Rotting Christ & Jungle Rot have confirmed a Third and Final show in Melbourne at The Gasometer Hotel 6.5 with Vexation
The Night Terrors are back – After 10 Years!
The Night Terrors ARE BACK!
Yes, it has been 10 whole years since their last live shows in Melbourne!
TNT will hit Howler Melbourne with Daniel Deluxe (DK) and Zerotonine (Laser Highway) SATURDAY 27.04.2024
Tickets available from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/daniel-deluxe-dk-australian-tour-2024/158727
Dark Wave Artist DANIEL DELUXE (DK) Exclusive Australian Event April 2024!
ATTENTION DANIEL DELUXE & AUSTRALIAN FANS OF SYNTHWAVE
Due to scheduling issues beyond our control, the Daniel Deluxe Australian shows have been cut short to just one exclusive Melbourne Only event featuring support from The Night Terrors & Zerotonine (Laser Highway) at the one and only Howler Melbourne
TICKETS HERE: https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/daniel-deluxe-dk-australian-tour/158727
Message to ticket holders in other cities: Your tickets will be refunded automatically by the ticket provider you purchased from. If you have any issues contact Oztix/Moshtix and they will assist.
Alain Johannes (CHL/USA) Debut Australian Tour June 2024
Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes will bring the magick of his music to Australia in June 2024.
Alain Johannes is a master behind the scenes, who wrote and had a hand in some of the worlds biggest artists current and past including QOTSA, Chris Cornell, Eleven, PJ Harvey, Them Crooked Vultures, No Doubt, Arctic Monkeys and more.
13/6 Pleasure Club, Sydney
22/6 Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
TICKETS FROM: https://linktr.ee/yourmatebookings
Artwork by the very talented God-Awful
Jazz Sabbath (UK) make their Australian Debut this July 2024!
For the first time in Australia; Jazz Sabbath.
Jazz Sabbath is a jazz trio from the UK that plays (instrumental) jazz interpretations of Black Sabbath songs. Helmed by pianist Adam Wakeman (Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band since 2004), Jazz Sabbath has been exploring the boundaries between jazz and the songs that defined heavy metal with sold out shows throughout Europe. Echoing already present jazz riffs and discovering new ones.
Presenting themselves as a jazz trio formed in 1968 and being the original writers of the tracks, later made famous by Black Sabbath, they released their self-titled debut album in 2020. In April 2022 they released Vol.2, which entered the Billboard jazz album chart at #6. Their albums’ streaming count is in the millions and both albums got special Record Store Day Mono editions, which sold out within days.
On the albums Adam is joined by Ash Soan on drums and Jerry Meehan on bass, plus a list of guest musicians, such as Simon McBride (Deep Purple) and Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne). However, all go by their 1960s pseudonyms.
Dates and Cities:
25/7 Pleasure Club, Sydney (Newtown) – Register Here
26/7 Pleasure Club, Sydney (Newtown) – Register Here
27/7 Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne
Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com
PRESENTED BY YOUR MATE BOOKINGS & JAZZ SABBATH
Quotes:
I really love this – Ozzy Osbourne
Amazing interpretations – Tony Iommi
Press quotes Rock/Mainstream media
+It is fantastic – BBC radio
+ Some of the finest Sabbath covers ever – Decibel Magazine
+ Never has heavy metal been so groovy – MetalTalk
+ Spectacular renditions – Metal Injection
+ So chill and enjoyable – Loudwire
+ Fiendishly clever – Metal Rules
Press quotes Jazz media
+ An original concept and great musicianship – Jazz Journal
+ The music delivers – NYC Jazz Record
+ A roaring success – Jazzwise Magazine
+ The music is much bigger than the imagined legend – Jazz ‘n More
+ Stunning – Jazz & Mo
ROTTING CHRIST (GR) with special guests JUNGLE ROT (USA) AUS/NZ TOUR MAY 2024
AUSTRALIAN/NZ TOUR 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Greek black metal pioneers ROTTING CHRIST will embark on a journey to Australia & NZ for the first time in over a decade supported by and introducing US death groove giants JUNGLE ROT!
The group will be celebrating their 35 years of existence.
The band will perform songs from their entire catalogue since 1988 in the cities of; Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne (Melbourne Dethfest 2024), Hobart, Adelaide and Auckland.
