Underoath will be kicking off the Rebirth Tour Australia on February! They'll be playing They’re Only Chasing Safety and Define The Great Line in full, back to back, every night. Presale VIP bundles are now available at https://underoath.merchline.com/
Australia's well known post-hardcore/metalcore act, The Amity Affliction, recently dropped their fourth full length LP titled "Let The Ocean Take Me". This band having their last two albums hitting high on Australia's music charts have let listeners down on this full length, providing them with nothing more than another shallow post-hardcore album.
Dez Fafara, co-founder and vocalist of 90’s alt-metal (or “spooky-core” as coined by devout fans) band COAL CHAMBER and current vocalist for DevilDriver, is announcing an upcoming reformation of the band specifically for SOUNDWAVE shows. COAL CHAMBERis highly-regarded for their countless high-energy performances with several of today’s biggest names and selling millions of albums worldwide.
Dez affirms, “COAL CHAMBER is playing SOUNDWAVE Down Under! These reunion shows are for the fans that want to see us again as well as all the people that never got to see COAL CHAMBER. It is and always will be a very special part of my life, so these few shows are for those people and for us. If you’re not from Australia, better get a ticket now to come see this event!”
“Australia has never seen us, nor have we seen them,” adds guitarist Meegs Rascón. “It will be an extraordinary exchange of energy and adrenaline. Hello Aussies, nice to meet you!”
Formed in 1993 by Dez and Meegs, COAL CHAMBER was busy selling out venues like The Roxy in West Hollywood, bringing out bands like System of a Down and Static X, and launching a new genre of metal in Los Angeles before they were even signed to Roadrunner Records in 1995. After what seemed like endless touring, the band recorded and released their debut self-titled album in February 1997. The album went RIAA Certified Gold in the United States. The band went on to tour several times with Pantera, Black Sabbath, and soon broke out in the UK while on tour with Machine Head and Napalm Death. During the first album cycle, Sharon Osbourne began managing the band.
Following the band’s headline run with Machine Head as direct support and Slipknot as opener (whom the band also helped bring to the masses), COAL CHAMBER released their next album, Chamber Music, in 1999. The album charted at #28 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and yielded a hit track, ‘Shock The Monkey’, featuring Ozzy Osbourne.
In 2002, the band followed-up with their third and final album, Dark Days, which landed at #34 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. COAL CHAMBER released a compilation of several demo tracks and alternate studio recordings in 2003, entitled Giving The Devil His Due, and shortly after broke up due to personal reasons. Vocalist Dez Fafara went on to form his current band, DevilDriver.
“This reunion will mark a decade since we last played together, so staring at my brothers on stage face to face will be an emotional rollercoaster for me,” says Meegs. “Tears of joy would be an understatement to say the least. You know, all of us have gone through our separate journeys in life, but we’re coming back to rekindle this and throw the past in the past and put the future in our hands.”
Drummer Mike Cox adds, “Of all the great achievements COAL CHAMBER made in the past, getting back together after all we’ve been through will be the greatest achievement to date.”
“We’ve all grown up and put the personal past behind us now and are moving forward with these few shows in a spirit of friendship through music,” states Dez. “You must remember where you came from in order to know where you are going.”
For more information on COAL CHAMBER, please visit http://coalchamberofficial.com/
I Call Fives are going on tour in Australia with I Am Villain and Heroes For Hire.
Friday October 28th – Sun Distortion Studios, Brisbane (ALL AGES)
Tickets available from Oztix on 1300 762 545, www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au or Kill The Music, Rockinghorse Records and City Beach
Saturday October 29th – Thriller, Brisbane (18+)
Tickets available on the door only
Sunday October 30th – Shed 5, Gold Coast (ALL AGES)
Tickets available from Oztix on 1300 762 545, www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au or Kill The Music, Sunflower Music and The Cooly Hotel
Thursday November 3rd – Bathurst RSL Club, Bathurst (AA)
Tickets from Oztix 1300 762 545 www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au, Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au or Resist Records and Utopia Records
Friday November 4th – Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong (ALL AGES)
Tickets from Oztix 1300 762 545 www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au, Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au, Resist Records, Macron Music Erina (oztix outlet) and Leading Edge Music Lake Haven
Saturday November 5th – The Loft, Newcastle (ALL AGES)
Tickets from Oztix 1300 762 545 www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au, Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au or the Newcastle Rock Shop, The Cambridge Hotel and Panthers Newcastle
Sunday November 6th – Bald Faced Stag, Sydney (ALL AGES)
Tickets from Oztix 1300 762 545 www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au, Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au or Resist Records and Utopia Records
Wednesday November 9th – Tuggeranong Youth Centre, Canberra (ALL AGES)
Tickets from Oztix 1300 762 545 www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au , Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au or Landspeed Records and The Co-Op Bookshop
Thursday November 10th – Bender Nightclub, Bendigo (18+)
Tickets available on the door only
Friday November 11th – Wyndham Youth Resource Centre, Hoppers Crossing (ALL AGES)
Tickets available from Oztix on 1300 762 545, www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au or Fist 2 Face, The National Hotel (Geelong), The Espy, Greville Records and Polyester Records
Saturday November 12th – Phoenix Youth Centre, Melbourne (ALL AGES) DAY SHOW
Tickets available from Oztix on 1300 762 545, www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au or Fist 2 Face, The National Hotel (Geelong), The Espy, Greville Records and Polyester Records
Saturday November 12th – Bang, Melbourne (18+) EVENING SHOW
Tickets available on the door only
Sunday November 13th – Fowlers Live, Adelaide (LIC ALL AGES)
Tickets from Oztix 1300 762 545 www.heroesforhire.oztix.com.au, Moshtix 1300 438 849 www.moshtix.com.au or Clarity Records, Leading Edge Music or the venue direct
