STRIKER Announces Their 'Summer of Shred' w/ North American Tour Dates

STRIKER Announces Their 'Summer of Shred' w/ North American Tour Dates w/ Death Angel, Steel Panther, Holy Grail, Bewitcher Sixth Studio Album "Play To Win" Out Now! 2019 is officially STRIKER's 'Summer of Shred' as they will hitting the road this summer for multiple North American tour dates with DEATH ANGEL, STEEL PANTHER, HOLY GRAIL and BEWITCHER. Their shredding adventures will begin in Oklahoma City, OK on May 14th for US dates with DEATH ANGEL followed by a headlining show for Calgary's East Town Get Down Festival that includes Anvil. STRIKER will then support STEEL PANTHER for their Canadian dates from June 14th to June 25th and then kick off a short headlining tour from July 2nd to July 7th before joining HOLY GRAIL and BEWITCHER for the 'Deadly Ripping North American Tour', which will invade 21 cities in USA and Canada from from July 12th to August 4th. STRIKER is touring in support of their sixth studio album "Play To Win" released this past October via their independent label Record Breaking Records. Champions in blending classic heavy metal, hard rock, and 80’s hair metal, Canadian shredders STRIKER's sixth studio album "Play To Win" features 10 fist pounding shredtacular anthems produced by the band plus mixed and mastered by Hendrik Udd (Firewind, Powerwolf, Hammerfall, Delain). The album follows their 2017 self-titled full length that the band supported with tours across Europe and North America with Sonata Arctica, Dark Tranquility, and Warbringer along with festival appearances at 70,000 Tons of Metal, Bang Your Head Festival (Germany) and more to add to their almost 1000 shows performed in their decade-plus career. That fifth studio album also garnered them a nomination from Canada's JUNO awards, the country's highest music prize, along with wins at the Edmonton Music Awards and Western Canadian Awards. Guitarist Tim Brown comments on "Play To Win": "Play to Win: if you want to win you have to play the game. Find the rules and break them. This is our 6th album and 3rd independent release. If we followed the rules and listened to the industry people we'd have gone absolutely nowhere. Play To Win is about listening to yourself, following your own path, and playing that 5th ace hidden in your sleeve. This album is designed to light a fire under your ass and get you moving, and we made sure to get the most modern, ear melting sounds possible. It's all about where metal is going, not where it has been, and this is our soundtrack to success." Album CD order, stream and download available on www.Striker-Metal.com, iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. STRIKER North American Tour Dates w/ Death Angel May 14 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th St May 15 – Lubbock, TX – Jakes May 16 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad May 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Club Red May 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Whiskey May 19 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge Striker Headlining at East Town Get Down festival May 25 Calgary, AB - Border Crossing w/ Anvil, and many others w/ Steel Panther June 14 – Barrie, ON – Mavericks Music Hall June 15 – London, ON – London Music Hall June 17 – Thunder Bay, ON – NV Nightclub June 18 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre June 20 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre June 21 – Medicine Hat, AB – The Cypress Centre June 23 – Edmonton, AB – Union Hall June 25 – Grand Prairie, AB – Bowes Event Centre Striker Headlining Dates July 2 - Kelowna, BC - Muninn's Post *with Lost Nebula July 3 - Vancouver, BC - Astoria *with Lost Nebula July 5 - Seattle, WA – El Corazon *with Neck of the Woods July 6 - Portland, OR – High Water Mark *with Neck of the Woods July 7 - Eugene, OR – Old Nicks *with Neck of the Woods w/ Holy Grail, Bewitcher July 12 - Phoenix, AZ - Club Red July 13 - El Paso, TX - The San Carlos Building July 14 - Austin, TX - Come And Take It Live July 15 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar & Grill July 16 - Houston, TX - White Oak July 18 - Orlando, FL - Soundbar July 19 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn July 20 - Asheville, NC - Mothlight July 21 - Richmond, VA - The Camel July 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie July 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus July 25 - Boston, MA - Once July 26 - Montreal, QC - Turbo Haus July 27 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground July 28 - Detroit, MI - Small's July 29 - Chicago, IL - Reggies July 31 - Denver, CO - Streets Of London August 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro August 2 - Las Vegas, NV - Counts Vamp'd August 3 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick August 4 - Los Angeles, CA - Resident For More Info: www.striker-metal.com www.facebook.com/strikermetal twitter.com/StrikerMetal instagram.com/strikermetal "Play to Win, which might be their most balanced effort yet. It’s their most catchy, too: the likelihood you’ll be singing along with every song before they finish is very, very high." - Metal Sucks "expertly combined killer arena rock choruses with well-done, cleaner verses." - Metal Injection "Six albums in six years. That is something almost unheard of, even in the modern era of production that considerably lessens the time needed to record and mix albums. Striker always seems to provide a new album right around when I start to wonder, “Hey, I wonder what Striker is up to?”. PLAY TO WIN is the band’s 6th LP and to my ears, one of their best. Rest assured, the band has not altered their sound. This is still classic metal, mixed with modern elements that continues to leave all pretenders in a cloud of choking dust." - Metal Rules “You can hear influences ranging from Dokken to Metallica on Play to Win, and it’s all done with masterful songwriting, performances and production. This is a slick, aggressively-mixed record that drips with excitement and replayability... Striker have produced their best record since City of Gold, and all fans of straight-up hard rock and metal need to own this album.” - Heavy Music HQ “Striker have knocked this one out of the park and into the stratosphere. You’d be hard-pressed to find a catchier slice of fine cheddar this year, and I’d highly recommend it.” - New Noise Mag