Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will launch a massive North American tour next April in support of their latest album, "Brotherhood Of The Snake". Support on the trek will come from Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA and genre-defying stalwarts PRONG. "After four successful tours through Europe over the last six months, we are looking forward to touring across North America," comments TESTAMENT vocalist Chuck Billy. "We'll have a new headlining set list with tracks from 'Brotherhood Of The Snake', and how cool is it that we will be sharing the stage with our brothers in metal SEPULTURA and PRONG?! See ya' in the PIT!" Confirmed tour dates are as follows: Apr. 06 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM Apr. 07 - Gas Monkey Live - Dallas, TX Apr. 08 - Aztec Theater - San Antonio, TX Apr. 09 - House Of Blues - Houston, TX Apr. 10 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA Apr. 12 - The Ritz Ybor - Tampa, FL Apr. 13 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Apr. 14 - House Of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL Apr. 15 - Center Stage - Atlanta, GA Apr. 16 - The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC Apr. 19 - The National - Richmond, VA Apr. 20 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ Apr. 21 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA (New England Metal & Harcore Festival) Apr. 22 - The Paramount - Huntington, NY Apr. 23 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA Apr. 24 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD Apr. 26 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC Apr. 27 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON Apr. 28 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI Apr. 29 - Bogarts - Cincinnati, OH Apr. 30 - Agora Theatre - Cleveland, OH May 02 - Concord Music Hall - Chicago, IL May 03 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN May Apr. 17 The District - Sioux Falls, SD May 06 - Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO May 07 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT May 09 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR May 10 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC May 11 - Showbox Market - Seattle, WA May 12 - The Revolution Concert House - Boise, ID May 15 - Orpheum Theater - Flagstaff, AZ May 16 - House Of Blues - San Diego, CA May 17 - Livewire - Scottsdale, AZ May 18 - House Of Blues - Anaheim, CA May 19 - Regency Ballroom - San Francsco, CA May 20 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV "Brotherhood Of The Snake" was released on October 28 via Nuclear Blast. The cover was once again created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor, who also handled the art for the TESTAMENT's last album, 2012's "Dark Roots Of Earth", and also worked with bands like HATEBREED, SOULFLY and KATAKLYSM in the past. "Brotherhood Of The Snake" was recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Juan Urteaga (EXODUS, HEATHEN, MACHINE HEAD), guitarist Eric Peterson and singer Chuck Billy and was mixed and mastered by British metal producer Andy Sneap (ACCEPT, ARCH ENEMY, CRADLE OF FILTH, KREATOR, MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH). SEPULTURA will release its new studio album, "Machine Messiah", on January 13 via Nuclear Blast. Inspired by the robotization of our society, the disc was produced by the band and Jens Bogren (SOILWORK, OPETH, KATATONIA, AMON AMARTH) of Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. The CD's stunning cover artwork was created by Filipino artist Camille Della Rosa. PRONG's latest album, "X - No Absolutes", was released on February 5 through SPV/Steamhammer as a digipak (including bonus track+poster), 2LP gatefold version (colored vinyl, CD in paper sleeve) and as a digital download. PRONG spent the better part of October and November trekking through Europe with OBITUARY, EXODUS and KING PARROT as part of the "Battle Of The Bays" tour.
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