ARCH ENEMY return to Australia for a phenomenal headlining tour to demonstrate to metal heads here what they do best…delivering pure sonic force and ripping us apart with their stunning brand of metal!

These melodic extreme metal genre-leaders have become a synonym for success, hard work and pure f**king metal! The stunning chart entries of their last two albums “Doomsday Machine” (2005) and “Rise Of The Tyrant” (2007) have allowed the band to celebrate another peak of their already stellar career. Now, ARCH ENEMY proudly showcase their current strength and musical brilliance by releasing a breathtaking live document of their “Rise Of The Tyrant” touring cycle. Witness it first hand, the sheer brilliance of these melodic metal titans!
 
In direct support will be New York death metal legends SUFFOCATION. Their fusion of technicality, groove and sheer unrelenting brutality has been imitated but never quite duplicated. And now, with the release of SUFFOCATION’s Nuclear Blast debut “Blood Oath”, their legacy of unrelenting and unique heaviness continues for perhaps the genres greatest band!
 
WINDS OF PLAGUE prepare to unleash their wrath across the Australia with their sophomore release. The stunning slab of brutality entitled “Decimate The Weak” does exactly that with its razor sharp riffs and sheer intensity backed with a monsoon of angst and inner demons that is just waiting to be expelled on stage.
 
ARCH ENEMY with guests Suffocation and Winds Of Plague performing at:
 
Nov 1st - Capitol, Perth*, 18+
Tix from www.moshtix.com, 78 Records, Mills Records
Nov 3rd - Fowlers Live, Adelaide*, Lic/ AA
Tix from www.moshtix.com, www.venuetix.com.au
Nov 5th - The Forum, Melbourne, 18+
Tix from www.ticketek.com.au
Nov 6th - The Roundhouse, Sydney, Lic/ AA
Tix from www.ticketek.com.au
Nov 7th - The Hifi, Brisbane, 18+
Tix from www.hifi.com.au/brisbane, Rockinghorse Records, Moshpit Music
 
*Arch Enemy and Suffocation Only
 
www.archenemy.net
www.suffocation.us
www.myspace.com/windsofplague

A dark, melodic death metal band from Melbourne, Be’lakor has quickly come to be regarded as one of Australia’s most promising and creative metal acts.
 
Two years have passed since the independent release of their debut, ‘The Frail Tide’. In this time, the band’s international reputation has grown rapidly, on the back of high acclaim from reviewers and a dedicated and ever-growing fan base. Drawing influences from the natural world and the perpetual struggle between destruction and life, Be’lakor creates songs that take the listener on a compelling journey.
 
Their highly anticipated second album, ‘Stone’s Reach’, is set for release on June 20, 2009. Be’lakor will be venturing across Australia for the first time, taking in performances in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney.

www.myspace.com/belakor

What more can be said, in this Year Of The Corpse 2009, that hasn’t already been whispered, grunted or screamed about the almighty Cannibal? They’ve smashed—nay, hammer smashed—every boundary set before them, defied every censor set upon them, and besmirched every country that would have them. After two decades of unending death metal torment, the band’s calling cards are many: the depraved lyrics, the blinding technical prowess, the dominating stage presence, the legions of dedicated fans, the million and a half albums sold.

CANNIBAL CORPSE are slashing their way back to Australia and New Zealand to skewer us as all from ear to ear in support of their new album, “Evisceration Plague.”

Monday 7th - Transmisson Room, Auckland, NZ (Lic / AA)
Tuesday 8th - The Bedford, Christchurch, NZ (Lic / AA)
Thursday 10th - Capitol, Perth, (18+)
Friday 11th - Fowlers Live, Adelaide (Lic / AA)
Saturday 12th - The Roundhouse, Sydney (Lic / AA)
Sunday 13th - The HiFi, Brisbane, Brisbane (18+)
Tuesday 15th – Billboard The Venue, Melbourne (18+)

Auckland - www.ticketek.co.nz, www.undertheradar.co.nz, Real Groovy
Christchurch - www.ticketek.co.nz, www.undertheradar.co.nz, Real Groovy
Perth - www.moshtix.com, 78 Records, Mills Records
Adelaide - www.moshtix.com, www.venuetix.com.au
Sydney - www.ticketek.com.au
Brisbane - www.hifi.com.au/brisbane, Rockinghorse Records, Moshpit Music
Melbourne - www.ticketek.com.au, www.moshtix.com, http://billboard.webtickets.com.au, Missing Link

www.cannibalcorpse.net

Our new myspace page is already up and running and a new merch line is due shortly and the designs can already be viewed on this new page.

