SLAYER/MEGADETH/TESTAMENT TOUR THE U.S.

Slayer, Megadeth and Testament, legends in thrash and metal all, are set to tour North America early next year in support of new albums World Painted Blood, Endgame and The Formation of Damnation, respectively. The former two albums recently came out to critical acclaim, with most reviewers citing welcome returns to form for the two mega-watt headliners.

This announcement for the "American Carnage" tour comes in midst of rumors about a "Big Four" tour that would have included Metallica and Anthrax instead of Testament, and later rumors that included fellow Bay Area-heshers High on Fire. We haven't seen hide nor hair of High on Fire in any recent press releases regarding this tour, though, so we're speculating that they will instead be back in the studio finalizing their new album (set to be released January 23rd) after pausing to tour in support of Mastodon and Dethklok, as well as with Lamb of God on a small Australian tour that will end mid-December.

Tour dates below.

Slayer/Megadeth/Testament Tour:

1/18 Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theatre
1/19 Portland, OR @ Memorial Coliseum
1/21 San Francisco, CA @ Cow Palace
1/22 Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arena
1/23 Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
1/25 Denver, CO @ Magness Arena
1/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum
1/27 El Paso, TX @ El Paso Coliseum
1/29 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless
1/31 Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium
2/1 Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Arena
2/2 Louisville, KY @ Broadbent Arena
2/4 Minneapolis, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
2/5 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
2/6 Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena
2/9 Wallingford, CT @ Chevrolet Theatre
2/11 East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
2/13 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Center
2/14 Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Arena
2/16 Quebec City, QC @ Pavillon de La Jeunesse
2/18 London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
2/19 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
2/20 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
2/22 Moncton, NB @ Moncton Coliseum
2/23 Halifax, NS @ Metro Centre