The Summer Slaughter Tour

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The Summer Slaughter Tour
Genre Death metal, metalcore, progressive metal, heavy metal
Location(s)
  • United States (2007–present)
  • Mexico (2010)
  • Canada (2008, 2009, 2014–2015)
  • Europe (2008)
  • Australia/New Zealand (2009)
Years active2007–present
Founded byAsh Avildsen
Website sumerianrecords.com/summerslaughter

The Summer Slaughter Tour is an annual heavy metal music tour held every year since 2007. It originated in North America in 2007 and has toured in Canada in 2008, Europe in 2008, and Australia and New Zealand in 2009. Billed as "The Most Extreme Tour of the Year", Summer Slaughter has earned a reputation as being one of the few summer tours to cater exclusively to fans of extreme forms of metal music. Starting in 2012, Summer Slaughter began to add more progressive metal bands to their lineups, seeing Between the Buried and Me co-headline with Cannibal Corpse. Periphery also played Summer Slaughter 2012, and came back during Summer Slaughter 2013, along with progressive metal bands Animals as Leaders and The Ocean. The focus on progressive metal that year was controversial and many people were "into" heavy metal music, [1] and death metal focused lineups returned in 2014, seeing Morbid Angel headline.

Contents

2007

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
June 1, 2007 Clifton Park United StatesNorthern Lights
June 2, 2007 Allentown Crocodile Rock Cafe (Infest Festival 2007)
June 3, 2007 Springfield Jaxx
June 4, 2007 Spartanburg Ground Zero
June 5, 2007 Louisville Headliner's
June 6, 2007 Atlanta The Masquerade
June 8, 2007 Houston Meridian
June 9, 2007 San Antonio White Rabbit
June 10, 2007 Fort Worth Ridglea Theater
June 11, 2007 Odessa Dos Amigos
June 13, 2007 Tucson The Rock
June 14, 2007 Las Vegas Cheyenne Saloon
June 15, 2007 San Diego Soma
June 16, 2007 Los Angeles House of Blues
June 17, 2007 Orangevale The Boardwalk
June 19, 2007 Portland Hawthorne Theater
June 20, 2007 Seattle Studio Seven
June 21, 2007 Bend Midtown Ballroom
June 22, 2007 Ogden Country Club Theatre
June 23, 2007 Denver Cervantes
June 24, 2007 Lawrence The Bottleneck
June 26, 2007 Sauget Pop's
June 27, 2007 Mokena The Pearl Room
June 28, 2007 Detroit Majestic Theatre
June 30, 2007 Hartland Skateworld (Robot Mosh Fest V)
July 1, 2007 Cleveland Peabody's
July 2, 2007 Toronto CanadaThe Opera House
July 3, 2007 Montreal Café l'inconditionnel
July 4, 2007Les Foufounes Électriques
July 5, 2007 Quebec City L'Anti
July 6, 2007 Worcester United StatesPalladium
July 7, 2007 Baltimore Sonar
July 8, 2007 New York City B.B. King Blues Club

2008

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates: [2]

DateCityCountryVenue
June 20, 2008 Detroit United StatesMajestic Theatre
June 21, 2008 Cleveland Peabody's
June 22, 2008 Louisville Headliner's Music Hall
June 24, 2008 Albany Northern Lights
June 25, 2008 Philadelphia The Trocadero
June 26, 2008 New York City Irving Plaza
June 27, 2008 Worcester The Palladium
June 28, 2008 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
June 29, 2008 Richmond The National
June 30, 2008 Spartanburg Ground Zero
July 1, 2008 Atlanta The Masquerade
July 2, 2008 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
July 4, 2008 San Antonio White Rabbit
July 5, 2008 Houston Meridian
July 6, 2008 Dallas House of Blues
July 8, 2008 Albuquerque Sunshine Theater
July 9, 2008 El Paso Club 101
July 10, 2008 Phoenix Marquee Theater
July 11, 2008 Los Angeles House of Blues
July 12, 2008 Bakersfield The Dome
July 13, 2008 San Diego SOMA
July 15, 2008 San Francisco The Fillmore
July 17, 2008 Portland Hawthorne Theater
July 18, 2008 Seattle Studio Seven
July 19, 2008 Spokane Big Easy Concert House
July 20, 2008 Boise Big Easy Concert House
July 21, 2008 Salt Lake City Avalon Theatre
July 23, 2008 Denver Cervantes Ballroom
July 24, 2008 Omaha Sokol Underground
July 25, 2008 Minneapolis First Avenue
July 26, 2008 Milwaukee The Rave
July 27, 2008 St. Louis Pop's
July 28, 2008 Chicago House of Blues

