Kamelot/Sonata Arctica/Battle Beast will be touring soon. The tour kicks off in Maryland on the 10th and travels back and forth across America before terminating in Tampa Bay, Florida. Unfortunately for me I had to pick between three events (this one, Babymetal, and HYDE) all happening on the same night of October 4 and the Kamelot/Sonata Arctica/Battle Beast combo serves too much value for me to ignore. It helps a lot that I’m seeing Babymetal at The Forum in Los Angeles the week after. If I wasn’t it’d be a much, much harder choice to make.
Sonata Arctica’s newest album Talviyö just released yesterday on the 6th so I’ll be giving that one a lot of plays in the coming weeks. Tony Kakko and the crew never fail to put on a hell of a show. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve had the chance to see them so I’m looking forward to it. Plus, more wolf shirts. Who doesn’t need more wolf shirts? I haven’t had the chance to listen to it too much but I’m really digging the song “Storm the Armada.” I’ll have more thoughts coming up soon.
Battle Beast released their latest album back in March and that had some solid songs on it, in particular “Eden.” I’ve seen them twice so far. Hopefully we’ll get some more of the old stuff which is what first drew me to the band but considering the schism it’s understandable…
I really wish the tour promoters would have picked different days. Really, guys? Three overlapping fanbases on the same night? What the hell. If I could I would see all three shows.
Tour dates are as follows:
9/10 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
9/11 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
9/13 Worcester, MA @ Palladium
9/14 New York. NY @ Terminal 5
9/15 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
9/16 Quebec City, QC – Imperial
9/18 Toronto, ON – Phoenix
9/19 Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
9/20 Cleveland, OH – Agora
9/21 Chicago, IL – Patio Theatre
9/23 Minneapolis/St. Paul. MN – Amsterdam
9/24 Kansas City, MO – The Truman
9/25 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
9/26 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
9/28 Edmonton, AB – The Ranch
9/29 Calgary, AB – The Gateway
10/1 Vancouver, BC – Venue Nightclub
10/2 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
10/4 San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts
10/5 Anaheim, CA – City National Grove
10/6 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
10/8 Dallas, TX – Canton Hall
10/9 St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room
10/11 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
10/12 Tampa Bay, FL -Jannus Live
