ZOMBIE MOTORS WRECKING YARD, THE RUINER, ABRASION, BROOZER
Friday February 27 sees an epic lineup of dirty rock and stoner metal at The Bendigo Hotel. In one night, you’ll be assaulted in the most epic way with beer, weed and naked girls – okay, maybe not the naked girls, but you get the idea. Fuelled by gasoline and weed out in the barren north-west Victorian wasteland comes the slow, groove ridden dirty slide stoner rock of Zombie Motors Wrecking Yard. Described by J Fuller from Blood Duster as the missing link between Kyuss and Ministry, this bearded beast mixes its love of choppers, muscle cars with B-grade films and dirty sexploitation sci-fi and monster films. If Mad Max had an eight-track in his car, ZMWY is what he’d be listening to as he shoots mohawked sports, bike fuel scavengers across the barren Victorian wastelands. They’ll be joined by rifflords The Ruiner, featuring members of (Christbait and Blood Duster), Abrasion and Broozer.
MUSIC FOR NATIONS IS BACK IN OZ
Sony Music Entertainment Australia has announced that legendary metal/prog/rock label Music For Nations will once again be distributed locally via physical and digital product. In a series of reissues, the label will be celebrating some of the most iconic records by some of world’s most influential bands. As well as reissues, the label will be signing new artists for the first time in over a decade. Available in April 2015, Liverpool’s Anathema release their Music For Nations back catalogue. Songwriter and guitarist Daniel Cavanagh says, “I’m really happy that after all these years, the Music For Nations era of Anathema music is finally receiving the attention, respect and treatment it deserves. It has been a great pleasure to work on this package. Everything from supplying the additional artwork, the remastering process of the albums, and the chance to add a surprise or two, has been a wonderful process.”
AN EVENING WITH MACHINE HEAD
Machine Head are one of the biggest names in metal. Starting with the 1994’s earth-shattering Burn My Eyes and continuing up to 2014’s Bloodstone & Diamonds, they’ve consistently redefined the very notion of heaviness and are one of the few in modern times that can boast an unbreakable connection with the hearts and minds of the metal faithful. Now Machine Head are bringing their phenomenal live performance to Australia on a headline run all across the country. Frontman Robb Flynn says, “Our first time headlining in Australia since 2010, and our first time headlining in New Zealand EVER. To say that we are fucking stoked beyond belief would be the understatement of the year. We cannot wait to plunder your cities into the dust, Head Cases.”
They’ll be at 170 Russell on Monday June 22. Tickets on sale now from bit.ly/HeadCasesTix
NEW VIDEO FROM THE ANSWER
Northern Irish rockers The Answer have released a video for Long Live The Renegades from their new album Raise A Little Hell. “It’s a bit of a rocker and we tried a slightly different production technique on this track by keeping it very dry,” the band says. “The song is about just doing what you do best and having a bit of a bunker mentality. This is our fifth album and we’ve gone back to our earlier blues and roots style with what we think are harder rockin’ grooves. Hope you like it as much as we do.” Raise A Little Hell was produced by Guillermo Will Maya and mixed by Chris Sheldon and you can find the new video on the YouTubes.
YOUNG LIONS AT BANG
Young Lions kick-started their Blue Isla tour with a near capacity hometown Brisbane show last week and they hit Melbourne on Saturday February 28 at Bang at The Royal Melbourne Hotel.
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER RETURN
The Black Dahlia Murder have released five genre-defining albums since forming in 2001 and it’s impossible to discuss melodic death metal without mentioning their name. They were last in Australia for Soundwave 2014 which saw them as part of an epic tour package of top shelf Metal Blade acts including Gwar and Amon Amarth (and also Satyricon). While delivering the punch to the face fans expect of the band, TBDM also strive to better themselves as vocalist Trevor Strnad explains, “We’ve always tried to create something that’s rooted in classic death metal but at the same time offers something fresh and new, and [latest album] Everblack is everything that we collectively love about the genre.” They return in June and Melbourne will be treated to no less than three shows at Northcote Social Club; 18+ evening shows on Saturday June 20 and Sunday June 21, plus an all ages afternoon show on June 21. Tickets on sale now from corner.ticketscout.com.au
