August Burns Red Announce US Tour, Parkway Drive Get Busy + More News

August Burns Red will return to the U.S. and embark on a five-week, 30-city tour of North America. The band enjoyed a European festival and headline run. They will resume North American touring on Aug. 31 with The Color Morale, The Overseer and a special guest to be named at a later date. Ever the road warriors, the tireless PA band will then hit Europe again, playing 12 countries in four weeks after the North American run. They'll have a lot of miles on their van and stamps in their passports. The band is also offering VIP packages which include t-shirts, lithos and more, like their forthcoming Christmas album. [Via Press Release]

If you want to hear Baroness' Yellow & Green in its entirety, before it drops next Tuesday, July 17, you can, as it's streaming in full. "We can do something this year that we were completely incapable of doing last year," Baroness member John Baizley said. Did they achieve that goal? Find out by listening. [NPR]

Listen to "Take My Bones Away" from Baroness

Screw air guitaring! Lip syncing is the new air guitaring and 3 Inches of Blood are giving metal fans the chance to prove it. The Canadian power metal heroes have partnered with Metal Sucks for a lip sync contest. Turn in your best rendition of the band's "4000 Torches" from their recently released Long Live Heavy Metal and upload it to YouTube. What do you get for your troubles and your effort? Check the Metal Sucks website for contest rules and information. [Metal Sucks]

Aussie rockers Parkway Drive are sequestered in a Los Angeles studio, hard at work on their fourth album. The as-yet-untitled effort is the follow-up to 2010's Deep Blue. Of the new material, vocalist Winston McCall says "When we finished Deep Blue I was like, 'I don't know where we go from here?' But if there was ever a way to step up from the last record, this is the way to do it. We're expanding in every way we can. But at the same time – and I say this with every new record – it still sounds like Parkway." We'll take it! [Alternative Press]

Skeletonwitch will headline a lengthy U.S. tour this fall, with direct support from thrash act Havok. The tour will kick off in Skeletonwitch's hometown of Athens, OH on Sept. 14 and will also include support from Early Graves for the tour's first half. Mutilation Rites will replace Early Graves on the latter half of the tour, starting Oct. 17 in Houston, Texas. Full dates are listed below.

Skeletonwitch tour dates:

9/14/12 Athens, OH @ The Union Bar %

9/15/12 Pittsburgh, PA @ Ironworks %

9/16/12 Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar %

9/17/12 Albany, NY @ Bogies %

9/18/12 Burlington, VT @ Monkey Bar %

9/19/12 Bucksport, ME @ The Kave %

9/20/12 Boston, MA @ Great Scott %

9/21/12 Providence, RI @ The Met %

9/22/12 Manchester, NH @ Rockos %

9/23/12 Holyoke, MA @ Waterfront Tavern %

9/24/12 Wallingford, CT @ Cherry St. %

9/25/12 Asbury Park, NJ @ Ashbury Lane %

9/26/12 Lemoyne, PA @ The Champ %

9/27/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory %

9/28/12 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary %

9/29/12 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar %

9/30/12 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter %

10/1/12 Johnson City, TN @ Hideaway %

10/2/12 Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundrolounge %

10/3/12 Durham, NC @ Motorco %

10/4/12 Charleston, SC @ Jimbos Rock Lounge %

10/5/12 Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit %

10/6/12 Miami, FL @ Churchills %

10/7/12 Lake Worth, FL @ Speakeasy %

10/8/12 Orlando, FL @ The Bombshell %

10/9/12 Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic %

10/11/12 Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug %

10/12/12 Savannah, GA @ The Jinx %

10/13/12 Atlanta, GA @ Club 529 %

10/14/12 Nashville, TN @ The End %

10/15/12 Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music %

10/16/12 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia %

10/17/12 Houston, TX @ Walters *

10/18/12 Dallas, TX @ Trees *

10/19/12 Austin, TX @ Red 7 *

10/20/12 McAllen, TX @ Fallback Records *

10/22/12 San Antonio, TX @ Korova *

10/23/12 Midland, TX @ New Blue Max *

10/25/12 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre *

10/26/12 Gallup, NM @ Juggernaut *

10/28/12 Scottsdale, AZ @ Chasers *

10/29/12 Fullerton, CA @ Slidebar *

10/30/12 West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky A Go Go *

11/1/12 Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium *

11/2/12 Oakland, CA @ Metro Opera House *

11/3/12 Reno, NV @ The Alley *

11/4/12 Bend, OR @ The Horned Hand *

11/5/12 Portland, OR @ Branx *

11/6/12 Seattle, WA @ Studio 7 *

11/7/12 Boise, ID @ The Venue *

11/8/12 Ogden, UT @ Mojos *

11/9/12 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre *

11/10/12 Kansas City, MO @ The Granada *

11/11/12 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews *

11/12/12 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock *

11/13/12 Chicago, IL @ Reggies *

11/14/12 Columbus, OH @ Ace Of Cups *

11/15/12 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme *

11/16/12 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick *

11/17/12 Cleveland, OH @ Peabodys *

% with Havok & Early Graves

* with Havok & Mutilation Rites

Previously announced Skeletonwitch North American tour dates:

7/13 York, PA - The Depot #

7/14 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft @ Chance Theatre #

7/15 Hartford, CT - The Webster Underground #

7/16 Portland, ME - Genos #

7/17 Trois Rivieres, QC - Rock Cafe Le Stage #

7/18 Quebec City, QC - Agitee #

7/19 Montreal, QC - IL Motore #

7/20 Ottawa, ON - Mavericks #

7/21 Toronto, ON - Hardluck #

7/22 Toledo, OH - Frankies #

7/23 Madison, WI - High Noon #

7/24 Thunder Bay, ON - Crocks #

7/25 Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo #

7/26 Saskatoon, SK - Amigos #

7/27 Calgary, AB - Broken City #

7/28 Edmonton, AB - The Pawn Shop #

7/30 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret #

7/31 Spokane, WA - Club A #

8/1 Billings, MT - Manny's #

8/2 Fargo, ND - Nestor Tavern #

8/3 La Crosse, WI - The Warehouse #

8/4 Joliet, IL - Mojoes #