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07Jul/26

Metal Contraband Tour Dates:

Metal Tour Dates

Metal Contraband Upcoming Metal Tour Dates Updated July 7th, 2026:

Arch Enemy & The Black Dahlia Murder W/Septicflesh, Crypta & Thrown Into Exile

10/5 Riverside, CA/Municipal Auditorium
10/6 Phoenix, AZ/Marquee
10/8 Salt Lake City, UT/Rockwell at The Complex
10/9 Denver, CO/Fillmore
10/11 Dallas, TX/Echo
10/12 Houston, TX/House of Blues
10/13 San Antonio, TX/Aztec Theatre
10/15 Orlando, FL/Beacham
10/16 Ft. Lauderdale, FL/Revolution
10/18 Tampa, FL/Jannus
10/20 Atlanta, GA/Masquerade (Heaven)
10/21 Charlotte, NC/Fillmore
10/22 Raleigh, NC/Ritz
10/24 New York, NY/Palladium Times Square
10/25 Silver Spring, MD/Fillmore Silver Spring
10/26 Philadelphia, PA/TLA
10/28 Worcester, MA/Palladium Worcester
10/30 Quebec City, QC/Videotron Centre Hall
10/31 Montreal, QC/Olympia
11/1 Toronto, ON/Danforth
11/3 Chicago, IL/Concord Music Hall
11/4 Detroit, MI/Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/5 Cleveland, OH/Agora
11/7 Minneapolis, MN/Fillmore
11/8 Winnipeg, MB/Burton Cummings Theatre
11/9 Saskatoon, SK/Coors Event Centre
11/11 Calgary, AB/MacEwan Hall
11/12 Edmonton, AB/Midway
11/14 Vancouver, BC/The Key
11/16 Seattle, WA/Showbox

*= Festival

 

The Sawed Off Suffering Tour
Crown Magnetar co-headliner W/ To the Grave

Support from Face Yourself and the following bands
on select dates: I Declare War, Ameonna (ex-Chelsea Grin),
Tracheotomy, Backbiter & Squelching

9/17 Chicago, IL/Subterranean *
9/18Detroit, MI/Catacombs at The Sanctuary *
9/19 Cleveland, OH/Mahall’s *
9/20 Pittsburgh, PA/Preserving Underground *
9/22 Toronto, ON/Lee’s Palace *
9/23 Montreal, QC/Foufounes Électriques *
9/24 Hartford, CT/Webster Underground *
9/25 Brooklyn, NY/The Meadows *
9/26 Harrisburg, PA/Capital City Music Hall *
9/27 Worcester, MA/The Palladium *
9/28 Baltimore, MD/Metro Gallery ^
9/20 Asheville, NC/Revival ^
10/1 Nashville, TN/The End ^
10/2 Atlanta, GA/The Masquerade (Purgatory) ^
10/3 Jacksonville, FL/The Albatross ^
10/4 West Palm Beach, FL/The Banyan Live ^
10/6 Dallas, TX/Club Dada $
10/7 Austin, TX/Come and Take It Live $
10/9 Mesa, AZ/Rosetta Room
10/10 Los Angeles, CA/Echoplex +
10/11 Roseville, CA/Goldfield Trading Post +
10/13 Portland, OR/The Hawthorne Theatre +
10/14 Seattle, WA/El Corazon +
10/16 Salt Lake City, UT/Soundwell ~
10/17 Denver, CO/HQ ~

* = w/ Backbiter
^ = w/ Tracheotomy
$ = w/ Squelching
+ = w/ I Declare War
~ = w/ Ameonna

 

Archspire “European Vacation Tour
w/ Crown Magnetar, The Zenith Passage, Analepsy

10/23 Köln, Germany/Essigfabrik
10/24 Nijmegen, Netherlands/Doornroosje
10/26 London, UK/Electric Ballroom
10/27 Manchester, UK/Academy 2
10/28 Glasgow, UK/Slay
10/29 Dublin, Ireland/Academy
10/30 Birmingham, UK/Academy 2
10/31 Bristol, UK/Electric Bristol
11/2 Antwerp, Belgium/Kavka Zappa
11/3 Paris, France/La Machine du Moulin Rouge
11/5 Madrid, Spain/Revi Live
11/6 Barcelona, Spain/Salamandra
11/7 Toulouse, France/Bascala
11/8 Aarau, Switzerland/Kiff
11/9 Milan, Italy/Legend Club
11/10 München, Germany/Backstage
11/11 Karlsruhe, Germany/Substage
11/12 Prague, Czechia/Meet Factory
11/13 Berlin, Germany/Columbia Theater
11/14 Jena, Germany/F-Haus
11/16 Hamburg, Germany/Gruenspan
11/17 Copenhagen, Denmark/Vega
11/18 Oslo, Norway/John Dee
11/19 Stockholm, Sweden/Kollektivet Livet
11/21 Helsinki, Finland/Ääniwalli

Edge Of Paradise European Tour Dates:

11/24 Paris/La Machine du Moulin Rouge
11/25 Frankfurt/Batschkapp
11/27 Hamburg/Grosse Freiheit 36
11/28 Leipzig/Hellraiser
12/2 Vienna/Szene
12/5 Saarbrucken/Garage
12/8 Manchester/O2 Ritz Manchester
12/9 Bristol/Electric Bristol
12/10 London/Electric Brixton
12/12 Oberhausen/Turbinenhalle T2
12/13 Utrecht/TivoliVredenburg
12/15 Berlin/SO36
12/16 Hannover/Capitol
12/18 Stuttgart/LKA Longhorn
12/19 Munich/Backstage Werk
12/20 Nuremberg/Hirsch



