FROZEN DOBERMAN 2010 re-union shows
Written by Jo on February 14, 2010FROZEN DOBERMAN will play their 1st show with the original line-up after 15 years at the Monster Session 2 benefit show for the MS foundation @ The Manning Bar, Sydney University on March 13.
The original Frozen Doberman line up of Adam Marsh, Peter ‘Red’ Fortune, Tim West and Shaun Barry will hit the stage for the benefit alongside some of Sydney’s best 90’s bands including; HELLMENN, NUNBAIT, THE HARD-ONS, DAREDEVIL, TWEEZER, THE CELIBATE RIFLES & THE LIME SPIDERS.
Formed in late 1989 Frozen Doberman burst onto the Sydney Metal Scene in the 90’s releasing 2 EP’s and an album, the trash metal quartet played support to some of the world’s biggest metal bands including Sepultura and Motorhead as well as touring Nationally up until the band petered out sometime around 1996/7.
In December 2009 Frozen Doberman released a 9 Track collection on iTunes and the band plans to re-release both their 1991 EP Dying Phase and the 1994 debut album Bonsai in the 2010.
Tickets for Monster Sessions 2 will be on sale shortly through Moshtix and the Manning Bar.
CIRCADIAN PULSE seek vocalist
Written by Jo on January 2, 2010Melbourne based progressive metal band CIRCADIAN PULSE are seeking expressions of interest from vocalists.
Currently consisting of two guitarists, a bassist, a keyboardist and a drummer, we are currently working on material and are looking for a vocalist to complete the lineup. Whilst we are interested in auditioning a range of vocalists, the fact that we are influenced by bands such as Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Symphony X, Threshold and Kamelot might influence your decision to audition.
If interested in discussing this further, please contact Simon @ http://circadianpulse.com
DESTROYER 666 & SPAWN OF POSSESSION Hobart Shows
Written by Jo on January 2, 2010DESTROYER 666 & SPAWN OF POSSESSION Hobart Shows Announced…. Get ready Hobart – two of Screamfest’s headline acts are heading your way! As part of the Metal Month extravaganza, Spawn Of Possession will be playing the Brisbane hotel:
Friday 8th Jan: Brisbane Hotel (18+)
Saturday Sat 9th Jan: Brisbane Hotel 3.00pm (All ages)
Want more? Well Destroyer 666 will also be bringing their national tour to the Brisbane hotel:
Tuesday 12th Jan: Brisbane Hotel, 3.00pm (All ages)
Tuesday 12th Jan: Brisbane Hotel, 9.00pm (18+)
Just Say Rock Presents DESTROYER 666
Written by Jo on December 20, 2009Just Say Rock are excited to announce the return of Australia’s Thrash Metal prodigal sons, having just released their latest album “Defiance”, DESTROYER 666 will be back on home soil in early 2010 to tear a path of destruction with their high-octane metal assault.
Destroyer 666 have become an internationally acclaimed benchmark for black/thrash/war metal and are often referenced as pioneers within the scene, with their unique combination of crushing riffs, epic songwriting and lightning lead breaks.
Be sure to check them out this summer and see for yourself why so many locals have been waiting with open arms for the return of Destroyer 666.
Friday 8th Jan @ Capitol, Perth *Supporting Destruction
Saturday 9th Jan @ Fowler’s Live, Adelaide *All ages
Tuesday 12th Jan @ Brisbane Hotel, Hobart *All ages @ 3.00pm
Tuesday 12th Jan @ Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Thursday 14th Jan @ Hi Fi, Brisbane
Friday 15th Jan @ Metro, Sydney
Saturday 16th Jan @ Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne
Ticket Hotline and Enquiries (03) 8581 7639
www.justsayrock.com.au
White Noise Productions proudly presents: Triumph at the Arthouse Hotel
Written by Jo on December 13, 2009“With a lineup reminiscent of the last overwhelmingly successful event we
have had the good fortune of running at Melbourne’s infamous Arthouse
Hotel, Triumph brings together four of the best rising stars of Australian
Melodic Metal under the one roof for the Melbourne Metal Masses.
