A huge congratualations to Anoxia, Burial Chamber and Munitions for getting the support slots for LEFT TO DIE (USA) in Sydney at the new venue THE UNDERGROUND
Address is 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007
Swedish Heavy Rockers GREENLEAF return in 2025!
The Head & The Habit Australian Tour 2025
Swedish Heavy Rock Riff Slayers GREENLEAF will make their way back to Australia in February 2025!
The quartet, who are no strangers to the both the east and west coast of Australia will hit Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Geelong and Melbourne before travelling to Perth to headline the annual Spliffs n Riffs festival.
Joining these riff wielding Swedes on the entire tour is Sydney’s’ Psychedelic Stoner Riff Wizards IRON BLANKET, who will make their debut in many of the cities The group takes influence from only the best including Pentagram, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Hawkwind.
Coming in at Number One on the worldwide Doom Charts for the Month of June, GREENLEAF “The Head & The Habit” has received just what it deserves.
“The Head & The Habit” delivers a full payload of nine tracks across 43 minutes of playtime – Gary (Metal Temple)
Nine tracks that are simply overflowing with the riffs and intoxicating personality that has made Greenleaf into the dominating presence in Swedish rock for several years now – Vinterd (Headbanger Reviews)
The whole band, though – and more than ever Greenleaf are a band – are in fine form throughout this. Arguably this is the best and most cohesive thing they’ve done, and “Oh Dandelion” rather underlines that. – Andy Thorley (Maximum Volume Music)
Today Greenleaf are widely recognized as one of the most dominating, prolific and obsessively listenable acts to emerge from the European heavy underground.
Now, ten years since the release of the landmark Trails & Passes album, Greenleaf return with The Head & The Habit, a record energized by awareness of their past triumphs and crafted with the maturity of a band who knows how to rock stronger, harder and better than ever before.
GREENLEAF IS: Tommi Holappa (Guitar), Arvid Hällagård (Vocals), Sebastian Olsson (Drums) & Hans Fröhlich (Bass)
Catch GREENLEAF & IRON BLANKET on the dates below:
Saturday 22/2 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
Sunday 23/2 The Baso, Canberra
Friday 28/2 The Gaso, Melbourne
GREENLEAF (SWE) Headline Spliffs n Riffs Festival in Perth, March 2025
Swedish Heavy Rock Riff Slayers GREENLEAF will make their way back to Australia in March 2025 to headline Spliffs n Riffs Festival 2025!
Left To Die (USA) Announces Perth Show in March 2025!
Left to Die PLAYS PERTH!
Whats that? Yes, For the first time ever in Australia, LEFT TO DIE, will play Rosemount Hotel on 4/3/2025
Featuring DEATH alumni Terry Butler (Bass) and Rick Rozz (Guitar) alongside Gruesome (USA) members Matt Harvey (Guitar, vocals of Exhumed, etc) and Gus Rios (Drums, ex-Malevolent Creation); is Australia ready for this caustic onslaught of pummelling Death Metal destruction?
For the first time ever in Australia, LEFT TO DIE (USA) Tour March 2025!
For the first time ever in Australia, LEFT TO DIE, March 2025!
Pioneering the sound of Death Metal since the 1980s’, a reborn tribute to the band DEATH including original members and other members hand-picked to do the job and present to you DEATH METAL in its purest form “Scream Bloody Gore” & “Leprosy”.
The Quartet will slash and cast curses upon the masses in March 2025, bludgeoning the cities of Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne (Headlining Melbourne Dethfest 2025).
DEATH never toured Australia when the band existed and before Chuck Schuldiner passed in 2001, making this tour a very special tribute to one of the Gods of Heavy Metal.
Featuring Death alumni Terry Butler (Bass and Obituary) and Rick Rozz (Guitar) alongside Gruesome (USA) members Matt Harvey (Guitar, vocals of Exhumed, etc) and Gus Rios (Drums, ex-Malevolent Creation); is Australia ready for this caustic onslaught of pummelling Death Metal destruction?
Thursday 6/3 Soapbox, Brisbane
Saturday 8/3 The Underground, Sydney
Sunday 9/3 Melbourne Dethfest, Melbourne
GA & VIP tickets onsale now via www.yourmatebookings.com
GA – General Admission Ticket
VIP – Meet and Greet the band, watch sound check, photo with the band, complimentary signed poster and VIP Lanyard
Swedish Metal Gods DREAM EVIL Perform DRAGONSLAYER in FULL on 03/11 in Melbourne
Swedish Metal Gods will perform their 2002 “Dragonslayer” in its entirety on Sunday Nov 3rd at The Leadbeater with support from Bridear (JP) and Elm Street.
Swedish heavy metal legends DREAM EVIL are back and headed to Australia this summer 2024! In support of their brand-new album Metal Gods (Out July 26, Century Media), DREAM EVIL will make their Australian debut this November!.
