Japan’s Blackened Thrashaholics ABIGAIL and New Zealand’s Speed Metal Abusers STÄLKER are set to take over Australia and New Zealand in May 2025!
Both trios are agitated and itching to give you performances like you’ve never seen! If you’re unlucky enough to still exist in this world of wimps and cotton wool, you’d better don your raincoats before the ooze of true heavy metal soaks you through with sweat and booze!
Witness these psychos fight to the death for the headline slot each night in these cursed cities:
Sydneys most prestigious Black Metal band Pestilential Shadows make their Tasmanian debut in March 2025.
After seven albums, and rare cases of live shows throughout the country, Pestilential Shadows finally play Hobart at Uni Bar for the first time ever!
They will be supported by the local and interstate greats Permafog, Midnight Odyssey (From Queensland and making their Tasmanian debut) and Portcullis.
Pestilential Shadows Pestilential Shadows is a Black Metal band hailing from Sydney, Australia with over two decades and 7 albums of atmospheric Black Metal. Playing hauntingly diabolical music; a swirling maelstrom of aggressive, melodic and complex instrumentation and harrowing vocals. The line-up consisting of; Balam – Vocals, Guitar Basilysk – Drums Drekavac – Guitar Lithuz – Bass Working on their 8th studio album, this entity is getting ready to unleash new madness upon the world…
Permafog Tasmania’s Permafog are a long standing, Heavy/Black Metal assembly, quite possibly the country’s most Southern active metal band. Formed in 2014 and enlisting a collective of five like-minded musical collaborators to complete this heathen line-up. Permafog have worked tirelessly to ensure their live performances match their sonic output.
Midnight Odyssey Midnight Odyssey is the solo project of the enigmatic Dis Pater. Officially formed in 2007, Midnight Odyssey began their output with two demo albums – Forest Mourners in 2008 and Firmament in 2009 before being signed to Italian label I, Voidhanger Records. Many albums and releases later, Midnight Odyssey have become one of the leading figures in atmospheric black metal. Taking not only inspiration of the legends of 90’s black metal, but also kosmische musik, classical, neoclassical, doom metal and dark wave, the sound of Midnight Odyssey is unique and vast. Last year saw the debut live performances in Europe, followed by another European tour in May.
Portcullis “Power. Rebellion. Fear. From the island once known as Hell on Earth comes the iron of Portcullis, a collective of dead souls bound in crushing riffs and dark melodies. You do not have the right.”
Japan’s Blackened Thrashaholics ABIGAIL and New Zealand’s Speed Metal Abusers STÄLKER are set to take over Australia in May 2025!
Both trios are agitated and itching to give you performances like you’ve never seen! If you’re unlucky enough to still exist in this world of wimps and cotton wool, you’d better don your raincoats before the ooze of true heavy metal soaks you through with sweat and booze!
Witness these psychos fight to the death for the headline slot each night in these cursed cities:
TAROT (TAS) MELBOURNE ALBUM LAUNCH 06/12/2024 THE GASO, COLLINGWOOD
Vintage, earthy 1970s hard rock band TAROT will launch their 2024 release “Glimpse Of The Dawn” at The Gaso, Collingwood on Friday December 6th.
Supported by a local crew of heavy talent including Stepmother, FLY and Burn Out; a night of heavy riffs in classic hard rock, from all angles brings us together to worship the cult of TAROT!
STEPMOTHER – Stepmother is an Australian power trio fronted by Graham Clise (Annihilation Time, Lecherous Gaze, Rot TV, Witch). With Equal parts motor city proto punk and feedback drenched fuzz on the darker side of psychedelia, Stepmother plays anthems for the poor depraved sickos and rock n roll miscreants. With influences ranging from Blue Cheer & The Pink Fairies to Nervous Eaters & The Damned.
FLY – FLY! is a fast and mean rock ‘n’ roll machine from Melbourne, OZ. Inspired by the likes of MOTORHEAD, JUDAS PRIEST and AC/DC, FLY! are bringing their signature blend of high speed, raw power rock ‘n’ roll to a show near YOU!
BURN OUT – Melbournes latest Traditional Heavy Rock/Metal band featuring members of Teuton and Outcast “TRUE DIE HARD SPEEDBANGING HEAVY METAL STEEL”
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MORE ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM ‘GLIMPSE OF THE DAWN’ The long-awaited sophomore album from Australia’s Tarot re-imagines heavy, Hammond B3 organ hard rock for a new generation!
