Yo. Well, the interweb and word of mouth have spread the news -tickets have been on sale for a fortnight already for the thrash tour of '09. For those who have been hiding in a nuclear shelter for the last month, Slayer and Megadeth are touring together in October and are bringing their sharpened tools down on the heels of new records. World Painted Blood is the title of the new Slayer record, which guitarist Kerry King has compared to a more Seasons In The Abyss type of record, as opposed to the flat out Christ Illusion we got last time around. Megadeth's newy, Endgame, is also due out in September in time for the tour. Both bands have posted video previews of tracks from the record and having toured Canada together, we can expect a pretty slick show. I've had a look at some of the production stuff thanks to super secret spies in camp Slayer and the show is looking fantastic. Buy a ticket if they're still on sale for the Thursday October 8 show at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney or the Friday October 9 show in Melbourne at Festival Hall. Supports announced soon.
Equally exciting and possibly as redundantly old news to some is the announcement just after the last column of the return of Kreator to the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Thursday September 24. Once again the metalheads of Australia get a right spoiling from three of the '80s undisputed gods of metal. Should make for some sore necks and ringing ears 'til Xmas! Don't forget September also connects hammers to faces with Cannibal Corpse at the Roundhouse in Sydney on Thursday September 24.
Saturday September 12 marks the overdue welcome home show of Alchemist at the capital's metal capital, The Basement in Belconnen. The boys played in Brisbane at a big prog show last weekend and we can all be looking forward to finally getting our longest running and biggest metal export home for a big show. Joining them fresh from an extensive tour of Europe and the much storied Obscene Extreme festival in the Czech Republic is Adelaide's favourite grind sons Captain Cleanoff. Also along for this massive show is Templestowe to open proceedings. A huge night, be there.
Stigmata have re-branded themselves with the interesting name of Never Trust A Bunny. They've got a couple of shows coming up, including a spot on the excellent all ages bill to celebrate the Hard ACT To Follow launch at Woden Youth Centre on Friday September 25 with Friend or Enemy, Corgi Crisis and Inpowered. Only 5 bucks for that show. The guys also have a show at the Basement on Saturday October 3 headlining over Friend or Enemy, Escape Syndrome, The Third Estate and Perpetual End, which is an 18+ show.
Mudd Promotions have been beavering away with a few big bills coming up in the last quarter of '09 and the first is a show on Saturday September 26 at the ANU Bar. For a mere 20 bucks you can catch Paindivision, Switchblade, Our Last Enemy, The Vaine, Forgery, Never Trust A Bunny, Reign of Terror, Inside the Exterior and Black Eyed Gods. The good folks at Mudd have a mandate to make Canberra the metal capital again and we here at Metalize salute them.
JOSH NIXON
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