18 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week

We're back after a little bit of a lull with 18 new rock and metal tours announced this past week.

If you love your heavy music, you'll be thrilled to know that Cradle of Filth are heading back out this fall on a run that will include support from Moonspell, Worm and Black Satellite.

Slaughter to Prevail are also back out for an extensive fall tour with support from DJ Paul and Rev3rent. Meanwhile, Soulfly are making it a family affair taking with Nailbomb and Incite joining for a fall run.

And as if that weren't enough, we've got Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper adding another leg of Alice's Attic tour dates for the fall.

Plus, this week saw the reveal of the annual SEMA Fest lineup in Las Vegas, Mark Tremonti is planning more "Tremonti Sings Sinatra" shows and legendary actor William Shatner is playing a major fall festival with his new metal band.

Get more details below.

The Amity Affliction

Tour Dates: Oct. 31 - Nov. 28
Support Acts: Blessthefall, Orthodox, Buried in Spring
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Black Flag

Tour Dates: Sept. 3 - Nov. 1
Support Acts: None listed.
Notes: 50th Anniversary Tour
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Tracy Bonham

Tour Dates: Aug. 6 - 30; Oct. 2; Nov. 13 - 14
Support Acts: None listed.
Notes: 30th anniversary tour in support of The Burdens of Being Upright
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Candlebox

Tour Dates: Sept. 17 - Oct. 30
Support Acts: The Mountain Goats, Sponge, Sweet Water, American Blonde, The Verve Pipe
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Alice Cooper

Tour Dates: Sept. 17 - Nov. 21
Support Acts: None listed
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Cradle of Filth

Tour Dates: Sept. 29 - Oct. 28
Support Acts: Moonspell, Worm, Black Satellite
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Hypocrisy

Tour Dates: Aug. 10 - 23
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Most dates supporting Dimmu Borgir, four dates headlining
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Imperial Teen

Tour Dates: Aug. 22 - 23; Oct. 14 - Nov. 7
Support Acts: Kids on a Crime Spree
Notes: Select shows supporting Breeders.
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Narcotic Wasteland

Tour Dates: Aug. 10 - 30
Support Acts: Visitant, Monochromatic Black, IATT, Yotuma
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Neurosis

Tour Dates: July 25 - Oct. 17
Support Acts: None listed.
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The Number Twelve Looks Like You

Tour Dates: Sept. 25 - Oct. 30
Support Acts: Kaonashi, Blind Equation, Differences
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Slaughter to Prevail

Tour Dates: Sept. 10 - Nov. 23
Support Acts: DJ Paul, Rev3rent
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Soulfly

Tour Dates: Sept. 18 - Oct. 15
Support Acts: Nailbomb, Incite
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Spite

Tour Dates: Oct. 2 - 31
Support Acts: Stick to Your Guns, No Cure, Vomit Forth
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Stray Cats

Tour Dates: Nov. 9 - Dec. 6
Support Acts: None listed.
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Sunn O)))

Tour Dates: Oct. 2 - Nov. 1
Support Acts: None listed.
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Vader

Tour Dates: Sept. 5 - 27
Support Acts: Jungle Rot, Fleshcrawl, Trash Panda
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Weedeater

Tour Dates: Sept. 17 - Oct. 17
Support Acts: Royal Thunder, Zeke, Yes Maam
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New Rock + Metal Festivals + Special Shows Announced This Past Week

* SEMA Fest is set for another year on Nov. 6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada. The Offspring, Jimmy Eat World, 311 and The Alive
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* The inaugural Ocean Way festival is set for Sept. 26 and 27 in Santa Monica, California. The event will take place on the shores of Santa Monica Beach with The Killers and Olivia Dean headlining. Jack White, Alvvays, Sublime, Khruangbin, Hiatus Kaiyote and Durand Jones & The Indications are also part of the music weekend.
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* The inaugural Delta Doom Festival will take over Growler's in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 17. This year's bill features Tommy Stewart's Dyerwulf, Ninjawitch, Red Sun Sermon, Stonewielder and Ponddigger among otehrs.
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* Mark Tremonti is bringing back his Mark Tremonti Sings Sinatra shows with Frank Sinatra Orchestra members Dec. 16 at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illi., and Dec. 18 at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Fla.
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* William Shatner will be bringing the metal to Riot Fest in Chicago. The music weekend takes place Sept. 18-20 in Douglass Park in Chicago The exact date of Shatner's performance has not been announced.
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* Taproot have booked their lone show of 2026 at The Machine Shop in Flint, Mich., on Nov. 7.
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Below, see dozens and dozens of other tours taking place throughout the year.