SUMMER FESTIVALS:

19 Jun – Metaltown, Swe
Jul 4 – With full force, Germany
Jul 8 – Getaway Rock Festival, Gävle, Swe
Jul 17 – Tivolirock, Kristianstad, Swe
Aug 19 – Summer breeze festival, Ger

Where Death Is Most Alive part II, 2010
w/ INSOMNIUM + support tbc
Sep. 23 – Hamburg, Gruenspan, Germany
Sep. 24 – Leipzig, Conne Island, Germany
Sep. 25 – Munster, Sputnikhalle, Germany
Sep. 26 – Köln, Essigfabrik, Germany
Sep. 27 – Tilburg, 013, Netherlands
Sep. 28 – London, Underworld, UK
Sep. 29 – Vosselaar, Biebob, Belgium
Sep. 30 – Paris, Trabendo, France
Oct. 01 – Montpellier, Salle Victoire 2, France
Oct. 02 – Bilbao, Rockstar, Spain
Oct. 03 – Porto, Teatro Sá da Bandeira, Portugal
Oct. 04 – Lissabon, Incrível Almadense, Portugal
Oct. 06 – Madrid, Sala Heineken, Spain
Oct. 07 – Barcelona, Razz 2, Spain
Oct. 08 – Lyon, CCO, France
Oct. 09 – Lausanne, Les Dock, Switzerland
Oct. 10 – Bologna, Estragon, Italy
Oct. 11 – Rom, Alpheus, Italy
Oct. 12 – Milano, Magazini Generali, Italy
Oct. 13 – Zagreb, Boogaloo, Croatia
Oct. 14 – Budapest, Duerer Kert, Hungary
Oct. 15 – Wien, Szene, Austria
Oct. 16 – Ljubljana, Gala Hala/Media Park, Slovenia
Oct. 17 – Graz, Orpheum, Austria
Oct. 19 – Stuttgart, Röhre, Germany
Oct. 20 – Luzern, Schuur, Switzerland
Oct. 21 – Frankfurt aM, Batschkapp, Germany
Oct. 22 – München, Backstage, Germany
Oct. 24 – Berlin, Lido, Germany
Oct. 25 – Malmö, KB, Sweden
Oct. 28 – Jyväskylä, Lutakko, Finland *
Oct. 29 – Oulu, Teatria, Finland *
Oct. 30 – Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjamoo, Finland *
Oct. 31 – Tampere, Klubi, Finland *
Nov. 01 – Helsinki, Nosturi, Finland *
Nov. 02 – Turku, Klubi, Finland *
Nov. 04 – Stockholm, Medis, Sweden *
Nov. 05 – Örebro, 700, Sweden *
Nov. 06 – Oslo, John Dee, Norway *
Nov. 07 – Göteborg, Trädgån, Sweden *
* without Insomnium

Next onstage was the ever famous and equally infamous band Cro-Mags! Truly worthy of the name “A Band’s Band” Killswitch Engage came out to watch backstage as Crossover Thrash Band and New York hardcore music icons Cro-Mags played their set. Cro-Mags were among the first bands to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal back in the 80’s, paving the way for most punk-metal crossover bands today. Cro-Mags are legendary for their unique, hardcore metal do-or die sounds, their violent punk attitudes, their push into the Hare Krishna movement in the hardcore metal scene and inevitably, as all great bands must, their explosive band break-up. It was great to be able to see them perform alongside other legendary, talented and great artists, and hopefully this tour will herald a new beginning to what was once a bitter end to an iconic band that no one can ever forget.

A fitting end to a killer line-up, Massachusett’s metalcore band Killswitch Engage took the stage with an opening ode to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with the light screen in back spelling out the words “Oh Yeah!” while Adam D. hoped around onstage, complete with a bright green blingin’ cape. You could feel the crowd band worshipping as the rest of KSE took their places onstage. The crowd went wild as the band played song after song with a smooth, startling yet tasteful style that understandably has earned these boys their place among the tops ranks in the music metalcore scene. This is one band that really knows how to perform and play to their crowd, while having fun just being true to themselves.