CALIGULA’S HORSE SIGN WITH THE AGENCY GROUP
Congratulations to Brisbane alt-proggers Caligula’s Horse, who’ve just signed a deal with The Agency Group in New York for their North American bookings. After conquering Australia with their stunning debut album, The Tide, The Thief & River’s End, and their tireless work and touring ethic, the band’s now being represented by The Agency Group’s agent Josh Kline, whose personal clients includes such luminaries of the heavy music scene as Bring Me The Horizon, Trivium and Protest The Hero. Kline says, “Hey fans – I’m truly excited to be working with the guys and can’t wait to help bring their brilliant riffage stateside.” The band’s also signed a management deal with Melbourne-based company Wild Thing Presents, who also handle their Australian bookings. They’ll be touring Australia throughout the second half of January, to promote the release of their brand new video for the album’s opening track, A Gift to Afterthought. Catch them at The Evelyn Hotel on January 25 with AlithiA, Orsome Welles and Kettlespider.
MYYTH SINGLE LAUNCH
Melbourne rockers Myyth blend hooks with raw and impulsive heavy music to violate the barriers of pop-convention. This year they took to the stage at the esteemed Progfest with local progressive superheroes Closure in Moscow and Mushroom Giant, and they also put in countless gigs honing their live set on stages around Melbourne and regional Victoria. Their debut single Relics is out now and they’ll be officially launching it at The Workers Club in Fitzroy on January 8 with The Underhanded, Doktor and A Basket of Mammoths.
LORD RETURN!
Sydney metal legends LORD return to Melbourne on Saturday January 24 2015 (Australia Day Weekend) at The Reverence Hotel, Footscray with special guests Desecrator, Envenomed, Party Vibez and Toxicon in support of the recently released The Dungeon Era – 25th Anniversary box set.The box set encompasses the spirit and soul of the original Dungeon albums Resurrection, A Rise to Power, One Step Beyond and The Final Chapter, re-imagined and re-recorded by the current LORD band. As well as these re-recordings, it also includes the original Dungeon releases all entirely remixed and remastered from the original multitrack tapes, plus rare unreleased tracks from the early ‘90s.
ONE-OFF THE AUGUST REIGN REUNION
In the name of charity and goodwill, Melbourne mosh-zilla The August Reign are bringing their rowdy, ferocious presence back for this one-off reunion. This is their first show since 2007, most likely their last ever, so bust out that Most Precious Blood shirt and start practicing those spinkicks.
Joining the party are Melbourne hardcore legends Ganbaru (formerly Declaration), Sydney hardcore crew Boneless, Melbourne melodic punks Daybreak, straightedge hardcore monster XUPPERCUTX and ‘90s metalcore flag-bearers Rebirth. All proceeds from the show will go to benefit Heartkids, who provide research and support for children with heart conditions, heartkids.org.au Catch them at The Reverence Hotel, Footscray on Friday December 19. Doors at 7.30pm, the first band are on at 8.
INVERLOCH AT THE BENDIGO
Inverloch are one of the best heavy bands in Australia, hands down. Featuring half of the legendary diSEMBOWELMENT, they pick right up where diSEMBOWELMENT left off close to two decades ago. Inverloch’s debut mini-LP – the spell-check-confusing d.USK….Subside – is nothing short of epic, featuring the slow atmospherics mixed with bursts of pounding blast beats that erupt out of tranquil soundscapes that diSEMBOWELMENT first trademarked in the early ‘90s. They play The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood on Friday with Cemetary Urn, AK-11 and Eskhaton.
DEAD RELEASE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY ALBUM
Check out Captains Of Industry, the new album by Melbourne’s DEAD. And the email I was sent probably tells the story far better than I ever could so take it away, guys: “During creation the band subsided on a predominantly plant based diet though there was one minor beef incident due to a language barrier at the local Mexican provedore. To a lesser band this might have been a major setback, but the member involved maintained a professional demeanour and kept the matter private rather than burden anyone else with it. Toshi Kasai recorded it; he’s a relatively famous bloke having made records for Tool/Melvins/Helmet/Big Business and many more. But at the end of the day he’s just a regular guy who loves his baseball. It was really hot and the air con didn’t work but the band soldiered one. What troopers. The band think it’s their “strongest work to date,” “a real mix of our past albums and a bit of a direction change” but also, “it’s a return to our roots.” During a recent press conference the band were asked: will you be touring this album? Is it ARIA-winning material? And will we hear it on our national broadcaster? The answers respectively were: “Yes, no and unlikely.”
