Heading to Australia as special guests to Slipknot, LAMB OF GOD will extend their tour tearing into Adelaide and Perth for two club shows.
Lamb of God will play headline shows at HQ Complex, Adelaide on November 1 and Metropolis Fremantle on November 3.
Continue reading Lamb Of God Extend Australian Tour To Adelaide & Perth – November 2016
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The Legendary heavy metal group and Nuclear Blast artist: Lamb of God will open for Slipknot on their upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Lamb of God will appear on all dates!
Tickets for the heaviest tour of 2016 go on sale at 11am Monday 23RD MAY 2016.
SLIPKNOT DATES
with guests LAMB OF GOD
VECTOR ARENA AUCKLAND
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26
BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28
QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE
MONDAY OCTOBER 31
(Melbourne Cup Eve)
Tickets are on sale Monday 23 MAY 2016 at 11am local time from http://lvna.co/LambOfGod16
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As they prepare to embark on their biggest U.S. tour to date, SLIPKNOT have announced a tour of the East Coast of Australia this October.
Slipknot’s 2016 Australian campaign will include performances at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on October 28, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney on October 29 and Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne on October 31 – Melbourne Cup Eve and Halloween.
Tickets will go on sale on Monday May 23 at 11am.
Telstra Thanks is bringing an exciting 48-hour pre-sale just for Telstra customers from midday Tuesday, May 17 until midday Thursday, May 19. For more information on how to purchase, visit: telstra.com/music
For complete tour and ticketing details including VIP Packages, visit: livenation.com.au
SLIPKNOT is decimating stages around the world in support of its Grammy nominated album, .5: The Gray Chapter. So far, it has produced five songs that have reached Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs Chart: ‘Killpop’, ‘The Devil In I’, ‘Custer’, ‘The Negative One’ and latest single ‘Goodbye’.
.5: The Gray Chapter was released in October 2014. The album sold 132,000 copies in the US in its first week of release, debuting at #1 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Slipknot stand out as one of history’s most impactful and culturally significant hard rock entities. Since first landing in 1999, the group has garnered eleven platinum and 38 gold record certifications worldwide with 2008’s platinum-selling All Hope Is Gone debuting at #1 in seven countries, including the US and Australia. They’ve earned a Grammy for ‘Best Metal Performance’ as well as numerous accolades from Kerrang!, Rolling Stone, Revolver, NME, Metal Hammer and more.
AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28
QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE
MONDAY OCTOBER 31
(Melbourne Cup Eve)
TICKETS ON SALE
11AM MONDAY MAY 23
Fanclub pre-sale:
1pm May 16 until 9am May 17
Telstra Thanks pre-sale:
12pm May 17 until 12pm May 19
For complete tour and ticket information, visit:
www.slipknot1.com
www.livenation.com.au
Soundwave Brisbane 2012 – Slipknot, Alter Bridge, Cherri Bomb, Bush, Trivium
Slipknot at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne – 1st March 2012
Slipknot + Trivium at Sydney Entertainment Centre – 27th February 2012
Photo Gallery : Slipknot at Riverstage, Brisbane – 24 October 2008
By Scott Singh
Soundwave Day 1
With a new format and a festival spanning the entirety of a weekend, it was time for day 1 of Sydney’s Soundwave to kick off. Being Australia’s premier rock experience, Sydney Olympic Park was filled with black cladded fans and an assortment of coloured hair and accessories. It was from the moment the gates opened that fans rushed in with pure excitement as they scoped out the grounds and prepared themselves for the intensity of the weekend.
Continue reading Live Review : Soundwave Festival 2015 – Day 1 – Sydney
There are metal bands and then there is LAMB OF GOD.
Hitting with the force of an invading apocalyptic army, LAMB OF GOD will be storming the stages on Soundwave this summer. The Virginian natives are back to inject Australia with a crippling dose of pure metal and will be performing two Sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne. It’s the live arena where they truly become a force of nature though…
Continue reading Lamb Of God with Killer Be Killed + Guests announce Soundwave Sidewaves
“The single greatest exponents of balls-out metal in the world” – Kerrang!
