Decapitated to headline Summer Slaughter tour

Summer Slaughter - North America’s most extreme tour for underground metal - is returning to the U.S. and Canada in July!

The 31-date tour features headliners DECAPITATED from Poland plus The Faceless, All Shall Perish, The Red Chord, Veil Of Maya, Cephalic Carnage, Decrepit Birth, Carnifex, Animals As Leaders, and Vital Remains and launches in San Diego, California on July 17th. Tickets will cost between $18 - $20 in advance almost everywhere with the exception of Los Angeles and New York City.

States guitarist Vogg of the tour’s headlining act DECAPITATED: "After a couple years of silence, DECAPITATED will return to the U.S. & Canada to headline Summer Slaughter Tour 2010!!! We will kick your asses again together with The Faceless, Cephalic Carnage, Vital Remains, and all those other amazing bands!!! See you guys soon and be ready for one of the loudest tours of the year!!! Can’t wait!!!"

Confirmed tour dates for Summer Slaughter are:

7/17 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
7/18 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
7/20 - El Paso, TX @ Club 101
7/21 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
7/22 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
7/23 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
7/24 - Houston, TX @ Warsaw Ballroom
7/26 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
7/27 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/29 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA (Theatre of Living Arts)
7/30 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
7/31 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
8/01 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
8/02 - Quebec City, QC @ Imperial
8/03 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
8/04 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
8/05 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
8/06 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
8/07 - Detroit, MI @ Harpos
8/08 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
8/09 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
8/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
8/11 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
8/13 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
8/14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
8/16 - Calgary, AB @ Republik
8/17 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite
8/19 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
8/20 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
8/21 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
8/23 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

More information on the Summer Slaughter Tour is available at http://www.myspace.com/summerslaughtertour.

DECAPITATED's new line-up includes: Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka on guitar; Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (THORNS OF IVY, TONE INTIMACY) on drums; Rafał Piotrowski (KETHA, FORGOTTEN SOULS) on lead vocals; and Filip "Heinrich" Halucha (VESENIA, ROOTWATER, UNSUN, MASACHIST) on bass.

Visit DECAPITATED online at www.DECAPITATEDBAND.net & www.myspace.com/DECAPITATED.