BATTLECROSS Launches “Minisode” Series From “Rise To Power” Recording Session

Check out a stream of the scorching track “Spoiled” from “Rise To Power” HERE.

The first song from “Rise to Power”, “Not Your Slave“, is streaming at metalblade.com/battlecross. “Rise to Power” will be released worldwide on Metal Blade Records on August 21^st, 2015. The record was produced by Jason Suecof, and mixed/mastered by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios. Cover art was completed by Hungarian artist Péter Sallai (Sabaton, Sacred Steel).
Following a short break BATTLECROSS will appear at the 2015 Heavy MTL in Montreal on August 8^th. From August 21^st through August 24^th, the band will play a handful of CD release shows, before they join up with GWAR and Butcher Babies for a North American tour kicking off August 25^th in Millvale, PA and wraps up September 18^th in Rochester, NY. Fans can expect to hear BATTLECROSS classics and the blistering new tracks from “Rise to Power”. A complete list of dates can be found below.

“Rise to Power” Track Listing:
1. Scars
2. Not Your Slave
3. Absence
4. Spoiled
5. The Climb
6. Blood & Lies
7. Bound by Fear
8. Despised
9. Shackles
10. The Path

BATTLECROSS

08/08 Montreal, QC                 Heavy MTL

CD Release Shows

08/21 Westland, MI                 Token Lounge

08/22 Chicago, IL                   Reggies

08/23 Kokomo, IN                           Center Stage

08/24 Cleveland, OH                Agora Ballroom

Tour w/ GWAR, Butcher Babies

08/25 Millvale, PA          Mr. Smalls Theatre

08/27 Des Moines, IA              Wooly’s

08/28 Lincoln, NE                   Bourbon Theatre

08/29 Wichita, KS                   Lizards Lounge*

08/30 Lawrence, KS                Granada

08/31 Tulsa, OK                      Cain’s Ballroom

09/01 San Antonio, TX            Alamo City Music Hall

09/02 Baton Rouge, LA            Varsity Theatre

09/03 Mobile, AL                    Soul Kitchen

09/04 Birmingham, AL             Iron City

09/05 Spartanburg, SC             Ground Zero*

09/06 Winston-Salem, NC        Ziggys

09/08 Wilmington, NC             Ziggys By The Sea

09/09 Jacksonville, FL             Freebird Live

09/10 Chattanooga, TN            Track 29

09/11 Sauget, IL                     Pop’s

09/13 Clifton, NJ                     Dingbatz*

09/14 Poughkeepsie, NY          The Chance

09/15 So. Burlington, VT         Higher Ground

09/16 Reading, PA                   Reverb

09/17 Huntington, NY              The Paramount

09/18 Rochester, NY               Water Street Music Hall

*Off Date – BATTLECROSS Headline Show*

BATTLECROSS‘ previous album, “War of Will,” debuted at #134 on the Billboard Top 200 chart upon its release in July of 2013. This was the band’s first ever Billboard chart debut! “War of Will“also peaked at #3 on the US iTunes metal chart on the day of release. Watch the music video for “Never Coming Back” now at metalblade.com/battlecross.