Eight years have passed since Tarot’s first full-length, Reflections, to their new long-player, Glimpse of the Dawn. It was like a lifetime for the 1970s-rock-tinged Australians. The band embarked on its first-ever live shows after Reflections, essentially coming together as a unit while on stage. Live activity then opened the door for increased collaboration between all members of the band. Now operating as a cohesive, free-flowing outfit, Tarot amassed a lively, spacious album in the form of Glimpse of the Dawn that earnestly pays tribute to their core influences of Uriah Heep, Rainbow and Deep Purple while blazing an identity of its own. Glimpse of the Dawn was recorded across several studios in the band’s native Tasmania, starting with drum tracking by Joe Haley at Crawlspace Productions. From there, the band retreated to its own Heavy Chains Studio and Riff Cabin to complete tracking, yet it was the face-to-face sessions with Haley that gave the album its live and natural feel.
This approach — once an industry standard but now becoming a rarity — found Tarot simply cracking open a few beers, letting the tape roll and letting the results happen as they may. To that end, Tarot purposely left open spaces to allow for improvisation. Many of the album’s lead guitar sections were written on the fly in the studio and were subsequently kept, allowing for Tarot to “catch lightning in a bottle.” This approach is perhaps best exemplified on the title track, which kicks off the album in grand fashion with rollicking Hammond keyboards and vocal trade-offs between founding member Will Spectre, guitarist Felix Russell and keyboardist Dave Harrington-George.
In fact, collaboration defines Glimpse of the Dawn. Whereas Spectre previously shouldered the songwriting load, the album features contributions from all members of Tarot. This communal, open vibe is yet another throwback to the bands Tarot has taken inspiration from. The closeness of all five members allowed for a free exchange of ideas, thus sharpening every facet of the album. It helped further expand Tarot’s sound, which is often driven by the classic Hammond B3 organ, mellotron string and choir and various analog synths.
The members of Tarot put an immense of thought into the interplay between Harrington-George’s parts and its guitar lines, ultimately producing an album with equal breadth and depth.
Glimpse of the Dawn is tailor-made for the live arena. Tarot already has plans to hit its Australian homeland and Europe throughout 2024, bringing its hard-rocking, anthemic songs to audiences deserving of a band that perfectly embodies the spirit of 1970s rock.
Another State, Another Beast & Another Realm of Brutality.
Headlined by Japanese Blackened Thrashaholics ABIGAIL alongside NZ’s Speed Metal Abusers STALKER at The Gaso, Collingwood on Saturday May 17th for a two stage battle royale of some of the most fierce in the world of underground heavy music.
Other contenders for the 2025 edition of Brutefest includes Pizza Death, Permafog (TAS), Bastardizer (NSW), Vexation, Mortuary Sickness, Sufferance, Choof & Burnout!
BRUTEFEST will be the only Melbourne performance for both STALKER (NZ) & ABIGAIL (JP) on their 2025 tour together.
Will you be there? Do you have the guts? Is this heavy enough?
4pm Start // 1158pm Finish
Artwork by the one and only Matt “SKITZ” Sanders (Blast Abyss)
For the first time ever, the undisputed kings of UK Thrash Metal, ONSLAUGHT, are set to hit Australia as part of the POWER FROM HELL 40th anniversary world tour!
Celebrating four decades of fury since the release of their seminal debut, POWER FROM HELL, fans can expect a series of bone crushing shows featuring this iconic album played in full and in album order for the very first time…and very last time! In addition, Onslaught will also be ripping through a selection of classic manic mosh pit inducing tracks that have defined the band’s legacy.
The skull crushers from UK will bring the steel to Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne in the summer of 2025 and nothing will stop the force of their power.
Get in the pit Australia, you are in for a wild ride of neck snapping, skin carving riffage by none other than the legendary ONSLAUGHT!
VIP & GA Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com
VIP – Meet and Greet the band, photo with the band, complimentary signed poster, Early Access to Merchandise, Have up to 3 Personal Items signed by the band and VIP Lanyard
Issuing 7 studio albums & 2 Live albums to date, Onslaught were originally formed in 1982 by Songwriter / Guitarist Nige Rockett and Paul Hill.
The band rapidly established themselves globally with a series of classic album releases in the 1980s; ‘Power From Hell’ – 1985 / ‘The Force’ – 1986 / ‘In Search of Sanity – 1989.
Renowned for writing neck breaking metal anthems such as Power From Hell / Metal Forces / Killing Peace / 66’Fucking’6’ & Bow Down to the Clowns, Onslaughts’ songs still stand as ferocious mosh-pit inducing favourites across generations of dedicated metal heads; A real testament to the quality of music that Onslaught has constantly created throughout their long and illustrious career.
