The Unholy Alliance Tour is a biennial heavy metal

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of Europe and North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the

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band

Slayer Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them ...

, and featured

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Amon Amarth Amon Amarth () are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking myt ...

and

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in its latest edition.

Europe 2004

The 2004 European edition of the tour featured the following bands:

, Slipknot,

and

Hatebreed Hatebreed is an American metalcore/ hardcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994. The band released its debut album ''Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire'' in 1997, which gave the band a cult following. The band signed to Universa ...

. 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" # "

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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 "Wait and Bleed" is a 1999 song by American heavy metal band Slipknot, released as their debut and lead single from their 1999 self-titled debut album. After being remixed to replace the screamed vocals in the verses with more melodic singing, ...

" # "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:

as headliners,

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as "direct support" band,

Children of Bodom Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of frontman Alexi Laiho, drummer Jaska Raatikainen, bassist Henkka Seppälä, ...

and

in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed 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:

as headliners,

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990 out of the Swedish death metal, Swedish death metal scene. Their lineup has changed several times, with vocalist Anders Frid ...

as "direct support" band,

and

in rotating slots, Thine Eyes Bleed as opening act. The lineup was identical to the American leg except for

, who were replaced by

. The French group Gojira was the second band to perform in Paris on November 7, 2006.

References

External links

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