Hitting Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, and Melbourne, DREAM EVIL is ready to read from the book of heavy metal down under and bring the wrath of the metal gods!
Niklas Isfeldt ”We will rock your Australian asses! I’m so thrilled, this is going to be awesome.”
Peter Stalfors “This will be legendary! We can’t wait for this tour!”
Check out the videos for the title track “Metal Gods” and the second single “Chosen Force” here: (insert link)
Metal Gods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQhp1mmraKQ
Chosen Force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZimV-khh__Q
DREAM EVIL will be joined in Australia by all-female Japanese metal band BRIDEAR, also touring Australia for the first time, as they kick off their own world tour! BRIDEAR’s new album Born Again (Psychomanteum Records) was produced by DREAM EVIL’s Fredrk Nordström and features the track “Die Like This” with a guest vocal appearance by DREAM EVIL’s Nick Night. BRIDEAR has cultivated a strong international following and is thrilled to finally bring their powerful live experience to Australia!
BRIDEAR “Still Burning” Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7UOTBAtJh0
Presented by Your Mate Bookings, Century Media Records, Utopia Records, Metal Evilution, Pyramidion Productions, Studio Fredman & Psychomanteum Records.
For all press enquires please contact Anthony ab@yourmatebookings.com
Melbourne Dethfest 2025 Announced Featuting the one and only LEFT TO DIE (USA)
Melbourne Dethfest returns in 2025 for its fourth instalment with none other than LEFT TO DIE (USA) headlining this feast of heaviness in all its glory.
After the initial Melbourne Dethfest in 2022, 2023 & 2024 selling out before doors, it was a no brainer that the madness must go on in a bigger venue for 2025, back to two stages in which The Corner, Richmond will this year be the home of Melbourne Dethfest on Sunday March 9th 2025.
Who is LEFT TO DIE (USA)? You’re joking right?
Pioneering the sound of Death Metal since the 1980s’, a reborn tribute to the band DEATH including original members and other members hand-picked to do the job and present to you DEATH METAL in its purest form “Scream Bloody Gore” & “Leprosy”.
LEFT TO DIE (USA) features Terry Butler (Death, Obituary, Inhuman Condition & Massacre), Rick Rozz (Death, Mantas & Massacre) Matt Harvey (Exhumed & Gruesome) & Gus Rios (Gruesome and Malevolent Creation)
Two Stages. 8 Hours of filth. Are you ready for the madness?
FULL LINE UP BELOW:
Left To Die (USA)
Faceless Burial
Gutless
Pestilential Shadows (NSW)
Werewolves
Pizza Death
Munitions
Vexation
Midnight Odyssey (QLD)
Goat Shaman
TICKETS WILL SELL OUT BEFORE THE EVENT – BUY HERE NOW!
2022 Line up:
STARGAZER (SA), Faceless Burial, Denouncement Pyre, Geld, Mammons Throne, Womb to Tomb, Munitions, Gravepeeler, Choof, Algor Mortis and more!
2023 Line Up:
Exhumed (USA) & King Parrot & more
2024 Line Up:
Rotting Christ (GR) & Jungle Rot (USA), King, Mammons Throne & more
General Admission/VIP Tickets available now (any left will be available on the door)
GA – GENERAL ADMISSION
VIP – Melbourne Dethfest 2025 poster, VIP Lanyard, Meet n Greet the band, have 2 x pieces of your merch signed
Australian Depressive Black Metal AUSTERE join HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, both making their AUSTRALIAN DEBUT!
For the first time ever Austrian Post Black Metal pioneers HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY will make their debut in Australia, November 2024.
The captivating group of tranquil Black Metal will be supported by Depressive Black Metal group AUSTERE; both groups making their first ever appearances in the following cities; Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney
In the past decade, HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY have become pioneers of the post black metal movement, gained a significant worldwide following with “III: Trauma” and even entered the German charts on #4 with their latest album “Maere”.
Ever since their conception in 2011, the Austrian duo has drawn fans and critics deeper and deeper into the maelstrom of their melancholy, self-hate and anger, and toured relentlessly in Europe, Asia and North and South America. With M.S.‘s captivating guitar melodies and J.J.‘s lyrics, ridden with trauma, delirium and loss, their unique mixture of extreme metal and post rock has created an inescapable void.
Until 2024, AUSTERE (Conceived in 2005) had never played in their homeland until Austrian Black Metal band HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY requested they be included as main support for their debut tour of Australia.
