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22Apr/25

Metal Contraband Tour Dates:

Metal Contraband Tour Dates Updated April 22nd, 2025:


Acres W/The Devil Wears Prada

4/17 Wichita,KS/Temple Live
4/18 Des Moines,IA/Val Air Ballroom
4/19 Fargo,ND/Sanctuary Events Center
4/20 Winnipeg,MB/Park Theatre
4/22 Edmonton,AB/Midway
4/23 Calgary,AB/The Palace Theater
4/25 Vancouver,BC/Commodore Ballroom
4/26 Seattle,WA/Showbox SoDo
4/27 Eugene,OR/McDonald Theatre
4/29 Great Falls,MT/The Newberry
4/30 Billings,MT/Pub Station
5/2 Lincoln, NE/Bourbon Theatre
5/3 Davenport IA/Capitol Theater
5/4 Springfield,MO/The Regency
5/6 —Oklahoma City,OK/Diamond Ballroom
5/7 Little Rock,AR/The Hall
5/8 Huntsville,AL/Mars Music Hall
5/9 St Louis,MO/The Pageant
5/10 Columbus,OH/Sonic Temple
5/13 Knoxville,TN/The Mill & Mine
5/14 Charleston,SC/Charleston Music Hall

 

Arch Enemy Spring 2025 Tour dates:

04/14 San Diego, CA/The Observatory North Park
04/15 Los Angeles, CA/The Wiltern
04/16 San Francisco, CA/The Regency Ballroom
04/18 Portland, OR/Roseland Theater
04/19 Seattle, WA/Showbox SoDo
04/20 Vancouver, BC/The Pearl
04/22 Edmonton, AB/Union Hall
04/23 Calgary, AB/MacEwan Hall
04/25 Salt Lake City, UT/The Complex
04/26 Denver, CO/Summit
04/28 Minneapolis, MN/The Fillmore Minneapolis
04/29 Chicago, IL/The Vic Theatre
04/30 Detroit, MI/The Majestic Theatre
05/02 New York, NY/Palladium Times Square
05/03 Worcester, MA/The Palladium
05/05 Philadelphia, PA/Theatre of The Living Arts
05/06 Silver Spring, MD/The Fillmore Silver Spring
05/08 Montreal, QC/L’Olympia
05/09 Toronto, ON/Queen Elizabeth Theatre
05/10 Stroudsburg, PA/The Sherman Theater
05/11 Columbus, OH/Sonic Temple
05/13 Charlotte, NC/The Underground
05/15 Daytona Beach, FL/Welcome To Rockville
05/16 Atlanta, GA/The Masquerade
05/18 Milwaukee, WI/Milwaukee Metal Fest

Architects Tour Dates

7/21 Charlotte, NC/The Fillmore Charlotte
7/23 Atlanta, GA/Buckhead Theatre
7/24 Nashville,TN/Marathon Music Wors
7/26 Houston, TX/House of Blues – Houston
7/27 Dallas, TX/House of Blues – Dallas
7/29 Phoenix, AZ/The Van Buren
7/31 Los Angeles, CA/The Wiltern
8/1 Anaheim, CA/House of Blues – Anaheim
8/2 San Francisco, CA/The Masonic
8/4 Seattle, WA/Showbox SoDo
8/5 Portland, OR/McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
8/7 Salt Lake City, UT/The Complex
8/8 Denver, CO/Fillmore Auditorium
8/11 Minneapolis, MN/The Fillmore Minneapolis
8/12 Chicago, IL/Riviera Theatre
8/14 Etobicoke, ON/Great Canadian Toronto – The Theatre
8/15 Laval, QC/Place Bell
8/16 Boston, MA/House of Blues – Boston
8/19 Silver Spring, MD/The Fillmore Silver Spring
8/21 Philadelphia, PA/The Fillmore Philadelphia
8/22 New York, NY/Terminal 5

 