As an internationally recognised Heavy Metal powerhouse Onslaught have played over 70 countries word-wide, from Lebanon to Latvia, Argentina to China; Appearing at the most prestigious festivals on the planet and performing countless global tours / shows with the likes of Motorhead, Slayer, Venom, Anthrax & Behemoth, to name but a few. Building a truly dedicated and loyal following since the band’s conception, fans were rewarded by seeing Onslaught inducted into the prestigious ‘Metal Hall of Fame’ during their performance at the Maryland Death Fest in 2022. A fitting accolade for delivering over 4 decades of fury and aggression.
Onslaught have been honoured to feature 3 world class vocalists over the years, each playing their own part in taking the band to new levels of popularity; There was, of course Sy Keeler with The Force – 1986 / Killing Peace – 2007 / Sounds of Violence – 2011 & VI – 2013, with the legendary tones of Steve Grimmett gracing the 1989 release; In Search of Sanity.
However, as the current Onslaught vocalist, Dave Garnet brings a whole new level of energy and brutality to the band’s demeanour, receiving huge plaudits for his performance on the critically acclaimed 2020 album, ‘Generation
Antichrist.’ As the ever-present guitarist and founding member, Nige Rockett anchors the band as their irrefutably brutal riff machine…and by his own admission is sworn to make every new Onslaught record sound more violent and relentless than the last!
The long-standing bastion of the Bass, Jeff Williams with his distinctive, thunderous and hellish low end, pulls the whole wall of sound together, laying down sturdy foundations along with the dynamic and incendiary drumming of James Perry. James joined the ranks of Onslaught in 2018, the same year that lead guitarist Wayne Dorman came on board. Their addition has brought a surge of new energy and intensity to the band, giving Onslaught the complete freedom to create extreme music like never before. This was evidently witnessed on the band’s 2020 release, ‘Generation Antichrist’, arguably the most successful Onslaught album to date, making great chart positions in all the major territories and hitting No1 in the US Indie / college charts.
Sweden’s Unstoppable force of Heavy Metal ENFORCER will take their Maiden voyage to Australia for the first time ever in January 2025.
After two decades of waiting for this rousing ride of wild headbanging and speed metal madness, the legendary ENFORCER will bring you the goods Perth, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne!
Catch this masterclass in Heavy Metal on the dates below:
PRESENTED BY Your Mate Bookings, Nuclear Blast, Utopia Records and Metal Evilution
BIOGRAPHY
Sweden’s Enforcer are one of the most influential heavy metal band of the 2000s.
Formed in 2005 the band went against all trends as a larger than life-styled heavy metal band for the masses, in a world of metal core and plastic power metal.
Quickly gaining success in the underground Enforcer released their two first albums 2008-2010 and created a huge worldwide movement of traditional metal, later to be referred to as ’new wave of traditional metal’.
2012 Enforcer signed a world-wide deal with metal gigants Nuclear Blast and put out another three albums. Today Enforcer is one of the most renowned heavy metal band of its generation and has toured the world countless of times with their furious and uncompromising heavy metal leading the way for generations to come.
Swedish Heavy Rock Riff Slayers GREENLEAF will make their way back to Australia in February 2025!
The quartet, who are no strangers to the both the east and west coast of Australia will hit Tanswells Hotel, Beechworth on Wednesday 26/02/2025
Joining these riff wielding Swedes on this show is Psychedelic Stoner Riff Wizards IRONBLANKET, along with local Stoner Rock Heroes MY LEFT BOOT.
Coming in at Number One on the worldwide Doom Charts for the Month of June, GREENLEAF “The Head & The Habit” has received just what it deserves.
“The Head & The Habit” delivers a full payload of nine tracks across 43 minutes of playtime – Gary (Metal Temple)
Nine tracks that are simply overflowing with the riffs and intoxicating personality that has made Greenleaf into the dominating presence in Swedish rock for several years now – Vinterd (Headbanger Reviews)
The whole band, though – and more than ever Greenleaf are a band – are in fine form throughout this. Arguably this is the best and most cohesive thing they’ve done, and “Oh Dandelion” rather underlines that. – Andy Thorley (Maximum Volume Music)
Today Greenleaf are widely recognized as one of the most dominating, prolific and obsessively listenable acts to emerge from the European heavy underground.
Now, ten years since the release of the landmark Trails & Passes album, Greenleaf return with The Head & The Habit, a record energized by awareness of their past triumphs and crafted with the maturity of a band who knows how to rock stronger, harder and better than ever before.
GREENLEAF IS: Tommi Holappa (Guitar), Arvid Hällagård (Vocals), Sebastian Olsson (Drums) & Hans Fröhlich (Bass)
