KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, whose self-titled album Killswitch Engage debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 chart earlier this summer, are headed out on the road once again.
Fresh off a summer trek as one of the main stage attractions of the second annual Rock Star Energy Mayhem Fest, KSE will take the show on the road for a headline trek across the US, which is their first for this album. The tour will begin on February 4 in their home state of Massachusetts and will cover significant ground across the country for seven weeks. To keep things interesting, KSE have elected to play smaller venues in a handful of cities in order to create a more intimate setting for their fans. Joining KILLSWITCH as main support will be Dayton, OH’s THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, who released their latest album With Roots Above and Branches Below via Ferret Music back in May 2009 and immediately followed with a hugely successful stint on last summer’s Warped Tour, resulting in a fanbase that has since grown exponentially. Also joining KILLSWITCH on this run will be highly influential metal act DARK TRANQUILLITY, who hail from Gothenburg, Sweden. DARK TRANQUILLITY are set to release their anticipated new album We Are the Void through Century Media in March 2010. In other KSE news, the song “The End of Heartache,” the title track from their 2004, Gold-certified release, will appear on Guitar Hero: Van Halen alongside tracks from acts like FOO FIGHTERS, WEEZER, JUDAS PRIEST and THE CLASH, among others. KSE guitarist Adam D. weighed in on the tour saying, “We are stoked to come back to the US and shred with THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and DARK TRANQUILLITY. It’s been a while since we’ve headlined the States and we’re excited to play some new tunes for y’all. This tour is going to be wicked sweet!” The tour will canvas the country beginning in early February and will run through the end of March. The dates are as follows, with additional dates being confirmed and announced shortly. 2/4 House of Blues, Boston, MA 2/5 House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ 2/6 NorVa Norfolk, VA *KSE and DARK TRANQUILLITY only 2/8 House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL 2/10 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA 2/11 Amos’ Southend, Charlotte, NC 2/12 Sonar, Baltimore, MD 2/13 House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH 2/15 House of Blues, Chicago, IL 2/18 First Avenue Loop Station, MN 2/19 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI 2/20 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI 2/21 The Egyptian Room at the Murat Center, Indianapolis, IN 2/23 Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK 2/24 Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater, Austin, TX *KSE, DARK TRANQUILLITY and special guest 2/25 Warehouse, Live Houston, TX 2/26 Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX 2/27 Concrete Street Amphitheatre Corpus Christi, TX *KSE, DARK TRANQUILLITY and special guest 3/01 Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM 3/03 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV 3/05 Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ 3/06 The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 3/07 The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 3/09 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR 3/10 Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA 3/12 The Great Salt Air, Magna, UT 3/13 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO 3/14 The Midland by AMC, Kansas City, MO 3/15 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 3/16 Rocket Town, Nashville, TN *KSE, DARK TRANQUILLITY and special guest 3/18 Irving Plaza, New York, NY 3/19 Irving Plaza, New York, NY 3/21 The Dome, Wallingford, CT