Crunch - October 23, 2013

Crunch – October 23, 2013

CREEPSHOW HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL

On Saturday October 26, The Espy will transform into a haunted mansion to host Creepshow Halloween Festival – Melbourne’s biggest Halloween party. Now in its fourth year, Creepshow features DJs, burlesque dancers and bands performing in full costume. The acts announced are Sydonia (video launch), Engine (single launch), Gay Paris, Chaos Divine, Anna Salen VS Mario Bros, Death Audio, Ten Thousand, Head Filled Attraction (single launch), Kettlespider, Marlow, Shadowgame, LeSuits, Red Remedy, The Pass Outs, Sentia, Transience, Ire and heaps more. Prizes for best dressed on the night. Visit creepshowfestival.com for more information.

DOUBLE DIGITS FOR DENOUNCEMENT PYRE

BM Belts presences Denouncement Pyre 10 Year Anniversary Ritual 2003-2013 at the Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood, on Saturday October 26. Denouncement Pyre cap off their tenth year of underground darkness with this last show of 2013 after releasing Almighty Arcanum earlier this year on Hells Headbangers records! Cauldron Black Ram make their return to Melbourne shores for skullduggery, rum and wenches, Hellbringer drag their evil thrashing madness down south from Canberra, and Altars will be bringing forth their brutal death metal as heard on their new album, Paramnesia. Doors at 8pm, $15 entry, 18+.

GUS G’S FIREWIND – NOT LONG NOW!

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G – known by many as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and by his tenures in Dream Evil, Nightrage and as a touring player with Arch Enemy – is bringing his legendary power metal band Firewind to Australia for the first time ever this October and November, presented by Metropolis Touring and Tombowler. The Apotheosis Across Australia 2013 tour rolls into Melbourne on Sunday November 3 at the Corner Hotel. Tickets are only $59 plus booking fee and are available from metropolistouring.com, and there are strictly limited VIP meet and greet packages available for each show too.

BABY ANIMALS NEXT WEEK

Don’t forget! Iconic Aussie rockers Baby Animals are hitting the road for the Feed The Birds tour, which began in Newcastle a few weeks ago. The tour will be filmed for the band’s first ever live DVD, to be called Feed the Birds (Live). Fans can pre-order the DVD, or grab a limited release bundle that includes a ticket to the show and a signed copy of the DVD upon its release for Christmas, from thebabyanimals.com. They’ll be at The Wool Exchange in Geelong on Wednesday October 30, and the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on Thursday October 31. Tickets for the Feed The Birds tour, exclusive fan bundles and copies of This Is Not The End and Feed the Birds (Live) are available from thebabyanimals.com

NIGHT OF THE SPIKY LOGOS AT THE GASOMETER

Stretch those neck muscles (do people still head-bang any more?) for a night of brutality at The Gasometer Hotel, 484 Smith St, Collingwood on Friday November 22. Hailing from Tasmania, melodic black metal powerhouse Atra Vetosus will return to Melbourne in support of their acclaimed debut album Voices From the Eternal Night, backed up by experimental post-black doom metallers Internal Harvest, who will be sequestered in the studio for most of 2014 working on a new album. The extreme melodic death metal horde Catacombs have spent the majority of this year perfecting their debut album, and this will mark their triumphant return to the stage with a fresh hunger to push forward and crush the things in this life which attempt to tear us down. And melodic death metallers Ordnance have been a tireless force upon the Melbourne metal scene over the last few years playing countless shows. This past year has seen them release their debut EP Blight, acquire a killer new drummer (who also plays with Adamus Exul and Internal Harvest) and now they are preparing to record their debut album. Be sure to get there early to catch some intense and aggressive metal! Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

KINGSWOOD READY NEW SINGLE

In a studio in Nashville your favourite gritty indie rock four piece from Melbourne, Kingswood, are finishing off their long awaited debut LP. Taking a break from the studio, where they are working with esteemed producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon) Kingswood has kicked off a run of US tour dates including renowned music conference CMJ in New York City. Packed with all the intensity they have become known for, new single Sucker Punch will be in hand when Kingswood land back on home soil in November. The single comes complete with artwork by legendary designer Ken Taylor, infamous for his iconic artwork and design for many local and international bands. And the band will play a few Australian dates upon their return (including at the Prince Bandroom on Friday December 6) before zipping around the country as part of the Big Day Out in January.

BRONSON HIT THE ROAD – INCLUDING BENDIGOAT METAL FEST

Melbourne’s Bronson have delivered one of the best heavy albums of 2013 in Blood Brothers – a crushing blend of Killswitch Engage style riffsmanship and Pantera-esque groove yet infused with a fresh modern edge. It was recorded and mixed in Australia by Roman Koester of Complex Studios and mastered in Sweden by Peter In de Betou of Tailor Made Productions. And you can catch the band live on Friday November 1 at The Sound Bar, Werribee. They’ll also be appearing at the Bendigoat Metal Festival at New Market Hotel on Saturday November 2 alongside Path of Destruction, A Greed Science, Terror Strike, Avirus, Scar the Surface, Internal Nightmare, Myridian, Severity, NOÛS, Internal Harvest, Mardraum, Sewercide, Maniaxe, Evil Intent, Order of Torment, Mar Mortuum (the band formerly known as Agave Maize), Terra Australis and Adamus Exul.