// October 16th, 2011 // No Comments » // Misc
The latest issue of Australian Hysteria Magazine is out now and features an editorial on Hardcore Halloween. The mag also caught up with Oscar from 50 Lions in conjunction with the event. Issue number 6 is on the shelves now and also features interviews with The Amity Affliction, New Found Glory, Confession & Mariachi El Bronx among others. Be sure to check it out.
// October 5th, 2011 // No Comments » // Misc
New Zealands’ Antagonist AD will be returning to Australia this coming week for ‘The Long Way Home Tour’.
The band released ‘Old Bones Make New Blooms’ earlier this year through Trial & Error Records and have spent the remainder of the year criss-crossing back & fourth between Australia & NZ in support of the release. This tour marks the bands first full east coast run in some time, so be sure to come and check out arguably one of the best bands to come out of NZ ever.
// September 29th, 2011 // No Comments » // Misc
Thy Art Is Murder will be out next month on The Long Way Home Tour with Confession & Antagonist AD. See them in Byron on Thursday October 13th with Dead Hand. Doors 6pm $20 at the door.
// August 10th, 2011 // No Comments » // Tours
Following the success of their debut album Cancer (2009) and sold-out national tours throughout 2010, Australian hardcore band Confession prepares to push forward.
With members living in Adelaide, Byron Bay and Melbourne, the quintet took proceedings to the North Coast, to the Parkway house in Byron Bay, to write 10 new songs. Doing so essentially “made this record what it is,” as being in the house is so “relaxing and peaceful,” tells vocalist Michael Crafter.
Recorded with iconic Swedish metal producer Fredrik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, I Killed The Prom Queen, In Flames), at his Gothenburg Studio, The Long Way Home presents an assured and strengthened outfit.
“We knew he was going to make this record sound amazing and he did exactly that,” says Crafter, of the talented producer.
The album explores lyrical themes relating to decisions we make regarding “the life path we follow.” A matured and retrospective Crafter – who is no stranger to the writing and recording process, having previously fronted I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead and Carpathian during his career – continues. “It’s about being happy and doing what you want to do. We take roads that lead us very far away from the people we love and the place we call home. But our family and friends will always be there for us when we need them.”
Musically the album unveils a “faster and more intense” sound, than Blunt Magazine’s Australian Album of the Year for 2009, Cancer; which also debuted at #1 on the AIR Independent Charts. Though in keeping true to their roots, fusing both heavy and melodic elements together “is what we have always been about,” claims Crafter. And keeping “a good balance is what we have achieved.”
Having taken a giant leap towards forging themselves as a force within the international hardcore community, Confession is back on home soil and eagerly awaiting the release of The Long Way Home.
Confession “The Long Way Home” Tour
With special guests Thy Art Is Murder & Antagonist A.D
Fri Oct 7 Uni Bar, Adelaide LIC / AA
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sat Oct 8 City Band Hall, Mt Gambier AA
Sun Oct 9 Musicman Megastore, Bendigo AA
Wed Oct 12 Hi Fi, Brisbane
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300-THEHIFI (8434434), Kill The Music.
Thu Oct 13 YAC, Byron Bay AA
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au
Fri Oct 14 Beenleigh PCYC, Brisbane AA
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au
Sat Oct 15 Corner, Melbourne U18
Tickets from the venue 03 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com
Sun Oct 16 Corner, Melbourne
Tickets from the venue 03 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com
Thur Oct 20 Unanderra Community centre, Wollongong AA
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Fri Oct 21 Factory, Sydney LIC / AA
Tickets from www.factorytheatre.com.au, The Enmore Theatre & The Metro Theatre
Sat Oct 22 Panthers, Newcastle AA
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sun Oct 23 Oasis, Wyong AA **
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au
Sat Oct 29 Civic Backroom, Perth *
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sun Oct 30 HQ, Perth AA *
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
** Thy Art Is Murder not playing.
* Antagonist not playing.
Tickets on sale Friday August 12.
The Long Way Home will be out on September 23 through Resist Records.
// May 7th, 2011 // No Comments » // Misc
Melbourne’s Confession are currently in Gothenburg, Sweden tracking their new full-length, the follow up to 2009′s Cancer. The latest record will be produced by Fredrik Nordström whose production credits include Bring Me The Horizon, I Killed The Prom Queen and In Flames.
Frontman Michael Crafter commented “We spent time in Byron Bay at the Parkway house writing this record. Hopefully some of the magic the house has brought forward in the past shines through on these new songs. The new album is something we are proud of and touches on a lot of things in and around the lives we live. We decided to head to Sweden due to the fact European’s know metal and we feel Frederik will make this CD sound massive and he will bring a lot to the table as far as production and ideas go”
Catch them on the Mix N Mash tour next month with Parkway Drive and expect the new album out in the coming months.
// May 7th, 2011 // No Comments » // Shows, Tours
In a double blow to the upcoming Parkway Drive “Mix N Mash” tour this May, both You Me At Six and Bleeding Through have withdrawn from the tour. Due to the bands extended recording schedule, You Me At Six will spend the next few weeks in the studio completing their new album.
Replacing them will be Ohio’s Miss May I. Formed in 2006, Miss May I started as a group of 16-year olds and is poised to be the new face of heavy music. Blending death metal, thrash and melodic hardcore, the band
released there sophomore album “Monuments” in 2010 and will spend the US summer on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour.
The Wonder Years and Confession remain as is. The bill will be rounded out with locals opening every show.
Parkway Drive “The Mix N’ Mash Tour” May 2011
w/ Miss May I, The Wonder Years, Confession
Wednesday May 18 Riverstage, Brisbane Lic / AA
Tickets from Ticketmaster 136100, www.ticketmaster.com.au
Thursday May 19 High School, Byron Bay AA
Tickets from All Music and Vision (Byron, Lismore and Ballina), Kill The Music, Rocking Horse, Mosh Pit, Sunflower Music and www.resistrecords.com
Friday May 20 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Lic / AA
Tickets from Ticketek outlets 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au
Saturday May 21 Panthers, Newcastle Lic / AA
Tickets from Panthers Box Office, The Rock Shop, Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sunday May 22 WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong Lic / AA
Tickets from Ticketek outlets 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au
Wednesday May 25 Festival Hall, Melbourne Lic / AA
Tickets from Ticketmaster 136100 www.ticketmaster.com.au and Festival Hall Box Office.
Friday May 27 Challenge Stadium, Perth Lic / AA
Tickets from Ticketmaster 136100 and www.ticketmaster.com.au
Saturday May 28 Barr Smith Lawns, Adelaide Lic / AA
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
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