Testament Announces "The Bay Strikes Back" European Tour With Exodus and Death Angel

The Bay Strikes Back (TESTAMENT / EXODUS / DEATH ANGEL)

Feb 06 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
Feb 07 - Stockholm, Sweden - Arenan Fryshuset
Feb 10 - Helsinki, Finland - The Circus
Feb 11 - Tampere, Finland - Pakkahoune
Feb 13 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
Feb 14 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
Feb 15 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
Feb 16 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg
Feb 18 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley's
Feb 19 - Wroclaw, Poland - Orbita Hall
Feb 20 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
​Feb 21 - Munich, Germany - Backstage

Blog author:  Alex Stojanovic

Holy shit!  We're not even into 2020 yet, but the award for the best metal tour of 2020 seems like it's already ready to be given out.  The new decade is going to start out strong, because the lucky lucky people in Europe are getting the ultimate Bay Area thrash extravaganza with a tour dubbed The Bay Strikes Back, featuring Testament as the headliners, and special guests Exodus and Death Angel.  I know, that's a killer right there!  I'm almost tempted to buy a plane ticket and go to one of the stops on this tour to see this show.

Testament recently announced that they completed recording the follow-up album to Brotherhood Of The Snake, and is tentatively due out in January.  Death Angel recently released their new album Humanicide, and Exodus are working on the follow-up to Blood In, Blood Out, which is due for release in 2020.  Since Slayer is playing its very last show on November 30th in Los Angeles, that means Gary Holt will be able to return to Exodus full time, and the process on the new album will continue full steam ahead.

The Bay Strikes Back will begin on February 6th in Copenhagen, Denmark, and run for 25 shows before wrapping up on March 11th in Hannover, Germany.  If your city is included on this list, please do yourself a favour and buy a ticket to this show.  You never know if this is going to happen again.  Testament, Exodus and Death Angel: three of the best Bay Area thrash bands on the planet on one bill, is history in the making.


​Feb 22 - Filderstadt, Germany - Filharmonie
Feb 25 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
Feb 27 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
Feb 28 - Madrid, Spain - Palacio Vistalegre
Feb 29 - Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
Mar 01 - Paris, France - Elysee Monmartre
Mar 03 - Bristol, England - Academy
Mar 04 - Dublin, Ireland - National Stadium
Mar 06 - London, England - Forum Kentish Town
Mar 07 - Manchester, England - Academy
Mar 08 - Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
Mar 10 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
Mar 11 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol