EXODUS, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, CRISIS: First Tour Dates Announced

Long-running San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will be teaming up with 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and CRISIS for a North American tour beginning on October 1. Additional support will come from WATCH THEM DIE. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Oct. 05 - House Of Rock N Roll - El Paso, TX
Oct. 07 – Purgatory - Oklahoma City, OK
Oct. 08 - The Galaxy Club - Dallas, TX
Oct. 09 - The Engine Room - Houston, TX
Oct. 13 - Planet Rock - Jacksonville, NC
Oct. 15 - The Downtown - Farmingdale, NY
Oct. 16 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT
Oct. 17 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
Oct. 19 - Emerald Theater - Detroit, MI
Oct. 20 - Annies - Cincinnati, OH
Oct. 21 - Peabodys - Cleveland, OH
Oct. 22 - Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
Oct. 23 - Ten Bells - Grand Rapids, MI
Oct. 26 - Creepy Crawl - St. Louis, MO
Oct. 27 - Hairy Marys - Des Moines, IA
Oct. 28 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
Oct. 30 - Bogies - Boise, ID
Oct. 31 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Nov. 04 - The Boulevard - San Marcos, CA

As previously reported, EXODUS have set "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" as the title of their upcoming album, due on October 5 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded at Trident studios in Pacheco, California and mixed by Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY),the follow-up to 2004's "Tempo of the Damned" is the band's first to feature ex-SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph and new singer Rob Dukes.

EXODUS recently parted ways with longtime drummer Tom Hunting after Hunting was taken ill and had to be hospitalized several times.