Upon a Burning Body's Rise of the Bull Tour is underway, giving the San Antonio metalcore veterans a June run built around their Blood of the Bull era instead of letting the album sit as a streaming-only footnote.
The package is heavy in the right way: Traitors, Carcosa, and Swollen Teeth round out most of the bill, which means this is not a soft support stack designed to keep the room polite until the headliner walks out. It is a deathcore/metalcore club run with enough low-end pressure and vocal violence to make the opener matter.
The tour kicks off June 4 in Pensacola, Florida, then moves through the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest before wrapping June 20 in Nashville. Ticketmaster listings confirm several key stops, including Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charleston, Detroit, and later Upon a Burning Body support appearances.
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Why This Tour Has More Bite Than the Calendar Makes It Look
Upon a Burning Body have always lived in a strange lane: too metalcore for straight deathcore purists, too breakdown-heavy and confrontational to sit cleanly in radio-ready hard rock, and too tied to Texas swagger to sound like a generic Warped Tour aftershock. That messiness has helped them last.
Blood of the Bull arrived in December 2025, giving the band a fresh record to put behind the tour. Whether fans treat the album as a full reset or just the latest chapter, the timing makes the June routing useful. This is where the new material either earns space beside the older pit-starters or gets swallowed by the songs people came in already wanting.
That is the real test for a run like this. A band can announce a tour months earlier and still lose momentum by the time doors open. Upon a Burning Body are avoiding that by taking the record into smaller, physical rooms where the reaction is immediate. There is no festival distance here. If the new songs hit, everyone knows. If they do not, everyone knows that too.
Metal Mantra first flagged the run in the March 25 Metal & Hard Rock News rundown, but kickoff week gives it a different purpose. This is no longer just an announcement. It is a live campaign starting now.
Rise of the Bull Tour Dates
The announced June route includes:
- June 4 — Pensacola, FL — The Handlebar
- June 5 — Jacksonville, FL — Albatross
- June 6 — Atlanta, GA — The Masquerade
- June 7 — Charleston, SC — Music Farm
- June 9 — Asheville, NC — Eulogy
- June 10 — Greensboro, NC — Hangar 1819
- June 11 — Richmond, VA — The Broadberry
- June 12 — Huntington, WV — The Loud
- June 13 — Washington, DC — Vans Warped Tour
- June 14 — Millersville, PA — Phantom Power
- June 16 — Pittsburgh, PA — Preserving Underground
- June 17 — Detroit, MI — Sanctuary
- June 18 — Columbus, OH — The King of Clubs
- June 19 — Louisville, KY — Headliners Music Hall
- June 20 — Nashville, TN — The Mil at Cannery Hall
Check individual venue listings before heading out, especially on package tours where support availability can shift city to city. Ticketmaster currently lists Traitors and Carcosa on several stops, with Swollen Teeth appearing on key dates including Atlanta and Detroit.
For the bigger live calendar, keep Metal Mantra's 2026 metal tours hub open. June is crowded, and the smaller club runs can disappear under arena and festival headlines if you are not watching closely.
The Support Bill Matters
Traitors make sense on this tour because they bring a blunt, downtempo edge that can drag the room into motion early. Carcosa add a more technical deathcore angle, while Swollen Teeth bring the kind of nu-metalcore abrasion that either wins people over fast or makes the undecided back up a few feet.
That spread gives Upon a Burning Body a useful runway. By the time they hit the stage, the room should already be primed for breakdowns, gang vocals, and the band's specific brand of Texas metalcore bravado.
The band does not need to reinvent itself on this run. It needs to prove the Blood of the Bull cycle has legs in front of actual bodies. A tight June tour with a hostile support bill is the right way to find out.