2008 (Canada)

Headliner:

Support bands:

Tour dates [3]

DateCityCountryVenue
August 14, 2008 Quebec City CanadaImperial
August 15, 2008 Montreal Club Soda
August 16, 2008 Toronto Opera House
August 18, 2008 Thunder Bay Kilroys
August 19, 2008 Winnipeg Garrick Center
August 20, 2008 Regina Riddell Center
August 21, 2008 Calgary Warehouse
August 22, 2008 Edmonton Starlite
August 23, 2008 Prince George Roll-a-Dome
August 25, 2008 Vancouver Commodore Ballroom (no Common Grave, Divinity)

2008 (Europe)

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates [4]

DateCityCountryVenue
August 29, 2008 Liverpool EnglandBarfly
August 30, 2008 Glasgow ScotlandThe Garage
August 31, 2008 Wrexham WalesCentral Station
September 2, 2008 Sheffield EnglandThe Corporation
September 3, 2008 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
September 4, 2008 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
September 5, 2008 Oxford The Zodiac
September 6, 2008 London Islington Academy
September 7, 2008 Brighton Concorde 2
September 8, 2008 Newport WalesTJ's
September 10, 2008 Stuttgart GermanyRöhre
September 11, 2008 Vienna AustriaArena
September 12, 2008 Jena GermanyF-Haus
September 13, 2008 Berlin Kato
September 14, 2008 Bochum Matrix
September 15, 2008 Aarschot BelgiumJeugdcentrum De Klinker

2009 (Australia/New Zealand)

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
March 13, 2009 Sydney AustraliaThe Manning Bar
March 14, 2009 Brisbane The Red Room
March 15, 2009 Adelaide Fowlers Live
March 16, 2009 Perth Club Capitol
March 17, 2009 Melbourne The Corner Hotel
March 20, 2009 Auckland New ZealandTransmission Room

2009

Headliners:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates: [7]

DateCityCountryVenue
June 5, 2009 Baltimore United StatesSonar
June 6, 2009 Richmond The National
June 7, 2009 Philadelphia TLA
June 8, 2009 Hartford Webster Theater
June 10, 2009 Charlotte Amos Southend
June 12, 2009 Louisville Headliners
June 13, 2009 Atlanta The Masquerade
June 14, 2009 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
June 15, 2009 Jacksonville Plush
June 16, 2009 Orlando Club Firestone
June 18, 2009 San Antonio White Rabbit
June 19, 2009 Houston Java Jazz
June 20, 2009San AntonioWhite Rabbit
June 21, 2009 Dallas House of Blues
June 23, 2009 Denver Gothic Theatre
June 24, 2009 Albuquerque Sunshine Theater
June 26, 2009 Phoenix The Marquee Theatre
June 27, 2009 San Diego Soma
June 28, 2009 Anaheim The Grove
June 29, 2009 Las Vegas House of Blues
June 30, 2009 Los Angeles House of Blues
July 1, 2009 San Francisco The Grand Ballroom
July 2, 2009 Portland Roseland Theater
July 3, 2009 Seattle King Cat Theater
July 5, 2009 Edmonton Canada The Starlite Room
July 6, 2009 Calgary The Whiske
July 7, 2009 Spokane United StatesKnitting Factory
July 9, 2009 Minneapolis First Ave
July 10, 2009 Milwaukee The Rave
July 11, 2009 Birch Run DirtFest
July 12, 2009 Lakewood Phantasy Concert Club
July 13, 2009 Chicago House of Blues
July 14, 2009 Cincinnati Bogart's
July 15, 2009 Toronto CanadaSound Academy
July 16, 2009 Montreal Medley
July 17, 2009 Albany United StatesNorthern Lights
July 18, 2009 Worcester The Palladium
July 19, 2009 New York City Irving Plaza
July 20, 2009

