Chris Beattie was injured earlier this week in an accident and will need to undergo immediate surgery. Beattie will sit out the Fall Tour and Matt Bachand from label mates, Shadows Fall, will fill in for Beattie.
Beattie explains, "On Monday a large branch fell off a tree I was cutting and knocked the ladder I was on out from under me. I fell 8 feet off the ladder onto the sidewalk and luckily was able to throw the chainsaw away from me on the way down. I broke my left wrist and right elbow. I will be going 'under the knife' this Friday to correct the breaks and start the healing process. Jamey, Wayne, Matt, Frank and our manager Steve have all been very supportive and I look forward to getting back out on the stage as soon as I can. Please go out and support Hatebreed as they leave for a short US tour today. Thanks to Matt from Shadows Fall for filling in for me. See you soon.”
Hatebreed have announced a new headlining North American tour starting this Fall! The tour will kick off on September 26th in Albany, NY with support from Shadows Fall along with special guests, The Acacia Strain and Battlecross. Tickets and will go on sale this weekend. VIP Meet and Greet packages are also available for select dates noted below at www.hatebreed.com/VIP.
The Divinity of Purpose Fall Tour 2013
September 11 – Lexington, KY – Buster’s Billiards & Backroom*
September 12 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue*
September 13 – Chicago, IL – Humboldt Park+
September 14 – Milvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre*
September 15 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom*
September 26 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance^**
September 27 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater^**
September 28 – Reading, PA – Reverb – Tsunami Festival+
September 30 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre^**
October 1 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights^**
October 2 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s^**
October 3 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Piere’s^**
October 4 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall^**
October 5 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre^**
October 6 – Greensboro, NC – Greene Street Club^**
October 7 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVA^**
October 9 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder^**
October 10 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop^**
October 11 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre^**
October 12 – Trois-Riveres, QC – Batisse Industrielle+
*w/ GWAR and Iron Reagon
^w/Shadows Fall, The Acacia Strain and Battlecross
Hevy and AEG Live present HEVY FEST - bringing some of the greatest bands in Hardcore and Metal to O2 Brixton Academy on Sunday 4th August.
Hatebreed will be featured on the ferocious line-up which includes metalcore legends Killswitch Engage, Comeback Kid, Sylosis and Evergreen Terrace, with opening sets from homegrown newcomers HEIGHTS and EMPRESS.
HEVY FEST is a re-imagining of the popular Kent festival, taking the best bands from across the line-up for one day of total anarchy - all for only £28! Tickets are on sale now. You wont want to miss this...
Jamey Jasta chatted with the hosts of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show and talked about the rigors of touring life and The Divinity of Purpose. Check his segment out at the 2:40 mark in the video below.
Jamey and Frank woke up extra early today to sit down for an interview at the Fox 17 studios in Grand Rapids, Michigan before tonight's show at The Intersection! Watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/HBFox17
Hatebreed has been nominated for BEST LIVE BAND at the 2013 REVOLVER Magazine Golden Gods Awards! Show your Diehard dedication by voting for us HERE.
*You may vote as many times as you can. Voting ends April 15*
Jamey Jasta has taken over MetalOnVEVO with his own custom playlist including videos from Hatebreed, Entombed, Slayer, Agnostic Front, Kreator and more! CLICK HERE to check it out
MONTREAL! We've teamed up with Noisecreep to give away two (2) complimentary VIP tickets to UFC 158, this Saturday March 16, 2013, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CLICK HERE to Enter
UFC 158's main event will feature a fight between Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.
Hatebreed reached over 700,000 Facebook followers this weekend and is giving away 3 The Divinity of Purpose vinyl picture-discs to celebrate.
Fans can enter to win by clicking here and following the instructions listed.
The contest is only available to US residents and will end on March 19th at 12:00 AM.
MetalSucks.net has named Jamey Jasta the #23 Top Modern Metal Front Man, “fronting what may very well be the most successful hardcore band of its generation.” Read the full article HERE.
Don't have Hatebreed's new album The Divinity of Purpose yet? It's on sale for $7.99 at Best Buy thru March 2nd, so act fast to get it on this killer price!
Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta talks with Hails and Horns Magazine about touring and Hatebreed's new album Divinity of Purpose in an interview published on Tuesday.
Read the interview at Hails and Horns.
Hatebreed has announced their second headlining tour in support of their new studio album, The Divinity of Purpose. The Divinity of Purpose 2 Tour 2013will kick off on April 9th in Millvale, PA. Joining Hatebreed on this run will be special guests Every Time I Die, Terror, Job For A Cowboy and This Is Hell (tour dates below) . Tickets and VIP Meet & Greet packages will go on sale Wednesday, February 13th at 12:00 PM at Hatebreed.com/vip. Public on sale begins on Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th.
The Divinity of Purpose 2 Tour
April 9 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
April 10 - Kokomo, IN - CenterStage Bar and Grill
April 11 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
April 12 - Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose Tap House
April 13 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave ^
April 14 – Toledo, OH – Headliners (Jamboree Fest)*
April 15 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
April 16 - Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
April 17 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
April 18 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
April 19 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium (New England Metal & Hardcore Festival)*
^ Every Time I Die not on date
*Festival date
Hatebreed’s much-anticipated new studio album, The Divinity of Purpose, has debuted at #20 on the Billboard Top 200 with over 17,400 units sold in its first week out at retail.
