MAY: HEAVY MUSIC ROUND UP
Will Oakeshott goes to the dark side to gather up all things metal in South Australia…
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Sundowner – ‘Substance Abuse’
Welcome to Adelaide’s Sundowner, the forbidding five-piece who craft chilling doom and sludge metal with an element of groove. Their harrowing single ‘Substance Abuse’ is a modernised Tony Iommi-driven bluesy-gloom adventure that balances the delectable drone output of Weedeater, then fuses it with the post-math-metal of Narrows. Vocalist Oliva Burton is haunting in her fierce, screamed delivery that aches with authenticity. These four minutes are a vehement venture of turmoil.
You Should See
Rotting Christ and Jungle Rot
Greece’s Rotting Christ began in 1987 as a grindcore outfit, before creating their seminal sound of Hellenic black metal. They’re showcasing this development in Australia with groove death metal quartet Jungle Rot, who will be decimating stages Down Under for the first time in three decades.
May 8 | Lion Arts Factory | Tickets via Moshtix
Botch and Conjurer
Washington’s magical mathcore innovators, Botch, reunited in 2023 after 20 years of absence. Thankfully they’ve included Australia on their long run of proper farewell shows. Joining them is the UK’s Conjurer who Paul Travers from Kerrang! described as “one of the finest metal bands out there right now”.
May 19 | The Gov | Tickets via Moshtix
FOUR MORE
Tesseract
The British progressive metal masters have announced their return to Australia after a six-year absence. It’s in support of their acclaimed album, War Of Being.
May 7 | Lion Arts Factory | Tickets via Moshtix
The Bleeding Venom Tour
Nicolas Cage Fighter will headline this hard-hitting Cranker gig this May, supported by Deprivation, Headbore and I CHOOSE VIOLENCE.
May 10 | Crown & Anchor | Tickets via Oztix
Vilify
Newcastle’s metalcore four-piece will be enlightening Adelaide with their heartfelt and powerful lyrical messages, as well as showcasing their new EP, Fever Dream.
May 16 | Crown & Anchor | Tickets via Moshtix
Wind Rose
Are you aware of the subgenre “dwarven metal”? The Tuscan pioneers of the sound, Wind Rose, are heading to our shores to present their power and folk metal hybrid.
May 16 | Lion Arts Factory | Tickets via Moshtix
