Massachusetts face-melters ACARO have been added to the Killswitch Engage Tenth Anniversary “Alive or Just Breathing” Tour with Shadows Fall.
The band will fill the opening slot for one of 2012’s most anticipated tours that will see a Jesse Leach fronted Killswitch Engage performing their classic Alive or Just Breathing in its entirety. Few bands have what it takes to rise to such an occasion, but Acaro’s aggressive brand of melodic and modern thrash will undoubtedly fire up audiences as the band bulldozes a path across the nation.
ACARO is touring in support of their debut, The Disease of Fear, which was released on October 2nd through Goomba Music. A video for the track “Becoming the Process” can be seen and heard below!
The tour kicks off on November 24 at the California Metal Fest 6 and wraps up on December 29 in Clifton Park, NJ. See below for all of the tour dates:
11/24 San Bernardino, CA – NOS Event Center (California Metalfest VI)
11/25 San Francisco, CA – Slims
11/27 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
11/28 Portland, OR – Hawthorne
11/30 Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
12/01 Kansas City, KS – Beaumont Club
12/02 Dallas, TX – Trees
12/04 Tampa, FL – State Theater
12/05 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
12/07 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
12/08 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
12/10 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
12/11 Columbus, OH – Alrosa Villa
12/12 Toronto, ON – Opera House
12/14 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
12/16 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
12/17 Brooklyn, NY – Willamsburg Music Hall
12/18 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
12/19 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street
12/20 Portland, ME – State Theater
12/27 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
12/28 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
12/29 – Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
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ABOUT ACARO:
They are ACARO and they are metal. They are 5 hard-working individuals, who bring 5 different backgrounds to create 1 unique musical experience. They always give their audience more than they expect, and they will never be satisfied with their abilities.
ACARO’s first show was in October 2008 at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester, MA. They have been honored to play the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest in 2009 and 2010, the NEMHCF’s SXSW stage in 2010, and have shared the stage with Unearth, In Flames, Gojira, As I Lay Dying, Lamb of God, Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Winds of Plague, Suffocation, Acacia Strain, and many other national and regional touring bands.
Their goals are simple, to continue writing, recording, and performing at the highest level of their abilities, in as many places around the world as possible. The release of their first album The Disease of Fear, and the completion of the video for, “Becoming the Process”, will help to achieve those goals.
By bringing the old into the 21st Century, and keeping the new grounded to its roots, ACARO achieves the Brutal/Melodic blend that can stir emotions and hit you over the head with a sledge-hammer at the same time. These individuals are brought together by the love of Metal, the drive to create, the desire to succeed, and the need to bring ACARO’s music and energy to as many people, in as many places as possible.
Nothing comes without hard work and no one will work harder. ACARO is not just a band, it is a way of life for all involved and all it touches. They are ACARO and they believe. Soon, so will you.
ACARO:
Chris Harrell – Vocals
Felipe Roa – Guitars
Chris Robinson – Guitars
Kevin Smith – Bass
Jason Fitzgerald – Drums
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(Source: ClawHammer PR)
* For more info on ACARO, click on the links below!
http://www.facebook.com/officialacaro
http://www.goombamusic.com/artists/acaro
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: http://www.killswitchengage.com
SHADOWS FALL: http://www.shadowsfall.com
LONG LIVE ACARO.
LONG LIVE KILLSWITCH ENGAGE.
LONG LIVE SHADOWS FALL.
Stone.
Highly recommended to all Metal fans all over the globe! That is just how unreal good Retribution from Shadows Fall is… that I start off by just bluntly recommending this new album. Seriously, Retribution is one solid chunk of Thrash Metal Music for me. On this new release, (released September 15, 2009), Shadows Fall sounds as if they are not holding back the hard and heavy for no one. I am not taking the easy way out by saying all ten songs are damn incredible. The all encompassing barrage of Metal fury, that highlights each turn and corner on Retribution, is like a Metal power rush to my brain that I do not want to end. In my Metal opinion, it very much seems as if Shadows Fall took a long and hard listen to the once in a millennium, Metal masterpiece from Slipknot called All Hope Is Gone… and decided they too wanted to raise their own Metal bar. The All Hope Is Gone influence I hear on Retribution, is deserving of a raucous Metal applause for Shadows Fall, for if this influence is to be true… Shadows Fall surely knows real Metal when they hear it. The unrelenting surge of Metal power both musically and vocally, (both lead and backing/gang vocals), found within Retribution, are the best ways I can describe my All Hope Is Gone comparison. 
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