For Immediate Release June 18, 2012
BATTLECROSS Invades the States with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, and More in One Month – th TRESPASS AMERICA FESTIVAL Kicks Off on July 13 !
Recently Added to HEAVY MTL Festival in Montreal, QC
Detroit, MI’s self-touted “blue collar thrashers” BATTLECROSS are gearing up to lay waste to the states on this summer’s TRESPASS AMERICA festival. The festival kicks off in one month on July 13, 2012 in Broomfield, CO and features headliners Five Finger Death Punch, as well as the reunited original line-up of Killswitch Engage. The TRESPASS AMERICA Festival also features Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. The anticipation is building; get your tickets now before they are sold out and log on to www.trespassamerica.comfor complete details!
Due to the insane buzz around BATTLECROSS and their unique take on modern thrash metal, the band has been added to this year’s HEAVY MTL festival in Montreal, QC. To learn more about the festival and to read about this year’s line-up, please visit.www.heavymtl.com/en/.
-- BATTLECROSS has come a long way since their recent signing with Metal Blade Records and their release of their debut Pursuit of Honor in August 2011. Since its release, the single ‘Push Pull Destroy’ was the #1 Most Requested Metal Track for five weeks (Sirius XM Liquid Metal Devil's Dozen), remains a stable on the Liquid Metal channel, and the track's video has racked up over 700,000 YouTube views in the last five months. BATTLECROSS has received killer reviews across the internet and in print publications throughout North America and overseas and was named “Band of the Month” in Metal Hammer Norway and MetalHammer Spain, so it should be no surprise that this blue collar, hard-work ethic that comes from the band's five musicians - Kyle "Gumby" Gunther/vocals, Tony Asta/guitar, Hiran Deraniyagala/guitar, Mike Kreger/drums, Don Slater/bass - translates into a potent force on record as well as on stage. BATTLECROSS is also confirmed to sail the seas with the first annual MAYHEM FESTIVAL Cruise this December 7-10.
See below for all confirmed BATTLECROSS tour dates and stay tuned for more updates coming soon!
BATTLECROSS pre-Trespass America tour dates: (free Metal Blade Records merch, Trespass America tickets and BATTLECROSS posters to be given away at these one-off dates!) JUNE 22 Westland, MI - Token Lounge (BATTLECROSS only) 28 Flint, MI - The Machine Shop (BATTLECROSS only) 29 Muskegon, MI – Crickets (BATTLECROSS only)
JULY 6 West Springfield, VA – Empire (w/ God Forbid) 7 Richmond, VA – Kingdom (w/ God Forbid) 8 Winston Salem, NC – Ziggys (w/ God Forbid) 10 Fayetteville, AR – Stone Pony (w/ God Forbid)
BATTLECROSS touring with the TRESPASS AMERICA Festival:
JULY 12 Wichita, KS – The Scenery st 13 Broomfield, CO – 1 Bank Center 14 Ogden, UT – Mojos (BATTLECROSS only) 15 Billings, MT – MetraPark Arena 16 Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Civic Center 17 Sioux Falls, SD – Sioux Falls Arena 18 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN – Station 4 (BATTLECROSS only) 19 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom 20 Travers City, MI – Ground Zero (off date w/ Killswitch Engage) 21 Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County Expo Center 22 Waterloo, IA – McElroy Auditorium 23 St. Louis, MO – Fubar (BATTLECROSS only) 24 Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Amphitheatre 25 Belton, TX – Bell County Expo Center 27 San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum 28 Beaumont, TX – Ford Pavilion 30 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena 31 Evansville, IN – Ford Center
AUGUST 1 Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion at River Bend 3 Battle Creek, MI – Kellogg Arena 4 Rochester Hills, MI – Meadowbrook Amphitheatre 5 Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavillion 7 Oswego, NY – Oswego Speedway 8 Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center 9 S. Burlington, VT – Higher Ground (off date w/ God Forbid) 10 Scarborough, ME – Scarborough Downs 11 Montreal, QC – HEAVY MTL 12 Buffalo, NY – Broadway Joes (BATTLECROSS only) 14 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE (indoor stage) 15 Hartford, CT – Festival Stage at Comcast Theatre 17 Worchester, MA – DCU Center 18 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center 19 Philadelphia, PA – Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier 21 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Uptown 22 Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum 24 Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheatre 25 Rio Rancho, NM – Santa Ana Star Center 26 Phoenix, AZ – Comercia Theatre 28 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
BATTLECROSS post-Trespass America tour dates: AUGUST 29 Las Vegas, NV – Cheyenne Saloon (BATTLECROSS only) 31 Shreveport, LA – The Riverside Warehouse (w/ God Forbid)
SEPTEMBER 1 Memphis, TN – Newby’s (w/ God Forbid) 2 Louisville, KY – Phoenix Hill Tavern (w/ God Forbid)
For more information about BATTLECROSS, please visit these websites: www.metalblade.com/battlecross www.battlecrossmetal.com www.facebook.com/battlecrossmetal www.myspace.com/battlecross www.twitter.com/battlecross
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