Announce Their First Official North American Tour Co-Headlining With Allegaeon
In a time of endless sub-genre classifications, ACT OF DEFIANCE's highly anticipated debut offering simply delivers 100% in-your-face, uncompromising heavy metal. The scathing debut, Birth and The Burial, is set for an Aug. 21st release via Metal Blade Records.
Shawn Drover (drums) states: "We are all so proud for everybody to finally be able to hear Birth And The Burial streaming in its entirety!!!! We worked extremely hard to make the best HEAVY METAL record we could, and we are all beyond excited for to sink your teeth into this record!!!! We said from the get-go this record is 100% uncompromising Heavy Metal, and now you can hear it for yourselves!!!!"
"With the release of Birth And The Burial, we as ACT OF DEFIANCE can now at last announce our first co-headlining tour with our new Metal Blade label mates ALLEGAEON!!!!! This tour will be 100% complete HEAVY METAL and we cannot wait to see you all there!!!"
Chris Broderick (guitars) further adds: "We spent a lot of time and effort on Birth and the Burial to get it to sound as good as it possibly could, and we are not only excited for its release this Friday, August 21st and the fact that everyone can stream it, but also to announce that we will be heading out on tour to support it in October!!! It is one thing to get a CD to sound great, but now we have to live up to that sound live as well, and I know from talking to Shawn, Henry, and Matt that we are going to bring it!!! The tour will be with our Metal Blade record label mates Allegaeon. I urge you to pick up the CD and then come see us live to compare and contrast!"
Allegaeon guitarist Greg Burgess adds: "We're very excited to be a part of this tour. As a long time Megadeth fan it's beyond humbling to be on the same bill with Act Of Defiance, let alone coheadlining the tour with them. Fans can expect a very exciting set from us including some brand new songs we will unveil and of course the oldies but goodies. Prepare for a ass load of notes!"
ACT OF DEFIANCE
Co-headline with ALLEGAEON
10/22 Las Vegas, NV Count's Vamp'd
10/23 Mesa, AZ Club Red
10/24 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
10/25 Pomona, CA Glass House
10/28 Salt Lake City, UT Area 51
10/30 Denver, CO Marquis
10/31 Merriam, KS Aftershock
11/01 St. Louis, MO Fubar
11/03 Danville, IL Vintage Villains
11/04 Chicago, IL Double Door
11/05 Westland, MI Token Lounge
11/06 Lakewood, OH The Foundery
11/08 Rochester, NY Montage
11/09 Toronto, ON Mod Club
11/11 Montreal, QB Petit Campus
11/13 New York, NY Saint Vitus
11/14 Holyoke, MA Waterfront Tavern
11/15 Providence, RI Fete Ballroom (Providence Metal Fest)
With a hefty resumé that chronicles time spent riffing and shredding in Jag Panzer, Nevermore, and a seven-year stint in Megadeth, Chris Broderick's pedigree speaks for itself. Furthermore, joined by powerhouse drummer - and fellow Megadeth alumnus and former Eidolon drummer - Shawn Drover, bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall) and vocalist Henry Derek (ex-Scar The Martyr), the band are a truly formidable metallic behemoth. Birth And The Burial is ten tracks of armor-plated, state of the art heaviness.
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Back in September of 2015 we spoke with Shawn Drover about the debut release from Act of Defiance, “Birth and The Burial”. Two years later A.O.D. has released their sophomore effort “Old Scars, New Wounds” and once again we are privileged to have Shawn back on the show to talk about it.
