Colorado’s brutal deathcore denizens Crown Magnetar have announced a co-headlining North American tour with Australia’s To the Grave, with tickets going live Friday at 10AM local time here. It’ll be in support of recent singles (and the debuts of new guitarist Rob Maramonte, formerly of The Zenith Passage and Fallujah): “Impaled Genesis” and “Desecrate Infinite”. And perhaps a new album is on the horizon?
Vocalist Dan Tucker comments: “We’re beyond excited to announce ‘The Sawed Off Suffering Tour’ alongside our friends in To The Grave. This package represents some of the most punishing bands in heavy music, and we wanted to build something that delivers pure intensity from start to finish. With Face Yourself joining us as direct support and a rotating lineup featuring Backbiter, Tracheotomy, Squelching, I Declare War, and Ameonna, every night is going to be an absolute assault. If you’re looking for a tour built around relentless brutality, and the heaviest bands in the scene, ‘The Sawed Off Suffering Tour’ is exactly that.”
Under a week after the tour ends, Crown Magnetar will fly to Europe to reunite with tech death monoliths Archspire, this time as direct support following a crushing North American romp, with further support from The Zenith Passage and Analepsy.
“The Sawed Off Suffering Tour” – Crown Magnetar co-headliner w/ To the Grave
Support from Face Yourself and the following bands on select dates: I Declare War, Ameonna (ex-Chelsea Grin), Tracheotomy, Backbiter, Squelching
Sept. 17, 2026 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
Sept. 18, 2026 – Detroit, MI @ Catacombs at The Sanctuary *
Sept. 19, 2026 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s *
Sept. 20, 2026 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground *
Sept. 22, 2026 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace *
Sept. 23, 2026 – Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Électriques *
Sept. 24, 2026 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground *
Sept. 25, 2026 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows *
Sept. 26, 2026 – Harrisburg, PA @ Capital City Music Hall *
Sept. 27, 2026 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium *
Sept. 28, 2026 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery ^
Sept. 30, 2026 – Asheville, NC @ Revival ^
Oct. 1, 2026 – Nashville, TN @ The End ^
Oct. 2, 2026 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory) ^
Oct. 3, 2026 – Jacksonville, FL @ The Albatross ^
Oct. 4, 2026 – West Palm Beach, FL @ The Banyan Live ^
Oct. 6, 2026 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada $
Oct. 7, 2026 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live $
Oct. 9, 2026 – Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room
Oct. 10, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex +
Oct. 11, 2026 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post +
Oct. 13, 2026 – Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne Theatre +
Oct. 14, 2026 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon +
Oct. 16, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell ~
Oct. 17, 2026 – Denver, CO @ HQ ~
* = w/ Backbiter
^ = w/ Tracheotomy
$ = w/ Squelching
+ = w/ I Declare War
~ = w/ Ameonna
Archspire “European Vacation Tour”
w/ Crown Magnetar, The Zenith Passage, Analepsy
Oct. 23, 2026 – Köln, Germany @ Essigfabrik
Oct. 24, 2026 – Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje
Oct. 26, 2026 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Oct. 27, 2026 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
Oct. 28, 2026 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay
Oct. 29, 2026 – Dublin, Ireland @ Academy
Oct. 30, 2026 – Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2
Oct. 31, 2026 – Bristol, UK @ Electric Bristol
Nov. 2, 2026 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka Zappa
Nov. 3, 2026 – Paris, France @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge
Nov. 5, 2026 – Madrid, Spain @ Revi Live
Nov. 6, 2026 – Barcelona, Spain @ Salamandra
Nov. 7, 2026 – Toulouse, France @ Bascala
Nov. 8, 2026 – Aarau, Switzerland @ Kiff
Nov. 9, 2026 – Milan, Italy @ Legend Club
Nov. 10, 2026 – München, Germany @ Backstage
Nov. 11, 2026 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage
Nov. 12, 2026 – Prague, Czechia @ Meet Factory
Nov. 13, 2026 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theater
Nov. 14, 2026 – Jena, Germany @ F-Haus
Nov. 16, 2026 – Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan
Nov. 17, 2026 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
Nov. 18, 2026 – Oslo, Norway @ John Dee
Nov. 19, 2026 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Kollektivet Livet
Nov. 21, 2026 – Helsinki, Finland @ Ääniwalli
Crown Magnetar are out for blood—and buckets of it. Since announcing that intent with last year’s Punishment EP, they’ve moved on to full-on vats with the addition of guitarist Rob Maramonte. His tech death bent (developed in his years playing for the likes of The Zenith Passage and Fallujah), elevates Crown Magnetar‘s intensity on stand-alone singles “Impaled Genesis” and “Desecrate Infinite.”
The fact their bloodlust is so omnipresent—last EP Punishment dropped just over a year after 2023’s crushing Everything Bleeds—could be a shock, though it makes sense upon further examination.
The group’s second LP brought blunt force bludgeoning to the table with its chugging deathcore brutality. This rhythmic rage took precedent over technical death maximalism that was the focus of 2021’s debut LP The Codex of Flesh and 2022’s intermediary EP Alone In Death, and is here delivered with the sharpness and focus of a razor. That Punishment (out now on Unique Leader Records) beats the blood out of the fresh and deep wounds in equal measure suggests the band spent their time at Dream Awake Audio packing their instruments, both literal and decidedly more lethal, full of those very same blades. It’s even reflected in the over-the-top titles of “Barbed Wire Noose,” “Nailed the F**k Down” and “Decapitation Ritual,” which are as much a brutal blast as the blazing beats and double bass that fill them. That those names make announcement single “Bringer of Dead Light” sound soft (on the surface) becomes hysterical when it decimates ear drums.
Once again helmed by producer-turned-bassist Mike Sahm, Punishment is anything but for fans of the Colorado deathcore denizens that once again continue their release-a-year streak after last year’s re-mixed and re-mastered The Prophet of Disgust EP. The growth between that debut and this no doubt turned listeners into the masochists that will devour Punishment with a smile on their face and brought the band around the world with the likes of Lorna Shore, Dying Fetus, Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence, Signs of the Swarm, Aborted, Carnifex, Spite, Enterprise Earth and more.
It will be hard to miss Crown Magnetar on the road moving forward, with their upcoming co-headliner with To the Grave, recent and upcoming runs with Archspire, and more to be announced, as always. There’s always more blood to collect.
Crown Magnetar line-up:
Vocals: Dan Tucker
Guitar: Rob Maramonte
Drums: Byron London
Bass: Michael Sahm
Crown Magnetar online:
https://www.instagram.com/crownmagnetar
https://www.facebook.com/crownmagnetar
https://www.youtube.com/@crownmagnetar
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