Lamb Of God and Megadeth announce 2nd leg of The Metal Tour Of The Year

Tickets have been on General Sale since Friday, January 14th, 2022 At 10am Local Time MetalTourOfTheYear.com

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022  – Following the enormous success of their 2021 co-headline US tour, metal titans Megadeth and Lamb Of God have today announced the second US run of their aptly named Metal Tour Of The Year.  Joining them will be special guests Trivium and In Flames. Tickets for the second leg of The Metal Tour Of The Year, produced by Live Nation, will go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday, January 14th from MetalTourOfTheYear.com. 

The Metal Tour Of The Year was originally announced and planned for 2020 but was halted by the pandemic. Fans waited patiently for touring to return and in the summer of 2021 were granted their wish. The Metal Tour Of The Year was one of the first national amphitheatre tours to hit the road in 2021 and saw co-headliners Megadeth and Lamb Of God hit 29 cities across North America with special guests Trivium and Hatebreed, who stepped in to replace In Flames who couldn’t join the tour due to travel restrictions.The tour was met with enormous acclaim, truly living up to its name and playing to a whopping 172,000 metal fans in the process.

Speaking on the success of the initial leg of the tour and his excitement in hitting the road again in 2022, Megadeth‘s leader and frontman, Dave Mustaine says

The Metal Tour of The Year is exactly what it sounds like – a night of some of the best heavy metal bands in the world – live and loud.  Anyone who came to a show last year knows what I mean, only this one’s going be even better.  Do not miss out.

Dave Mustaine, frontman of Megadeth

It was great to get out on the road for an incredible tour last summer with Megadeth, Trivium and Hatebreed so we figured we’d do it again! We look forward to hitting new cities with Megadeth, Trivium and In Flames, who we’re happy to have over for leg 2!

Randy Blythe, frontman of Lamb Of God

The Metal Tour Of The Year was one of the strongest, most incredible Metal tours in ages – it’s namesake nothing but accurate. How do you follow that up? By doing it again – even bigger, even better, and have it play everywhere it didn’t on the first leg. MTOTYII – let’s do this.

Trivium‘s Matthew Kiichi Heafy adds

We are excited to finally be able to join our dear friends in Megadeth, Lamb of God, and Trivium on this year’s, Metal Tour of The Year! We can’t wait to be back on the road in America and to reunite with you all. Don’t miss this tour it’s a juggernaut.

In Flames singer, Anders Fridén

Produced by Live Nation, the second leg of this epic metal trek will kick off on Saturday, April 9th in Las Vegas, NV and hit a further 21 cities before wrapping in Allentown, PA on Sunday, May 15. Full tour itinerary below.

Tickets and VIP packages for all artists have been on sale since Friday, January 14th, 2022 at 10am local time via MetalTourOfTheYear.com

The Metal Tour Of The Year

Megadeth and Lamb of God 2022 North American Tour Dates:

Sat Apr 09             Las Vegas, NV                       Michelob Ultra Arena

Sun Apr 10           Tucson, AZ                         Tucson Arena

Tue Apr 12            Colorado Springs, CO             Broadmoor World Arena

Thu Apr 14            Corpus Christi, TX                American Bank Center

Fri Apr 15              Lafayette, LA                          Cajundome

Sat Apr 16                Brandon, MS                        Brandon Amphitheater

Tue Apr 19            Grand Rapids, MI                 Van Andel Arena

Thu Apr 21            Fort Wayne, IN                         Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Fri Apr 22              Green Bay, WI                    Resch Center

Sun Apr 24                Sioux Falls, SD                    Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

Tue Apr 26            Omaha, NE                        Baxter Arena

Wed Apr 27          Cedar Rapids, IA                  Alliant Energy PowerHouse

Fri Apr 29              Kansas City, MO                   T-Mobile Center

Sat Apr 30             Tulsa, OK                            BOK Center* No Trivium

Tue May 03          North Charleston, SC           North Charleston Coliseum

Wed May 04         Greenville, SC                      Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Fri May 06            Nashville, TN                        Bridgestone Arena

Sat May 07           Peoria, IL                            Peoria Civic Center

Mon May 09         Pittsburgh, PA                      Petersen Events Center

Tue May 10          Rochester, NY                        Blue Cross Arena

Thu May 12          Portland, ME                        Cross Insurance Arena

Fri May 13            Uncasville, CT                       Mohegan Sun Arena

Sun May 15          Allentown, PA                        PPL Center

It was over 30 years ago that Dave Mustaine founded Megadeth, in the process pioneering the sound that would become known the world over as thrash metal. And from the very beginning, the band proved to be the most lethal and audacious unit on the heavy music scene, pushing thrash to the limits of musical ferocity and instrumental virtuosity on early efforts like their 1985 debut, “Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good!” and 1986’s seminal “Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?”.