Rotting Christ has stood on the forefront of European black metal torch bearers since 1987 releasing some of the most important albums in heavy metal history including Non Serviam, Thy Mighty Contract, Rituals, The Heretics, Sanctus Diavolos (of their 13 studio albums) via labels Osmose, Century Media and Season of Mist
After 10 years of allowing the seas to settle in Australia, the Greek megaliths will once again bring their brand of black metal to Australia in May 2024:
28.4.2024 Valhalla, Wellington+
2.5.2024 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
3.5.2024 The Basement, Canberra
4.5.2024 Melbourne Dethfest 2024 at Stay Gold, Melbourne
8.5.2024 Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide*
10.5.2024 The Mothership, Auckland*
Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com and the venues
*Jungle Rot (USA) not Appearing
Proudly presented by Foundry Touring and Your Mate Bookings
Cirith Ungol (USA) and Night Demon (USA) play Australia in 2024
For the first time in history world renowned Heavy Metal Legends CIRITH UNGOL will make their debut in Australia for the first and last time in May/June 2024!
Supported by and introducing US heavy metal trio NIGHT DEMON, the pair will hit Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne for one of the most paramount moments in Australian heavy metal history.
Ventura Californias ‘Cirith Ungol’ formed in the 70’s, forging their own brand of hard/progressive rock, only one year after Black Sabbath’s debut birthed the genre.
Considered an early player in both doom and power metal, the band’s obsession with Tolkienic sword-and-sorcery blazed a trail for much of metal as it’s known today.
After a 25 year hiatus, the band reformed in 2016, taking heavy metal by the throat re-releasing past albums and a new album in 2020 which would gain world-wide attention and respect, instantly signing to Metal Blade Records.
2023 saw the band release their final album Dark parade with a solid line up of players featuring the one and only Tim Baker (Vocals) along with some original and new members of the band including Jim Barraza (Guitars), Robert Garven (Drums), Greg Lindstrom (Guitars) and Jarvis Leatherby (Bass).
Dates:
30.05.2024 The Basement, Canberra
31.05.2024 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
1.06.2024 The Corner, Melbourne
Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com
Proudly presented by Your Mate Bookings, Metal Evilution and Utopia Records
CIRITH UNGOL BIOGRAPHY
Few bands in the history of the heavy metal underground have a story as
remarkable, improbable, or uplifting as that of Cirith Ungol. It is a tale of pioneering
innovation, crushing disappointment, self-imposed exile, populist fervor, and,
ultimately, global redemption.
The band was formed in Ventura, California, in the early 1970s, long before the rigid
tropes and ironclad traditions that define today’s heavy metal genre had taken
shape. There was no rulebook, no template to follow, so Cirith Ungol simply made it
up as they went along, allowing their imaginations to run amok and their creativity
to be their guide. Musically, Cirith Ungol emerged from the 1970’s hard rock /
progressive rock tradition epitomized by the likes of Grand Funk Railroad, Blue
Oyster Cult and Sir Lord Baltimore.
Rather than passively channeling their
influences, the band was driven to forge an altogether heavier, darker, more
apocalyptic sound. According to drummer Robert Garven, even in those early days,
before heavy metal as we know it existed, the band’s burning ambition was to play
“the heaviest metal known to man.” Cirith Ungol’s lyrical approach was profoundly
influenced by the high fantasy literature of J.R.R. Tolkien (from whose Lord of the
Rings opus they derived their name) and Michael Moorcock, fittingly enough
because co-founding members Garven and guitarist Greg Lindstrom first met in a
seventh-grade English literature class.
For years, the fledgling Cirith Ungol (which also included co-founder Jerry Fogle on
guitar and, from 1976 onward, Tim Baker on vocals) practiced in a bedroom at
Garven’s parents’ house. There they honed their musical vision into something
utterly unique and prescient. Baker’s anguished howls from the fiery pits of Hades,
Fogle’s inventive and otherworldly lead guitar work, and Garven’s unorthodox
drumming coalesced into a sound the world had never experienced before. It was
obscure and arcane, mysterious and eccentric, epic and expansive, but most of all
unfailingly, bone-crushingly heavy, dark and doom-filled.
NIGHT DEMON BIOGRAPHY
For more than a decade, Night Demon have defiantly flown the flag of traditional heavy metal, unwavering in the face of shifting industry trends and unscarred by global calamities.
