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NYHC kingpins MERAUDER have locked down a string of new live dates for May throughout North America. They kick off the brutality with a pair of California shows, followed by MERAUDER’s headlining appearance at 5/9 Fest in Las Vegas where they’ll be filming for an upcoming DVD. Following the fest they’ll play their way south and cross the border into Mexico for a five-date stretch. They round out the end of the month with two shows in New York (Albany/Brooklyn) alongside state-mates All Out War. They’ve also been confirmed to play the Metalliaurinko Festival in Harjavalta, Finland in early June.

MERAUDER USA/Mexico Tour:
5/07/2010 924 Gilman St – Berkely, CA w/ Ruckus, Rule Of Thumb
5/08/2010 Common Grounds – Riverside, CA w/ Ruckus, Rule Of Thumb
5/09/2010 Area 702 Skatepark – Las Vegas @ 5/9 fest w/ Donnybrook, Gravemaker, Beg For Life + 9 more
5/10/2010 Skrappy’s – Tucson, AZ w/ Ruckus, Rule Of Thumb, Beg For Life
5/11/2010 Open Aired – Yuma, AZ w/ Ruckus, Rule Of Thumb, Beg For Life
5/12/2010 1979 Club – Tijuana, Mexico w/ Rule Of Thumb
5/13/2010 Inferno Rock Rar – Matamoros, Mexico w/ Rule Of Thumb
5/14/2010 Ibex Rock Bar – Monterrey, Mexico w/ Rule Of Thumb
5/15/2010 Rock Live Bar – Gudalajara, Mexico w/ Rule Of Thumb
5/16/2010 El Clandestino – Mexico City, Mexico w/ Rule Of Thumb
5/28/2010 Bogies – Albany, NY w/All Out War
5/29/2010 HBNYC – Brooklyn, NY w/ All Out War
6/05/2010 Metalliaurinko Festival – Harjavalta, Finland

MERAUDER’s latest album God Is I was released last August, their first for Regain Records. Quoted as being the hardcore assassins’ most brutal album to date, the stylized crunch of God Is I shows the band at their most inspired and invigorated in years with its runaway freight train grooves, mid-pace stomps, seething gang vocals and death metal drenched riffs all built into the band’s patented metallic hardcore delivery.