“They belong in the throne room of metal” – Metal Hammer
No Compromise. The one track title says all that you need to know about The Haunted, so get yourself ready for the Swedish Grammy winners as the bring their enviable live reputation to Australia.
Ever since their 1998 selftitled debut album, The Haunted have been gathering more and more awards, outshining all others in their field. Being crowned with such titles as “one of metal’s 25 Most Important Bands” and winning awards such as “Album of the Year” and “Best Hard Rock Album”, The Haunted have definitely proved their worth consistently and show no signs of slowing down.
Continue reading The Haunted: Australian Tour May 2011 [Tour News & Tickets]
Review: Stephen Goodwin
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James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett sear the air with the frenetic dual guitar solo that concludes One. Wedged between them, man-mountain Robert Trujillo crouches over his massive bass.
Three abreast and in-your-face, Lars Ulrich pulverising his kit directly behind them, the hulk and bulk of their physical presence as they shred away inspires awe. And it’s precisely what’s been absent for much of the 40 minutes since Metallica opened their first Brisbane performance with the Ennio Morricone-inspired bombast of Ecstasy of Gold. |
Continue reading Metallica @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre 16 October 2010 – Live Review
  – Sydonia |
” Sydonia, they’re a really amazing band, and the lead singer’s got a very unique voice. They’re really heavy but incorporate so many different vibes that it’s a little bit hard to categorize them musically. I think, too, that’s something music’s sort of lost”. Jim Root – Slipknot/Stone Sour It’s not uncommon for a band to claim that their sound is a hard one to pinpoint, but how many groups have members of Slipknot and Lamb Of God publicly singing your praises? |
Continue reading SYDONIA – Release new single ‘Ocean of Storms’ and announce Tour Dates
Author: Lana Harris
The afternoon brought with it dark clouds that took away the light but not the heat, and those of us wrapped in black shuffled through the cyclone wire fence that surrounds Riverstage dripping with something a bit more corporeal than anticipation.
High on Fire began as soon as the gates opened, which meant they finished while I was still trying to fuel up on full strength beer before entering Riverstage’s mid-strength terrain. High on Fire are rumoured to have a huge sound, structurally destructive to smaller venues, and I had been keen to watch that sound explode in the open air of Riverstage. But with four bands scheduled, and only four hours to fit them in before Riverstage’s 10pm curfew, I should have known better.
Shadows Fall were second up, and put on a short, powerful set which showcased the blistering guitar solos the band are known for.
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Contemporary metal doesn’t get more blistering than Lamb Of God. The Virginia five piece’s mix of groove laden chunky riffs, inhuman screamed vocals and evil lead guitar work make for an explosive and unstoppable force. Their latest album Wrath has seen them elevate to one of the biggest metal bands and they “sound as powerful composing songs as they do cranking out riffs—and the transformation is career-defining.” – AV Club
Hitting with the force of an invading apocalyptic army, Lamb Of God are back to inject Australia with a crippling dose of their pure American metal. Coming armed with a barrage of crushing riffs, a pounding backbone rhythm and growls, “it’s safe to say that this one-cell prison of a genre finally has an escaped convict” – Sputnik Music |
Continue reading Lamb Of God Australian Tour – Dec 2009 w/ Devildriver + Shadows Fall
To celebrate the extension in operating time we have added a couple of surprise additions exclusive to Soundwave Sydney.
Continue reading Soundwave Festival 2009 Update
As promised, Soundwave returns in ’09, and to paraphrase Southpark, it is bigger, longer and uncut!
Topped by one of this generation’s most talented and uncompromising bands in NINE INCH NAILS, the festival also sees a long overdue return of grunge titans ALICE IN CHAINS and juvenile delinquents The BLOODHOUND GANG.
Never one to rest on there laurels, they’ve announced the second round of artists for Soundwave 09!