Melodic Doom band OKERA are booked to kick off festivities in what is to
be their much anticipated second live appearance, while Melbourne’s
masters of melancholy, RAINSHADOW and forest metallers ARBRYNTH are set to follow pace with their own unique brands of melody laden doom and riffage.
The night will be rounded off by none other than very special guests
BE’LAKOR (hot off the heels of their highly acclaimed second full-length
release, ‘Stone’s Reach’), a band we have not had the pleasure of hosting
since the inaugural White Noise ‘Hellraiser’ show more than two years ago.
A great location, a killer lineup and the perfect opportunity to welcome
in the New Year in belligerent fashion.. what more needs to be said? This one has Triumph written all over it.”
January 9th 2010
The Arthouse Hotel
616 Elizabeth St. Melbourne 3000
Doors 7:30pm, entry $15
This event is proudly supported by Metal Obsession.
Sinister CD’s and Merch to be provided courtesy of Graveyard Shift.
ART IN EXILE album release
Written by Jo on December 13, 2009“In November, Adelaide’s ‘Art:In:Exile’ launched their debut CD, entitled ‘Aeon Somnia’. It has been a carefully distilled representation of this dark, progressive and aggressive band’s most recent focus in their craft. Ten tracks spanning such genres as melodic death, industrial, doom, and extreme metal have yielded a challenging yet listenable release, ready for a metal world saturated with uncreative and unadventurous music.
Tortured and cathartic, Mel’s vocals evoke a passionate reflection of a world’s apathy toward itself. Couple this with the wall of sound the band has created over the past eight years, and what is produced is truly compelling Australian Metal! Produced by Andy Kite at Against the Grain Studios, and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Swallow The Sun, In Flames) at Fascination Street Studios, the quality recording encapsulates the music’s diversity and keeps the listener immersed in this stark worldview, drenched in tension and despair.
Initially slated as an independent release, it will available from the Art:In:Exile MySpace page with payments made via Paypal, and Mail Order. T-shirts are also available online, allowing you to show your support for this local act.
This unique Australian act always delivers a high energy show, that highlights the diversity in it’s music and keeps audiences captured from the first note to the last.”
DECAPITATED with Psycroptic, Misery Index, Origin Tour April 2010
Written by Jo on December 8, 2009“DECAPITATED are back! Bands like Decapitated don’t come along very often, having created a vicious, precise and innovative form of death metal since their inception in 1996. Soundworks Touring are extremely pleased to announce their first shows back, in Australia and New Zealand, to deliver to us all their distinctive brand of technically flawless death metal.
Wacek “Vogg” Kieltyka, guitarist & founding member of the Polish death metal band Decapitated, has issued the following statement:
“It’s time to come back! After a two-year break, Decapitated is coming back with new members. The official new line-up for Decapitated will be announced at the end of December.
“As you all know, the decision to continue the band was really, really hard for me, but everything I do now is to keep Decapitated alive. [Vocalist] Covan’s situation has not improved much and he is still in bed and unable to function on his own. He still fights to recover as we speak and we are all still 100% behind him and hope for the best. It has been the hardest thing for me to move on without [brother & drummer] Vitek by my side, but he would have wanted me to continue with the band.
“Finally, I have found some great musicians who can continue the work of Vitek and Covan. At the beginning of April, Decapitated will start to play our first reunion shows. We will visit the biggest cities in Australia and play some of the biggest summer festivals in Europe. Don’t worry, we won’t forget about the U.K.! After this, the band will concentrate on the making of a new album! I would like to thank all the people who have supported us all this time.”
PSYCROPTIC are technical death metal done the Australian way. Having toured heavily through Europe and the USA over the past 18 months in support of their Nuclear Blast release “Ob(servant)”, Psycroptic perform their first Australian shows in close to a year to remind us all of their clinical, razor sharp delivery of some the most punishing, intricate extreme metal on the planet.