Chained Saint W/ Alice In Chains

3/25 West Palm Beach, FL/Respectable Street (Headline Show)
4/4 Scottsdale, AZ/Westworld^
5/8 Uncasville, CT/Mohegan Sun@
5/13 Nashville, TN/The Pinnacle@
5/15 Dothan, AL/Dothan Civic Center@
5/17 Daytona Beach, FL/Welcome to Rockville*
8/15 Los Angles, CA/Whisky A GoGo#
8/31 Pryor, OK/Rocklahoma*
9/21 Louisville, KY/Louder Than Life*
11/15 Orlando, FL/Warped Tour*
^With Mudvayne
@Supporting Alice In Chains
#With Knot(sic)
*FESTIVAL DATES


Epica US Tour Dates:

5/6 New York, NY/Irving Plaza
5/8 Atlanta, GA/Masquerade
5/10 Los Angeles, CA/The Bellwether

The Decibel Magazine Tour 2025
W/ Mayhem, Mortiis, Imperial Triumphant, New Skeletal Faces

3/17 Atlanta, GA/The Masquerade (Heaven)
3/18 Nashville, TN/Brooklyn Bowl
3/19 Indianapolis, IN/The Vogue
3/20 Chicago, IL/House of Blues
3/22 Worcester, MA/The Palladium
3/23 Reading, PA/Reverb
3/24 New York, NY/Irving Plaza
3/25 Montreal, QC/Théâtre Beanfield
3/26 Toronto, ON/The Concert Hall
3/27 Detroit, MI/The Majestic Theatre
3/29 Minneapolis, MN/First Avenue
3/31 Denver, CO/Summit
4/1 Calgary, AB/The Palace Theatre
4/4 Edmonton, AB/Union Hall
4/6 Vancouver, BC/Rickshaw Theatre
4/7 Tacoma, WA/Temple Theatre
4/9 San Francisco, CA/The Fillmore
4/10 Anaheim, CA/House of Blues
4/11 Los Angeles, CA/The Belasco
4/12 San Diego, CA/House of Blues
4/13 Las Vegas, NV/House of Blues
4/14 Mesa, AZ/The Nile
4/16 Dallas, TX/The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
4/17 Austin, TX/Mohaw

Killswitch Engage, W/Fit For A King With Shadows Fall & Boundaries

5/8 Columbus, OH/Sonic Temple*
5/10 Indianapolis, IN/Egyptian Room Old National Centre
5/11 Memphis, TN/Minglewood Hall
5/13 New Orleans, LA/The Fillmore New Orleans
5/14 Birmingham, AL/Avondale Brewing Company
5/16 Daytona Beach. FL/Welcome To Rockville*
5/17 Myrtle Beach, SC/House of Blues
5/18 Virginia Beach, VA/The Dome

*Festival Date

Machine Head W/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil & Unearth

4/5 Oakland, CA/Fox Theater
4/7 Phoenix, AZ/The Van Buren
4/9 San Diego, CA/Observatory North Park
4/10 Los Angeles, CA/The Wiltern
4/12 Las Vegas, NV/House of Blues
4/13 Salt Lake City, UT/Union
4/15 Denver, CO/The Fillmore Auditorium
4/17 San Antonio, TX/The Aztec
4/18 Houston, TX/House Of Blues
4/19 Dallas, TX/House Of Blues
4/21 Raleigh, NC/The Ritz
4/22 Silver Spring, MD/The Fillmore
4/23 Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Paramount
4/25 Reading, PA/Santander Arena
4/26 Boston, MA/House Of Blues
4/27 Montreal, QC/M’Telus
4/28 Toronto, ON/History
4/30 Cincinnati, OH/Andrew J. Brady Music Center
5/2 Detroit, MI/The Fillmore
5/3 Chicago, IL/Radius
5/4 Minneapolis, MN/The Fillmore
5/5 Winnipeg, MB/Burton Cummings
5/7 Calgary, AB/Grey Eagle Event Center
5/8 Edmonton, AB/Midway Music Hall
5/10 Kelowna, BC/Prospera Place

