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Hellyeah roars again with winter headlining trek
Heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah takes another step away from side-project status with a monster headlining tour this winter behind the group's self-titled debut album.
The band--Mudvayne's Chad Gray (vocals) and Greg Tribbett (guitar), Nothingface's Tom Maxwell (guitar), Pantera/Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and Damageplan's Bob Zilla--is due tonight (10/10) in Wilkes-Barre, PA, as it continues its stint in support of alt-rockers Korn , but will follow with an almost 30-city headlining run of its own beginning late this fall.
The headlining portion kicks off Oct. 30 in Detroit, MI, when fellow metal outfits Otep and Bloodsimple join Hellyeah as opening support. The band has nailed down 22 cities for the outing so far, with additions expected before the trek winds to a close in mid-December. All currently plotted dates are shown below.
"We're seeing how far we can take [Hellyeah] this time around," Abbott said during an interview with LiveDaily in August. "Then, early next year, they're going to have the new Mudvayne record and they're going to do a tour. When that's all done, we're going to get back together. In one-and-a-half to two years, we'll do Hellyeah part two."
The band is touring behind its self-titled debut album, released in April on Epic Records. The seed for the band and eventual album was planted in 2000, when Maxwell and Gray met while both of their bands were on the Tattoo the Earth tour.
"I was hell-bent on starting this band," Maxwell said. "I had a lot of music I couldn't do in Nothingface. I wanted a band that would play hooks and grooves. So I accept the blame--or the credit."
