Grammy-nominated, Massachusetts-based hard rockers Killswitch Engage have confirmed UK based thrash prog stars Sylosis and genre bending Roadrunner label mates Heartist to support their April-May European headline shows.  The tour kicks off at the Melkweg in Amsterdam on April 8 and runs through May 6 covering 23 cities in 13 countries in 4 weeks.
 
Killswitch Engage’s highly anticipated sixth studio album Disarm The Descent will be released on April 1 via their longtime label Roadrunner Records.  The album’s lead track, “In Due Time,” is available now on iTUNES.  All album preorder options are available at at www.killswitchengage.com  “Disarm The Descent” is the band’s first release since 2002 with original lead singer Jesse Leach.

Reading, UK based Sylosis, is touring on the back of their third studio album Monolith.  Released in October 2012, the album was recorded at the legendary Monnow Valley Studios (Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin) and produced by Romesh Dodangoda (Motorhead, Bullet For My Valentine). Watch them on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocEwt4HHOg.

Orange County, California’s Heartist will release their debut EP Nothing You Didn’t Deserve on April 29.  The six song EP was mixed by Machine (Clutch, Lamb Of God) and is full of hook laden, explosive hard rock including the lead track “Where Did I Go Wrong?” Check them out on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXNrJ16PB0.



APRIL
8  Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
9  Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn LKA
10 Bochum, Germany - Matrix
11 Hannover, Germany - MusikZentrum
13 Malmo, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
14 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Music Hall
16 Helsinki, Finland - The Circus
17 Tallin, Estonia - Rock Café
19 Goteborg, Sweden - Brewhouse
20 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
21 Berlin, Germany - C Club
23 Munich, Germany - Theatrefabrik
24 Vienna, Austria - Arena
25 Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
26 Slothurn, Switzerland - Kofmhel
28 Meerhout, Belgium - Groezrock Festival*
29 Paris, France - Le Trabendo
30 Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik

 
MAY
2 Manchester, UK - HMV Ritz
3 Glasgow, UK - 02 ABC
4 Birmingham, UK - The Institute
5 London, UK - 02 Shepherds Bush Empire
6 Cardiff, UK - Solus @ Cardiff University