Meshuggah & Carcass US Tour Dates:

4/8 The Masonic/San Francisco
4/9 Kia Forum/Inglewood, CA
4/10 Silver State Pavilion at Grand Sierra Resort/Reno, NV
4/11 The Theater at Virgin Hotels/Las Vegas, NV
4/13 Arizona Financial Theatre/Phoenix, AZ
4/15 Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater/Austin, TX
4/16 South Side Ballroom/Dallas, TX
4/18 Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre/Atlanta, GA
4/19 Yuengling Center/Tampa, FL
4/22 Stage AE/Pittsburgh, PA
4/23 The Theater at MGM National Harbor/Oxon Hill, MD
4/24 The Theater at Madison Square Garden/New York, NY

 

Pantera w/ Amon Amarth:

7/15 The Pavilion at Star Lake/Burgettstown, PA
7/17 Pine Knob Music Theatre/Clarkston, MI
7/19 Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre/Tinley Park, IL
7/20 Blossom Music Center/Cuyahoga Falls, OH
7/22 Riverbend Music Center/Cincinnati, OH
7/25 Hersheypark Stadium/Hershey, PA
7/26 Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater/Wantagh, NY
7/28 Broadview Stage at SPAC/Saratoga Springs, NY
7/29 BankNH Pavilion/Gilford, NH
7/31 PNC Bank Arts Center/Holmdel, NJ
8/02 Xfinity Center/Mansfield, MA
8/03 Xfinity Theatre/Hartford, CT
8/06 American Family Insurance Amphitheater/Milwaukee, WI
8/07 Target Center/Minneapolis, MN
8/20 Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre/Salt Lake City, UT
8/22 White River Amphitheatre/Auburn, WA
8/23 Cascades Amphitheater/Ridgefield, WA
8/26 Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre/Phoenix, AZ
8/27 Kia Forum/Inglewood, CA
8/29 T-Mobile Arena/Las Vegas, NV
8/31 Isleta Amphitheater/Albuquerque, NM
9/02 Germania Insurance Amphitheater/Austin, TX
9/03 Dos Equis Pavillion/Dallas, TX
9/05 Ruoff Music Center/Noblesville, IN
9/06 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre/St. Louis, MO
9/08 Coca-Cola Amphitheater/Birmingham, AL
9/10 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater/Virginia Beach, VA
9/11 Coastal Credit Union Park at Walnut Creek/Raleigh, NC
9/13 iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre/West Palm Beach, FL
PANTERA w/ Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies:
4/19 JMA Wireless Dome/Syracuse, NY
4/24 Rogers Centre/Toronto, ON
5/01 Nissan Stadium/Nashville, TN
5/07 Lane Stadium/Blacksburg, VA
5/25 Lincoln Financial Field/Philadelphia, PA
5/28 Northwest Stadium/Landover, MD
5/31 Bank Of America Stadium/Charlotte, NC
6/03 Mercedes-Benz Stadium/Atlanta, GA
6/08 Raymond James Stadium/Tampa, FL
6/14 NRG Stadium/Houston, TX
6/22 Levi’s Stadium/Santa Clara, CA
6/29 Empower Field at Mile High/Denver, CO

Paradise Lost Tour Dates:

5/16 Milwaukee, WI/Milwaukee Metal Fest
5/17 Columbus, OH/The King of Clubs
5/18 Toronto, ON/Lee’s Palace
5/20 Montreal, QC/Fairmount Theatre
5/21 Boston, MA/Brighton Music Hall
5/22 New York, NY/Le Poisson rouge
5/24 Baltimore, MD/Maryland Death Fest

