According to Blabbermouth.net, British thrash metal veterans Onslaught will cross the Atlantic for their first-ever North American tour in March 2012. The three-week trek will see the band performing a setlist spanning all its studio albums - "Power From Hell", "The Force", "In Search Of Sanity", "Killing Peace" and their latest release, "Sounds Of Violence". Support on the dates will come from M-Pire Of Evil (formerly Primevil), the new band featuring former Venom members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar), Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of Venom frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals). Also appeaing on the bill for some devastating dates on the U.S. West Coast will be Evildead.
Commented Onslaught guitarist
Nige Rockett: "
Good morning, America. Here we are at very long last!"
"Onslaught are super-f--king stoked to announce our debut tour of the mighty U.S. of A and Canada. It's been one hell of a long time coming, but we are now finally bringing the 'Scream For Violence' tour to North America for 20 shows in March and April 2012. Just as we did in Europe, the U.K. and South America, we'll be thrashing it up with a brutal 90-minute set featuring tracks off all five Onslaught studio albums. We can't f--king wait, guys. This is the sound of violence!"
The dates are as follows:
03/19 - Seattle, WA - Studio 7
03/20 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
03/21 - Oakland, CA - The Pound
03/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Ecoplex
03/23 - San Diego, CA - Jumping Turtle
03/24 - Tempe, AZ - 910 Live
03/26 - San Antonio, TX - The Korova
03/27 - Laredo, TX – [to be announced]
03/29 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
03/30 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
03/31 - Dayton, OH - House of Rock
04/01 - Detroit, MI - Blondies
04/03 - Toronto, ON - Wrek Room
04/04 - Montreal, QC - The Katacombs
04/06 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
04/07 - Brooklin, NY - Saint Vitus Bar
Onslaught recruited Michael Hourihan (Extreme Noise Terror, Desecration) to play the drums following the recent departure of Steve Grice.
Onslaught's fifth album, "Sounds Of Violence", was released in January via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Killing Peace" was recorded and mixed at Hansen Studio in Ribe, Denmark with acclaimed Danish producer Jacob Hansen (Raunchy, Mercenary, Volbeat, Heaven Shall Burn).
