The Summer Slaughter 2013 lineup has officially been announced and will include The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, and Aeon, with more bands to be announced. I am so excited that I am going to faint.

Just as they did last year, Summer Slaughter is stepping outside of the box of go-to deathcore bands supporting death metal legends and are pulling from a wide array of artists in the genre. This lineup is absolutely mind-blowing, and has something for everyone. More bands are to be announced soon. I think this tour trumps last year’s in terms of overall power. There’s only two bands above that I don’t really care either way for, and if you’ve read the site in the last year you can probably guess.

Also keeping in last year’s tradition, the tour is letting fans chose what band opens the tour. Check the graphic below:

You can vote for the openers at this location. We personally urge you to vote for Last Chance To Reason or Intervals, who are both friends of the site. You can’t go wrong with either on this lineup!

More info when we get it. This summer is going to RULE.

– JR