Rivers Of Nile 2025 Tour Dates

5/22 Underground Arts/Philadelphia, PA
5/23 The Palladium/Worcester, MA
5/24 Rec Room/Buffalo, NY
5/25 The King Of Clubs/Columbus, OH
5/27 Pike Room/Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
5/28 Reggies/Chicago, IL
5/29 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
5/30 Bourbon Theater/Lincoln, NE
5/31 Bluebird Theater/Denver, CO
6/01 Metro Music Hall/Salt Lake City, UT
6/03 Rickshaw Theatre/Vancouver, BC
6/04 El Corazon/Seattle, WA
6/05 Dante’s/Portland, OR
6/06 Goldfield Trading Post/Roseville, CA
6/07 Teragram Ballroom/Los Angeles, CA
6/08 Brick By Brick/San Diego, CA
6/10 Nile/Mesa, AZ
6/11 Launchpad/Albuquerque, NM
6/12 Jake’s/Lubbock, TX
6/13 The Rail/Ft. Worth, TX
6/14 Come And Take It Live/Austin, TX
6/15 Scout Bar/Houston, TX
6/17 Basement East/Nashville, TN
6/18 Eulogy/Asheville, NC
6/19 The Canal Club/Richmond, VA
6/20 The Meadows/Brooklyn, NY
6/21 Fairmount Theatre/Montreal, QC
6/22 Lees Palace/Toronto, ON


Rorschach Test W/ The Genitorturers “Scars and Stripes” Tour

4/18 Tampa,FL/Brass Mug
4/19 Orlando,FL/Conduit
4/20 Saint Lucie,FL/Three Tides
4/21 Jacksonville,FL/Jack Rabbits
4/23 St. Louis,MO/Red Flag
4/24 McHenry,IL/The Vixen
4/25 Detroit,MI/Smalls Bar
4/26 Akron,OH/The Vortex
4/27 Cincinnati,OH/Woodward Theatre
4/29 Rochester,NY/Photo City Music Hall
4/30 Hamden,CT/Space Ballroom
5/1 New Bedford,MA/The Vault
5/4 Raleigh,NC/Chapel of Bones

An Evening With Testament:
U.S Tour & Festival Dates

4/30 Tucson, AZ/Rialto Theater
5/2 Tulsa, OK/Skyline Event Center/Osage Casino Resort
5/3 Little Rock, AR/The Hall
5/4 Wichita, KS/Temple Live
5/6 Milwaukee, WI/The Rave
5/7 Flint, MI/The Machine Shop
5/10 St. Louis, MO/Delmar Hall
5/11 Indianapolis, IN/Deluxe at Old National Centre
5/13 Brooklyn, NY/The Warsaw
5/14 Wilmington, DE/The Queen
5/15 Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Soundstage
5/17 Pensacola, FL/Vinyl Music Hall
5/20 Huntsville, AL/Mars Music Hall
5/22 Austin, TX/Empire Garage
5/25 San Diego, CA/House of Blues

Testament U.S. Festival Dates:

5/9 Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025/Columbus, OH
5/18 Welcome to Rockville 2025/Daytona Beach, FL
9/21 Louder Than Life 2025/Louisville, KY

Tribulation Co-headlining with Unto Others, with support from Final Gasp

05/01 Chicago, IL/Reggies
05/02 Kansas City, MO/Record Bar
05/03 Denver, CO/Bluebird
05/04 Salt Lake City, UT/Urban Lounge
05/06 Seattle, WA/El Corazon
05/07 Portland, OR/Star Theater
05/09 San Francisco, CA/DNA Lounge
05/10 Los Angeles, CA/The Regent
05/11 San Diego, CA/Brick By Brick
05/12 Phoenix, AZ/The Rebel Lounge
05/14 Austin, TX/Come and Take It Live
05/15 Ft. Worth, TX/The Rail^
05/16 New Orleans, LA/Southport Hall^
05/17 Atlanta, GA/The Masquerade (Hell)^
05/18 Raleigh, NC/Chapel of Bones^
05/20 Gastonia, NC/The Rooster^
05/21 Baltimore, MD/Maryland Deathfest
05/22 Pittsburgh, PA/Preserving
05/23 Brooklyn, NY/Meadows
05/24 Montreal, QC/Foufounes
05/25 Toronto, ON/Lees Palace

