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Slayer/Anthrax add Revolution Rock Fest in CT and Aftershock Fest in CA to tour

We’ve already mentioned that Slayer and Anthrax are touring together (also with Death Angel) and playing a bunch of festivals with lineups that range from kind of lame to kind of cool. Well, another couple of those festivals have been announced.

The first and closest to NYC is Revolution Rock Fest, which goes down on September 17 at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT. In addition to Slayer and Anthrax, this one also includes Ghost and lots of stuff you probably want to avoid (like Chevelle). Tickets go on presale (password: revolution) on Wednesday (6/8) at 10 AM.

The cooler of the two Slayer/Anthrax festivals is the west coast Aftershock Fest, which happens on October 22-23 in Sacramento. That one features Tool, Meshuggah, Deafheaven, Primus, Baroness, Ghost, Face to Face, Puscifer, Max and Igor Cavalera, Silver Snakes, The Shrine, Ignite, American Sharks, Whores and many more (and also Chevelle) (and other avoidable stuff like Disturbed, who will hopefully play their Simon & Garfunkel cover). Tickets for that one also go on sale Wednesday.

Check out updated Slayer/Anthrax tour dates, along with the full lineups for Revolution Rock and Aftershock Fest, below.

Slayer/Anthrax/Death Angel — 2016 Tour Dates
SEPTEMBER
9 Jacob’s Pavilion, Cleveland, OH
10 Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Detroit, MI
12 Sound Academy, Toronto, ON
13 Metropolis, Montreal, QC
15 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
17 Revolution Rock Fest, Mashantucket, CT
18 Rock Allegiance, Chester, PA*
20 Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN
22 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
27 Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
28 Fillmore, Miami, FL
30 Horseshoe Casino Tunica, Tunica, MS

OCTOBER
1 Louder than Life fest, Louisville, KY
3 Norva, Norfolk, VA
5 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
7 Gas Monkey Live, Dallas, TX
8 ACL at the Moody Theatre, Austin, TX
10 Fillmore, Denver, CO
11 The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
13 The Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT
17 ENMAX Center, Lethbridge, AB
19 South Okanagan Events Centre, Penticton, BC
20 Abbotsford Centre, Abbotsford, BC
22 Aftershock Fest, Sacramento, CA
23 Reno Events Center, Reno, NV
25 Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, San Bernardino, CA
27 El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX

Revolution Rock Fest — 2016 Lineup
Avenged Sevenfold
Slayer
Volbeat
Chevelle
Of Mice & Men
Anthrax
Ghost
Killswitch Engage
Sevendust
The Amity Affliction
KYNG
Nothing More
Twelve Foot Ninja
Crobot
Devour The Day

Aftershock Fest — 2016 Lineup
TOOL
SLAYER
PRIMUS
MESHUGGAH
THE PRETTY RECKLESS
ANTHRAX
BARONESS
FACE TO FACE
DEAFHEAVEN
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE
AVATAR
AMERICAN SHARKS
WHORES
TWELVE FOOT NINJA
THE SHRINE
AEGES
BIG JESUS
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
KORN
DISTURBED
PUSCIFER
CHEVELLE
GHOST
PARKWAY DRIVE
THE AMITY AFFLICTION
ZAKK SABBATH
MAX & IGOR CAVALERA RETURN TO ROOTS
SUICIDE SILENCE
WHITECHAPEL
IGNITE
SOME FEAR NONE
SILVER SNAKES