2010

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates:

DateCityCountryVenue
July 17, 2010 San Diego United StatesSoma
July 18, 2010 Los Angeles House of Blues
July 19, 2010 Tempe Marquee
July 20, 2010 El Paso Club 101
July 21, 2010 San Antonio White Rabbit
July 22, 2010 Austin Emo's
July 23, 2010 Fort Worth Ridglea Theatre
July 24, 2010 Houston Warsaw Ballroom
July 26, 2010 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
July 27, 2010 Atlanta The Masquerade
July 28, 2010 Raleigh Volume 11
July 29, 2010 Philadelphia TLA (Theatre of Living Arts)
July 30, 2010 Baltimore Sonar
July 31, 2010 Worcester The Palladium
August 1, 2010 New York City Irving Plaza
August 2, 2010 Quebec City CanadaImperial
August 3, 2010 Montreal Club Soda
August 4, 2010 Toronto Opera House
August 5, 2010 Cleveland United StatesPeabody's
August 6, 2010 Cincinnati Bogart's
August 7, 2010 Detroit Harpos
August 8, 2010 Milwaukee The Rave
August 9, 2010 Chicago House of Blues
August 10, 2010 Minneapolis First Ave
August 11, 2010 Indianapolis Emerson Theatre
August 13, 2010 Denver Summit Music Hall
August 14, 2010 Salt Lake City Club Sound
August 16, 2010 Calgary CanadaRepublik
August 17, 2010 Edmonton The Starlite Room
August 19, 2010 Vancouver Rickshaw Theatre
August 20, 2010 Seattle United StatesStudio Seven
August 21, 2010 Portland Roseland Theatre
August 23, 2010 San Francisco The Fillmore

2010 (Mexico)

Headliners

Support bands

Tour dates [5]

DateCityCountryVenue
August 27, 2010 Monterrey MexicoCafe Iguana
August 28, 2010 Mexico City Circo Volador
August 29, 2010 Tijuana El Foro

2011

Headliners:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates: [9]

DateCityCountryVenue
July 22, 2011 Los Angeles United StatesHouse of Blues
July 23, 2011 Anaheim The Grove
July 25, 2011 Portland Roseland Theatre
July 26, 2011 Seattle King Cat Theatre
July 27, 2011 Boise The Knitting Factory
July 28, 2011 Sacramento Ace of Spades
July 29, 2011 San Francisco The Fillmore
July 30, 2011 San Diego House of Blues
July 31, 2011 Scottsdale Venue of Scottsdale
August 1, 2011 Albuquerque Sunshine Theater
August 2, 2011 Denver Summit Music Hall
August 4, 2011 Louisville Expo Five
August 5, 2011 Detroit St. Andrews
August 6, 2011 Milwaukee The Rave
August 7, 2011 Cleveland House of Blues
August 8, 2011 Chicago House of Blues
August 9, 2011 Toronto CanadaSound Academy
August 10, 2011 Montreal Olympia
August 11, 2011 New York City United StatesIrving Plaza
August 12, 2011 Worcester The Palladium
August 13, 2011 Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts
August 14, 2011 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
August 15, 2011 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
August 16, 2011 Atlanta The Masquerade
August 17, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
August 19, 2011 Houston House of Blues
August 20, 2011 San Antonio Backstage Live
August 21, 2011 Dallas House of Blues

