Queensrÿche’s Volume & Vengeance Tour Reaches out to San Antonio
"a bridge between the band’s storied past and its evolving present."
When a band like Queensrÿche sets its sights on the Alamo City, it’s a hell-of-a statement. On Saturday, December 13, 2025, the Aztec Theatre welcomes one of the most storied acts in heavy metal as the group continues its Volume & Vengeance Tour, a run that reaffirms their decades-long endurance in a genre that’s constantly reshaping itself.
For over forty years, Queensrÿche has navigated musical eras without losing their core — a feat that bassist Eddie Jackson recently described as an act of perseverance. In a February 2025 interview with Metal Rules, guitarist Michael Wilton said, “Eddie and I decided to keep doing this until we were in our 80s.” That sentiment now fuels this tour: a bridge between the band’s storied past and its evolving present.
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The current Queensrÿche lineup — featuring Wilton, Jackson, Todd La Torre, Mike Stone, and Casey Grillo — is touring behind the ongoing success of their 2022 album Digital Noise Alliance while teasing new material that continues their hallmark mix of precision, melody, and conceptual edge. The Volume & Vengeance tour, co-headlined with Accept, promises a dual blast of classic and modern metal energy, a pairing that Metal Insider called “a veteran masterclass in musicianship and stamina.”
Queensrÿche shares the stage with Accept during this Tour, a band equally revered for its influence on European metal’s evolution. Together, the two groups present a rare, generational lineup that connects the progressive metal experimentation of Seattle’s scene with the raw power of Germany’s early thrash movement — an intersection that’s rarely captured live in modern touring circuits.
Venue
Aztec Theatre
104 N St Mary’s St, San Antonio, TX
Doors: 6:00 PM
Lineup
Queensrÿche