“With the overwhelming success of their last trek through North America earlier this year, Holland’s symphonic metal band EPICA will be returning to the U.S. and Canada for 24 headlining shows with label mates Scar Symmetry, Mutiny Within, and Blackguard.  The tour is set to launch on November 16th in West Springfield, Virginia and wrap-up in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 18th.

This will be EPICA’s second trek to North America in support of their Billboard-charting release (Heatseekers chart – #12; Top Hard Music Albums chart – #47) Design Your Universe featuring new guitarist Isaac Delahaye (ex-God Dethroned).

Confirmed tour dates are:

11/16/10  Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
11/17/10  The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
11/19/10  The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
11/20/10  The Palladium – Worcester, MA
11/21/10  Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA
11/23/10  Music Hall – London, ON – CANADA
11/24/10  Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
11/26/10  Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
11/27/10  Headliner’s Music Hall – Louisville, KY
11/28/10  The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
11/30/10  Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
12/02/10  El Corazon – Seattle, WA
12/03/10  Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC – CANADA
12/04/10  Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
12/05/10  DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
12/07/10  The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
12/08/10  Ramona Mainstage – Ramona, CA
12/09/10  Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
12/11/10  Trees – Dallas, TX
12/12/10  Emo’s – Austin, TX
12/14/10  The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
12/15/10  Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
12/17/10  The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
12/18/10  Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC”

Source: Epica Myspace