THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR: First Dates Announced

This year's "The Summer Slaughter Tour" will feature the following acts:

NECROPHAGIST (co-headliner)
SUFFOCATION (co-headliner)
ENSIFERUM **
DARKEST HOUR
WINDS OF PLAGUE
DYING FETUS
BORN OF OSIRIS
ORIGIN
BENEATH THE MASSACRE *
AFTER THE BURIAL
DECREPIT BIRTH *
BLACKGUARD **

* First half of tour only (June 5 - June 26)
** Second half of tour only (June 28 - July 21)

So far the following dates have been announced:

Jun. 05 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Jun. 06 - Richmond, VA @ The National
Jun. 07 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
Jun. 08 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
Jun. 10 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
Jun. 12 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners
Jun. 13 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Jun. 14 - St. Petersburg (Tampa),FL @ Jannus Landing
Jun. 15 - Jacksonville, FL @ Plush
Jun. 16 - Orlando, FL @ Club Firestone
Jun. 18 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit (Night One)
Jun. 19 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz Outdoors
Jun. 20 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit (Night Two)
Jun. 21 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Jun. 23 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Jun. 24 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
Jun. 26 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre
Jun. 27 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
Jun. 29 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Jun. 30 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Jul. 01 - San Francisco, CA @ The Grand Ballroom
Jul. 02 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Jul. 03 - Seattle, WA @ King Cat Theater

Last year's "The Summer Slaughter Tour" featured KATAKLYSM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, VADER, CRYPTOPSY, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC and WHITECHAPEL.