The band erupted onto the underground heavy metal scene with a self-titled four-song EP in 2012. Showcasing a sound forged in a deep-seated passion for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal melded to distinctly American muscle and swagger, and embracing a rigorous touring schedule, Night Demon quickly gained momentum in the USA and Europe. In January 2015, the band released their first full-length album, Curse of the Damned, which refined the band’s trademark sound and garnered widespread acclaim by fans and critics alike. To promote the record, Night Demon hit the killing road for the better part of two years, crisscrossing the United States multiple times, touring the European market relentlessly, and even veering off the beaten path with extensive dates in Mexico, South America and Latin America.
These festival slots included Rockhard Sweden, Mexico Metal Fest, Hells Heroes, Keep It True, Up The Hammers, Burning Festival, Rock of Ages and a dozen more!
Now after the one EP and three full length albums, and dozens of massive support slots and festivals across the globe, the band is ready to take on Australia for the first time ever as they share their brand of traditional heavy metal.
Indian Raging Heavy Metal Lords KRYPTOS make their Australian Debut this Summer 2024!
Indian Raging heavy metal lords KRYPTOS will make their debut on Australian soil in 2024!
The group will bring their force of danger down the east coast of Australia, liquidating the cities Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Geelong, Melbourne & Canberra in October and November 0f 2024!
Formed 1998 in Bangalore, India KRYPTOS have long been considered as a band that has spearheaded the Indian heavy metal Revolution.
Playing alongside and supporting some of the biggest acts in heavy metal including Iron Maiden, Testament, Exodus and many more; the band has taken slots at the following festivals as well Inferno Metal Festival (NO), Wacken Open Air (DE) (Many Times)
Kryptos will bring their raging steel to Australia this Summer of 2024 and anyone with an inkling of respect for the old school tradition of metal has no excuse in attending this heavy metal attack.
DATES & VENUES:
31/10 Thursday – Stranded Bar, Brisbane
1/11 Friday – The Baso, Canberra
2/11 Saturday – Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
3/11 Sunday – Medusa Bar, Geelong
4/11 Monday – The Gaso, Melbourne (Melbourne Cup Eve)
Japanese Kraut/Psych Rock MINAMI DEUTSCH have landed in Australia and they will tour the East Coast this week!
Japanese Krautrock band MINAMI DEUTSCH will make their way back to Australia in March 2024!
The group will play their first full Australian tour in the cities of Perth (Spliffs n Riffs Festival), Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne & Lorne.
The group made their debut in December 2022, playing the exclusive Meredith Festival, Melbourne and Brisbane to sold out crowds (with all shows selling out before doors).
Plenty of Japanese bands have been inspired by the motorik pace of early-’70s German outfits, but Minami Deutsch focus on a very specific period in krautrock history. Their earliest releases and self-titled 2015 debut album drew on the scene’s primordial days, particularly the locked-in rhythms of the first two Neu! albums. On record and in live settings, they excel at reproducing this sound—it’s not shocking to learn that they’ve jammed with Damo Suzuki. Listening to Minami Deutsch, though, you can start longing to hear the pioneering sounds of Neu! 2 instead.
It seems Minami Deutsch have been passed the torch from Kikagaku Moyo (After going on hiatus) and the hunger Australia has for the Japanese talent continues to soar in a new direction, the incredible primordial groovy Krautrock Minami Deutsch brings to the table.
DATES
Sunday 3/3 Spliffs and Riffs Festival, Perth
Wednesday 6/3 Stranded Bar, Brisbane
Thursday 7/3 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
Friday 8/3 The Cranker, Adelaide
MIDNIGHT (USA) & STALKER (NZ) Annihilate Australia THIS FKN WEEK!
TICKETS SELLING FAST – TOUR THIS WEEK
Midnight & Stalker – Speed Metal hit the road this week!
Tickets are running short, Flippin The Bird has sold out, but there are still a few left through the website and on the door for most shows (Not Franga)
Frankston – SOLD OUT
Riot City (CA) arrive in Australia this week!
RIOT CITY, the Canadian Speed Metal Ball of Fury arrive on Australian soil this week and the boys will tear through the cities of Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne from February 14th to February 18th.
From the horses mouth (The Promoter) “I have seen these guys and they will be one of the biggest bands in the world one day, they play and perform at the same level as Iron Maiden, so turn up and prove me wrong”