2012

Headliners:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates [10]

DateCityCountryVenue
July 20, 2012 Los Angeles United StatesHouse of Blues
July 21, 2012 San Diego SOMA
July 22, 2012 Las Vegas House of Blues
July 23, 2012 Scottsdale Venue of Scottsdale
July 25, 2012 Dallas House of Blues
July 26, 2012 San Antonio White Rabbit
July 27, 2012 Mission Pharr Events Center
July 28, 2012 Houston House of Blues
July 30, 2012 Tampa The Ritz
July 31, 2012 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
August 1, 2012 Atlanta The Masquerade
August 2, 2012 Knoxville The Valarium
August 3, 2012 Charlotte Amos Southend
August 4, 2012 Richmond The National
August 5, 2012 Philadelphia The Trocadero
August 7, 2012 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
August 8, 2012 New York City Irving Plaza
August 9, 2012 Albany Northern Lights
August 10, 2012 Worcester The Palladium
August 11, 2012 Montreal CanadaHeavy Montreal
August 12, 2012 Toronto Heavy Toronto
August 14, 2012 Cleveland United StatesHouse of Blues
August 15, 2012 Detroit St. Andrew's
August 16, 2012 Chicago House Blues
August 17, 2012 Milwaukee The Rave
August 18, 2012 Saint Paul Station 4
August 20, 2012 Denver Summit Music Hall
August 22, 2012 Seattle The Showbox Sodo
August 23, 2012 Portland Roseland Theater
August 24, 2012 San Francisco The Fillmore
August 25, 2012 Anaheim The Grove

2013

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates: [11]

DateCityCountryVenue
July 19, 2013 San Francisco United StatesThe Regency
July 20, 2013 Los Angeles House of Blues
July 21, 2013 Santa Ana The Observatory
July 24, 2013 Oklahoma City Diamond Ballroom
July 25, 2013 Austin Historic Scoot Inn
July 26, 2013 Dallas House of Blues
July 27, 2013 Houston House of Blues
July 29, 2013 Orlando House of Blues (w/o Cattle Decapitation and Thy Art Is Murder)
July 30, 2013 Atlanta The Masquerade
July 31, 2013 Knoxville NV Nightclub
August 1, 2013 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
August 2, 2013 Silver Spring The Fillmore
August 3, 2013 Worcester The Palladium (w/o Norma Jean)
August 4, 2013 Philadelphia The Trocadero
August 7, 2013 New York City Best Buy Theater
August 8, 2013 Toronto CanadaSound Academy
August 9, 2013 Montreal Metropolis
August 10, 2013 Albany United StatesUpstate Concert Hall
August 11, 2013 Detroit Majestic Theatre
August 12, 2013 Chicago House of Blues
August 13, 2013 Milwaukee The Rave
August 14, 2013 Minneapolis The Cabooze
August 16, 2013 Denver Ogden Theatre
August 17, 2013 Salt Lake City The Complex
August 19, 2013 Seattle Studio Seven
August 20, 2013 Portland Roseland Ballroom

2014

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates: [12]

DateCityCountryVenue
July 17, 2014 San Francisco United States The Regency Ballroom (no Morbid Angel due to bus breakdown)
July 18, 2014 Santa Ana The Observatory
July 19, 2014 Los Angeles House of Blues
July 20, 2014 Phoenix Nile Theater
July 21, 2014 El Paso Tricky Falls
July 22, 2014 Albuquerque Sunshine Theater
July 23, 2014 Denver Summit
July 25, 2014 Houston House of Blues
July 26, 2014 Austin Scoot Inn
July 27, 2014 Dallas GMBG
July 29, 2014 St. Petersburg State Theater
July 30, 2014 Atlanta The Masquerade
July 31, 2014 Knoxville The International
August 1, 2014 Cleveland Agora Theatre
August 2, 2014 Chicago Mojoes
August 3, 2014 Minneapolis Skyway Theatre
August 5, 2014 Milwaukee The Rave
August 6, 2014 Detroit Crofoot Ballroom
August 7, 2014 Niagara Falls Rapids Theatre
August 8, 2014 New York City Irving Plaza
August 9, 2014 Worcester The Palladium
August 10, 2014 Philadelphia The Trocadero
August 12, 2014 Springfield Empire (no Morbid Angel)