Thursday 14/11 Crowbar, Sydney
Friday 15/11 The Baso, Canberra
Saturday 16/11 The Corner, Melbourne
Sunday 17/11 The Zoo, Brisbane
Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com
Dream Evil (Sweden) Debut Australian Tour supported by Bridear (Japan) in November 2024
Swedish heavy metal legends DREAM EVIL are back and headed to Australia this summer 2024! In support of their brand-new album Metal Gods (Out July 26, Century Media), DREAM EVIL will make their Australian debut this November!.
Hitting Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, and Melbourne, DREAM EVIL is ready to read from the book of heavy metal down under and bring the wrath of the metal gods!
2/11 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
4/11 The Leadbeater, Melbourne
Niklas Isfeldt ”We will rock your Australian asses! I’m so thrilled, this is going to be awesome.”
Peter Stalfors “This will be legendary! We can’t wait for this tour!”
Check out the videos for the title track “Metal Gods” and the second single “Chosen Force” here:
Metal Gods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQhp1mmraKQ
Chosen Force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZimV-khh__Q
DREAM EVIL will be joined in Australia by all-female Japanese metal band BRIDEAR, also touring Australia for the first time, as they kick off their own world tour! BRIDEAR’s new album Born Again (Psychomanteum Records) was produced by DREAM EVIL’s Fredrk Nordström and features the track “Die Like This” with a guest vocal appearance by DREAM EVIL’s Nick Night. BRIDEAR has cultivated a strong international following and is thrilled to finally bring their powerful live experience to Australia!
BRIDEAR “Still Burning” Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7UOTBAtJh0
Tickets are available www.yourmatebookings.com
Presented by Your Mate Bookings, Century Media Records, Utopia Records, Metal Evilution, Pyramidion Productions, Studio Fredman & Psychomanteum Records.
For all press enquires please contact Anthony ab@yourmatebookings.com
ENFORCER (SWE) DEBUT AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN JAN 2025
Sweden’s Unstoppable force of Heavy Metal ENFORCER will take their Maiden voyage to Australia for the first time ever in January 2025.
After two decades of waiting for this rousing ride of wild headbanging and speed metal madness, the legendary ENFORCER will bring you the goods Perth, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne!
Catch this masterclass in Heavy Metal on the dates below:
SAT 18/1 Rosemount Hotel, Perth
WED 22/1 Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle
FRI 24/1 Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney
SAT 25/1 The Leadbeater, Melbourne
TICKETS ONSALE NOW FROM www.yourmatebookings.com
PRESENTED BY Your Mate Bookings, Nuclear Blast, Utopia Records and Metal Evilution
BIOGRAPHY
Sweden’s Enforcer are one of the most influential heavy metal band of the 2000s.
Formed in 2005 the band went against all trends as a larger than life-styled heavy metal band for the masses, in a world of metal core and plastic power metal.
Quickly gaining success in the underground Enforcer released their two first albums 2008-2010 and created a huge worldwide movement of traditional metal, later to be referred to as ’new wave of traditional metal’.
2012 Enforcer signed a world-wide deal with metal gigants Nuclear Blast and put out another three albums. Today Enforcer is one of the most renowned heavy metal band of its generation and has toured the world countless of times with their furious and uncompromising heavy metal leading the way for generations to come.
Into the Night Full-length 2008
Diamonds Full-length 2010
Death by Fire Full-length 2013
From Beyond Full-length 2015
Zenith Full-length 2019
Nostalgia Full-length 2023
Jazz Sabbath (UK) make their Australian Debut this July 2024!
For the first time in Australia; Jazz Sabbath.
Jazz Sabbath is a jazz trio from the UK that plays (instrumental) jazz interpretations of Black Sabbath songs. Helmed by pianist Adam Wakeman (Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band since 2004), Jazz Sabbath has been exploring the boundaries between jazz and the songs that defined heavy metal with sold out shows throughout Europe. Echoing already present jazz riffs and discovering new ones.
Presenting themselves as a jazz trio formed in 1968 and being the original writers of the tracks, later made famous by Black Sabbath, they released their self-titled debut album in 2020. In April 2022 they released Vol.2, which entered the Billboard jazz album chart at #6. Their albums’ streaming count is in the millions and both albums got special Record Store Day Mono editions, which sold out within days.
On the albums Adam is joined by Ash Soan on drums and Jerry Meehan on bass, plus a list of guest musicians, such as Simon McBride (Deep Purple) and Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne). However, all go by their 1960s pseudonyms.