Visions of Atlantis & Seraina Telli US Tour Dates:

4/5 Brooklyn, NY/The Meadows
4/6 Cambridge, MA/Sonia at The Middle East Restaurant and Club
4/10 Hamtramck, MI/Sanctuary Detroit
4/11 Joliet, IL/The Forge Joliet (with Sacred Dawn)
4/19 West Hollywood, CA/Whisky A Go Go
4/24 Las Vegas, NV/Sinwave

Warbringer & Allegaeon Co-headling Tour
W/ Skeletal Remains, Summoning & The Lich:

3/18 Brick By Brick/San Diego, CA
3/19 Last Exit Live/Phoenix, AZ
3/20 Launchpad/Albuquerque, NM
3/21 89th Street Collective/Oklahoma City, OK
3/22 Haltom Theater/Haltom City, TX
3/23 Come And Take it Live/Austin, TX
3/24 House Of Rock/Corpus Christi, TX
3/26 Conduit/Orlando, FL
3/27 Hooligan’s/Jacksonville, NC
3/28 Broken Goblet/Bensalem, PA
3/29 Woodshop/Brooklyn, NY
3/30 Foufounes Electriques/Montreal, QC
3/31 The Garrison/Toronto, ON
4/1 The Sanctuary/Detroit, MI
4/2 Reggies/Chicago, IL
4/3 The Bottleneck/Lawrence, KS
4/ 4 Bourbon Theater/Lincoln, NE
4/5 HQ/Denver, CO
4/ 6 Metro Music Hall/Salt Lake City, UT
4/ 8 El Corazon/Seattle, WA
4/ 9 Rickshaw Theatre/Vancouver, BC
4/10 Hawthorne Theater/Portland, OR
4/11 DNA Lounge/San Francisco, CA
4/12 Teragram Ballroom/Los Angeles, CA

 

Warped Tour

6/14-15 Washington, D.C./Festival Grounds at RFK Campus
7/26-27 Long Beach, CA/Downtown Long Beach Shoreline Waterfront
11/15-16 Orlando, FL/Camping World Stadium Campus

 

 

22Apr/25

Metal Contraband Up-Coming Metal Radio Add Dates:

Upcoming Metal Radio Add Dates For 2025:


Updated Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025:
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Adding On April 28th & 29th:
Acres – The Host  (Solid State Records)
Avenger Of Blood – Revenge Is My Name (EP)  (M-Theory Audio)
Our Chronicle – Stop Motion  (Independent)
Paradise Slaves – With Hell In His Eyes  (Spinefarm Records)
Sviteknology – Heavy Blues  (Sviteknology Media Group)

Adding On May 5th & 6th:
Candlemass – Black Star (EP)  (Napalm Records)
Media – Media  (Independent)
Slaughter To Prevail – Russian Grizzly In America (Single) Sumerian Records
Tetrarch – The Ugly Side of Me  (Napalm Records)

Adding On May 12th & 13th:
Calva Louise – Aimless  (Mascot Label Group)
Hedvig – Bees In The Bonnet  (Rune Grammofon)
Paul Di’Anno – In memory Of  (Metalville Records)
Pridian – Venetian Dark  (Century Media Records)

Adding on May 19th & 20th:
Deraps – Viva Rock N’ Roll  (Metalville Records)
Onslaught – Origins Of Aggression  (Reigning Phoenix Music)

Adding On May 26th & 27th:
The Haunted – Songs Of Last Resort  (Century Media Records)
Vildhjarta – Dar Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar  (Century Media Records)
Wolves At The Gate – Wasteland  (Solid State Records)

Adding On June 2nd & 3rd:
Orthodox – A Door Left Open  (Century Media Records)