Hide your rum, lock up your daughters: the trolls are coming!

Finntroll, the Swedish-singing folk/black/humppa metallers from Finland are currently on the road in Europe and will be coming soon to North America. Their 2008 tour will be supported by US thrash/death metal band Warbringer. Fans will also be happy to hear that, on their return to Europe, they are planning to record their Sept 20th concert in Amsterdam for an upcoming DVD.

Opeth: coming soon to a hall near you

Paul recently wrote about Opeth’s latest album, Watershed, so it seems only fitting to mention that they are now on tour, busy throughout July and August with a lot of festival gigs. In mid-September, their North American tour begins, supported by US bands High on Fire (for all dates) along with Nachtmystium (9/16-10/4) and Baroness (10/6-10/26).

Nightwish’s Dark Passion Play continues

After a busy summer festival season, the Finnish gothic metal act Nightwish will also be back in North America at the end of August and throughout September for the third North American leg of their ongoing Dark Passion Play tour. They are supported by Sonata Arctica, a power metal band also out of Finland.

Moonsorrow mini-tour

Also worth mentioning, Moonsorrow have announced some North American dates. A Mexican 2-show mini-tour in September and a primarily Canadian tour (with one US show so far) in November, starting with the St. Paul, MN “Heathen Crusade” festival.

Amorphis bring Silent Waters across the ocean

I was talking to an acquaintance tonight who mentioned she is looking forward to the upcoming Amorphis show, so I thought I ought to add their North American dates. Finnish Amorphis published their eighth album Silent Waters in 2007, combining death metal with progressive, gothic and folk elements. Apart from the ProgPower appearance, they will be supported by the very international combination of Swiss band Samael, German/Norwegian Leaves’ Eyes and Virgin Black from Australia.

The North American dates for the above-listed bands are shown below. Most of these bands have other dates set for other areas, so please check out their websites if you’re not in NA!

Finntroll (with Warbringer)
(More dates and info available here. )

08/22/08	Jaxx	SPRINGFIELD, VA
08/23/08	The Trocadero	PHILADELPHIA, PA
08/24/08	B.B.Kings Blues Club & Grill	NEW YORK, NY
08/25/08	Middle East	CAMBRIDGE, MA
08/26/08	Club Soda	MONTREAL, QC
08/27/08	Imperial	QUEBEC CITY, QC
08/28/08	Opera House,	TORONTO, ON
08/29/08	Peabody’s Down Under	CLEVELAND, OH
08/30/08	The Pearl Room	MOKENA, IL
08/31/08	Triple Rock Social Club	MINNEAPOLIS, MN
09/01/08	Garrick Centre	WINNIPEG, MB
09/02/08	The Exchange	REGINA, SK
09/03/08	Warehouse	CALGERY, AB
09/04/08	Starlite Room	EDMONTON, AB
09/06/08	Sugar	VICTORIA, BC
09/07/08	Plaza Club	VANCOUVER, BC
09/08/08	El Corazon	SEATTLE, WA
09/09/08	Hawthorne Theater	PORTLAND, OR
09/10/08	Slim’s	SAN FRANCISCO, CA
09/11/08	House Of Blues	WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
09/12/08	Jumping Turtle	SAN MARCOS, CA

Opeth (with High on Fire, Nachtmystium, Baroness)

