SEPULTURA TOUR IMMINENT
Sepultura’s ‘The Mediator Within’ Australia and New Zealand tour kicks off very soon: the metal legends will be at 170 Russell (ex-Billboard) on Friday October 3. The band is touring on the back of their incredible album The Mediator Between The Head And Hands Must Be The Heart (which is my personal favourite of the post-Max era). Tickets are only $59 plus booking fee from metropolistouring.com.
THE MATCHES TO TOUR
The Matches are dusting off the cobwebs, packing their bags and heading to Australia this January to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough debut album E. Von Dhal Killed The Locals by playing the album from start to finish as well as playing other classics. They’ll be at The Corner Hotel on Saturday January 17, tickets from cornerhotel.com and oztix.com.au.
PODCAST: SKRUINS AND CO BREAKFAST SHOW
Melbourne-based weekly comedy podcast, Skruins and Co Breakfast Show is more or less two idiots telling tales of growing up in regional Victoria, travels, urinating in silos and poorly thought-out theories in a dimly lit room. It’s like a proper FM radio show but recorded without a pop filter, without rules, without music and without a middle-aged producer laughing just off mic. You can check it out on iTunes and Android.
KILL TV AT THE REVERENCE
Kill TV play their last full band gig until November at The Reverence Hotel this Thursday October 25. By the way, Kill TV is a great example of a band who knows how to promote themselves. Don’t be afraid to send in your news, gig dates etc like they do!
MARDUK & INQUISITION
The bright days of the Australian summer will momentarily darken in mid-January when two of black metal’s most notorious and infamous acts descend on the nation for a twin attack of biblical proportions. Marduk and Inquisition will hit every capital city and raze them to the ground, leaving trails of destruction and mayhem in their path. Since coming into being in 1990, Sweden’s Marduk have unleashed 12 albums of scathing extremity and the utmost brutality. And with album number 13 about to be released, Australia will once again be in the firing line to receive an unadulterated blast of caustic black metal. Inquisition formed in Colombia, South America but now reside in Seattle where they taunt the locals. The fact that the band consists of just two members does nothing to detract from their ferocity and the intensity of their craft. Their sixth and latest album, Obscure Verses For The Multiverse is a psychedelic journey of satanic intentions, cosmic rituals and dark energies that completely mesmerize when performed live. They’ll be at the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday January 14 (tickets from ticketscout.com.au) and The Hi Fi Bar on Friday January 16 (tickets from thehifi.com.au).
TRIVIUM & IN FLAMES TOUR
With a swag of awards and sold out stadium tours across the globe left in their wake, Trivium will be returning to Australia this November with very special guests In Flames. Trivium is whipping around the world one more time to promote their awesome latest album Vengeance Falls (which contains several songs that lodge themselves in my brain daily), while In Flames’ new album Siren Charms is a diverse, melodic-yet-crushing creation that is one of the metal releases of the year. They’ll be at 170 Russell on Sunday November 23. Tickets from oztix.com and 170russell.com.
NEW QUEEN TRACKS ON THE WAY
Three previously unreleased Queen tracks featuring late singer Freddie Mercury will spearhead an awesome new Queen album, Queen Forever, due Tuesday November 11 on Hollywood Records. The tracks include a highly anticipated song from Queen and Michael Jackson, There Must Be More to Life Than This, a previously unfinished Mercury-Queen track, Let Me In Your Heart Again, originating from the band’s The Works album recording sessions, and a new stripped-down ballad version of Mercury’s first solo hit, his Giorgio Moroder collaboration, Love Kills. The rest of the package brings together Queen hits, classic tracks, and new takes on well-known songs, matched with band recordings. Brian May describes it as “things that we have collected together that are representative of our growth rather than the big hits”, in a collection immaculately assembled by May and Roger Taylor themselves.
