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METAL BLADE has issued the following:

Detroit, MI’s self-touted “blue collar thrashers” BATTLECROSS are gearing up to lay waste to the states on this summer’s TRESPASS AMERICA festival. The festival kicks off in one month on July 13, 2012 in Broomfield, CO and features headliners Five Finger Death Punch, as well as the reunited original line-up of Killswitch Engage. The TRESPASS AMERICA Festival also features Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. The anticipation is building; get your tickets now before they are sold out and log on to www.trespassamerica.com for complete details!

Due to the insane buzz around BATTLECROSS and their unique take on modern thrash metal, the band has been added to this year’s HEAVY MTL festival in Montreal, QC. To learn more about the festival and to read about this year’s line-up, please visit. www.heavymtl.com/en/.

BATTLECROSS has come a long way since their recent signing with Metal Blade Records and their release of their debut Pursuit of Honor in August 2011. Since its release, the single ‘Push Pull Destroy’ was the #1 Most Requested Metal Track for five weeks (Sirius XM Liquid Metal Devil’s Dozen), remains a stable on the Liquid Metal channel, and the track’s video has racked up over 700,000 YouTube views in the last five months. BATTLECROSS has received killer reviews across the internet and in print publications throughout North America and overseas and was named “Band of the Month” in Metal Hammer Norway and Metal Hammer Spain, so it should be no surprise that this blue collar, hard-work ethic that comes from the band’s five musicians – Kyle “Gumby” Gunther/vocals, Tony Asta/guitar, Hiran Deraniyagala/guitar, Mike Kreger/drums, Don Slater/bass – translates into a potent force on record as well as on stage. BATTLECROSS is also confirmed to sail the seas with the first annual MAYHEM FESTIVAL Cruise this December 7-10.

See below for all confirmed BATTLECROSS tour dates and stay tuned for more updates coming soon!

BATTLECROSS one-off tour dates:
(free Metal Blade Records merch and BATTLECROSS posters to be given away at these one-off dates!)

JUNE
22 Westland, MI – Token Lounge
28 Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
29 Muskegon, MI – Crickets

JULY
06 West Springfield, VA – Empire
07 Richmond, VA – Kingdom
12 Wichita, KS – The Scenery

BATTLECROSS touring with the TRESPASS AMERICA Festival:

JULY
13 Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center
15 Billings, MT – MetraPark Arena
16 Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Civic Center
17 Sioux Falls, SD – Sioux Falls Arena
19 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
21 Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County Expo Center
24 Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Amphitheatre
25 Belton, TX – Bell County Expo Center
27 San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum
28 Beaumont, TX – Ford Pavilion
30 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
31 Evansville, IN – Ford Center

AUGUST
03 Battle Creek, MI – Kellogg Arena
07 Syracuse, NY – SRC Arena and Events Center/Onondaga Community Center
08 Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center
10 Scarborough, ME – Scarborough Downs
14 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
15 Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre
17 Worchester, MA – DCU Center
18 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
19 Philadelphia, PA – Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier
22 Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum
25 Rio Rancho, NM – Santa Ana Star Center
26 Phoenix, AZ – Comercia Theatre
28 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium

BATTLECROSS post-Trespass America tour dates:
AUGUST
31 Shreveport, LA – The Riverside Warehouse

SEPTEMBER
01 Memphis, TN – Newby’s
02 Louisville, KY – Phoenix Hill Tavern

For more information about BATTLECROSS, please visit these websites:

www.metalblade.com/battlecross
www.battlecrossmetal.com
www.facebook.com/battlecrossmetal
www.myspace.com/battlecross
www.twitter.com/battlecross