Some other bands confirmed to play the festival are Accept, Blind Guardian, Epica, Finntroll, Freak Kitchen, Sonata Arctica etc. Tickets and more info about the festival can be found from www.ppmfest.com.

More information about the event is available from the Finnish Metal Expo (FME) website. Playing schedules will be added to the FME website later.

We will be selling a STRICTLY limited edition shirt for our friends at the Atlanta show – so for those of you going be ready, it WILL be a shortage of them. Fans with tickets to the Sold Out wednesday night acoustic show have first shot.”

Pictures of the shirt in question can be found at www.progpowerusa.com.

Sonisphere – Friday, July 8th: 18.10 / 18.50 EVERGREY – Saturn stage
Snow Hall Park – Amnéville

2 days of music, 2 stages, 20 bands including the Big Four:
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax with Papa Roach, Volbeat, Tarja, Diamond Head, Loudblast and Mass Hysteria on Saturday July 9th. Slipknot with Dream Theater, Airbourne, Mastodon, Gojira, Evergrey (last band added to the bill!), Bring me the Horizon, Symfonia, Bukowsky and Rise To Remain on Friday July 8th.

28.07.2011 Porto Alegre, Teatro Ciee (BR)
29.07.2011 São Paulo, Carioca Club (BR)
31.07.2011 Sorocaba, Plaza Hall (BR)

Also A couple of new shows for ya! On top of the dates below we will come a crush you starting next week together with our bro´s in Kamelot, Amaranthe and Sons of Seasons, so pick your preferred date! See all confirmed dates at the Shows page. News for Brazil coming soon too!

04.05.2011 Brünn, Klub Melodka (CZ) – Acoustic show
26.05.2011 Genk, Rock Mine Cafe (BE) – Acoustic show
27.05.2011 Dordrecht Fest, Bibelot (NL)
28.05.2011 Dokk’em Open Air, Dongeradeel (NL)
17.06.2011 Metaltown Festival, Gothenburg (SE)

Get your fix at enterthevault.com.

New North American tourdates for September/October 2011:
09/16 West Springfield, VA – Jaxx Nightclub
09/17 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
09/18 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theater
09/20 New York, NY – The Gramercy Theatre
09/21 Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
09/22 Toronto, OT – The Opera House
09/23 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
09/24 Detroit, MI – Blondie’s
09/26 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club
09/27 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
09/28 Winnipeg, MB – The Osbourne Village Inn
09/29 Regina, SK – Exchange
09/30 Edmonton, AL – Starlite Room
10/02 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
10/03 Vancouver, BC – The Venue
10/05 San Francisco, CA – The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center
10/06 West Hollywood, CA – Key Club
10/07 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
10/08 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
10/09 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
10/11 Houston, TX – Numbers
10/12 Dallas, TX – Trees

23.02.2011 Stockholm (SWE), Göta Källare -Release party (acoustic)
26:02.2011 Gothenburg (SWE), Sticky Fingers – Release party (acoustic)
04.03.2011 Fredrikstad (NOR), Helheim Bar – Release party (acoustic)

Details about the Gothenburg release party can be found from the event’s Facebook entry.

We have been chosen as special guests for the below dates and feel great and confident that the shows, including ALL the bands performing will make a fantastic package. So get your tickets soon, now, immediately!

We will be playing a quite extensive set for being openers that will include some new songs for sure, but not our whole armada of songs and therefor we will of course be back with our own headline tour later on. But first things first! Get your asses to these shows and we will be sure to bring the metal!

22.04.2011 Paris (FRA), Elysee Montmartre
23.04.2011 Amsterdam (NED), Paradiso
24.04.2011 Antwerp (BEL), Trix
27.04.2011 Sheffield (GBR), Corporation
28.04.2011 London (GBR), KoKo
29.04.2011 Luxemburg (LUX), Den Atelier
30.04.2011 Luzern (SWI), Schüür
01.05.2011 Milano (ITA), Magazzini Generali
03.05.2011 Budapest (HUN), Petöfi Hall
05.05.2011 Bratislava (SVK), Majestic Music Club
06.05.2011 Krakow (POL), Kwadrat
07.05.2011 Berlin (GER), C-Club
08.05.2011 Stuttgart (GER), Longhorn / LKA
10.05.2011 Köln (GER), Live Music Hall
11.05.2011 Hamburg (GER), Markthalle
12.05.2011 Gothenburg (SWE), Trädgårn
14.05.2011 Oslo (NOR), Sentrum Scene
15.05.2011 Copenhagen (DEN), Amager Bio

In addition, Evergrey will perform an acoustic show as part of Mid-Week Mayhem on Wednesday, Sept 14th with metal karaoke immediately following to round out the night. Due to the intimate nature of the setting, only 200 tickets will be made available to the public.