GWAR: The “Gor Gor Must Die!” Tour

10/27 Charlottesville, VA/The Jefferson Theater *
10/28 Atlanta, GA/The Masquerade (Heaven) *
10/29 Jacksonville, FL/FIVE *
10/30–11/03 Miami, FL/The Headbangers Boat
11/04 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Revolution *
11/05 Orlando, FL/The Beacham *
11/06 Myrtle Beach, SC/House of Blues *
11/07 Winston-Salem, NC/The Ramkat *
11/08 Nashville, TN/Brooklyn Bowl *
11/09 Little Rock, AR/The Hall *
11/10 Dallas, TX/AM/FM *
11/12 Denver, CO/Ogden Theatre +
11/13 Salt Lake City, UT/Rockwell at The Complex +
11/14 Las Vegas, NV/Brooklyn Bowl +
11/15 Reno, NV/Cargo Concert Hall +
11/17 Tempe, AZ/The Marquee +
11/18 Anaheim, CA/House of Blues +
11/19 Berkeley, CA/The UC Theatre +
11/20 Chico, CA/Senator Theatre +
11/21 Bend, OR/Midtown Ballroom +
11/23 Seattle, WAShowbox SoDo +
11/24 Spokane, WA/Knitting Factory +
11/25 Vancouver, BC/Vogue Theatre +
11/27 Edmonton, AB/Midway Music Hall +
11/28 Calgary, AB/MacEwan Hall +
11/30 Winnipeg, MB/Burton Cummings Theatre +
12/02 Lincoln, NE/Bourbon Theatre +
12/03 Milwaukee, WI/The Rave *
12/04 Pontiac, MI/The Crofoot Ballroom *
12/05 Cleveland, OH/House of Blues *
12/06 McKees Rocks, PA/Roxian Theatre *
12/08 Washington, DC/9:30 Club *
12/09 Worcester, MA/The Palladium *
12/10 New York, NY/The Palladium Times Square *
12/11 Philadelphia, PA/The Fillmore Philadelphia *
12/12 Norfolk, VA/The NorVa *

Hatebreed US Tour Dates:

7/2 Reading, PA/Reverb
7/3 Virginia Beach, VA/Elevation 27
7/4 Jackson, NJ/New Jersey Hardcore 2026*
7/5 Worcester, MA/Palladium
7/7 Cincinnati, OH/Bogart’s
7/8 Nashville, TN/Brooklyn Bowl
7/9 New Orleans, LA/Tipitina’s Uptown
7/10 Houston, TX/House of Blues Houston
7/11 Austin, TX/Emo’s
7/12 Tulsa, OK/Cain’s Ballroom
7/14 Denver, CO/Summit Music Hall
7/15 Omaha, NE/The Admiral Theater
7/16 Cadott, WI/Chippewa Valley Music Festival Grounds*
7/17 Chicago, IL/The Rumble (Cobra Lounge)*
7/19 Saginaw, MI/The Vault Saginaw
7/21 Sauget, IL/Pop’s Nightclub & Concert Venue
7/22 Fort Wayne, IN/Piere’s
7/23 Toronto, ON/Phoenix Concert Theatre
7/24 Buffalo, NY/Town Ballroom

*Festival

Iron Maiden Run For Your Lives North American Tour Dates:

8/29 Toronto, ON/Scotiabank Arena *
9/03 Montréal, QC/Parc Jean-Drapeau *^
9/05 Harrison, NJ/Sports Illustrated Stadium *^
9/09 Boston, MA/TD Garden *
9/11 Bristow, VA/Jiffy Lube Live *
9/12 Charlotte, NC/PNC Music Pavilion *
9/15 Hershey, PA/Hersheypark Stadium *
9/17 Louisville, KY/Louder Than Life Festival
9/19 Shakopee, MN/Mystic Lake Amphitheater *
9/22 Chicago, IL/Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre *
9/25 Los Angeles, CA/BMO Stadium *^
9/29 San Antonio, TX/Alamodome *^

* With MEGADETH
^ With ANTHRAX


Jinjer UK Tour 2026 as Special Guest for Spiritbox & Dying Wish

9/12 Glasgow UK/SEC Centre Hall 3
9/14 Nottingham UK/Motorpoint Arena
9/16 Manchester UK/Co Op Live
9/17 Cardiff, UK/Utilita Arena
9/19 London UK/OVO Arena Wembley
9/22 Berlin DE/UFO im Velodrom
9/23 Gliwice PL/Gliwice Arena
9/25 Prague CZ/Forum Karlín
9/26 Vienna AT/Gasometer
9/28 Zurich CH/Halle 622
9/29 Munich, DE/Zenith
9/30 Frankfurt, DE/Jahrhunderthalle
01/2 Hamburg, DE/Sporthalle
10/3 Amsterdam, NL/AFAS Live
10/4 Dusseldorf, DE/Mitsubishi Electric Halle
10/6 Luxembourg, LU/Rockhal
10/8 Antwerp, BE/Lotto Arena
10/9 Paris, FR/La Seine Musicale

