American Thrash Metallers BATTLECROSS have confirmed a first batch of three prestigious European festival appearances for the summer of 2014.
BATTLECROSS
13/06/14 UK – Donington Park – Download Festival
15/06/14 AT – Nickelsdorf – Nova Rock
27/06/14 BE – Dessel – Graspop
Comments BATTLECROSS: „We’re extremely excited to be a part of these festivals! It’s a dream come true for us to introduce ourselves to our new friends in Europe on such a grand scale. The European festivals are always spoken of so highly in the states, especially for metal, so we’re honored and thankful that we get to be a part of them so early in our careers. Hopefully this will open doors for us to play more festivals and expose our music to larger crowds across the continent and beyond. We hope that everyone will come check us out at Nova Rock, Graspop and other festivals that will be announcing soon. Thank you!”
But before that BATTLECROSS will finally be taking their critically-acclaimed live show to Europe in 2014 with Trivium! The Detroit, MI-based metal act will begin their conquest of Europe on January 29th in Dublin, Ireland. After leaving the UK, where Killswitch Engage will be headlining, the tour will continue throughout the rest of the European continent with shows in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, before wrapping up the tour in Milan, Italy. This tour will be the inaugural European tour for BATTLECROSS, who have already proven to be one of the most promising newcomers in the North American metal scene throughout the last four years.
Killswitch Engage
+ Trivium
+ Miss May I
+ BATTLECROSS
29/01/13 IE – Dublin – The Academy
30/01/13 UK – Belfast – The Limelight
01/02/13 UK – Manchester – Academy
02/02/13 UK – London – Brixton O2 Academy
03/02/13 UK – Newcastle – O2 Academy
04/02/13 UK – Glasgow – O2 Academy
06/02/13 UK – Birmingham – O2 Academy
07/02/13 UK – Southampton – Guildhall
Trivium
+ Miss May I
+ BATTLECROSS
08/02/13 NL – Amsterdam – Melkweg
09/02/13 DE – Köln – Essigfabrik
10/02/13 DE – Filderstadt – Filharmonie
12/02/13 BE – Antwerp – Trix
13/02/13 DE – Münster – Skaters Palace
14/02/13 DE – Berlin – Huxleys
15/02/13 DE – Würzburg – Posthalle
16/02/13 DE – München – Theaterfabrik
18/02/13 IT – Milan – Live Club
BATTLECROSS’ latest album, War of Will, debuted at #134 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, #118 on the top current albums chart, #2 on the heatseeker chart, #15 on the current hard music chart, #16 on the hard music overall chart, and #32 on the independent albums chart. It didn’t stop here though, as the band also debuted in Canada’s Soundscan charts coming in at #178 Top 200 Current and #25 Hard Music Charts while also landing on the iTunes charts for release date at #103 Top 200, #10 on Rock, and #2 on Metal! This marks the band’s first ever Billboard chart debut! War of Will also peaked at #3 on the US iTunes metal chart on the day of release.
Check out the video for Never Coming Back from the album War of Will. The Roy Warner directed clip can be seen HERE!
Check out a live version of Force Fed Lies HERE on youtube!
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