at Riot Fest in Chicago. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m. local time.

DEAD CROSS tour dates:

Aug. 10 - Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
Aug. 11 - Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
Aug. 12 - Phoenix, AZ The Marquee
Aug. 14 - Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
Aug. 15 - Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Aug. 16 - Austin, TX Emo’s
Aug. 18 - Tucson, AZ The Rialto Theatre
Aug. 19 - San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
Aug. 21 - Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
Aug. 23 - Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre
Aug. 25 - Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
Aug. 26 - Seattle, WA The Showbox
Aug. 27 - Portland Wonder Ballroom
Aug. 29 - Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
Sep. 08 - Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
Sep. 10 - Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Sep. 11 - Boston, MA Royale
Sep. 12 - New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
Sep. 13 - Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
Sep. 15 - Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
Sep. 16 - Chicago, IL Riot Fest
Sep. 17 - Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
Sep. 19 - Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Sep. 20 - Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
Sep. 23 - Denver, CO Ogden Theatre

DEAD CROSS will release its self-titled debut album on August 4 via Ipecac Recordings. The effort was helmed by producer Ross Robinson, who has previously worked with KORN, DEFTONES, SEPULTURA and LIMP BIZKIT, among others, and was mastered at Golden Mastering in Ventura, California.

DEAD CROSS, which is rounded out by Justin Pearson (THE LOCUST, RETOX, HEAD WOUND CITY) and Michael Crain (RETOX, FESTIVAL OF DEAD DEER),last year parted ways with singer Gabe Serbian.

Patton told Rolling Stone that he got involved with DEAD CROSS after reaching out to Lombardo to see if he could release the band's album on Ipecac. After getting a text from the drummer asking him to join the group, "my jaw dropped," the singer said. "I was like, 'Who, me? Hmm …' And I think it took like all of 30 seconds, but in a sarcastic way, I'm like, 'Yeah, of course. I can do this. Are you sure you want me?' So I kind of second-guessed him a little bit. And he said, 'Man, you'd be our dream vocalist.' And then it was just a matter of logistics. I decided to record it here in my basement, which is fitting. It shouldn't sound too polished."

Regarding DEAD CROSS's musical direction, Patton said: "To me, it is a traditional hardcore record. It is very pointed, direct and visceral. Like, I wasn't going to play keyboards, add samples or any kind of orchestration. It was like, 'Yo, just go for it.' In some ways, it reminded me of stuff that we had collectively all grown up with and loved when we were like teenagers — bands like the ACCÜSED, DEEP WOUND or SIEGE, stuff that was just brutal, uncompromising and right to the point. I was listening to all those bands again before this came to be, so it was already back infused in my blood. And now I got a chance to do a pencil-in-your-eye record."

Lombardo concurred, telling Rolling Stone: "The album is only 28 minutes long. And the funny thing is [SLAYER's] 'Reign In Blood' was 29 minutes. This album carries so much anger and frustration. You hear it in my drumming. It was the perfect birth of a hardcore album. It's one of the most brutal albums I've ever done."