Kamelot w/ Visions Of Atlantis & Frozen Crown

8/28 Orlando, FL/Hard Rock Live
8/29 Atlanta, GA/The Masquerade (Heaven)
8/31 Dallas, TX/The Studio at the Factory
9/02 Phoenix, AZ/The Van Buren
9/03 Las Vegas, NV/House of Blues
9/04 Anaheim, CA/House of Blues
9/05 San Francisco, CA/The Fillmore
9/07 Vancouver, BC/Vogue Theatre
9/08 Seattle, WA/Neptune
9/10 Salt Lake City, UT/Rockwell at The Complex
9/11 Denver, CO/Summit Music Hall
9/12 Kansas City, MO/The Truman
9/14 Minneapolis, MN/First Avenue
9/15 Milwaukee, WI/The Rave
9/17 St. Charles, IL/The Arcada Theatre
9/18 Cleveland, OH/Globe Iron
9/19 Toronto, ON/Phoenix Concert Theatre
9/20 Montreal, QC/MTELUS
9/22 Quebec City, QC/Theatre Capitole
9/24 Glenside, PA/Keswick Theatre
9/25 Worcester, MA/The Palladium
9/26 New York, NY/Palladium Times Square
9/27 Silver Spring, MD/The Fillmore Silver Spring

Kataklysm & Six Feet Under Co Heading Tour

7/8 Detroit, MI/Sanctuary
7/9 Toronto, ON/Lee’s Palace *
7/10 Montreal, QC/Fairmount *
7/11 Ottawa, ON/Overflow
7/12 Worcester, MA/Palladium
7/13 Hamden, CT/Space Ballroom
7/14 New York, NY/Gramercy Theatre
7/15 Bensalem, PA/Broken Goblet
7/16 Raleigh, NC/Chapel Of Bones
7/17 Jacksonville, FL/Albatross
7/18 FT. Lauderdale, FL/Culture Room
7/19 Orlando, FL/ Conduit
7/21 Houston, TX/Scout Bar
7/22 Austin, TXCome And Take It Live
7/23 Lubbock, TX/Jake’s
7/24 Farmington, NM/Lauter Haus
7/25 Phoenix, AZ/Nile
7/26 Los Angeles, CA/1720
7/27 Fresno, CA/Strummer’s
7/28 Berekeley, CA/Cornerstone
7/29 Roseville, CA/Goldfield
7/31 Portland, OR/Hawthorne Theatre
8/1 Seattle, WA/El Corazon
8/2 Vancouver, BC/Rickshaw *
8/4 Calgary, AB/Arrowhead *
8/5 Edmonton, AB/Starlite Room *
8/6 Saskatoon, SK/Black Cat *
8/7 Winnipeg, MB/Park Theatre *
8/8 Minneapolis, MN/Skyway Theatre
8/9 Madison, WI/The Annex
8/10 Covington, KY/Madison Theater
8/11 Chicago, IL/Reggies

* – Kataklysm Headlining Date

 

Killswitch Engage With Machine Head, Iron Reagan & Havok

6/3 Detroit, MI/The Fillmore
6/5 Minneapolis, MN/The Fillmore
6/6 Milwaukee, WI/Milwaukee Metal Fest*
6/7 South Bend, IN/Four Winds Field

*KsE Festival Appearance


Killswitch Engage With Machine Head, Rivers Of Nihil & Judiciary

9/19 Cleveland, OH/Jacobs Pavilion
9/20 Louisville, KY/Louder than Life*
9/21 Moline, IL/The Rust Belt
9/23 Denver, CO/Fillmore Auditorium
9/24 Salt Lake, UT/Union
9/25 Missoula, MT/Kettlehouse Amphitheater
9/27 Spokane, WA/Gesa Pavilion
9/28 Portland, OR/Roseland
9/29 Tacoma, WA/Temple Theatre
10/1 Sacramento, CA/Aftershock*

*KsE Festival Appearance


KK’s Priest US Tour Dates:

9/10 El Cajon, CA/The Magnolia
9/11 Los Angeles, CA/The Wiltern
9/12 Riverside, CA/Fox Performing Arts Center
9/13 Phoenix, AZ/Celebrity Theater
9/14 Santa Fe, NM/Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
9/16 Austin, TX/Emos
9/17 Tulsa, OK/Tulsa Theater
9/18 Dallas, TX/House Of Blues
9/19 San Antonio, TX/Aztec Theater
9/20 Houston, TX/House Of Blues
9/22 Clearwater, FL/Ruth Eckard Hall
9/23 Daytona, FL/Peabody Auditorium
9/24 Jacksonville, FL/Florida Theater
9/25 Raleigh, NC/The Ritz
9/26 Jim Thorpe, PA/Penn’s Peak
9/27 Portland, ME/Aura
9/29 Boston, MA/House Of Blues
9/30 Hampton, NH/Hampton Beach Casino
10/1 Wallingford, CTToyota Oakdale Theatre
10/2 New York, NY/The Palladium
10/3 Carteret, NJ/Carteret Performing Arts Center
10/5 Montreal, QC/Mtelus
10/6 Ottawa, ON/Hard Rock Casino
10/7 Pickering, ON/Pickering Casino Resort
10/9 Des Plaines, IL/Des Plaines Theater
10/10 St Charles, IL/Arcada Theater
10/11 St Charles, IL/Arcada Theater
10/13 Glenside, PA/Keswick Theatre
10/14 Harrisburg, PA/Capitol City Music Hall
10/15 Cleveland, OH/Agora Theater
10/16 Milwaukee, WI/Pabst Theater
10/17 Green Bay, WI/EPIC Event Center
10/19 Winnipeg, MB/Burton Cummings Theatre
10/21 Edmonton, AB/Midway Music Hall
10/22 Calgary, AB/The Palace Theater
10/23 Coquitlam, BC/Great Canadian Casino Vancouver
10/25 Seattle, WA/Moore Theater
10/27 San Jose, CA/San Jose Civic
10/29 Rancho Mirage, CA/The Show @ Agua Caliente
10/30 Las Vegas, NV/House Of Blues
10/31 Anaheim, CA/The Grove

Lamb of God tour dates 2026:
Kublai Khan TX, Fit for an Autopsy and Sanguisugabogg.

