Live Show Reviews Festival Preview - Summer Slaughter Tour | Festival Preview - Summer Slaughter Tour |
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| Written by Alex Therrian | |
| Monday, 09 June 2008 | |
 During last year’s
inaugural run of the Summer Slaughter Tour, the lineup was a death
metal purist’s dream, with German band Necrophagist headlining
the bill to plenty of rabid fans who needed the heaviest and most
wild stuff metal had to offer. With the Sounds of the Underground
tour on hold and some of these bands’ usual second stage slot
on OzzFest non-existent this year, the Summer Slaughter Tour has now
positioned itself as the premier death metal festival for the States. The second edition of the Summer Slaughter Tour features probably the biggest band on the rise in the death metal scene, the Black Dahlia Murder. Us Detroiters can be real proud of these local guys, as they have broke into the upper regions of the Billboard Albums Chart with their latest album, Nocturnal. The album, filled with pounding drums and riffs on tracks like “What A Horrible Night to Have A Curse,” debuted last October at #70 on the album charts (a feat almost unheard of in this genre). The entertaining and often wild on stage antics of lead singer Trevor Strnad, plus the band’s evolving and far improved production value has helped the band rise up the ranks and plans on delivering the quintessential set of the evening. Long time Montreal band Kataklsym backs up BDM, with the band out supporting their new record, Prevail .The band prides themselves on consistently tight riffs and the lineup of their band. Another import on the bill this year is Polish band Vader. They were one of the first bands on the scene and are celebrating their 25th year of existence with a best-of compilation, XXV. One of the early bands from Tennessee, White Chapel, has started to gain a hardcore following and proved that they could hang with bigger bands in metal when they opened for Darkest Hour earlier this year. Other bands on the bill
include Cryptospy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Born Of Osiris and
Aborted. The tour, sponsored by Sumerian Records, starts right here in Detroit on June 20th at the Majestic Theatre and runs through July 28th in Chicago. So, if you are in the mood for break neck beats and mosh pits that most wouldn’t dare to approach, the Summer Slaughter Tour will live up to its name. The Summer Slaughter Tour begins in Detroit on Friday, June 20th. Tickets are $20 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com. Additional dates can be found at www.myspace.com/summerslaughtertour. . |
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