2014 (Canada)

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Tour dates: [13]

DateCityCountryVenue
August 14, 2014 Quebec City CanadaDagobert
August 15, 2014 Montreal Les Foufounes Electriques
August 16, 2014 Toronto Mod Club
August 17, 2014 Jonquière Salle Nikitoutagan
August 18, 2014 Trois-Rivières Rock Cafe
August 19, 2014 Sherbrooke Le Magog
August 20, 2014 Ottawa Babylon Nightclub
August 23, 2014 Edmonton Pawn Shop
August 24, 2014 Kelowna Sapphire Nightclub
August 25, 2014 Vancouver Rickshaw Theater
August 26, 2014 Seattle United StatesStudio Seven
August 27, 2014 Portland Hawthorne Theater
August 28, 2014 Santa Cruz The Catalyst

2015

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

Obscura and After the Burial were originally scheduled to appear on the tour. Obscura dropped off due to visa issues and After the Burial dropped off due to the death of their guitarist Justin Lowe.

Tour dates: [14]

DateCityCountryVenue
July 28, 2015 Denver United StatesSummit Music Hall
July 30, 2015 Des Moines Val Air Ballroom
July 31, 2015 Minneapolis Skyway Theater
August 1, 2015 Joliet Mojoes
August 2, 2015 Cleveland The Agora Theater
August 5, 2015 Philadelphia Electric Factory
August 6, 2015 Hamilton CanadaClub 77
August 7, 2015 Montreal Heavy MTL
August 8, 2015 Worcester United StatesThe Palladium
August 9, 2015 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
August 11, 2015 Winston-Salem Ziggys
August 12, 2015 New York City Webster Hall w/The All Stars Tour
August 13, 2015 Baltimore Rams Head Live
August 15, 2015 Knoxville The International
August 17, 2015 Dallas Gas Monkey Live!
August 18, 2015 Austin Empire Control Room & Garage
August 20, 2015 Tempe The Marquee
August 21, 2015 San Diego House of Blues
August 22, 2015 Anaheim City National Grove of Anaheim
August 23, 2015 San Francisco The Regency Ballroom

2016

Headliner:

Supporting bands:

2017

Headliners: [15]

Supporting bands:

The Black Dahlia Murder will play their 2007 album Nocturnal in its entirety for their 10th anniversary.

AngelMaker was voted in by fans during the Summer Slaughter Poll.

Slaughter to Prevail were initially announced on the bill, but their travel plans were delayed and they could not make the tour.

2018

Headliner: [15]

Supporting bands:

Soreption only played a few tour dates and then dropped off due to unforeseen circumstances.

2019

Co-Headliners [15]

Support bands:

The Slaughter Survivors Tour 2011 (North America)

Headliner:

Support bands:

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
July 22, 2011 Tucson United StatesThe Rock
July 23, 2011 Gallup The Juggernaut
July 24, 2011 Lubbock Jake's
July 25, 2011 Austin Emo's
July 27, 2011 Orlando Firestone
July 28, 2011 St. Petersburg State Theatre
July 29, 2011 Atlanta Masquerade
July 30, 2011 Springfield Jaxx
July 31, 2011 Trenton Backstage at Champs
August 3, 2011 Wilmington Mojo 13
August 4, 2011 Amityville Broadway Bar
August 5, 2011 Holyoke Waterfront Tavern
August 6, 2011 Amsterdam Elks Hall 101
August 7, 2011 Jermyn Eleanor Rigby's
August 8, 2011 Covington Mad Hatter
August 10, 2011 Indianapolis Emerson Theater
August 11, 2011 Steger Another Hole in the Wall
August 12, 2011 Saint Paul Station 4
August 13, 2011 Des Moines People's Court
August 14, 2011 Omaha Sokol Underground
August 15, 2011 Denver Marquis Theater
August 16, 2011 Salt Lake City In The Venue
August 18, 2011 Anaheim Chain Reaction
August 19, 2011 Sacramento The Boardwalk
August 20, 2011 Sparks The Alley

