Fresh off 2 sold out farewell performances at The Starland Ballroom, the fine people of NJ weren't ready to let their home state heroes go just yet.
E.town Concrete returns to the venue one last time this summer as part of the Sounds Of The Underground Tour 2006. An idea that started as an internet rumor quickly gained support among the groups dedicated fan base.
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It was really our fans who made the decision." explains vocalist
Anthony Martini, "
the rumor was posted on a message board somewhere and the next thing you know, the SOTU organizers were contacting me. We weren't even going to do it, but I'd gotten literally hundreds of emails begging us to play one more time. It was truly overwhelming." The people have spoken and the band was listening. Catch E.town one last time as they ride off into the sunset on July 15th in Sayreville, NJ at Starland Ballroom; with another SOTU addition; Trustkill's latest signing
This Is Hell.
Also, Machine Head, Converge, Vision Of Disorder, Horse The Band And Other Special Guests Join As I Lay Dying, In Flames, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Gwar, Terror, The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, The Chariot,through The Eyes Of The Dead, Evergreen Terrace for the Summer's hottest indie metal tour, The Second Annual Sounds Of The Underground!
Bands representing all points along the hardcore and metal spectrums have been added to this year's Sounds Of The Underground tour. The tour, which represents some of the best independent-minded music available today, begins appropriately over the Independence Day holiday week, on July 8 in Cleveland and runs through August 12 winding up in Universal City, California.
Joining the tour on...
July 8 - July 23 = Horse the Band, one of the most visceral bands to blend screamo and noise, will be on the tour from its launch until July 23 in San Antonio, TX (with the exception of July 12 in Montreal).
July 9 - July 17 = Converge, one of the leading voices in hardcore, will play seven shows starting July 9 in Tinley Park, Illinois and running through July 17 in Columbia, Maryland. (with the exception of July 12 in Montreal)
July 26 - 29 = Job For A Cowboy will take the SOTU stage July 26 in Mesa, Arizona and will play three shows, ending July 29 in Mountain View, California.
July 26 & July 28 = Shadows Fall, modern metalcore band, It Dies Today and metal upstarts, Still Remains (7/26 Mesa, AZ. & 7/28 San Diego, CA.)
July 29 - August 5 = Bay area metal titans Machine Head, will storm the stages from Mountain View, CA on July 29 through St. Paul, MN on August 5.
Several other bands will play one show each:
07/14 - Mansfield, MA - New American Metal pioneers Killswitch Engage
07/15 - Sayreville, NJ - E.town Concrete, This is Hell
07/16 - Camden, NJ - Vision Of Disorder (VOD)
07/17 - Columbia, MD - Municipal Waste and Dog Fashion Disco
08/10 - Vancouver, Canada - 3 Inches of Blood