ORIGIN One of the most intense and technical of the contemporary death metal bands, Origin embark on their first pulverising trip to Australia to stake their claim as the leaders of metal’s new wave of extremity and deliver a sonic barrage of inhuman proportions. Prepare your face for battle.
MISERY INDEX sets no limits in their goal of making metal and grind flow together in boundless punishing assaults designed to modernize the classic death and grind metal of the early 90’s. Creating an insane mix of regressive thrashing rhythms, corrupting breakdowns and energetic ferocity Misery Index will make damn sure their first shows in Australia leave a blasting impression.
April 1st @ The Transmission Room, Auckland, Lic/AA
April 2nd @ The Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne, 18+
Tickets from: www.oztix.com.au, www.espy.com.au, Espy Bottle Shop, Missing Link, Greville, Polyester Records.
April 3rd @ The Gaelic Club, Sydney, 18+
Tickets from: www.moshtix.com, Utopia Records
April 4th @ The HiFi, Brisbane, 18+
Tickets from: www.thehifi.com.au/brisbane , Rockinghorse Records, Moshpit Music
April 5th @ Fowlers Live, Adelaide, Lic/AA
Tickets from: www.moshtix.com, www.venuetix.com.au
April 6th @ Black Bettys, Perth, 18+
Tickets from: www.moshtix.com, 78 Records , Mills Records
BRUTAL TRUTH Tour
Written by Jo on November 19, 2009“Legendary Grind Core trailblazers BRUTAL TRUTH finally return to Australia with Evolution through Revolution on Relapse Records. Delivering yet another pure and vital hybrid of ear-shredding extremity.
Simply stated Evolution through Revolution is Brutal Truth at the height of its powers & it has to be witnessed.”
Sat 19th December @ The Hi-Fi in Brisbane
with Blood Duster & Captain Cleanoff
Sun 20th Dec @ The Hi-Fi in Melbourne
with Blood Duster, Captain Cleanoff, F**K Im Dead & Insidious Torture
Mon 21st Dec @ The Manning Bar in Sydney
with Blood Duster, Captain Cleanoff, Ebolie & Beyond Terror Beyond Grace
CONTRIVE to support OPETH Australian Tour
Written by Jo on November 2, 2009“Melbourne trio CONTRIVE have been personally selected as direct
support by the members of OPETH for a run of shows in November.
Catch them in November on these following dates:
Sunday 22nd @ The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD *18+
Monday 23rd @ The Enmore, Sydney NSW *A/A
Wednesday 25th @ The Palace Theatre, Melbourne VIC *18+
These upcoming shows will focus purely on the band’s forthcoming second album now to be titled ‘The Internal Dialogue’, set for release in early 2010. It was mixed by Devin Townsend at Studio D in downtown Vancouver, Canada with the band’s drummer Andrew Haug.”
Blood Beach Halloween “Horror Beach Party”
Written by Jo on October 25, 2009“Set for the Eve of Evil, Inertia Entertainment, Welkin Entertainment, and Kiss or Kill has put together an amazing line up that will chill you to the bone. Best dressed up for the theme “Blood Beach” will receive a double pass to Lamb of God’s tour on Tuesday December 15th, thanks to Soundwave Touring.
Switch at Casey’s Nightclub, have decided to change things up for this particular event by moving Switch’s Halloween party to the Esplanade hotel this year. This will give Switchers a chance to experience a different venue putting its spin on a massive event that concentrates focus on Australian local bands. Switch’s Zombie party in 2007 brought over 800 partiers through the door, this year Switch is looking to smash that record.”
Featuring The Berzerker, Be’lakor, Death Audio (Single Launch), Untruth (Ep Launch) and Internal Nightmare
Plus Guest Dj’s from Switch Nightclub
Saturday October 31st
Esplanade Hotel, 11 The Esplanade, St. Kilda, VIC
Doors: 8pm, Tickets: $15 presales / $18 at the door
Presales tickets can be purchased from www.oztix.com.au
Oztix Outlets in Melbourne: Polyester Records (Fitzroy), Polyester Records (City), Greville Records (Prahran), Missing Link (City)
Call: 1300 762 545