Lacuna Coil have just unleashed their new album "Dark Adrenaline" in 2012. They are currently on the road with one of the best metal tour's this year the Gigantour with Megadeth, Motorhead, and Volbeat. Check out this new video, "Trip The Darkness", from their new album. Tour dates are below for Gigantour, hurry tickets are going fast!





Feb 07 Oshawa, ON General Motors Center
Feb 08 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
Feb 09 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb 10 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Feb 12 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
Feb 14 St. Paul, MN Myth
Feb 16 Saskatoon, SK Prairieland
Feb 17 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre SOLD OUT
Feb 18 Calgary, AB Big 4 Building VIP SOLD OUT
Feb 20 Abbotsford, BC Abbotsford Entertainment Sports Centre
Feb 21 Kent, WA Showare Center
Feb 23 San Jose, CA Events Center
Feb 24 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
Feb 25 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
Feb 26 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
Feb 28 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
Mar 01 Dallas, TX The Palladium
Mar 02 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
Mar 03 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater

VampireFreaks would like to help you plan out your concert season as we gear up for more kick ass content. Here are some tours that should strike your fancy:

Behemoth, returns to North America for the first time since founder/front man Nergal won his battle again leukemia. Joining them will be Watain, The Devil's Blood, and In Solitude.

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Wed/Apr-11 Columbus, OH The Brewmasters Gate
Thu/Apr-12 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
Fri/Apr-13 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Sat/Apr-14 St. Paul, MN Station Four
Sun/Apr-15 OFF
Mon/Apr-16 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
Tue/Apr-17 Denver, CO Summit Theatre
Wed/Apr-18 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
Thu/Apr-19 OFF
Fri/Apr-20 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Sat/Apr-21 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw
Sun/Apr-22 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
Mon/Apr-23 San Francisco, CA Slims
Tue/Apr-24 OFF
Wed/Apr-25 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
Thu/Apr-26 Phoenix, AZ Nile Theater
Fri/Apr-27 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
Sat/Apr-28 Fill-tbd
Sun/Apr-29 San Antonio White Rabbit
Mon/Apr-30 OFF
Tue/May-01 Tampa, FL Orpheum
Wed/May-02 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
Thu/May-03 OFF
Fri/May-04 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend
Sat/May-05 Baltimore, MD Rams Head
Sun/May-06 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
Mon/May-07 OFF
Tue/May-08 Toronto, ON Opera House
Wed/May-09 Montreal, QC Club Soda
Thu/May-10 Quebec City, QC Imperial
Fri/May-11 Worcester, MA Palladium
Sat/May-12 New York, NY Irving Plaza

Slipknot, Slayer, and Anthrax are headlining this year's Mayhem Festival. Also set to appear are Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Whitchapel. Special guest to be announced March 5th.

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Jun 30 San Manuel Amphitheater CA
Jul 01 Shoreline Amphitheatre CA
Jul 03 White River Amphitheatre WA
Jul 04 Idaho Center Amphitheatre ID
Jul 06 Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion AZ
Jul 07 Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion NM
Jul 08 Comfort Dental Amphitheatre CO
Jul 10 Gexa Energy Pavilion TX
Jul 11 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion TX
Jul 13 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre FL
Jul 14 Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood GA
Jul 15 Klipsch Music Center IN
Jul 18 Zoo Amphitheatre OK
Jul 20 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater MO
Jul 21 First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre IL
Jul 22 DTE Energy Music Theatre MI
Jul 24 Riverbend Music Center OH
Jul 25 Blossom Music Center OH
Jul 27 Susquehanna Bank Center NJ
Jul 28 First Niagara Pavilion PA
Jul 29 Jiffy Lube Live VA
Jul 31 Saratoga Performing Arts Center NY
Aug 01 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center NY
Aug 03 Comcast Center MA
Aug 04 Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain PA
Aug 05 Comcast Theatre CT

Rammstein Also returns to North America this year in support of their recent compilation "Made in Germany".

4/20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
4/21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
4/23 Atlanta, GA Phillips Arena
4/25 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
4/26 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
4/28 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
4/29 Worcester, MA DCU Center
5/01 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
5/03 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
5/04 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
5/06 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
5/08 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
5/10 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
5/13 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
5/14 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
5/17 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
5/18 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
5/20 Denver, CO Denver Coliseum
5/22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
5/24 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
5/25 Houston, TX Toyota Center

Emilie Autumn still has some dates left in the US:

2/06 Phoenix, AZ Nile
2/07 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
2/09 Dallas, TX The Door
2/10 Austin, TX Elysium
2/11 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
2/13 Tampa, FL State Theatre
2/14 Orlando, FL Plaza Theatre
2/15 Atlanta, GA The Loft
2/16 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
2/17 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
2/18 New York, NY Gramercy
2/19 Boston, MA Le Royale
2/21 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
2/22 Toronto, ON Opera House
2/23 Detroit, MI Crofoot Ballroom
2/24 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
2/25 Chicago, IL House of Blues

Children of Bodom, one of metal's main torch bearers are hitting the road for a full scale North American tour to celebrate their 15th year anniversary! VampireFreaks will be attending the Denver show on 2/7, so if you are in the area make sure to stop us and say hello. Aside from that, get your asses out there for one brutal tour!

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"15th Anniversary" North American Tour
Special guests: Eluveitie, Revocation and Threat Signal

January 28 - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
January 29 - Reverb, Reading, PA
January 30 - Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
January 31 - Harpo's, Detroit, MI
February 1 - Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
February 3 - The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
February 4 - Pop's, Sauget, IL
February 6 - Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS
February 7 - Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
February 9 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
February 10 - The Complex, Salt Lake city, UT
February 11 - Knitting Factory, Boise, ID
February 13 - Yost Theatre, Santa Ana, CA
February 14 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
February 15 - Marquee Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
February 17 - Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
February 18 - Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX
February 19 - The Pavilion, Lubbock, TX
February 21 - Emo's East, Austin, TX
February 22 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
February 24 - Expo Five, Louisville, KY
February 25 - Peabody's, Cleveland, OH
February 26 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON
February 27 - Metropolis, Montreal, QC
February 29 - Imperial, Quebec City, QC
March 1 - Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT
March 2 - The Paramount Theater, Huntington, NY
March 3 - Starland Ballroom, Sayerville, NJ
March 4 - Ram's Head Live, Baltimore, MD

Summer 2012

May 25-26 - Sonisphere, Madrid (SPA)
June 15 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
June 17 - Hellfest, Clisson (FRA)
June 19 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona (SPA) w/ Cannibal Corpse
June 20 - Le Fil, St Etienne (FRA) w/ Cannibal Corpse
June 23 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel (BE)
June 26 - Cracow, Klub Studio (PL) w/ Cannibal Corpse
June 27-June 30 - Volt Festival, Sopron (HUN)
June 29-July 01 - Basinfirefest, Spalene Porici (CZ)
June 29-June 30 - Rock am Härtsfeldsee, Dischingen (GER)
June 29-July 01 - With Full Force, Roitzschjora (GER)
July 03 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
July 04 - KB Kulturbolaget, Malmö (SWE)