Praise, hail Satan! Finally Australia has its own black metal fest!
Fans should be already eagerly awaiting the Black Mass Festival up in Sydney presented by Séance records. The eight band bill is on Saturday November 27 at the Newtown RSL on Enmore Road. Nazxul headline over Queensland’s comeback kings Astriaal, plus Drowning The Light, Sanguinary Misanthropia, Wardaemonic, Erebus Enthroned, Moon and Spire. The show is $30 bucks pre sale and $35 on the door. There will be stalls, giveaways and a promise that the DJs will play “only the darkest sounds from eve ‘til dawn”.
While on the black metal spear tip, don’t forget the Mayhem show in Sydney at The Factory, a bit further down Enmore Road than the above fest, on Friday September 24. Anno Domini will be in support.
Whilst we’re not getting the Big Four show (yet), Megadeth have announced they will be back to headline the No Sleep Til Festival, which seems to be setting itself up like a Soundwave-lite. The majority of the line-up consists of punk, hardcore and a good whack of bands that play breakdowns instead of songs, but NOFX, Dropkick Murphys and Descendents on their first Aussie tour suggest just the tip of an iceberg. For Metalise regular readers, GWAR’s first Aussie tour and Swede’s Katatonia might make the ticket an attractive one, along with Mustaine’s gang. The Sydney show is on Saturday December 18 in the old Big Day Out, and more recently Livid Festival’s, locale of the Hordern Pavilion and surrounds and you can get tickets at the Moshtix website.
The USA’s Acid King are confirmed for a Thursday October 7 show at The Basement in Belconnen along with Pod People, Looking Glass and I Exist. This is to make up for the lack of a local Doomsday Festival show also happening in October in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The Sydney Doomsday show is at the Newtown RSL on Saturday October 2 with Acid King, Pod People, Looking Glass, Summonus, Clagg, Sons of the Ionian Sea, Fattura Della Morte, VAN and a late show from Adrift for Days and Mother Mars.
This weekend on Saturday September 4, The Basement hosts Taliesin, The Danny John Trio, ZZG and Paulie The Water Tiger. Joel’s birthday bash, The DJ Pea’s Birthday Show on Saturday September 25 looks great with shows from Looking Glass, Dead Letter Opener, Leicohtica, Leadlight Rose, Red Bee, ZZG, Paulie The Water Tiger, Vertical Smirk and Jizz.
Baroness has announced sideshows from the Metallica touring juggernaut hitting Australia later in the year. Friday November 12 in Sydney is the date and the Annandale is the perfect venue, in my opinion, to “get” the intricacies of this great band in a live setting. Tickets on sale now.
I gotta recommend this album; I’ve been flogging in recent weeks. Norway’s Kvelertak play a brand of Turbo Negro-esque rock laced with black metal influences in vocal delivery, a few of their riffs, more hooks than a tackle box, and some super charming snow wog sounding melodies (see chorus of the one English titled song Sultans of Satan). It will have you air-guitaring and, should you speak Norse, singing along. I think not knowing the lyrics or song titles to the majority of the album has only enhanced my enjoyment of this record. Self titled album, stunning John Baizley artwork, check it out.
josh np: Blodtørst – Kvelertak – Kvelertak.
