Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, have announced their 2017 North American trek with Egyptian themed technical death metal champions and labelmates, Nile. The 25-date tour will kick-off on February 14th at The Trocadero in Philadelphia, make stops in Chicago, Anaheim, and Washington, DC before ending at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ.
Bobby “Blitz Ellsworth comments, “Can’t wait to roll ‘the wheel’ down the road. This February & March, USA, coming to a stage near you! Let’s make it another one to remember! Onward! Upward!”
“All of us in Nile are really looking forward to the upcoming USA Tour with Overkill. This Tour is going to be Metal as Fuck,” comments Nile mastermind Karl Sanders.
Joining Overkill and Nile for select shows are melancholic progressive metallers Amorphils and melodic doom/death merchants Swallow The Sun.
Tour dates:
February
14 – Trocadero Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
15 – Agora Ballroom (with Lordi) – Cleveland, OH
16 – Park Street Saloon – Columbus, OH
17 – Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
18 – The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
19 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
20 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
22 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
23 – Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
24 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
25 – City National Grove – Anaheim, CA
26 – Club Red – Tempe, AZ
27 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
28 – Trees – Dallas, TX
March
1 – Scout Bar – Houston, TX
2 – Alamo City Music Hall – San Antonio, TX
3 – Southport Music Hall – New Orleans, LA
4 – The Ritz Ybor – Ybor City, FL
5 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
6 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC **
7 – The NorVa – Norfolk, VA **
8 – Howard Theatre – Washington, DC **
9 – Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY **
10 – Palladium – Worcester, MA
11 – Starland Ballroom – Sayerville, NJ **
** with Amorphis, Swallow The Sun
Overkill recently announced details for their upcoming eighteenth album, The Grinding Wheel, which will be released on February 10th via Nuclear Blast.
Source: BW&BK
http://wreckingcrew.com/Ironbound/
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