KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Set to Headline Metal Blade Records Third and Final 40th Anniversary Show at House of Blues Las Vegas

Â KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

Set to Headline Metal Blade Records

Third and Final 40th Anniversary Show

at House of Blues Las Vegas October 5

Fit For An Autopsy and Label-Mates Visigoth to Support

KILLSWITCH ENGAGEÂ are the headline act taking over the House of Blues in Las Vegas, NV in celebration ofÂ Metal Blade Records 40th AnniversaryÂ with support coming fromÂ Fit for an AutopsyÂ andÂ Visigoth. The show is set to take place onÂ Wednesday, October 5Â and marks the third and final concert commemoratingÂ Metal Blade RecordsÂ momentous anniversary.

Tickets will be on saleÂ Friday, July 22Â at 10am local timeÂ HEREÂ and Live Nationâs Presale will be available to fansÂ Wednesday, July 20Â at 10am PT thruÂ Thursday, July 21Â at 10pm PT.

âWe are super happy to be celebrating our 40th year with our friends inÂ Killswitch Engage, Fit For an AutopsyÂ andÂ Visigoth!Â I hope you can all come celebrate with us!!!âÂ commentsÂ Brian Slagel

Â âI canât imagine where music or my journey as a musician would be with outÂ Metal Blade Records,âÂ addsÂ Killswitch EngageÂ vocalistÂ Jesse Leach.Â âI can speak for the band when I say we are stoked and absolutely honored to be apart of the 40th anniversary celebration! Killer line up and a legendary milestone for Metal music around the world! Massive respect and love toÂ Brian Slagel forÂ all he has done for music and forÂ Killswitch!â

In other news:

OnÂ September 17thÂ a separateÂ Metal Blade Records 40th AnniversaryÂ show will take place atÂ The SpaceÂ inÂ Las VegasÂ featuring the legendaryÂ Sacred Reich, an integral part of the thrash movement still churning out classics on Metal Blade. Tickets available here:Â https://thespacelv.com/event/sacred-reich/

There are still some tickets available for fans to tour theÂ Metal Blade Records Museum, which is not yet open to the public, locatedÂ in Las Vegas, NV. The museum will be open for one day,Â Wednesday July 20, fromÂ 12pm to 5pm. Guests will be able to take a self-guided tour of the heavy metal museum though,Â Metal Blade RecordsâÂ founder himself,Â Brian Slagel, will treat guests arriving at 12nooon to a guided tour. Tickets availableÂ HERE.

Fans not in the Las Vegas area can still get a glimpse inside of the museum by checking out the videos at the links below. Part 3 of the Museum Tour series is set to go live later this summer.

Metal Blade Museum Tour Video Part 1:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj8neZlBP8M

Metal Blade Museum Tour Video Part 2:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyu0wUIOuo

Decade specific t-shirts designed in honor of this major anniversary, playlists, and other special anniversary releases are available here:Â https://metalblade.com/40thanniversary/

About Metal Blade Records:

Founded upon ownerÂ Brian Slagel‘s enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982Â Metal BladeÂ has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seenÂ Metal BladeÂ build up a stunning and diverse catalogue, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it celebrates its fourth decade.

Metal Blade RecordsÂ launchedÂ Metallica,Â Slayer,Â Armored Saint,Â Fates Warning,Â GWAR,Â Cannibal Corpse,Â Amon Amarth,Â Whitechapel,Â The Black Dahlia Murder,Â Cattle Decapitation, and dozens more genre giants, shaping four decades and counting of hard rock, metal, and extreme music culture.Â Brian SlagelÂ worked as a record store clerk when he foundedÂ Metal BladeÂ in 1982, reserving a spot for a young Lars Ulrich on hisÂ Metal MassacreÂ compilation series.Â Metal BladeÂ grew from humble beginnings in Los Angeles to become an international powerhouse, selling millions of albums while remaining fiercely independent. In 2017,Â Slayer‘sÂ Kerry KingÂ inducted the label into the Hall of Heavy Metal History.Â Slagel‘sÂ For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade RecordsÂ arrived the same year.