July 24-27 Plovdiv, BG/Hills of Rock
July 27-31 Râsnov, RO/Rockstadt Extreme Fest

8/1 Wacken, DE/Wacken Open Air
8/5-9 Lisbon, PT/Vagos Open Air
8/6-9 Kortrijk, BE/Alcatraz Open Air
8/7 Walton-on-Trent, UK/Bloodstock Open Air
8/12-16 Dinkelsbühl, DE/Summer Breeze
8/13-15 Sulingen, DE/Reload Festival
8/14-16 Eindhoven, NL/Dynamo Metalfest
10/30-11/3 Headbangers Boat

Living Dead Girl W/ Sepsiss:

6/25 Dayton, OH/Cosmo Joe’s
6/26 Cincinnati, OH/Oddfellows
6/27 Akron, OH/Afterlife Night Club


Lorna Shore 2026 Tour Dates: Supporting Motionless In White

7/14 Bridgeport, CT/Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
7/16 Gilford NH/BankNH Pavilion
7/18 Bristow, VA/Jiffy Lube Live
7/19 Mansfield, OH/Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival*
7/21 Charlotte, NC/ruliant Amphitheater
7/22 Alpharetta, GA/Ameris Bank Amphitheater
7/24 Dallas, TX/The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
7/25 Houston, TX/The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/26 Austin, TX/Germania Insurance Amphitheater
7/28 Albuquerque, NM/First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater
7/29 Phoenix, AZ/Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
7/31 Los Angeles, CA/The Kia Forum
8/1 Wheatland, CA/Toyota Amphitheatre
8/4 Portland, OR/Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center
8/5 Auburn, WA/White River Amphitheatre
8/7 Sandy, UT/The Plaza at America First Field
8/9 Morrison, CO/Red Rocks
8/11 Oklahoma City, OK/Zoo Amphitheatre
8/12 Rogers, AR/Walmart AMP
8/14 Indianapolis, IN/Everwise Amphitheater
8/15 Sterling Heights, MI/Michigan Lottery Amp at Freedom Hill

Lorna Shore Asia, Australia & New Zealand Tour Dates:

10/2 Shanghai/Modern Sky Lab
10/4 Taipei/Legacy Taipei
10/7 Tokyo/Toyosu PIT
10/8 Tokyo/Toyosu PIT
10/11 Osaka/Namba Hatch
10/13 Nagoya/Diamond Hall
10/16 Melbourne/John Cain Arena
10/17 Adelaide/Adelaide Entertainment Center
10/19 Perth/Metro City
10/21 Sydney/The Hordern Pavilion
10/23 Brisbane/Riverstage
10/26 Wellington/Shed 6
10/28 Auckland/Powerstation
10/29 Auckland/Powerstation

Motley Crue 2026 North American Tour Dates

July 17 Burgettstown, PA/The Pavilion at Star Lake
July 18 Buffalo, NY/Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 20 Clarkston, MI/Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 22 Toronto, Ontario/RBC Amphitheatre
July 24 Gilford, NH/BankNH Pavilion
July 25 Bangor, ME/Maine Savings Amphitheater
July 27 Camden, NJFreedom Mortgage Pavilion
July 29 Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 31 Holmdel, NJ/PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 1 Mansfield, MA/Xfinity Center
Aug. 3 Bristow, VA/Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 12 Alpharetta, GA/Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Aug. 14 West Palm Beach,, FL/ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Aug. 15 Tampa, FL/MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug. 17 Charlotte, NC/PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 19 St. Louis, MO/Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Aug. 21 Shakopee, MN/Mystic Lake Amphitheater
Aug. 22 Tinley Park, IL/Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
Aug. 24 Cuyahoga Falls, OH/Blossom Music Center
Aug. 25 Cincinnati, OH/Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 27 Grand Rapids, MI/Acrisure Amphitheater
Aug. 28 Noblesville, IN/Ruoff Music Center
Sept. 8 Kansas City, MO/Morton Amphitheater
Sept. 10 Dallas, TX/Dos Equis Pavilion
Sept. 11 The Woodlands, TX/The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 13 Albuquerque, NN/Isleta Amphitheater
Sept. 16 Phoenix, AZ/Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Sept. 18 Chula Vista, CA/North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sept. 19 Long Beach, CA/Long Beach Amphitheater
Sept. 21 Salt Lake City, UT/Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sept. 23 Wheatland, CA/Toyota Amphitheatre
Sept. 24 Mountain View, CA/Shoreline Amphitheater
Sept. 26 Ridgefield, WA/Cascades Amphitheater

Orgy Tour Dates:

6/19 The Whisky/West Hollywood, CA
8/20 ITHINK Financial Amphitheatre/West Palm Beach, FL
8/21 MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre/Tampa, FL
8/23 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre/Alpharetta, GA
8/24 Truliant Amphitheatre/Charlotte, NC
8/26 PNC Bank Arts Center/Holmdel, NJ
8/27 Xfinity Center/Mansfield, MA
8/29 The Pavilion at Star Lake/Burgettstown, PA
8/30 Darien Lake Amphitheater/Darian Center, NY
9/1 RBC Amphitheatre/Toronto, ONT
9/2 Blossom Music Center/Cuyahoga Falls, OH
9/4 Pine Knob Music Theatre/Clarkston, MI
9/6 Ruoff Music Center/Noblesville, IN
9/9 Hollywood Casino Amphitheater/Maryland Heights, MO
10/10 Morton Amphitheater/Riverside, MO
12/12 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre/Greenwood Village, C0
9/14 Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre/Salt Lake City, UT
9/16 BECU Live at Northern Quest/Airway Heights, WA
9/17 White River Amphitheatre/Auburn, WA
9/18 Cascades Amphitheatre/Ridgefield, WA
9/20 Toyota Pavilion at Concord/Concord, CA
10/24 Sick New World Texas 2026/Fort Worth, TX
12/11 The Whisky/West Hollywood, CA


