Decibel There is absolutely no reason why you should miss this show. Warm up your car, grab your plane tickets, reschedule your wedding date if you have to! The utter excellence in brutality is overflowing with this bill, which consists of Converge , Pig Destroyer , Municipal Waste , Repulsion, Tombs and Evoken. This Philadelphia megashow is set for Saturday, Jan. 19, at Union Transfer, and is to celebrate 100 issues of Decibel Magazine. The tickets are only $20 and each person coming to the show will be given a free Pig Destroyer flexi disc. Converge have continued their streak of brilliant extreme hardcore with their 2012 album, ‘All We Love We Leave Behind.’ The band is currently touring to support the album, which we gave a gleaming review after its release. Pig Destroyer have also accomplished great things in 2012 with ‘Book Burner.’ Their first full-length album since the 2007 album, ‘Phantom Limb,’ and is incredibly executed while continuing the band’s legacy of consistently solid material. Check out our review of ‘Book Burner’ here . Stop reading this now and click here for tickets! [button href=”http://loudwire.com/converge-fault-and-fracture-top-21st-century-metal-songs/” title=”Converge – Top 21st Century Metal Songs” align=”center”]
Keep saving your money, metal fans, because the insanely awesome tours just keep coming and coming. In our latest edition of ‘Tours You’d Be Insane to Miss,’ sludge metal heroes High on Fire are scheduled to embark on a North American trek with one of our personal favorites, Goatwhore , along with Columbus, Ohio natives Lo-Pan. As if that isn’t cool enough, Primate (who feature members of Mastodon and Brutal Truth) and Corrosion of Conformity will each be playing select dates of the trek. Phew, now that we’ve found a suitable change of undergarments, we’ll give you all the precious details. After a stint in rehab for alcohol issues, High on Fire frontman Matt Pike is back in action, with the trek kicking off Nov. 15 in Austin, Texas. The tour conclude in San Francisco on Dec. 22. Goatwhore and Lo-Pan will appear for all tour dates, while Primate (featuring Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and Brutal Truth’s Kevin Sharp) will jump aboard from Nov. 23 – Dec. 1. Corrosion of Conformity will be a part of the tour from Dec. 18-21, in addition to noise legends Sunn O))), who will be playing the tour’s Los Angeles stop on Dec. 20. Check out the full list of tour dates below. High on Fire, Goatwhore + Lo-Pan 2012 Tour Dates: (Nov. 23 – Dec. 1 includes Primate) (Dec. 18-21 includes Corrosion of Conformity) 11/15 Austin, Texas @ Emo’s 11/16 San Antonio, Texas @ Korova 11/17 Dallas, Texas @ Tree’s 11/19 New Orleans, La. @ One Eyed Jacks 11/20 Pensacola, Fla. @ Vinyl Music Hall 11/21 Savannah, Ga. @ Jinx 11/23 Washington, D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel 11/24 Boston, Mass. @ Sinclair 11/26 Toronto, Ontario @ Opera House 11/27 Montreal, Quebec City @ La Tulipe 11/28 Portland, Maine. @ Port City Music Hall 11/29 Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer 11/30 New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom 12/1 Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 12/3 Buffalo, N.Y. @ Mohawk 12/4 Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop 12/5 Columbus, Ohio @ Ace of Clubs 12/6 St. Louis, Mo. @ Firebird 12/7 Chicago, Ill. @ Double Door 12/8 Minneapolis, Minn. @ Turf Club 12/9 Madison, Wis. @ High Noon 12/10 Kansas City, Mo. @ The Riot Room 12/11 Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird 12/13 Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux 12/14 Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos 12/15 Portland, Ore. @ Dante’s 12/16 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Venue 12/18 Santa Cruz, Calif. @ The Catalyst 12/19 San Diego, Calif. @ Brick By Brick 12/20 Los Angeles, Calif. @ Mayan w/ Sunn O))) 12/21 Santa Ana, Calif. @ Observatory 12/22 San Francisco, Calif. @ Slims