Sept. 9, 2013, Torrance, Calif. – The previously announced Scion A/V presented High On Fire tour, which sees the California power trio joined by Norwegian hard rock crew Kvelertak, has added an additional twelve dates to the incendiary extravaganza with newly announced stops in Boston, Toronto, Chicago and San Francisco amongst others.

As part of the Scion A/V-sponsored tour, High on Fire will release a new single titled “Slave The Hive” on Oct. 16, marking the first new music from the Oakland-based metal champions since the Spring 2012 release of De Vermis Mysteriis. A limited edition 7-inch will be available at all tour dates with a video for the song to be released simultaneously.

Norwegian thrash-metal sextet Kvelertak, who have had one of 2013’s buzziest hard rock releases with the Kurt Ballou (Converge) produced album Meir, will open all dates. Doomriders (Nov. 10 to 23), Pack of Wolves (Nov. 25 – 27) and Windhand (Nov. 29 to Dec. 12) will be featured as the evening opener on different legs of the tour.

A Twitter (Twitter.com/ScionAV) sweepstakes will be ongoing throughout the tour, with two pairs being given away per show.

November     10     Atlanta, GA     The Masquerade

November     11     Asheville, NC     Orange Peel

November     15     New York, NY     Webster Hall

November     17     Montreal, QC     Corona Theatre

November     23     Sauget, IL      Pop’s

November     27     Austin, TX     Mohawk Outside

November     29     Lawrence, KS     Granada Theatre

December     2     Winnipeg, MB      West End Cultural Centre

December     4     Edmonton, MB     Starlite Room

December     5     Calgary, AB     Republik

December     7     Vancouver, BC     Venue Vancouver

December     8     Seattle, WA     El Corazon

December     9     Portland, OR      Hawthorne Theatre

December     12     Los Angeles, CA      El Rey Theatre

Tickets for the newly announced dates are on-sale on Sept. 13 with Chicago on-sale on Sept. 14.  Tickets for the previously released dates are currently on-sale.

High On Fire recently released the first official live recordings of their career with the two volume set Spitting Fire Live, which has been hailed as “high-volume intensity” by the Austin Chronicle, “hot as the infernos” by Pitchfork and a “documentation of the band’s undiminished ferocity onstage” by the SF Weekly.  Recorded over a two evening NYC headlining stint at both NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg last winter, Spitting Fire Liveshowcases High On Fire at its incendiary best, containing songs from each of the band’s critically acclaimed studio albums including last year’s celebrated De Vermis Mysteriis.

High On Fire – “Fertile Green” (Official Video)

Universally recognized as one of the most potent acts in music today, High On Fire creates modern heavy metal that merges primal fury and aggression, hesher bombast and hall of fame heaviness.  Described as “a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume,” High On Fire has rewritten the hard rock rule book since its formation in 1998, forging a style and sound that is both critically celebrated and absolutely unique.  The group features vocalist and cult guitar hero Matt Pike — also a founding member of the famed underground band Sleep — along with powerhouse drummer Des Kensel and talented bassist Jeff Matz.  Pike was named as one of Rolling Stone‘s “New Guitar Gods” and is one of rock’s most charismatic figures.  High On Fire’s latest album De Vermis Mysteriis was released on April 3, 2012.

About Scion A/V:

Scion A/V is a creative enterprise of Scion devoted to the discovery, nurture, funding and distribution of compelling music and arts programming. Scion A/V has created and championed projects for over 100 underground musical artists, supported tours and special events, created film documentaries, curated art installations, and produced a collection of ‘zines. In addition,

Scion A/V executes the annual Scion Music(less) Music Conference and operates 17 broadband radio stations via Scion Streaming Radio. For more information, visit ScionAV.com.

About Scion:

Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., was developed with a new generation of youthful buyers in mind. Scion’s mission is to provide distinctive products, the opportunity to personalize, and an innovative, consumer-driven process at the retail level. The brand features five groundbreaking models with a wide array of standard features: the xD urban subcompact five-door, the iconic xB urban utility vehicle, the tC sports coupe, the premium micro-subcompact iQ and the FR-S rear-wheel drive sports car. The Scion brand often applies new practices in all aspects of its business and pushes the creativity envelope with non-traditional advertising and marketing to engage young consumers. Scion also supports originality through its programs in the artistic community. For more information, visit Scion.com.

Monica Seide

Speakeasy PR (Scion A/V)

(818) 363-1315

Carl Schultz

Action! Media and Marketing (High On Fire)

(512) 926-4511

Ross Anderson

Roadrunner Records (Kvelertak)

(212) 707-3066

Justin Ivey

Beyond Marketing Group

(949) 660-7972

Craig Taguchi

Scion Public Relations

(310) 468-3282