Orgy European Tour Dates:

10/27 The Garage/Glasgow, Scotland
10/28 Digital/Newcastle, UK
10/29 Nighttrain/Bradford, UK
10/30 O2 Academy/Birmingham, UK
10/31 Alexandra Palace/London, UK
11/3 Phoenix/Exeter, UK
11/4 The 1865/Southampton, UK Headline show
11/5 Waterfront/Norwich UK Headline show
11/6 Rock City/Nottingham, UK
11/7 The Ritz/Manchester, UK

Showing Teeth W/ President US Tour Dates:

9/4 Nashville, TN/Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
9/5 St. Louis, MO/Delmar Hall
9/8 Chicago, IL/The Riviera Theatre
9/10 New York, NY/Brooklyn Paramount
9/11 Toronto, ON/Danforth Music Hall
9/12 Montreal, QC/MTELUS
9/13 Boston, MA/Big Night Live
9/15 Philadelphia, PA/Theatre of Living Arts
9/16 Silver Spring, MD/The Fillmore Silver Spring
9/19 Huntsville, AL/Mars Music Hall
9/22 Lake Buena Vista, FL/House of Blues Orlando
9/23 Atlanta, GA/Buckhead Theatre
9/25 Kansas City, MO/Warehouse on Broadway
9/26 Denver, CO/Summit Music Hall
9/28 Salt Lake City, UT/The Depot
9/29 Las Vegas, NV/Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
10/3 Seattle, WA/Neptune Theatre
10/4 Portland, OR/McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/6 Berkeley, CA/The UC Theatre
10/7 Los Angeles, CA/The Wiltern
10/9 San Diego, CA/House of Blues San Diego
10/10 Phoenix, AZ/The Van Buren
10/12 San Antonio, TX/Aztec Theatre
20/13 Houston, TX/House of Blues Houston
10/14 Dallas, TX/House of Blues Dallas

Showing Teeth Festival Dates:

7/16 Cadott, WI/Chippewa Valley Rock Fest
7/17Grand Rapids, MI/Upheaval Fest
9/18 Louisville, KY/Louder Than Life Festival
9/20 Atlanta, GA/Shaky Knees Music Festiva

Southpaw FLHC US Tour Dates:

8/1 Jacksonville, FL/Hardlove*
8/18 Pensacola, FL/The Handlebar
8/19 Lafayette, LA/The Pit
8/20 Houston, TX/The End
8/21 Austin, TX/Come and Take It
8/22 Lubbock, TX/Jake’s Sports Cafe
8/23 Oklahoma City, OK/89th Street Live
8/25 St. Louis, MO/Red Flag
8/26 West Chicago, IL/WC Social Club
8/27 Detroit, MI/The Sanctuary (Crypt)
8/28 New Kensington, PA/Preserving Underground
8/29 Eaton, OH/Mitch×Fest
8/30 Cleveland, OH/The Foundry
9/1 Manchester, NH/Bungalow Bar & Grill
9/2 Brooklyn, NY/The Wood Shop
9/3 Manalapan, NJ/Locals
9/4 Albany, NY/Empire Underground
9/5 Reading, PA/Reverb
9/6 Salisbury, MD/Lurking Class Skate Shop
9/8 Lynchburg, VA/Super Rad Arcade
9/9 Chapel Hill, NC/Local 506
9/10 Spartanburg, SC/Ground Zero
9/11 Knoxville, TN/Karns Community Center
9/12 Nashville, TN/Drkmttr
9/13 Birmingham, AL/Nana Funks
9/15 Warner Robins, GA/The Reverb Room
9/16 Tampa, FL/Brass Mug
9/17 Orlando, FL/Boardwalk Bowl

*Record Release Show

 

 

07Jul/26

Metal Contraband Up-Coming Metal Radio Add Dates:

Metal Upcoming Add Dates

Upcoming Metal Radio Add Dates For 2026

Updated July 7th, 2026
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Adding On July 13th & 14th:
Derek Smalls – Stud Forever  (Twanky
Judas Priest – The Best Of Judas Priest  (Legacy Recordings)
Show Me The Body – Alone Together  (Loma Vista/Concord)
Stellvris – Contra El Silencio (Single)  (Independent)
Zeroking – Falling To Pieces (Single)  (Weapon Records)

Adding On July 20th & 21st:
Motionless In White – Decades  (Roadrunner)
Novareign – Shifting the Axis of the World  (M-Theory Audio)
Nova Riot – Blood, Lies & Lullabies  (Eclipse Records)
The Limit – Another Drop  (Silver Lining Music)
Trace Remains – Zero Hour (EP)  (Independent)
Tyrant – Emergo  (Independent)

Adding On July 27th & 28th:
Orgy – Dangerous Lyfe  (Single)  (D1 Music)
Southpaw FLHC – The Standard  (Spinefarm Records)

Adding On August 3rd & 4th:
Allt – Ataraxia – (Century Media Records)
Electric Callboy – Tanzneid  (Century Media Records)
Future Palace – Resurgence  (Century Media Records)
Surrender To Eden – Twilight  (Independent)
Xandria – Eclipse  (Napalm Records)