Megadeth have taken their place as one of metal’s most influential and respected acts—not to mention among its most successful. They have gone on to sell more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including a 2017 GRAMMY® Award for “Best Metal Performance” for the title track “Dystopia,” 12 GRAMMY® nominations, and scoring five consecutive platinum albums. With sheer determination and a relentless recording and touring schedule, Megadeth worked their way up from headlining clubs to headlining arenas, festival and stadiums, cementing a legacy that continues to grow and spread throughout the world. Megadeth are slated to release their 16th studio album, “The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead” this spring.

Lamb Of God propelled heavy metal into the new millennium two decades ago with the prophetically titled “New American Gospel”. They followed with 2003’s “As the Palaces Burn”, which made the Rolling Stone list of the Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. “Ashes of the Wake”, released in 2004, was the first Lamb Of God album to be certified gold by the RIAA, as was 2006’s “Sacrament”, which also made a Top 10 Billboard 200 chart debut. In 2009, Lamb Of God released “Wrath”, their first with Josh Wilbur as producer, and earned the number one album spot on Billboard’s Hard Rock, Rock, and Tastemaker charts, with a number two position on the Billboard 200.

Those number one positions were repeated with 2012’s “Resolution”, which swung effortlessly between thrash, traditional metal, sludgy doom, with flashes of crust punk swagger and bravado. LAMB OF GOD’s last album, “VII: Sturm und Drang” (2015) made its debut on the Billboard 200 at number three and finished number 2 in the world charts, reaching Top 5 in five countries and six additional Top 15 positions. The single “512” was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Metal Performance, the band’s fifth nomination. 

In 2020 Lamb Of God released their critically acclaimed self-titled opus, the band’s best work to date, featuring new drummer Art Cruz, Lamb Of God is re-energized and unrelenting, ready to lay claim to the metal throne. 

Trivium‘s tenth album “In The Court Of The Dragon” arrived in 2021. The band and album have been praised by and featured in mainstream outlets like The New York Times, NPR, Forbes, Billboard, TechCrunch, and Kotaku, as well as Guitar World, Revolver, Alternative Press, and more. They released the now-canonical album “Ascendancy” in 2005. It was recognized as KERRANG!’s Album of the Year, achieved a gold certification in the UK, and eclipsed sales of 500,000 worldwide. Metal Hammer placed it in the Top 15 of The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the 21st Century. It ignited a string of six consecutive Top 25 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 and five straight Top 3 debuts on the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart, culminating on 2017’s benchmark “The Sin And The Sentence.”  

That album elevated the group’s total stream tally past a quarter-of-a-billion. Additionally, “Betrayer” received a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of Best Metal Performance. Unanimous acclaim followed fromDecibel, Loudwire, Ultimate Guitar, MetalSucks, and Metal Hammer, who dubbed them, “quite simply one of the best bands in modern metal.” 2020 brought “What The Dead Men Say”. The album was produced by Trivium and Josh Wilbur and debuted at #35 on the Billboard Top 200; at #2 on the Top Current Albums Chart, and at  #3 on both the Hard Rock Albums Chart and Top Rock Albums Chart. They have performed alongside Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and many others and graced the main stages of Download, Bloodstock, KNOTFEST, and beyond.

In Flames are less of a band than they are a musical institution in the heavy music world. Since helping create Sweden’s legendary “Gothenburg Sound” three decades ago to their current status as melodic metal monoliths, the act have constantly eschewed trends in order to forge their own musical path. Having been prevented from joining the initial leg of the Metal Tour Of The Year due to travel restrictions, they are primed and ready to bring their inimitable brand of metal to the stage on this upcoming run in support of the 20th Anniversary re-release of their landmark album “Clayman” and 2019 album “I, The Mask”.