With four days to go before the Krushers of the World European tour opens in Lisbon on March 20, pre-show anticipation across metal media reached fever pitch. Multiple dates across the UK (London's SSE Wembley Arena, Manchester, Glasgow), Germany (Berlin, Hamburg), and Scandinavia (Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen) are already sold out or at near-capacity.
The tour — featuring KREATOR, co-headliners CARCASS and EXODUS, and support from NAILS — is widely regarded as one of the strongest metal touring bills assembled in Europe in years. KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza called it "a tour I've dreamed of putting together for over a decade." Fan footage of early soundcheck videos from the Lisbon venue began circulating on social media.