Adding On August 10th & 11th:
Ceremory – Tell Me Your Dream  (Relapse Records)
From Under Concrete Kings – Impulse Tension  (Do Work Productions)
Nestor – Live At Gothenburg Film Studios  (Napalm Records)

Adding On August 17th & 18th:
Famous Strangers – Famous Strangers  (Independent)

 

07Jul/25

Metal Contraband News

Metal Editorial

Metal Contraband News For July 7th, 2026:

This week in Metal Contraband:

HardDrive with Lou Brutus celebrated a 30th Anniversary over the Fourth of July weekend, as BruteHawke Industries, the media company by Lou Brutus and Randy Hawke, marks 30 years since the first broadcast on the Fourth of July in 1996. For the 30th celebration, HardDrive Radio revisited music and interviews from the archives, including Ozzy Osbourne, Lars Ulrich of Metallica, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, David Draiman of Disturbed, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Jonathan Davis of KoRn, and Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch. Lou Brutus says, “”It’s kinda hard to wrap my head around the fact I’ve been lucky enough to do this for so long. Someone crunched the numbers and between the weekend HardDrive Radio show, as well as the weeknight HardDrive XL version, I’ve hosted over 27,000 hours of programming with about 309,000 songs. It’s no wonder my hearing is shot”. You can follow HardDrive Radio via: https://www.facebook.com/harddriveradio/. 

Iron Maiden is taking the stage for Eddfest this weekend, with their special performance in Knebworth set to be filmed for inclusion in the upcoming cinematic concert movie slated for next year. The Darkness, The Hu, Airbourne, The Almighty, Blaze Bayley and more will be part of the Eddfest lineup. For all the details, visit: https://www.ironmaiden.knebworth.com/. 

Kamelot has just dropped a new single, with “Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández) out now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp_tiMhEv9c. The track is leading up to Kamelot’s release of Dark Asylum, set for August 28th via Napalm Records. Thomas Youngblood says of the track, “‘Ashen World’ captures that moment of standing at the crossroads between darkness and hope, where the journey forward begins. It’s classic Kamelot at its core, while opening new doors into the world of Dark Asylum”. Tommy Karevik adds, “It’s a deep dive into the topography of the human mind, exploring its valleys, peaks, and the void in between. It’s about breaking free from the limiting beliefs that hold us captive and creating a new reality that allow us to expand and realize our full potential”. Kamelot is heading out on the Dark Asylum World Tour, with the North American leg kicking off on August 28th, with Visions of Atlantis and Frozen Crown along for the ride.

Distant has announced a new album on the way, with Into Despair set for a November 6th release. This week, the band has dropped the first single, with “All Will Be (N)One (Feat. Ricky Myers of Suffocation)”. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZFd5mKPks. Keep up with Distant via: https://distantofficial.com/. 

Nonpoint is heading to the release of their 11th studio album, with The Last Word set for September 18th via 361 Degrees Records. In the meantime, you can check out “Is It”, with a new music video here: https://youtu.be/SRjkqZC6yTs?si=TMrmOdTLrIKe_N4C. The band says of the upcoming album, “In a world that sometimes wants to put a timestamp on creativity, The Last Word is our way of saying we’re just getting started. We’re pushing back against expectation and pushing forward into our own next chapter”. Keep an eye out for updates via: https://nonpoint.com/. 

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29Jun/25

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Metal Contraband’s Chelsea spoke with Myke Terry about the latest on Volumes and Fire From The Gods. Check it out below: 

Chelsea here, joined by Myke Terry. How are you doing today?

I’m great. How are you?

Doing great, thanks. Thanks so much for joining me. We got a lot to talk about today, because you are somebody who is always busy between one band or another, so I’m excited. Okay, cool. Let’s get into it. Sure, well, I mean, of course, in the past few months, you have new releases from both Volumes and Fire from the Gods, but to start off, you actually just wrapped up a tour with Fire from the Gods, so how’d everything go with that?

It was incredible, the band’s first official headlining tour, we were out with, Divide the Fall, Varsity, and For the Fallen Dreams, and it was absolutely incredible, and shout out to all those bands, the crew, and everyone who came out and made it a special time, it was really, really incredible. Yeah, those guys are all awesome, couldn’t have asked for a better run ever. It was sick.

I’m glad for you guys. I actually didn’t realize it was the first ever headline for Fire from the Gods, that’s awesome. How’d that come about?

I mean, it just has to happen eventually, and you know, we have new music coming out later this year. Headlining is a great way for us to showcase, because we have more time to play and more songs to choose from, so we wanted to be able to play more songs and just see what was out there, and the results were awesome. It was great. All the shows were incredible, being able to connect with the fans, it was a very special experience, for sure. It was awesome.

Very exciting. And exciting for the fans, too, to get more time with you guys on stage, for sure.

Yeah, for sure, man, because normally, if you’re just supporting or opening, it’s like, 25 minutes or 30 minutes, so to be able to have an hour to play is awesome. You get way more time to express yourself and just to have more fun, so it’s always great.

For sure. And of course, you are used to headlining, though, when it comes to Volumes, which you’re also keeping busy with. The new album Mirror Touch is out now for a few months now. So, talk to me about first digging into this record and how the inspiration, and the spark, and the work really first came about.

Well, you know, after Happier, COVID was finally ending, so we were, in the position where we could actually record in the same room together again, so we just started working on music, and we weren’t touring. Where the band was at was just kind of up in the air, so it just gave us the time to really focus on the music, focus on ourselves, and kind of just put it all together, and we all went and lived different lives over the course of that four years. Being able to come back and write together, you know, we all had different experiences and cool things to talk about and different feelings that we could put into the hat to talk about and to explore. And I think that comes out in the record pretty heavy, it’s just a lot of different moods and different styles and different movements in the album. I think that it came out just as much as we wanted to – pretty close to perfectly.

