“Winter Warriors Tour”

Following their recent North American journey with Soilwork, Unearth, Darkness Divided, and labelmates Wovenwar, Motor City metal legion BATTLECROSS will close 2016 with their annual headlining run, the third installment of the Winter Warriors Tour, which rolls from November 25th through December 17th. This year, support will be provided by Metal Blade labelmates Allegaeon and Necromancing The Stone.

In conjunction with the Veterans Ticket Foundation, the Winter Warriors Tour once again offers free admission to members of the US Armed Forces, and the band will donate a portion of their proceeds to local veterans’ organizations in each city. Veterans are invited to register for free tickets at vettix.org.

BATTLECROSS Winter Warriors Tour w/ Allegaeon, Necromancing The Stone:

11/25/2016 Basement Transmissions – Erie, PA
11/26/2016 Harmony House – Webster, NY
11/27/2016 Fuze Box – Albany, NY
11/28/2016 Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
11/29/2016 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ
11/30/2016 Amityville Music Hall – Amityville, NY
12/01/2016 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA
12/02/2016 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
12/03/2016 The Iron Heights – Augusta, GA
12/04/2016 Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL
12/07/2016 Southport Music Hall – New Orleans, LA
12/08/2016 Shooters – Texarkana, AR
12/09/2016 The Korova – San Antonio, TX
12/10/2016 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
12/11/2016 Thunder Alley – Oklahoma City, OK
12/12/2016 Aftershock – Merriam, KS
12/13/2016 Rev Room – Little Rock, AR
12/14/2016 The East Room – Nashville, TN
12/15/2016 Big Shots – Valparaiso, IN
12/16/2016 Rockstar Pro Arena – Dayton, OH
12/17/2016 The Token Lounge – Westland, MI

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BATTLECROSS will be touring in support of their latest album, Rise To Power, which landed on the Billboard charts at #103, marking the band’s second Billboard chart entry (2013’s War Of Will entered the charts at #130). Metal Injection wrote, “Where Rise To Power makes its biggest statement is in not just the voluminous collection of intellectually engaging, yet fist pumping, riffs – check out The Big Four-ish shuffle of ‘Scars,’ the spidery, single note up-tempo flash of ‘Absence’ and the dynamic blips in ‘Spoiled’ – but how the arrangements create a sense of forward motion that keep the above-mentioned songs cogently flowing and seeming shorter than their actual running time.” In a 4/5 rating New Noise concurred, “With a fantastic replay value and a high riff per second ratio, Rise To Power is sure to win over a lot of new fans for the band,” while Metal Wani, in a 9.5/10 score, lauded an album, “where every member played their best and shone like diamond in the rough, and this diamond will only be more and more polished day by day.” To preview and purchase Rise To Power, visit: metalblade.com/battlecross.

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After joining Soilwork, Unearth, Wovenwar, and Darkness Divided for a North American tour this fall, Motor City thrashers BATTLECROSS will finish off 2016 with their annual headlining run, the third installment of the “Winter Warriors Tour”! This year, Metal Blade label-mates Allegaeon and Necromancing the Stone will join the bill as support, making this one tour not to be missed!

In conjunction with the Veterans Ticket Foundation, the trek will once again offer free admission to members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and the band will donate a portion of their proceeds to local veterans’ organizations in each city. Veterans are invited to register for free tickets at vettix.org starting on September 23rd. General admission tickets will be available at smarturl.it/ww2016 the same day.

See below for all upcoming Battlecross dates.

Battlecross tour dates
w/ Soilwork, Unearth, Wovenwar, Darkness Divided
Oct. 14 – Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
Oct. 15 – Stanhope, NJ – Stanhope House
Oct. 16 – Virginia Beach, VA – Shakes
Oct. 17 – Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle
Oct. 18 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
Oct. 20 – Ft. Worth, TX – The Rail Club
Oct. 21 – San Leon, TX – 18th Street
Oct. 22 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room
Oct. 24 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
Oct. 26 – Pomona, CA – Glass House
Oct. 27 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
Oct. 29 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
Oct. 30 – Spokane, WA – The Pin
Nov. 1 – Jerome, ID – Diamondz Event Center
Nov. 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro
Nov. 3 – Denver, CO – The Summit
Nov. 5 – St. Louis, MO – Fubar
Nov. 6 – Louisville, KY – Diamond Pub Concert Hall
Nov. 8 – Cudday, WI – The Metal Grill
Nov. 9 – Ringle, WI – Q&Z
Nov. 10 – Arlington Heights, IL – Home Bar
Nov. 11 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
Nov. 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel
Nov. 13 – New York City, NY – Gramercy
Nov. 15 – Ottawa, ON – The Brass Monkey
Nov. 16 – Toronto, ON – Rockpile

Battlecross “Winter Warriors Tour” dates
w/ Allegaeon, Necromancing the Stone
Nov. 25 – Erie, PA – Basement Transmissions
Nov. 26 – Webster, NY – Harmony House
Nov. 27 – Albany, NY – Fuze Box
Nov. 28 – Frederick, MD – Cafe 611
Nov. 29 – Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
Nov. 30 – Amityville, NY – Amityville Music Hall
Dec. 1 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
Dec. 2 – Spartanburg, SC – Ground Zero
Dec. 3 – Augusta, GA – The Iron Heights
Dec. 4 – Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
Dec. 7 – New Orleans, LA – Southport Music Hall
Dec. 8 – Texarkana, AR – Shooters
Dec. 9 – San Antonio, TX – The Korova
Dec. 10 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s
Dec. 11 – Oklahoma City, OK – Thunder Alley
Dec. 12 – Merriam, KS – Aftershock
Dec. 13 – Little Rock, AR – Rev Room
Dec. 14 – Nashville, TN – The East Room
Dec. 15 – Valparaiso, IN – Big Shots
Dec. 16 – Dayton, OH – Rockstar Pro Arena
Dec. 17 – Westland, MI – The Token Lounge

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Battlecross will be touring in support of their latest album, Rise to Power, which landed on the Billboard charts at #103, marking the band’s second Billboard chart entry (2013′s War of Will entered the charts at #130). To preview and purchase Rise to Power, please visit: metalblade.com/battlecross

Allegaeon will release their new album, Proponent for Sentience, this Friday (September 23rd). Produced by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation), Proponent for Sentience is a musically complex, intelligent, and absorbing concept record that can rightfully sit alongside the true greats of the medium. With a lyrical arc rooted in science-fiction yet uncomfortably encroaching upon the reality of the present, it captures the Fort Collins, Colorado natives at their most ambitious and accomplished, pushing the boundaries even further than on their three previous critically acclaimed full-lengths. To preview and purchase Proponent for Sentience, please visit: metalblade.com/allegaeon

If flaccid, identikit, breakdown-laden “metal” is the disease, Necromancing The Stone‘s recently released debut full-length, Jewel of the Vile, is the cure. Featuring current/former members of Arsis (James Malone, guitars), The Absence (Jeramie Kling, drums), The Black Dahlia Murder (Ryan “Bart” Williams, bass) and Brimstone Coven (guitarist Justin Wood and vocalist “Big” John Williams), Necromancing The Stone “has brought back the glory days [of ’80s heavy metal] with unbridled spirit” (Loudwire.com). To preview and purchase Jewel of the Vile, please visit: metalblade.com/necromancingthestone