Megadeth And Slayer Cause Canadian Carnage

Metal veterans Megadeth and Slayer will perform together for the first time in more than 15 years when they co-headline the Canadian Carnage tour with Machine Head and Suicide Silence in four cities in late June.

Tickets go on sale on Saturday via Ticketmaster and will run you from $59.50 to $79.50.

Guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, guitarist Chris Broderick, bassist James Lomenzo and drummer Shawn Drover are recording Megadeth's 12th studio album in Los Angeles with producer Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Cradle Of Filth). The follow-up to 2007's United Abominations is scheduled for release this summer. A world tour is expected to follow.

Slayer guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, vocalist/bassist Tom Araya and drummer Dave Lombardo are in Los Angeles recording the band's 10th studio album with producers Greg Fidelman (The Wildbirds, Life Of Agony) and Rick Rubin (Metallica, Weezer). Plans are to release the still untitled record in July in tandem with the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem tour, which Slayer are co-headlining with Marilyn Manson.

The Grammy Award-nominated Machine Head are touring in support of The Blackening. Suicide Silence's No Time To Bleed sophomore album, which was produced by Machine (Lamb Of God, Boys Night Out), will be released on June 30.

Here are the dates for the Canadian Carnage tour:

June 24 Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
June 26 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
June 27 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
June 29 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre

Here are the dates for the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival:

July 10 Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 11 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 12 San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater
July 14 Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater
July 17 Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
July 18 Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
July 19 Denver, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
July 21 Kansas City, MO @ Sandstone Amphitheater
July 22 St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 24 Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheater
July 25 Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Centre
July 26 Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 28 Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 29 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
July 31 Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Aug. 1 Pittsburgh, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion
Aug. 2 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug. 4 Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
Aug. 6 Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Aug. 7 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 8 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
Aug. 9 Washington, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
Aug. 11 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater
Aug. 14 San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 15 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center