The Unholy Alliance Tour is a biennial
heavy metal concert tour
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of
Europe
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and
North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
band
Slayer, and featured
Trivium
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The trivium is implicit in ''De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii'' ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury") by Martianus Capella, but t ...
,
Amon Amarth and
Mastodon
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in its latest edition.
Europe 2004
The 2004 European edition of the tour featured the following bands:
Slayer,
Slipknot,
Mastodon
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and
Hatebreed
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.
Typical Slayer Setlist
"Darkness Of Christ
udio Introduction
# "Disciple"
# "War Ensemble"
# "At Dawn They Sleep"
# "Fight Till Death"
# "Mandatory Suicide"
# "Hallowed Point"
# "Dead Skin Mask"
# "Seasons in the Abyss"
# "Chemical Warfare"
# "Hell Awaits"
# "South of Heaven"
# "
Angel of Death"
Encore:
#
"Postmortem"
# " Raining Blood"
Typical Slipknot Setlist
"Prelude 3.0" udio Introduction
# "The Blister Exists"
# "(sic)"
# "Disasterpiece"
# "Three Nil"
# "Vermilion
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"
# "Pulse of the Maggots"
# "Iowa"
# " The Heretic Anthem"
# " Duality"
# " Spit It Out"
"(515)" layed from tape
# "People = Shit"
# " Wait and Bleed"
# "Surfacing"
Danger - Keep Away layed from tape
Typical Mastodon Setlist
# "Iron Tusk"
# " March of the Fire Ants"
# "Where Strides the Behemoth"
# "I Am Ahab"
# "Megalodon"
# "Blood and Thunder"
North America 2006
The 2006 North American edition of the tour, called "Chapter I", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, Lamb of God as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Mastodon
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in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed
Thine Eyes Bleed is a Canadian melodic death metal band from London, Ontario.
History
Thine Eyes Bleed took part in a US tour in 2004.
They released their first album '' In the Wake of Separation'' in 2005.
Johnny Araya's brother Tom Araya is t ...
as opening act. The Vancouver show was filmed for a forthcoming DVD, with camera angles from above the bands and in among the audience. The DVD was released on October 30, 2007.
Europe 2006
2006 European edition, called "Chapter II", featured the following bands: Slayer as headliners, In Flames as "direct support" band, Children of Bodom and Lamb of God in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed
Thine Eyes Bleed is a Canadian melodic death metal band from London, Ontario.
History
Thine Eyes Bleed took part in a US tour in 2004.
They released their first album '' In the Wake of Separation'' in 2005.
Johnny Araya's brother Tom Araya is t ...
as opening act. The lineup was identical to the American leg except for Mastodon
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, who were replaced by In Flames. The French group Gojira was the second band to perform in Paris on November 7, 2006.
References
External links
Article
at Punknews.org
Article
at The End Records
The End Records is a record label in Manhattan that specializes in rock, heavy metal, indie, and electronic music.
Early years (1998–2005)
The End Records was founded by Andreas Katsambas in Pasadena, California, with the goal of helping ...
' website
Kerry King Interview
at HardcoreSounds.Net
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2004 concert tours
2006 concert tours
Children of Bodom concert tours
In Flames concert tours
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