Definitely. I love that you mentioned the importance of getting back in the same room together to record as well, because I feel like, especially with all the technology available, a lot of modern bands might go with remote recording, sending stuff back and forth. So it’s cool that you guys do value that face-to-face, in-person jamming time.

For sure. It’s definitely necessary, like, Volumes is very big on the vibe and being able to groove. And, like, it’s kind of hard to create that groove alone, so being able to get into a room and make the groove happen with your boys, it’s a pretty special experience, you know?

Yes, and you always have a great blend of styles with Volumes, and that comes through in this new album as well, from slight industrial vibes creeping in on “S.O.A.P.”, or the much more melodic “Bad Habit”. How do you guys first kind of begin to dig into the songwriting? Is it just a completely natural flow to see what happens, or do you have any kind of ideas or plans where you’re like, “alright, I wanna try something with this or that”?

Yeah, a lot of times it just happens, like, “what if we did…?” And then it’s like, “okay, let’s try it”. And then sometimes it works, and it comes out awesome, and then sometimes it doesn’t, and we gotta start over. Or we can hit it dead and be like, “mm, this doesn’t really match, or this doesn’t really fit where we’re taking it – too far off the track”, you know? It is cool to be able to explore, but we also want to kind of stay true to what feels right and what’s going to feel good to play on stage. Some things, they sound cool, but they don’t really translate live, I guess. And so, Volumes are very heavy on the live aspect of playing, we want to always be able to recreate that feeling or that sound almost verbatim, not just be like a studio-produced band that, when you get live, it doesn’t really match the same intensity or the same vibe, you know?

Right, no, that’s definitely true, and that’s also why that in-person, face-to-face, all-in-the-studio-together time matters – because you’re able to kind of figure out what’s going to work live. If you’re spending too much time putting plugins on things and figuring out different sounds, it’s going to kind of distort a little bit to the point where you might not be able to recreate that every time, so that’s a good point.

Yeah, definitely.

Great. And then you also have a track called “California,” and since you guys are a California-based band, what was behind that track?

Basically, it’s a love letter to where the band is from. We wanted to try and recreate the feeling of being in California and just living, whether it be in the beach or the mountains, just that kind of vibe, and even in L.A., like the dark side, and then the yin and the yang of being out here, you know? It is a very beautiful place, but it also can be very ugly at the same time.

Honestly, metal is the perfect genre to express that kind of range of emotions and feelings.

Exactly. Perfect. This is the perfect place for this.

You also have a pretty wide background as a vocalist as well, because you have the ability for the harsh vocals, the clean vocals; you can do a lot of different styles and everything. So I’m curious more about your origins as a vocalist, and how you kind of found your way into the metal genre. Was that right off the bat what you wanted to do, or was it something you kind of found your way into?

Oh, yeah, definitely. When I heard it, I was like, “What in the – what am I listening to? This is insane”. And then, you know, out of necessity, having to learn how to do it, but upon first listening to some of the first metal bands, I was taken, blown away, because I had only ever heard, you know, melodic singing or clean singing or whatever it is you want to call it. I had never really heard screaming before, so when I was hit with that, I was like, “Whoa, man, this is definitely pretty extreme. I want to learn how to do this”.

Very cool. Who were some of your earliest inspirations?

Oh man, a lot of older, like, this is kind of crazy, but I grew up in a pretty religious family, so a lot of older Christian bands, like Zao, Strong Arm, Living Sacrifice, Overcome, and then when I got out, exposed to more music, like Slipknot, you know, Meshuggah, Cradle of Filth – that’s one that was, like, one of the extremes. I was like, “Yo, this is out of control, never heard anything like this. How do you make that -” still, to this day, I think that’s the most unique scream I’ve ever heard for a vocalist. Then just into black metal and the extremes of that just kind of snowballs and, you know, out of control until here we are right now.

Well, that’s how it should go, honestly. As a vocalist, of course, there is a certain amount of control needed, obviously. You’ve got keep your voice in shape. Do you do any kind of specific techniques or training or anything for that, or you just kind of let it flow?

For the longest time, I definitely would just let it rip, and I made a lot of mistakes, did some damage, and some damage that I haven’t been able to repair, and just some that I’ve had to learn to work with, but, I took lessons for a couple years pretty heavily, like, four or five days a week, couple hours a day – it was pretty intense, so. I learned a lot of techniques, and I learned a lot of tricks, and preservation, and, so now, it’s like, because it was just drilled into me so heavy, it’s just, like, second nature, I don’t really even think about it, but there is a lot of stuff that I do to keep it, so that I’m able to tour and not burn my voice out within the first few weeks, you know?

Yeah, like, first night done, that’s it.

I’ve done that too, and, man, it’s really rough after the first night, and you only played 30 minutes, and it’s just like, “oh, man, I got six more weeks of this”, so yeah, to avoid those kind of things, I rely heavily on proper upkeep of my instrument.

For sure. It’s honestly probably the hardest instrument to have and to learn to play. I know a lot of people talk about, you know, guitar is tricky and everything like that, but when it comes to vocals, you are the instrument, your entire body. It’s like, this is what you’ve got, so you have to deal with it, and it’s probably the hardest one, and definitely a challenging career, to choose metal of all genres.

Yeah, I don’t know. I didn’t really think this one through.

But it’s a good one.