09/16/08	The Town Ballroom	Buffalo, NY
09/17/08	Trocadero	Philadelphia, PA
09/18/08	Nokia Theatre	New York, NY
09/19/08	The Palladium	Worcester, MA
09/20/08	Theatre Imperial	Quebec City, QC
09/21/08	Centennial Hall	London, ON
09/23/08	House of Blues	Cleveland, OH
09/24/08	House of Blues	Chicago, IL
09/25/08	The Orbit Room	Grand Rapids, MI
09/26/08	The Rave	Milwaukee, WI
09/27/08	Myth	St. Paul, MN
09/29/08	The Garrick Centre	Winnipeg, MB
09/30/08	Odeon Events Centre	Saskatoon, SK
10/01/08	Edmonton Events Centre	Edmonton, AB
10/03/08	Commodore Ballroom	Vancover, BC
10/04/08	Showbox@The Market	Seattle, WA
10/06/08	Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom	San Francisco, CA
10/07/08	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA
10/08/08	House of Blues	Las Vegas, NV
10/09/08	Marquee Theatre	Tempe, AZ
10/10/08	Sunshine Theater	Albuquerque, NM
10/11/08	Ogden Theatre	Denver, CO
10/13/08	The Pageant	St. Louis, MO
10/14/08	The Beaumont Club	Kansas City, MO
10/15/08	House of Blues Dallas	Dallas, TX
10/16/08	The Monarch	Austin, TX
10/17/08	Warehouse Live	Houston, TX
10/18/08	House of Blues	New Orleans, LA
10/20/08	Revolution	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10/21/08	House of Blues	Lake Buena Vista, FL
10/22/08	Center Stage	Atlanta, GA
10/23/08	Bogart´s	Cincinnati, OH
10/24/08	Lincoln Theatre	Raleigh, NC
10/25/08	The Norva	Norfolk, VA
10/26/08	Rams Head Live!	Baltimore, MD

Nightwish (with Sonata Arctica)
(more tour dates listed here)

08/29/2008	The Trocadero	Philadelphia PA
08/30/2008	The Palladium	Worcester MA
09/01/2008	Metropolis	Montreal QC
09/02/2008	Sound Academy	Toronto ON
09/04/2008	Agora Theater	Cleveland OH
09/05/2008	Harpos	Detroit MI
09/06/2008	House of Blues	Chicago IL
09/09/2008	Showbox SoDo	Seattle WA
09/10/2008	Roseland Theater	Portland OR
09/12/2008	The Filmore	San Francisco CA
09/13/2008	The Wiltern	Los Angeles CA
09/14/2008	Marquee Theater	Phoenix AZ
09/16/2008	The Palladium	Dallas TX
09/17/2008	La Zona Rosa	Austin TX
09/19/2008	The Meridian	Houston TX
09/20/2008	House of Blues	New Orleans LA
09/21/2008	Jannus Landing	St Pete FL
09/23/2008	The Valarium	Knoxville TN
09/24/2008	Tremont Music Hall	Charlotte NC
09/26/2008	RamsHead Live	Baltimore MD
09/27/2008	Nokia Theater	New York NY

Amorphis (with Samael, Leaves’ Eyes, Virgin Black)

09/26/08	ProgPower, Center Stage	Atlanta, GA
09/27/08	Tremont Music Hall	Charlotte, NC
09/28/08	Jaxx	West Springfield, VA
09/29/08	BB Kings	New York City, NY
09/30/08	Trocadero	Philadelphia, PA
10/01/08	The Chance Theater	Poughkeepsie, NY
10/02/08	Palladium	Worcester, MA
10/03/08	Foufounes Electriques	Montreal, QC
10/04/08	Opera House	Toronto, ON
10/05/08	Peabody’s	Cleveland, OH
10/06/08	The Pearl Room	Mokena, IL
10/07/08	Station 4	St Paul, MN
10/09/08	Knitting Factory	Spokane, WA
10/10/08	El Corazon	Seattle, WA
10/11/08	Hawthorne Theater	Portland, OR
10/12/08	Slim’s	San Francisco, CA
10/13/08	House of Blues	West Hollywood, CA
10/14/08	Brickhouse	Phoenix, AZ
10/16/08	Lola’s	Ft Worth, TX
10/17/08	Scout Bar	San Antonio, TX
10/18/08	Scout Bar	Houston, TX

Moonsorrow

09/05/08	Leon MEX
09/06/08	Mexico City MEX
11/15/08	St Paul, MN
11/16/08	London, ON
11/17/08	Toronto, ON
11/18/08	Sudbury, ON
11/19/08	Chicoutimi, QC
11/20/08	Quebec, QC
11/21/08	Montreal, QC
11/22/08	Saint-Hyacinthe, QC

Tags: Amorphis, death metal, Finland, Finntroll, folk metal, gothic metal, Moonsorrow, Nightwish, Opeth, Sweden, symphonic death, Tour Dates

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