The Summer Slaughter Tour
Date City Country Venue
July 21 , 2012 Santa Cruz United States The Atrium
July 22 , 2012 Portland United States Branx
July 23 , 2012 Seattle United States Studio Seven
July 24 , 2012 Boise United States The Venue
July 26 , 2012 Denver United States Marquis Theater
July 27 , 2012 Salina United States The Factory
July 28 , 2012 Des Moines United States Vaudeville Mews
July 29 , 2012 Saint Paul United States Station 4
July 30 , 2012 Green Bay United States The Hideout
July 31 , 2012 Joliet United States Mojoes
August 1 , 2012 Cleveland United States Peabody 's
August 2 , 2012 Danbury United States Heirloom Arts
August 3 , 2012 Smithtown United States Masonic Temple
August 4 , 2012 Trenton United States Backstage at Champs
August 5 , 2012 Wilmington United States Mojo 13
August 6 , 2012 New York City United States Studio at Webster Hall
August 7 , 2012 Springfield United States Empire
August 8 , 2012 Richmond United States Kingdom
August 9 , 2012 Wilmington United States Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
August 11 , 2012 Tampa United States Brass Mug
The Slaughter Survivors Tour 2012 ( North America )
Headliner : Pathology Support bands : Enfold Darkness Fallujah Fit for an Autopsy Aegaeon Tour dates
The Summer Slaughter Tour is an annual heavy metal music tour held every year since 2007. It originated in North America in 2007 and has toured in Canada in 2008, Europe in 2008, and Australia and New Zealand in 2009. Billed as The Most Extreme Tour of the Year, Summer Slaughter has earned a reputation as being one of the few summer tours to cater exclusively to fans of extreme forms of metal music. Starting in 2012, Summer Slaughter began to add more progressive metal bands to their lineups, seeing Between the Buried and Me co-headline with Cannibal Corpse. Periphery also played Summer Slaughter 2012, and came back during Summer Slaughter 2013, along with progressive metal bands Animals as Leaders and The Ocean. The focus on progressive metal that year was controversial and many people were into heavy metal music, and death metal focused lineups returned in 2014, seeing Morbid Angel headline.