No, I’m joking. I’m joking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s been an amazing experience to be a metal vocalist, or just a vocalist in general. And just to be able to express myself in that light, yeah. It’s life-changing, for sure.

For sure, and I’m sorry to hear about the, damage that can’t be fixed at this point, but in a way that transforms your voice. You find ways to work around things, and then you discover new areas of your voice that maybe you haven’t used before. So there’s always challenges to overcome, I think.

For sure. That’s one of the things we were taught in class is, even if it is some damage, now that’s your signature, and that’s your touch on how you sound. And, you know, I’ll take it. I’m cool with it. It’s all right. I can still pull it off, the job still gets done, and I’m able to still express myself, so it’s okay, it’s all right. For sure.

You’re doing a great job with it. And, you know, talking about expressing yourself, when it comes to songwriting and lyric writing and everything, when you are in two very substantial bands right now, Volumes and Fire from the Gods, do you kind of approach anything – when you come up with an idea, does it feel like, “Oh, that’s definitely going to be a Volumes song,” or, “Oh, we’re going to put that over to Fire from the Gods,” or is there any specific direction that you kind of take with it?

Not really. I think it’s just whatever for either, because they are definitely two different, very different styles or dynamics. But it’s still under the umbrella of rock for me, aggressive music or heavy music or whatever you want to call it. There’s a lot going on in my head, so I don’t compartmentalize: “Oh, this is going to go for Fire,” or “This is going to go for this,” unless it’s the song, you know? Like, if I’m writing, I’m just writing. They’re just thoughts, you know? They’re going to get put somewhere, so if it goes with this song, if it fits with that, then that’s where it’s going to go. And if it goes with a Volumes song, it’s going to fit there better, and then we’re writing for that. I guess it’s more whenever we’re working on music, I think I’m working on specifically this, versus not working on music at the same time, kind of thing. So I don’t really run into that problem too much.

Exactly – at the end of the day, it’s all rock music, and it’s all just music, period. So whatever flows out of you naturally.

Yeah, just feelings, man. Just gotta let it rip.

So, a random fun fact about Volumes that I saw is that Mark Okubo went on tour with you guys a couple times, and we’ve actually interviewed him before, and he was so chill, and he was so great. So, I’m curious about you guys’ experience working with him.

Oh, man. Mark is one of the best people on planet Earth. I love Mark Okubo, that’s my little big brother. Yeah, we’ve been friends for a really long time, he’s just an amazing guitar player, an amazing musician. The way he thinks about music and his approach is just – it’s mind-blowing. So, you know, being able to be around him and have some of that greatness rub off on us is just awesome, man. And he’s one of the best-best dudes and best-best people I could call a friend, man. I love him to death. Marco Okubo, you’re the man. I love you, brother. Shout out, Mark Akubo.

Now, coming back to Fire From The Gods, of course, you’re actually a fairly recent addition to the band just in the past year, but we’ve already heard you with such killer tracks. I mean, “Incinerate”, “Human” you’ve just been, like you said before, to use your term, “letting it rip” since you got together with this band. So, talk to me about what’s going on. You said you have some new music coming out later this year as well. So what’s currently happening with that band?

Yeah, we’re working on a new album, almost done with it. I’ve got a little bit more work to do to finish the vocals, you know, we were trying to get it done on this last tour, but it just turned out to be so cold, and we were fighting for our lives out there, then we couldn’t really focus on getting the music done. So once we do have some time coming up that, I have locked off, we’re going to try and get that knocked out, so that we can get it out hopefully later on this year. We have a tour coming up. We’re supporting Sevendust and Atreyu in April and May, and going to Australia later on in the year in August. So, the year’s going to be pretty busy for Fire, and then, you know, Volumes has some stuff coming, too, so it’s just going to be a busy year all the way around.

And that’s great, and very exciting to hear that there’s still continuous new music and projects and tours coming from you guys. But before we wrap up, let’s not forget to talk about Winston, because he’s a whole social media personality – he’s got his own account. When did Winston first come into your life?

He was a product of COVID, I was really bored – well, not even bored – I was just really sad and lonely, and my neighbor, the mom and the dad had a litter, and he had an extra, and Winston was waiting for me, and the universe said, “Winston, MT.” And then the rest is history. And, yeah, he’s the best. Honestly, I never really thought I was going to have a dog, but I am so very happy that I got him. He’s the best thing ever.

It’s funny, that does tend to be a story for a lot of pet owners. It’s like, when you least expect it, when you weren’t even necessarily looking for it.

Yeah, definitely. It’s crazy. It’s been an amazing experience just having him here. Like, he’s just chilling right here on the floor. He just hangs with me at all times. It’s pretty awesome.

Does he come in studio with you, too?

Oh, yeah, he’s been there, he’s seen it happen, and I bring him on tour with me a lot of times, too, I don’t know if he’s going to come with me now, because he’s gotten kind of fat, so I don’t know, he’ll be taking up the bunk, so we’ll have to see.

That’s very funny. Well, it’s great, though. It’s a great little story about getting him, and I’m glad you have him with you, and he’s, I guess, assistant producer on all your recordings there. He’s always there to help you out, so that’s sweet.

Yeah, he’s getting points. He’s getting his royalties.

So back to your bands, it sounds like there’s a lot coming up this year, thank you so much for your time, it’s been awesome getting to know more about you, about your background, about your music, and all the exciting stuff you have coming up.

Oh, thank you so much, I appreciate you, and to all the people watching and listening and supporting, thank you all so very much, I love you, and look forward to bringing you guys more music later on this year.

Awesome. Thank you so much.