The Unholy Alliance Tour
| Tour by Slayer Children of Bodom Thine Eyes Bleed Lamb of God Mastodon In Flames | |
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(See Unholy Alliance disambiguation page for other meanings.)
The Unholy Alliance [1] is a biannual heavy metal tour of Europe and North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the thrash metal band Slayer, and featured Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb of God, Mastodon and In Flames in its last edition.
Europe 2004
The 2004 European edition of the tour featured the following bands: Slipknot, Slayer, Mastodon and Hatebreed.
North America 2006
The 2006 North American edition of the tour, called "Chapter I", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, Lamb of God as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Mastodon in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. On July 13th in Vancouver the entire show was filmed for a forthcoming DVD, with camera angles from above the bands and in among the audience.[1] The DVD was released on October 30th 2007. [2]
Tour dates
Europe 2006
2006 European edition, called "Chapter II", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, In Flames as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Lamb of God in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. The lineup was identical to the American leg except for Mastodon, who were replaced by In Flames. The French group Gojira was the second band to perform in Paris on November 7th 2006.
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Europe 2008
On May 27th, 2008, Slayer announced a series of dates scheduled for their upcoming "Chapter III" of The Unholy Alliance tour. Slayer, Trivium, Mastodon and Amon Amarth will serve as direct support for these dates. More dates are to be announced soon. The dates are as follows:
- October 27th at Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England
- October 28th at NEC in Birmingham, England
- October 30th at Hammersmith Apollo in London, England
- October 31st at Hammersmith Apollo in London, England
- November 2nd at Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales
- November 3rd at SECC in Glasgow, Scotland
- November 5th at Stadthalle in Offenbach, Germany
- November 6th at Palladium in Koln, Germany
- November 7th at Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- November 9th at Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany
- November 10th at Eishalle Deutweg in Winterthur, Switzerland
- November 12th at Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium
- November 16th at Gasometer in Vienna, Austria
- November 18th at Zenith in Munchen, Germany
- November 19th at Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany
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External links
- The Unholy Alliance at MySpace
- Article at Punknews.org
- Article at The End Records' website
- Kerry King Interview at HardcoreSounds.Net