So without further ado… joining the already massive cast will be the powerful live force that is the Dillinger Escape Plan, Florida Metalcore titans Underoath, the sky-high hooks of Forever The Sickest Kids, pop rock balladeers Jack’s Mannequin and the unrelenting rhythms of All That Remains.
As always, there is also plenty to offer the fans of punk, metal and the heavier end of the alternative spectrum, as well as signing tents giving artists the opportunity to meet fans, market stalls and the odd bit of crappy installation art for you to laugh at.
Artist Line Up:
NINE INCH NAILS,ALICE IN CHAINS, BLOODHOUND GANG,LAMB OF GOD, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, ALKALINE TRIO, BILLY TALENT, THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS, FACE TO FACE, IN FLAMES, RIVAL SCHOOLS, ANBERLIN, UNDEROATH, THE SUBWAYS, EVERY TIME I DIE, DEVILDRIVER, FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, LESS THAN JAKE, POISON THE WELL, MADINA LAKE, NEW FOUND GLORY, FROM FIRST TO LAST, BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH, JACK’S MANNEQUIN, HELLOGOODBYE, FINCH, GOLDFINGER, SAY ANYTHING, CHIODOS, SILVERSTEIN, SAVES THE DAY, LACUNA COIL, 36 CRAZYFISTS, STRAYLIGHT RUN, EVERGREEN TERRACE, MINUS THE BEAR, MONEEN, ACE ENDERS (THE EARLY NOVEMBER), I AM THE AVALANCHE, JAGUAR LOVE, UNEARTH, BAYSIDE, EMERY, HOUSTON CALLS, THE AUDITION, ATTACK IN BLACK, INNERPARTYSYSTEM, ALL THAT REMAINS, VALENCIA, IN THIS MOMENT, ALESANA, THE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, HORSE THE BAND, MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER
TICKETS Details
General Public tickets are on sale now through Soundwave festival, ticketek.com.au & 132 849.
VENUES AND DATES
Saturday 21 February – RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Sunday 22 February – TBC, Sydney
Friday 27 February – Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Saturday 28 February – Bonython Park, Adelaide
Monday 2 March – Steel Blue Oval, Bassendean, Perth
* Venues, lineup and date may be subject to change
Licensed All Ages Event Photo ID Required
SOUNDWAVE – IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE
Visit www.soundwavefestival.com for updates.
15 years ago, Lamb of God began their ascent to the forefront of modern heavy metal. A self-described “pure American metal” quintet from Richmond, VA, took deliberate steps, paid the dues and withstood the knocks as an underground, un-commercial metal act. Beloved by a rabid, grass roots cult of underground thrash fanatics thanks to brutal and technical albums like 2000’s New American Gospel and 2003’s As the Palaces Burn, the band toured North America relentlessly and began their international career overseas in support of the latter. Entering 2004, 10 years after inception, the band had risen to the top of the independent metal scene. Their uncommon work ethic, uncompromising musicianship and intellectual lyrics set them apart – and into un-chartered territory.
Five years ago, Lamb of God surprised the hell out of everyone — including themselves — by attracting the attention of and soon after inking a deal with Epic Records. “How does an extreme band like us even exist at this kind of upper-echelon major label?” remembers guitarist Mark Morton.
Far more commercially oriented bands have buckled under the strain of similar indie-to-major leaps. Skeptical of the outcome of such a relationship, the band took the opportunity to push even harder and in 2004 released the ferocious and technical ‘Ashes of the Wake’ and in 2006 the dark and unrelenting, ‘Sacrament.’ These albums proved that the major label pairing had no negative side effects. Fans and critics alike celebrated both albums, receiving respective album of the year awards from major metal and hard rock publications around the world and the latter landing in the top 10 of the Billboard charts, becoming the top selling metal album of 2006, and a Grammy nomination. Now entering 2009, Lamb of God – guitarist Willie Adler, Willie’s drummer brother Chris Adler, bassist John Campbell, guitarist Mark Morton and vocalist Randy Blythe — have recaptured the attention of the heavy metal world, toting a vicious new album they call Wrath.
