US Black n Roll Tormentors MIDNIGHT are back!

US Black N Rollers MIDNIGHT are making their way back to torment Australia in February/March 2024!

Delivering more of what can be expected from this demented and compulsive raw rock n roll weapon; Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Frankston & Melbourne will bear witness this ungodly racket in the summer of 2024.

Anyone not familiar with this 20 year old barbaric force of nature only needs to look at some of the most prominent festivals around the world including Gefle Metal Festival, MDF USA, and have shared the stage with Behemoth, Nunslaughter, Agalloch, Danzig, Hirax, Kreator, Merciful Fate and so many more!

Filthy, belligerent and obnoxious, MIDNIGHT are bringing the old school bar fight to your town on the dates below:

Wednesday 28/2 The Brightside, Brisbane

Thursday 29/2 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney

Friday 1/3 Max Watts, Melbourne

Saturday 2/3 Flipping the Bird Festival, Frankston

Sunday 3/3 The Basement, Canberra

Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com

MIDNIGHT BIOGRAPHY

Filthy, belligerent and obnoxious, Midnight make music to start fights to. Since 2003, one-man-band Athenar has been churning out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits and EPs, and in 2022 he returns with Midnight‘s fifth full-length, Let There Be Witchery. Delivering more of what can be expected from his demented mind, it is a catchy mixture of black and speed metal and dirty punk rock, and it is relentlessly compulsive. “I always want it to be loud and nasty,” he asserts. “That kinda thing never gets old with me. How funny will that look to see me at age 77 – if I reach that point – sitting on the porch blasting Hellhammer?“

Next Up: Desert Rock Pioneers Yawning Man from the USA – August 2023!

Desert Rock Pioneers YAWNING MAN (USA) will make their way back to Australia for the second time this August 2023!

The trio, featuring Gary Arce on Guitar and now Greg Saenz (The Dwarves & John Garcia) and Billy Cordell (Brant Bjork & Kyuss Lives) have crafted one of the most unique blends of Psychedelic, Post and Desert Rock, which can only be described in human language as YAWNING MAN.

They’ll bring the magic of their new album “Long Walk of the Navajo” to Australia, covering a few tracks from their Heavy Psych Sounds release along with a heap of other tunes rounding their set time out to one hour and thirty minutes.

Catch the trio in these cities on the dates below with some killer supports opening the events, but remember to grab tickets soon as they are close to selling out in most places:

FRI 18/8 The Lady Hampshire, Sydney (50 TIX LEFT) with Comacozer & The Grey Men

SAT 19/8 King Lears Throne, Brisbane (20 TIX LEFT) with Endless Valley, The Dark Moon Society and Rinser

SUN 20/8 Bootlegger Bar, Katoomba (20 TIX LEFT) with Comacozer & Ofox Olord

WED 23/8 La La Las, Wollongong (50 TIX LEFT) with Plastic Bath & Ultra Vires

THURS 24/8 Pot Belly, Canberra (30 TIX LEFT) with Frozen Planet 1969, Pilots of Baalbek and The Absentee

FRI 25/8 Medusa Bar, Geelong (50 TIX LEFT) with DEAD & Smoke Witch

SAT 26/8 The Evelyn, Melbourne (50 TIX LEFT) with Sons of Zoku, Mushroom Giant & Brown Spirits

TICKETS FROM: https://linktr.ee/yourmatebookings

STALKER AUS TOUR SEPT 2023 SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED!

New Zealand speed metal maniacs Stälker are back!

Ripping straight outta their bunker deep in the heart of Wellington, the Stälker warbeast is gonna infiltrate, dominate, and decimate Australia and New Zealand this September.

Watch them wreak havoc at the following deadly cities on the dates below:
7/9 The Newcastle Hotel, Newcastle WITH CHAMBERS OF INSANITY, EVOCATUS & STRAPPED IN
8/9 The Lady Hampshire, Sydney WITH LITHIK, BARB & PETROL
9/9 Gaso, Melbourne WITH HARLOTT, MANIAXE & HASTE
10/9 Medusa, Melbourne WITH EARTHOMEN & MORTUARY SICKNESS

TICKETS HERE: https://linktr.ee/yourmatebookings

EXHUMED HAVE ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA!

The San Jose pioneers of blood-soaked gore metal will bring the dripping chainsaws and drills down the east coast of Australia for the first time in 20 years to the wastelands of Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne and Frankston.

To the Dead is the culmination of decades upon decades of nightmarish riffs, obliterating blast beats, and hellish screams from the very depths the band crawled out from!
So please, accept the band’s humble invitation and sink six feet down to their level. EXHUMED can’t wait for you to get a whiff of what they’ve cooked up – this will be the most fun you’ve ever had being disgusted!

Watch out for the chainsaw on the dates below:
14/7 Bad Luck Bar, Brisbane – 10 TIX LEFT
15/7 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney – 10 TIX LEFT
16/7 The Basement, Canberra – 50 TIX LEFT
20/7 Enigma Bar, Adelaide – 50 TIX LEFT
21/7 Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood – 20 TIX LEFT
22/7 MDF 2023 at Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood – 20 TIX LEFT
23/7 Singing Bird Studios, Frankston (ALL AGES) – 50 TIX LEFT

 

Tickets available from https://linktr.ee/yourmatebookings and the venues

HARLON FEST 2023 HAS ARRIVED!

HARLON FEST 2023 HAS ARRIVED!

Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows and YOUR MATE Bookings are honoured to present you a line-up of hand-picked bands by yours truly for their inaugural festival showcasing their favourite musicians and artists from around the post-apocalyptic wastelands of the anti-heros homeland.

Featuring Planet of the 8s, Hibiscus Biscuit, Sons of the Ionian Sea, Bodies, Aplegate, FLY! & Metallica*; this bizarre event will take place at The Gaso on Smith Street Collingwood!

Expect Live Music, Live Painting, Flash Tats, Absurd Roving Thespians, Merch, Record Stores, prizes and giveaways.

Tickets are extremely limited and are already selling fast from:

https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/ec30b9aa-2a17-48b5-beee-27ade74d718d

New Zealand speed metal maniacs STALKER are back in September 2023.

New Zealand speed metal maniacs Stälker are back.

Ripping straight outta their bunker deep in the heart of Wellington, the Stälker warbeast is gonna infiltrate, dominate, and decimate Australia and New Zealand this September.

Watch them wreak havoc at the following deadly dates:

7/9 The Newcastle Hotel, Newcastle
8/9 Burdekin Hotel, Sydney
9/9 Gaso, Melbourne
10/9 Medusa, Melbourne
23/9 Wellington Valhalla
30/9 Whammy Back Room Auckland
7/10 Palmerston North, The Castle
14/10 Whanganui, You know where…

If you’re looking for a night of pummelling metal madness, come get blown away by the unparalleled energy and raw power of Stälker.

TICKETS HERE: https://linktr.ee/yourmatebookings

NUMIDIA Launch their new Album “South of the Border” in Sydney and Melbourne this July

After a three and a half year hiatus, Numidia return to the live scene to promote their sophomore release “South Of The Bridge” with two album launch shows in Sydney and Melbourne this July.
 
Debut single “She Sings The Blues” has been received by fans as a welcome return and the accompanying video has clocked up over 50,000 views in the first month since its premiere.
 
“South Of The Bridge” will be released worldwide by German purveyors of the finest underground music, Kozmik Artifactz, late June.
 
Be sure to catch Numidia for these highly anticipated album launch shows.
 
SYDNEY LAUNCH
FRI 7/7
The Lady Hampshire, Camperdown
With Hibiscus Biscuit, Mojave Rains & Ofox Olord
 
MELBOURNE LAUNCH
SAT 8/7
Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
With Sistine Guns, Tom Lister & Adye Jane

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE EVENTS TAB!

YAWNING MAN (USA) Return to Australia in August 2023

Desert Rock pioneers YAWNING MAN will make their way back to Australia in August 2023 to showcase their latest album “Long Walk of the Navajo”!
 
The trio will bring their timeless melodies and blissful vibrations to the towns of Sydney, Brisbane, Katoomba, Wollongong, Canberra, Geelong and Melbourne.
 
Forming in 1986, Yawning Man have released 8 studio albums and 5 split LPs/EPs.
The latest releases, “Long walk of the Navajo”, “The Revolt Against Tired Noises” & “Macedonian Lines”, won over critics from the desert plains to across the oceans.
This is not just due to the fact that Brant Bjork once said that “Yawning Man is the sickest band of all time”, or “They’re the greatest band I’ve ever seen”. Without the band and their commitment to the initiation of the first ever Generator Parties back in the 80s and 90s, Kyuss, QOTSA, Somali Yacht Club and Garcia’s many projects (including Sloburn and Unida) would not exist without this revolutionary band.
 
The trio, featuring Gary Arce on Guitar and now Greg Saenz (The Dwarves,John Garcia) and Billy Cordell (Brant Bjork, Kyuss Lives) have crafted one of the most unique blends of Psychedelic, Post and Desert Rock, which can only be described in human language as YAWNING MAN.
 
The new album “Long walk of the Navajo” heads into a more dark and sometimes heavy direction that has each song telling its own story with a haunting and heavy sound that settles into its own space of beauty.
 
The sound of Yawning Man stems from the Earth’s soul. While Gaia sends out signals to our spiritual ancestors and elders, the sound of the instruments gradually gather all of us in the moment, and the hypnotic mantras naturally enable the spread of love with the instruments of life we have.
 
Catch the trio in these cities on the dates below:
 
FRI 18/8 The Lady Hampshire, Sydney
SAT 19/8 King Lears Throne, Brisbane
SUN 20/8 Bootlegger Bar, Katoomba
WED 23/8 La La Las, Wollongong
THURS 24/8 Pot Belly, Canberra
FRI 25/8 Medusa Bar, Geelong
SAT 26/8 The Evelyn, Melbourne
 
Tickets from https://linktr.ee/yourmatebookings

Melbourne Dethfest 2023 Feat Exhumed (USA) & King Parrot

After the initial Melbourne Dethfest in 2022 selling out before doors, it was a no brainer that the madness must go on in 2023 at The Bendi in Collingwood on Saturday July 22nd with a co-headlined bill including Gore Metal legends Exhumed and Australias Thrash Grind Psychos King Parrot.
Two Stages.
Hours of filth.
Line up TBA.
Are you ready for the madness?
Tickets will sell out before the event.

2022 Line up included:
STARGAZER, FACELESS BURIAL, DENOUNCEMENT PYRE, GELD, MAMMONS THRONE, WOMB TO TOMB, MUNITIONS, GRAVEPEELER, CHOOF and more!

General Admission Tickets available now (any left will be available on the door)

Tickets available from https://mdf2023.eventbrite.com.au