European Summer Tour 2016

Heavy metal titans, METAL CHURCH, released their latest album entitled “XI”, in March this year through Nuclear Blast Records. After a successful European tour with DISTILLATOR and BLIKSEM in May and two US touring treks, the band are back in Europe for a few festival shows and selected headline dates. The tour started last weekend with enthusiastically celebrated shows at Bang Your Head!!! Festival in Balingen, Germany and at Dynamo Metalfest in Eindhoven, Holland.

Dates as follows:

05.08. FIN       Pori – Porispere Festival
06.08. D         Wacken – Wacken Open Air
09.08. I           Ascoli Piceno – Beast Coast Festival
10.08. I           Novara – Phenomenon
12.08. D         Essen – Turock
13.08. B          Kortrijk – Alcatraz Metal Fest

More dates:

w/ MEGADETH, AMON AMARTH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, HAVOK
20.09. USA     Casper, WY – Casper Events Ctr.
22.09. USA     Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
27.09. USA     Seattle, WA – Wamu Theater
28.09. USA     Eugene, OR – Mathew Knight Ctr.
29.09. USA     San Jose, CA – National Civic
01.10. USA     Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Arena
03.10. USA     Council Bluffs, IA – Mid-America Rec. Ctr.
04.10. USA     St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium
05.10. USA     Chicago, IL – Sears Center
07.10. USA     Moline, IL – Iwireless Ctr.
08.10. USA     Milwaukee, WI – UWM Panther Arena
09.10. USA     Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
11.10. USA     Bethlehem, PA – Sands Events Center
12.10. USA     Worcester, MA – DCU Center
13.10. USA     Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
14.10. USA     Newark, NJ – Prudential Ctr.
16.10. USA     Camden, NJ – BB & T Pavilion

Get »XI« here: http://nblast.de/MetalChurchXINB
Get it digitally here: http://nblast.de/MetalChurchDownloads

“XI” was produced by Kurdt Vanderhoof and co-produced by Chris “The Wizard” Collier.

From the first guitar riff of album opener ‘Reset’ through the driving outro of album closer ‘Suffer Fools,’ it is clear METAL CHURCH are back and better than ever. ‘Needle and Suture’ and ‘Soul Eating Machine’ showcase the songwriting that made the early Mike Howe albums »The Human Factor,« »Blessing In Disguise« and »Hanging In The Balance« such fan favourites. The epic ‘Signal Path’ and ‘Sky Falls In’ clock in at over 7 minutes each and showcase the amazing musicianship that METAL CHURCH are known for, which is on full display in 2016.