Fall Tours Update: Nerdfest USA Confirmed

Devin Townsend announced a short West coast tour about a month ago featuring British Djent phenoms TesseracT, who have more than a few people eagerly awaiting their long overdue debut album release.

This would be the first time they'd be touring on this side of the pond, however there were only 7 or 8 dates announced for what would be a truly short tour. 

But then a few days ago MetalSucks let word loose that more dates were planned to be added to the tour, having it take a swing through the East Coast, in Canada and the US. It seemed almost like they pulled these dates out of thin air, as Devin and TesseracT only officially added a handful of those 'new' dates to the tour, following the news - until yesterday anyway.

Dubbed Nerdfest USA by MetalSucks, the tour will be rolling into Montreal on November 2nd - and I expect to be there - or die in a fire otherwise.

My last meeting with Devin was when I very luckily managed to catch him on tour with Between the Buried and Me, Cynic and Scale the Summit this winter - which sits near the top on my list of best live shows I've ever seen. His recent work is varied and quite awesome, I'm looking forward to the last two parts of his four part project, which according to the man himself, are to be released either simultaneously or very close together in the future.

TesseracT is one of the first bands I discovered upon delving into the world of Djent, so to be able to see them live would be quite awesome and would provide me with another check on my list of bands high on my current Must See list.

As for Ottawa, some recent tour announcements will make my current home look even better, following the mild bashing I gave it in my post from a few days ago. The Black Dahlia Murder announced a tour today with support from Goatwhore, adding to an already awesome looking start to the fall.

Here's are some other dates and names to keep an eye on in Ottawa in the coming months:

Sept. 24th - Comeback Kid, A Whilhelm Scream + Devil in Me @ Ritual
Oct. 5th - The Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore + Arkaic @ Ritual
Oct. 11th - We Came As Romans, In Fear and Faith, Upon A Burning Body @ Maverick's
Nov. 21 - Evile, Bonded by Blood @ Maverick's

Surely more to come, so keep an ear to the ground.