Our upcoming full length will be released under our new name. Despite the name change, the bands line up, the music and our goals remain the same.

Our debut show under the name OUROBOROS will be on Saturday, 20th of June at The Manning Bar with Psycroptic, The Amenta, Ruins and Switchblade.”

www.myspace.com/ouroborosmetal

Melbourne’s CLAGG release their third studio release, titled ‘Lord of the Deep’ with a CD launch on Friday 10th July at The Tote Hotel in Collingwood. Also playing on the night will be THE BLACKLIST, DOWNRIVER and DIRE FATE.

For more info go to www.myspace.com/clagg

Made up of former members of Tribura, Symbiosist, Terrorust and current members of White Cell, Melbourne’s HATCHET DAWN combine influences as diverse as Metallica to Alice in Chains to Rob Zombie, to create a new perfectly formed sound all their own - a darkly monstrous creation that is far bigger than the sum of its parts.

Hatchet Dawn head to Queensland in June for the east coast stretch of the Faith In Chaos tour of Australia, playing three exclusive shows:

June 18th @ Brannigans Tavern, Gold Coast
Level 2 Niecon Tower, Broadbeach

June 19th @ The Sands Tavern, Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast
Plaza Pde, Maroochydore

June 20th @ The Dead of Winter Festival 2009 @ Jubilee Hotel
470 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

Hatchet Dawn’s debut EP, Faith In Chaos, featuring bonus music video footage is available in stores and online now through AmpHead Music / The Orchard Australasia.

www.myspace.com/hatchetdawn

Australian audiences will witness one of progressive metal’s longest standing and successful bands when QUEENSRYCHE return to our shores in August 2009. It’s only the second time in their 28 year career that they visit Australia, as part of a world tour promoting new album, ‘American Soldier’. 

The tour, named Extended Suites: Rage For Order/American Soldier/Empire, promises exactly that: shows featuring a broad selection of tracks from these classic, and current, Queensrÿche albums.

PERTH - Thursday 27th August – Capitol (18+)
Tix from www.justsayrock.com.au & www.bocstix.com.au

BRISBANE - Saturday 29th August – The Hi Fi (18+)
Tix from www.justsayrock.com.au, www.oztix.com.au & http://www.bocstix.com.au

MELBOURNE - Sunday 30th August – Billboard The Venue (18+)
Tix from www.justsayrock.com.au, www.ticketek.com.au & www.billboardthevenue.com.au

SYDNEY - Monday 31st August – Metro Theatre (AA)
Tix from www.justsayrock.com.au & www.metrotheatre.com.au

www.queensryche.com

CAPTAIN CLEANOFF are heading to Europe throughout July & August. Their first shows are for Obscene Extreme Festival in the Czech republic, and UK shows with Fubar.

More info on their www.myspace.com/captaincleanoff

Brisbane’s first ever Horror & Music Festival debuts on Saturday the 20th of June @ The Jubilee Hotel from 4pm-3am.

Artists include; Mz Ann Thropik (Syd), The Berzerker (Melb), Silver Ocean Storm, Captain Reckless & The Lost Souls (ex Zombie Ghost Train – Syd), Hell City Glamours (Syd), The Dead, The Black Market, Empyrean, Humonic (Melb), Pink Industrial Whores (Syd), Horrorwood Mannequins (Syd), Hell & Whiskey, Homeless Yellow, Psych Carni (Melb), The Quickening, Catwitch (Melb), D-Nine, Headkase, Bridgitte Handley & The Dark Shadows (Syd), In Death, The Wretched Villains, Devilution, The Kidney Thieves, Graveyard Train (Melb), Spitfireliar, Voltera (Melb) + many more to be announced.

There will also be market stalls, burlesque, roving circus acts, 3 stages, food and giveaways. Earlybird (cheaper) tickets are now on sale from www.oztix.com.au, Rocking Horse, Butter Beats (Valley) Gooble Warming (West End), Rockaway (Springwood), Moshpit (Maroochydore), Disasterpiece (Southport), Sunflower (Broadbeach), Black Fridays (West End), Kill the Music & Station 13 Studios (Coorparoo).

www.myspace.com/deadofwinterfestival

UNLEASHING THE EXTREME AUSTRALIAN TOUR June 2009
PSYCROPTIC, THE AMENTA & RUINS

Every pre-sale ticket purchased for the UNLEASHING THE EXTREME tour will receive a free bonus Stomp sampler featuring tracks from artists such as Psycroptic, The Amenta, Cannibal Corpse, The Faceless, Gojira, Unearth, Six Feet Under, Amon Amarth, Whitechapel plus many more. Simply present your ticket upon entry to the show and the sampler cd will be given to you at the door.

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