Hatebreed has premiered “Honor Never Dies,” their new lyric video from their forthcoming new studio album, The Divinity Of Purpose. The video is available now exclusively on AOL Noisecreep. The song is the second look into The Divinity of Purpose, which will be released on January 29, 2013 in the U.S./Canada (on Razor & Tie) and on January 25th in Europe/Ireland and on January 28th in the U.K. on Nuclear Blast. The lyric video for “Honor Never Dies” was produced by Tyjens Media.
The Divinity Of Purpose is now available for pre-order on iTunes . When fans pre-order the album, they’ll also receive an instant download of “Put It to the Torch.” The CD is also available for pre-order on Amazon.
Hatebreed is currently featured on the covers of both Revolver and Hails & Horns Magazines. The new album is receiving some early press raves from around the world.
“The Connecticut based band have truly outdone themselves (again) on their sixth opus….Epic.” - 4/5 Stars Alternative Press
“The Divinity of Purpose sounds like: think, brutal, pile-driving metallic hardcore with Jamey Jasta’s formidable bark presiding over the whole thing, but as with all their records, it still has a personality of its own. Oh, and its fantastic. When it comes to mean as hell chuggery, you really can’t do much better.” – Outburn (9/10)
“Hatebreed’s purpose is coming up with more ways to chug and tumble, and slug and stomp your ugly guts out. Divine indeed!” -Decibel
“Hatebreed has become one of those bands that you can count on… heavy as fuck, in your face, mosh worthy record with hooks that will have the whole pit chanting word for word.” - Hails & Horns
“Hatebreed don't mess around. The Divinity of Purpose, is shaping up to be just as crushing as everything they've ever done, if not more so. It's primed to ignite mosh pits from New Haven all the way to New Delhi.” – Artist Direct
“It's very mosh 'n' stomp, Hatebreed style. It's brain-busting burst of mosh-worthy hardcore.” - 10 Metal Albums to Check Out This Winter - AOL Noisecreep
“Returning to its ferocious best, tearing through 37 minutes of blitz krieg dynamics, galloping rhythms and muscular riffery.” - Billboard
“‘Put it to the Torch’ is certainly a satisfying taste of what’s to come. It certainly heats up the cold winter months.”
-Loudwire.com
“Hatebreed's New Song Is, In Fact, "All Pit, No Shit"-Metal Injection
“Breathless...F****** powerful like a war machine… Hatebreed have re-defined the whole genre of hardcore/ metal with their new album..." -Metal Hammer
Hatebreed just wrapped up the 2013 EMP Persistence Tour that played to sold-out rooms throughout Europe. The band kicks off their first official U.S. tour in support of the new record on January 26th in Flint, MI at the Machine Shop with special guests and label mates, Shadows Fall along with support acts, Dying Fetus and The Contortionist (tour dates below). The Machine Shop date is completely sold out.
MassConcerts proudly presents the first details for New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2013, today confirming the dates and preliminary list of bands for this year’s occurrence of the long-running annual event. For the 2013 installment, the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will once again overthrow the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, this year marking the 15th anniversary of the iconic weekend-long gathering! The festivities will commence with a pre-party on April 18th, 2013 and the three official days of the fest following on the 19th, 20th, and 21st.
The confirmed headliners for the event will include Hatebreed, Opeth and Suicidal Tendencies, as well as legendary thrash titans Anthrax performing their Among The Living album in its entirety, as part of their headlining of the Metalliance Tour.
Hatebreed has premiered “Put It To The Torch,” the first official music video from their forthcoming new studio album, The Divinity Of Purpose. The video is available now worldwide exclusively on VEVO. The song is the first look into The Divinity of Purpose, which will be released on January 29, 2013 in the U.S./Canada on Razor & Tie and on January 25th in Europe/Ireland and on January 28th in the U.K. on Nuclear Blast.
“Put It To The Torch” was directed by Justin Reich (A Skylit Drive, Between the Buried And Me, Black Label Society).
The Divinity Of Purpose is available now for pre-order on iTunes here. When fans pre-order the album, they’ll also receive an instant download of “Put It to the Torch.”
The Divinity Of Purpose was co-produced by Hatebreed, Zeuss (Suicide Silence, All That Remains, Shadows Fall) and Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Avenged Sevenfold). The album is already receiving early raves with Outburn awarding it a 9 out of 10 rating and commenting, “It’s fantastic. Think brutal, pile-driving metallic hardcore with Jamey Jasta’s formidable bark presiding over the whole thing. When it comes to mean as hell chuggery, you really can’t do much better,” and Metal Hammer praising it as “Breathless…F****** powerful like a war machine-- Hatebreed have re-defined the whole genre of hardcore/metal with their new album.”
Hatebreed heads to Europe this week where they will headline the EMP Persistence Tour 2013. The band kicks off their first official U.S. tour on January 26th in Flint, MI and will be on tour through February 17th in Amityville, NY with special guests and label mates, Shadows Fall along with support acts, Dying Fetus and The Contortionist (tour dates below).
