Hatebreed Will Headline the Revived Summer Slaughter Tour This July
Hatebreed is bringing Summer Slaughter back. The Connecticut hardcore/metal veterans will headline the revived tour this July with one of the most savage lineups the series has seen in years. If you've been waiting for a reason to lose your mind in a pit this summer, this is it.
Jamey Jasta put it best: "A new era of Summer Slaughter has begun." Tour founder Ash Avildsen also noted that he's always wanted Hatebreed to headline Summer Slaughter since the inception of the tour. It took a while, but here we are. Jasta added that it's been years since Hatebreed has done a summer tour in the U.S. and that Summer Slaughter is the perfect return for them.
The Lineup
Supporting Hatebreed on all dates are Devourment, Snuffed on Sight, Balmora, and Face Yourself. That alone is a brutal undercard. But it gets better. Incantation will be joining for the final five dates of the tour, from Saginaw through Buffalo. Honestly, those last five shows are going to be something else entirely.
Tour Dates
The run kicks off July 2nd in Reading, PA and wraps up July 24th in Buffalo, NY. Here are all the dates:
July 02 — Reading, PA @ Reverb
July 03 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
July 05 — Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
July 07 — Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
July 08 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
July 09 — New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's
July 10 — Houston, TX @ House of Blues
July 11 — Austin, TX @ Emo's
July 12 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
July 14 — Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
July 15 — Omaha, NE @ The Admiral
July 19 — Saginaw, MI @ The Vault *
July 21 — St. Louis, MO @ Pop's Nightclub *
July 22 — Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere's Entertainment Center *
July 23 — Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre *
July 24 — Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
* with Incantation
Tickets and Presales
There are a couple presale windows to get in early. The artist presale started March 24th at 12:00 p.m. ET with the password SSLAUGHTER. There's also a Blabbermouth presale running from March 25 at 2:00 p.m. EST through March 26 at 10:00 p.m. local time with code HBSLAUGHTER26. General on-sale is Friday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
New Music on the Horizon
This tour isn't just about the live show. Hatebreed has a new album on the way. Their last full-length, Weight of the False Self, dropped back in November 2020, and fans have been hungry for more. The band released the single "Make the Demons Obey" last July, which was their first new material in nearly five years. If you haven't heard it yet, go fix that.
Guitarist Frank Novinec confirmed the new record is essentially done. The band has been taking advantage of the modern rollout strategy, dropping singles while fine-tuning the rest of the album. Drummer Matt Byrne described the new material as the heaviest stuff they've ever written, calling it way thrashier and more Slayer-esque than anything they've done before. I'll be real, when a band that already hits as hard as Hatebreed says they're going heavier, you pay attention.
The band is currently independent and self-funding the album. They're weighing their options on a label situation, but in the meantime they'll keep dropping singles to hold fans over.
A New Era for the Band
There have been some changes in the Hatebreed camp recently. Founding bassist Chris Beattie has departed the band, which shifts the songwriting dynamic that's been in place since the beginning. Guitarist Wayne Lozinak also dealt with a serious health scare in 2025 after being diagnosed with a benign meningioma while touring in Europe. He underwent a craniotomy in August 2025 and made his return to the stage at Aftershock festival in Sacramento that October. The band kept touring through all of it, bringing in fill-in musicians to keep things moving.
Byrne summed it up well: "New record, new music. It's a new era of the band. We've had some lineup changes. We dealt with some curve balls this summer, some health stuff. So we're coming out on top, we're grinding through."
That's what Hatebreed has always been about. Pushing through whatever gets thrown at them and coming out harder on the other side.
Don't Sleep on This
Sixteen dates across the U.S. and one stop in Toronto. Rooms like The Palladium, Cain's Ballroom, and Tipitina's. A lineup stacked with some of the most punishing bands in extreme music. And a headliner with a new album ready to drop and something to prove. These are the kind of shows that sell out and leave you wishing you'd grabbed tickets sooner.
General tickets go on sale Friday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. local time. Use the presale codes above if you want a head start. Either way, don't wait on this one.
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