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Live Review: Dead Letter Circus + Circles at The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – December 13, 2018

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Dead Letter Circus at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 13 December 2018
Photographer: Ben Hosking

It feels like only yesterday that I was lucky enough to see Melbourne’s Circles supporting Tesseract at Sydney’s Metro Theatre. OK, so it was mid-September. However, in that time the band have been touring non-stop, including a jaunt to Europe and all that road time has paid dividends.

Despite already being a tight, taut and polished modern metal outfit, Circles dominated the Cambridge Hotel stage tonight with an obvious growth in confidence – not only in themselves, but also in the tracks off their latest album that make up the bulk of tonight’s set list. In fact, there didn’t seem to be a single song off their first EP to be heard. What's even more impressive is that they pulled this off with a fill-in bassist while Drew Patton was sidelined by a new baby. Just phenomenal.

Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus has a long history of wowing audiences and listeners alike. Forming in 2004 (their debut album landing in 2010), singer Kim Benzie estimated that the band had played the Cambridge stage some six times over the years and tonight’s near-full house is testament not only to their memorable modern prog rock songs, but also a willingness to put in the long miles.

Tonight, they’re on fine form, with an extensive set list covering their entire catalogue. Some seventeen tracks have the Newcastle crowd wowed before a venue curfew sees them leave the stage without an encore. Frankly, if anyone is disappointed, they shouldn’t be. We were all treated to a night of some of this country’s best forward-thinking heavy music.

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Photo Gallery : Dead Letter Circus at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 13 December 2018

Photo Gallery : Circles at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 13 December 2018

Photo Gallery : Dead Letter Circus at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 13 December 2018

Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au

Dead Letter Circus at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 13 December 2018
Photographer: Ben Hosking

Dead Letter Circus at Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 13 December 2018
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Dead Letter Circus Announce Headline Album Tour For Summer 2018

Following hot on the heels of last month’s exciting album reveal, Brisbane favourites Dead Letter Circus have now announced a huge summer tour and plans to drop a brand new piece of music.
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Photo Gallery : Dead Letter Circus at The Tivoli, Brisbane – 26 March 2018

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Dead Letter Circus at The Tivoli, Brisbane – 26 March 2018
Photographer: Krista Melsom

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CALIGULA’S HORSE Announce Hands Shape Stone Tour: November 2016

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Caligula’s Horse, one of the country’s most exciting and innovative progressive bands, will hit the road for a national tour in November for the Hands Shape Stone Australian Tour!
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Dead Letter Circus Announce The Burning Number Australian Tour 2016

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Dead Letter Circus have announced they will be hitting the road this August for a 11-date national tour in support of their brand new single, ‘The Burning Number’. Joining Dead Letter Circus will be Clint Boge (The Butterfly Effect) and Rival Fire.

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Soundwave Announce A Special Soundwave 2016 Presentation

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ album was a watershed moment in metal in 2002 as it heralded the birth of ‘Metalcore’. An army of imitators was born and have all tried in vain to emulate this essential classic. In a Special Soundwave Presentation, we are thrilled to announce that KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will be performing ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ in its entirety at SOUNDWAVE 2016.
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METAL ALLEGIANCE – For the first time ever in Australia at Soundwave 2016!

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METAL ALLEGIANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN AUSTRALIA AT SOUNDWAVE 2016!!
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Dead Letter Circus – ‘Aesthesis’ Album Tour – October 2015 w/ 10 Years + Guards Of May

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Dead Letter Circus‘ Aesthesis album tour just gets bigger and bigger.

This week, Aesthesis is the feature album on triple j, single ‘While You Wait’ is making itself known on days on Triple M and will be making two TV appearances – they are guest-programming Rage this weekend and on Friday, they will be featured on Channel Nine’s Today Show. The album has been pushing the upper eschelons of the charts in it’s first week and is expected to surpass the previous albums’ chart placements.
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Dead Letter Circus announced for Soundwave 2016!

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DEAD LETTER CIRCUS is the second act to officially confirm their appearance at Soundwave 2016 alongside Welsh metal titans BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE.
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LORDI, Sixth Artist Confirmed To Appear At Soundwave 2016

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SOUNDWAVE are mighty proud to announce the 1st ever visit to Australia by Finland’s Metal warriors, LORDI!!!
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Fifth artist confirmed for Soundwave 2016!

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NORTHLANE, FIFTH ARTIST CONFIRMED TO APPEAR AT SOUNDWAVE 2016 & RELEASES NEW ALBUM NODE, OUT NOW.

All change is growth. And NORTHLANE’s monumental new album Node stands proudly as proof.
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