Since its launch in 2012, the annual Decibel Magazine Tour’s ambitious curation has unified artists from around the extreme universe who would otherwise never have the opportunity to tour North America together. The lineup for the 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour continues that proud tradition, as Norwegian progressive metal legends Enslaved join forces with Pacific Northwest black metal heroes Wolves in the Throne Room, Danish post-black siren Myrkur and doomed rock ‘n’ crushers Khemmis (with regional openers in select markets to be announced next year).

“I have always wanted Enslaved to be part of the Decibel Tour concept,” says Enslaved guitarist and co-founder Ivar Bjørnson. “Not only is Decibel an institution, and defender of the last line of resistance for the printed metal mag in North America (for a band started in 1991, printed magazines are no small matter), but the Decibel Tour has also become an institution and an icon for metal that we admire here on the other side of the pond. So, to be asked to headline, and to perform with these other very fine artists, is a great honor and a great pleasure. Be there or be trapezoid!”

Of 2018’s four featured acts, three have released new LPs in late 2017 to coincide with the Decibel Tour:Enslaved, with their fourteenth full-length album, E; Wolves in the Throne Room, with sixth recordThrice Woven; and Myrkur, with sophomore release Mareridt. The former have already been honored with a pair of authoritative Hall of Fame features (on 1994’s landmark Frost and 2003 groundbreakerBelow the Lights). Wolves in the Throne and Myrkur each graced Decibel’s cover in 2017, while in 2016, Khemmis took home Decibel’s Album of the Year honor for their Hunted release. Additionally,Enslaved, Myrkur and Khemmis have each recorded and released exclusive tracks via the DecibelFlexi Series, and the 2018 headliners will return with their second flexi contribution, which will appear in the annual Decibel Tour issue of the magazine that hits stands February 2018.

Tickets for the 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour can be found at www.decibelmagazine.com/tour. All dates and venues are below.

2/15/2018  TLA – Philadelphia, PA
2/16/2018  Irving Plaza – New York, NY
2/17/2018  Royale – Boston, MA
2/18/2018  Corona Theatre – Montreal, QC
2/20/2018  Phoenix Theatre – Toronto, ON
2/21/2018  Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
2/23/2018  Metro – Chicago, IL
2/24/2018  Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
2/25/2018  Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
2/26/2018  Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
2/28/2018  Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
3/02/2018  MacEwan Ballroom – Calgary, AB
3/03/2018  The Starlite Ballroom – Edmonton, BC
3/05/2018  Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
3/06/2018  El Corazon – Seattle, WA
3/07/2018  Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
3/09/2018  Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
3/10/2018  The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA