Arch Enemy: North American Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour

Arch Enemy has shared the 2025 spring North American dates of their Blood Dynasty Tour. This run features special guests Fit For An Autopsy, Baest, and Thrown Into Exile. Tickets and VIP on sale now at archenemy.live!

  • 4/14 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
  • 4/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
  • 4/16 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
  • 4/18 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
  • 4/19 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
  • 4/20 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
  • 4/22 – Edmonton, AB – Union Hall
  • 4/23 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
  • 4/25 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
  • 4/26 – Denver, CO – Summit
  • 4/28 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
  • 4/29 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
  • 4/30 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
  • 5/2 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square
  • 5/3 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
  • 5/5 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
  • 5/6 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
  • 5/8 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia^
  • 5/9 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  • 5/10 – Stroudsburg, PA – The Sherman Theater
  • 5/11 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025
  • 5/13 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground*
  • 5/15 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2025
  • 5/16 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade*
  • 5/18 – Milwaukee, WI – Milwaukee Metal Fest 2025

* No Baest

^ Direct support from Martyr; Fit For An Autopsy not appearing

Lamb of God Presents: Headbangers Boat 2023

Music cruises are all the rage these days, with Shiprocked being the most talked about. None of the current cruises focuses solely on metal, hence Lamb of God bringing us Headbangers Boat!

Lamb of God will be playing two sets, including Ashes of the Wake in its entirety. Mastodon, Hatebreed, Testament, Gwar, and others will also be in attendance on this cruise, which sets sail on Halloween from Miami, Florida. For all the details, visit headbangersboat.com.

Fit For An Autopsy Announces Spring 2023 Dates

Fit For An Autopsy, The Acacia Strain, and Full of Hell are touring next year with special guest Primitive Man. According to FFAA’s Facebook, this lineup really highlights the spirit of the mixed bill show, bringing together the different ends of the extreme music spectrum. Tickets are available at fitforanautopsy.co.

  • 3/8 – Brooklyn, NY – The Brooklyn Monarch
  • 3/9 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
  • 3/10 – Columbus, OH – The KING of CLUBS
  • 3/11 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrews Hall
  • 3/12 – Chicago, IL – Metro Chicago
  • 3/14 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
  • 3/15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
  • 3/17 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
  • 3/18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
  • 3/19 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
  • 3/20 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory
  • 3/21 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720™
  • 3/22 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
  • 3/24 – Dallas, TX – Amplified Live
  • 3/25 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
  • 3/26 – Houston, TX – The Studio at Warehouse Live
  • 3/28 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
  • 3/29 – Atlanta, GA – Heaven at The Masquerade
  • 3/30 – Greensboro, NC – Arizona Pete’s
  • 3/31 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
  • 4/1 – Worcester, MA – Palladium

Home Tonight, So Here’s An Update

My mom and I spent the majority of the day at the nursing home with my grandmother. There has been no change, except her blood pressure has dropped slightly (no cause for concern, according to Hospice) and they are now having to suction out her throat and esophagus at least two or three times a day. So, please continue praying/sending us positive thoughts, if you would.

In other news, it’s October — my favorite time of the year! (I know we’re already 13 days in, but I’ve been distracted.) I have no idea what I’m going to be for Halloween. I’m leaning toward a variation on Harley Quinn, the girl on the cover of Mindless Self Indulgence’s Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy, or Tim Sköld. I haven’t had the chance to indulge in many horror movies so far; however, my best friend and I have binge-watched “Light as a Feather” on Hulu.

Other highlights of October: it’s finally below 1000 degrees here in Alabama, and my favorite college football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide, is undefeated. Oh, and Alter Bridge is playing a show within two hours of me on the 17th.

Given that this is a music blog, I guess I should mention something about music, huh? Ha! Okay. Here are a few upcoming releases:

  • Super Junior – Time Slip (10/14)
  • Shane Eagle – Dark Moon Flower (10/15)
  • Alex Vargas – EGO (10/18)
  • Alter Bridge – Walk the Sky (10/18)
  • Cody Jinks – The Wanting (10/18)
  • HXXS – Year of the Witch (10/18)
  • Jimmy Eat World – Surviving (10/18)
  • The Lacs – Rise and Shine (10/18)
  • Third Eye Blind – Screamer (10/18)
  • Cigarettes After Sex – Cry (10/25)
  • Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea of Tragic Beasts (10/25)
  • Jinjer – Macro (10/25)
  • Night Flowers – Fortune Teller (10/25)
  • Norma Jean – All Hail (10/25)
  • PVRIS – Hallucinations EP (10/25)
  • Scarlett Rose – Welcome to Wonderland (10/31)

I’m trying to schedule some posts in my free time so that my blog isn’t lacking content for consecutive days, or even a full week. I hope to resume the playlist challenge and choose a featured band on the 21st.

New Music (8/26 — 9/1)

Dragonforce: “Heart Demolition”

coldrain: “The Side Effects”

Fit For An Autopsy: “The Sea of Tragic Beasts”

Rings Of Saturn: “The Husk”

https://youtu.be/F87MWt-1X1w

blink-182: “Darkside”

Angels & Airwaves: “Kiss & Tell”

Cigarettes After Sex: “Heavenly”

Senses Fail: “Bastard Son”

Grayscale: “Baby Blue”

Super Whatevr: “better.”

Valiant Hearts ft. Philip Strand: “Wildfire”

Flying Colors: “You Are Not Alone”

Death Valley High vs. Chino Moreno: “Cavity – First Communion”

Crashdïet: “Rust”

Eskimo Callboy: “Hurricane”

Wind Rose: “Drunken Dwarves”

Betraying The Martyrs: “Down”

Angel Witch: “Don’t Turn Your Back”

Patty Gurdy: “Run”

Depeche Mode: “A Pain That I’m Used To”

Thousand Below: “Disassociate”

Blaze Bayley: “Eagle Spirit”

https://youtu.be/72qeK22YfmM

The Devil Wears Prada: “Lines Of Your Hands”

John Newman ft. Nina Nesbitt: “Without You”

Poets of the Fall: “My Dark Disquiet”

Beth Hart: “Bad Woman Blues”

Allan Rayman: “Pretty Please”

Amber Run: “The Darkness Has a Voice”

Vancouver Sleep Clinic: “Summer ’09”

James Blunt: “Cold”

New Music (7/15 — 7/28)

I’m hitting the highlights of the past two weeks since I didn’t post last Sunday.

Texas Hippie Coalition: “Dirty Finger”

The All-American Rejects: “Send Her To Heaven”

Killswitch Engage: “I Am Broken Too”

Crown The Empire: “Blurry (out of place)”

Skillet: “Legendary”

Fit For An Autopsy: “Mirrors”

Imminence: “Lighthouse”

Volbeat ft. Gary Holt: “Cheapside Sloggers”

Beth Hart: “War In My Mind”

Picturesque: “Swipe”

Being As An Ocean: “Play Pretend”

Godsmack: “Under Your Scars”

Through Fire: “Medicine”

Strong Like Bull: “Live While You Can”

Slipknot: “Solway Firth”

Bullet For My Valentine: “Piece Of Me”

Prznt: “Codeine Dreams”

Havens: “Stranger”

The Chainsmokers & Illenium ft. Lennon Stella: “Takeaway”

Kenzie: “HOT”

Wolves at the Gate: “Drifter”

brokeNCYDE: “Bout It”

Saint Asonia ft. Sully Erna: “The Hunted”

Alter Bridge: “Pay No Mind”

Justin Symbol (aka Star Daddy) ft. VoKillz & Angel Nightmare: “Trash Fire”

Sköld: “Small World”

Lacuna Coil: “Layers Of Time”

Wednesday 13: “Decompose”

Of Mice & Men: “Earth & Sky”

Behemoth: “Sabbath Mater”

Bring Me The Horizon: “sugar honey ice & tea”

Pacific Radio: “Katie”

Imagine Dragons: “Birds”

Slaves: “Heavier”

Shadow of Intent: “Malediction”

Thy Art Is Murder: “New Gods”

Call Me Karizma: “I’m ok”

Kobra and the Lotus: “Burn!”

Stick To Your Guns: “56”

Our Future Leaders: “You’re The Void”

KXM: “War Of Words”

The 69 Eyes: “Cheyenna”

Infant Annihilator: “Three Bastards”

The Agonist: “Burn It All Down”

CeCe: “Never Be”

Demon Hunter: “The Negative”

Skynd: “Katherine Knight”

BlackRain: “Hellfire”