The Slaughter Survivors Tour 2012 (North America)

Headliner:

Support bands:

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
July 21, 2012 Santa Cruz United StatesThe Atrium
July 22, 2012 Portland Branx
July 23, 2012 Seattle Studio Seven
July 24, 2012 Boise The Venue
July 26, 2012 Denver Marquis Theater
July 27, 2012 Salina The Factory
July 28, 2012 Des Moines Vaudeville Mews
July 29, 2012 Saint Paul Station 4
July 30, 2012 Green Bay The Hideout
July 31, 2012 Joliet Mojoes
August 1, 2012 Cleveland Peabody's
August 2, 2012 Danbury Heirloom Arts
August 3, 2012 Smithtown Masonic Temple
August 4, 2012 Trenton Backstage at Champs
August 5, 2012 Wilmington Mojo 13
August 6, 2012 New York City Studio at Webster Hall
August 7, 2012 Springfield Empire
August 8, 2012 Richmond Kingdom
August 9, 2012 Wilmington Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
August 11, 2012 Tampa Brass Mug
August 13, 2012 Houston Warehouse Live
August 14, 2012 San Antonio Korova
August 15, 2012 Albuquerque El Rey Theater
August 17, 2012 Tempe Rocky Point
August 18, 2012 Temecula The Vault
August 19, 2012 Los Angeles The Whisky

Fan-voted openers

In 2011, the Summer Slaughter Tour offered their fans the opportunity to vote on who would open the tour. The choices for 2011 were Dawn of Ashes, Revocation, Neuraxis, Conducting From The Grave, The Contortionist, Within The Ruins, Volumes, Augury, 7 Horns 7 Eyes, Rings of Saturn, and Struc/tures. Within the Ruins ultimately received the most votes and thus won the opening spot for the tour. That same year Conducting From The Grave, The Contortionist, Rings of Saturn, Volumes, and Struc/tures all toured together on what was billed as the Slaughter Survivors Tour. This tour also included Scale the Summit, who had not been part of the voting.

For the 2012 edition of the Summer Slaughter Tour, fans were once again given the chance to vote on the opening act. The choices for 2012 were Aegaeon, Battlecross, Cerebral Bore, Enfold Darkness, Fallujah, Fit for an Autopsy, Hour of Penance, I Declare War, Pathology, and Vildhjarta. The opening slot for the 2012 tour went to Cerebral Bore, and Pathology, Enfold Darkness, Fallujah, Fit for an Autopsy, and Aegaeon also joined the 2012 Slaughter Survivors Tour.

The choices for the 2013 tour were Abiotic, As They Burn, Dark Sermon, Erra, Fit for an Autopsy, Howl, Intervals, Into the Flood, King Conquer, Last Chance To Reason, My Bitter End, Nekrogoblikon, Rings of Saturn, Syqem, Soreption, Today I Caught the Plague, and Thy Art Is Murder. Thy Art Is Murder was the chosen band. However, since they were nearly tied with Rings of Saturn by a few votes, the organizers decided to put both Rings of Saturn and Thy Art Is Murder on the bill. Vektor were put on the initial ballot by their record label without the band's knowledge or approval, and upon discovering this, had to withdraw due to incompatible scheduling. The Slaughter Survivors Tour did not occur in 2013, and did not return in 2014 either.

Summer Slaughter 2014 didn't see the tour offer an opportunity to vote on openers; rather, the opener was chosen by Headbang for the Highway showcase, and Boreworm was selected. Mayhem Festival also uses the Headbang for the Highway showcase to select bands.

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