Shockwave Festival Tour Cancelled

by Ryan Minic | Jul 4, 2012

The “Shockwave Festival Tour 2012,” set to kick off on Friday in Seattle, has been cancelled.

The trek was to feature Fear Factory, Voivod, Cattle Decapitation, Misery Index, Revocation, Havok, Dirge Within, Last Chance To Reason, Vildhjarta, The Browning, and Forged In Flame.

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