Dates and Cities:
25/7 Pleasure Club, Sydney (Newtown) – Register Here
26/7 Pleasure Club, Sydney (Newtown) – Register Here
27/7 Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne
Tickets available from www.yourmatebookings.com
PRESENTED BY YOUR MATE BOOKINGS & JAZZ SABBATH
Quotes:
I really love this – Ozzy Osbourne
Amazing interpretations – Tony Iommi
Press quotes Rock/Mainstream media
+It is fantastic – BBC radio
+ Some of the finest Sabbath covers ever – Decibel Magazine
+ Never has heavy metal been so groovy – MetalTalk
+ Spectacular renditions – Metal Injection
+ So chill and enjoyable – Loudwire
+ Fiendishly clever – Metal Rules
Press quotes Jazz media
+ An original concept and great musicianship – Jazz Journal
+ The music delivers – NYC Jazz Record
+ A roaring success – Jazzwise Magazine
+ The music is much bigger than the imagined legend – Jazz ‘n More
+ Stunning – Jazz & Mo
TAROT return to Melbourne to Launch their album “Glimpse Of The Dawn”!
Vintage, earthy 1970s hard rock band TAROT will launch their 2024 release “Glimpse Of The Dawn” at The Gaso, Collingwood on Friday December 6th.
Supported by a local crew of heavy talent including Stepmother, FLY and Whiskey Hawk; a night of heavy riffs in classic hard rock, from all angles brings us together to worship the cult of TAROT!
STEPMOTHER – Stepmother is an Australian power trio fronted by Graham Clise (Annihilation Time, Lecherous Gaze, Rot TV, Witch). With Equal parts motor city proto punk and feedback drenched fuzz on the darker side of psychedelia, Stepmother plays anthems for the poor depraved sickos and rock n roll miscreants. With influences ranging from Blue Cheer & The Pink Fairies to Nervous Eaters & The Damned.
FLY – FLY! is a fast and mean rock ‘n’ roll machine from Melbourne, OZ. Inspired by the likes of MOTORHEAD, JUDAS PRIEST and AC/DC, FLY! are bringing their signature blend of high speed, raw power rock ‘n’ roll to a show near YOU!
WHISKEY HAWK – 60/70s Classic Hard Rock with Psychedelic Soundscapes
TICKETS ONSALE NOW FROM www.yourmatebookings.com
MORE ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM ‘GLIMPSE OF THE DAWN’
The long-awaited sophomore album from Australia’s Tarot re-imagines heavy, Hammond B3 organ hard rock for a new generation!
Eight years have passed since Tarot’s first full-length, Reflections, to their new long-player, Glimpse of the Dawn. It was like a lifetime for the 1970s-rock-tinged Australians. The band embarked on its first-ever live shows after Reflections, essentially coming together as a unit while on stage. Live activity then opened the door for increased collaboration between all members of the band. Now operating as a cohesive, free-flowing outfit, Tarot amassed a lively, spacious album in the form of Glimpse of the Dawn that earnestly pays tribute to their core influences of Uriah Heep, Rainbow and Deep Purple while blazing an identity of its own.
Glimpse of the Dawn was recorded across several studios in the band’s native Tasmania, starting with drum tracking by Joe Haley at Crawlspace Productions. From there, the band retreated to its own Heavy Chains Studio and Riff Cabin to complete tracking, yet it was the face-to-face sessions with Haley that gave the album its live and natural feel.
This approach — once an industry standard but now becoming a rarity — found Tarot simply cracking open a few beers, letting the tape roll and letting the results happen as they may. To that end, Tarot purposely left open spaces to allow for improvisation. Many of the album’s lead guitar sections were written on the fly in the studio and were subsequently kept, allowing for Tarot to “catch lightning in a bottle.” This approach is perhaps best exemplified on the title track, which kicks off the album in grand fashion with rollicking Hammond keyboards and vocal trade-offs between founding member Will Spectre, guitarist Felix Russell and keyboardist Dave Harrington-George.
In fact, collaboration defines Glimpse of the Dawn. Whereas Spectre previously shouldered the songwriting load, the album features contributions from all members of Tarot. This communal, open vibe is yet another throwback to the bands Tarot has taken inspiration from. The closeness of all five members allowed for a free exchange of ideas, thus sharpening every facet of the album. It helped further expand Tarot’s sound, which is often driven by the classic Hammond B3 organ, mellotron string and choir and various analog synths.
The members of Tarot put an immense of thought into the interplay between Harrington-George’s parts and its guitar lines, ultimately producing an album with equal breadth and depth.
Glimpse of the Dawn is tailor-made for the live arena. Tarot already has plans to hit its Australian homeland and Europe throughout 2024, bringing its hard-rocking, anthemic songs to audiences deserving of a band that perfectly embodies the spirit of 1970s rock.
Dream Evil (SWE), Bridear (JP) & Wicked Smile play Melbourne – 50% of tickets gone!
Thats right, Swedish Metal Gods Dream Evil are playing Melbourne on 4/11 (Cup Day Eve) at The Leadbeater, Richmond and half the tickets are already gone!
Supported by Japanese Queens of Rock/Metal ‘Bridear’ and Local Heavy Rock/Metal ‘Wicked Smile’ we are in for one huge night of METAL!