It is with great pleasure that LIFE IS NOISE can announce the hand-selected local support acts for the upcoming Black Tusk tour through New Zealand and Australia this August.
In Auckland on August 3 at the Kings Arms, straight-up red-headed doompunkers Bloodnut will be the main support backed by the nihilistic and whacked-out rhythms of fellow locals, Sere, opening the night.
Batpiss, a trio of Melbournian loose screws, will hit punters hard-and-fast before the headliners on August 4 at the Reverence Hotel. Kicking off the evening will be Preston’s very own hardcore sludge lords BØG.
Melbourne’s iconic Ding Dong Lounge will play host on August 5 to the blues-infused punk sounds of main support Dead City Ruins. But there are plenty of reasons to get there early and enjoy a few pints with the fuzzed-out Swidgen setting the mood and TTTDC spinning a tapestry between rock and noise.
On August 6 at the Bald Faced Stag, Black Tusk will have the devastatingly heavy support of Witch Fight—who walk a fine line between stoner and punk with ease. And soul-destroying Sydney locals Dispossessed are ready to smash skulls to start.
Wrapping up this gigantic tour in Brisbane on August 7 at Crowbar, Siberian Hell Sounds pay homage to blackened sounds of times past with an unrelenting hardcore twist and Comfort giving you a straight up crusty punk noise fest guaranteed to melt your face.
LIFE IS NOISE is supremely excited to announce the first ever Australia/New Zealand tour of Black Tusk this August. The Savannah, Georgia trio will be bringing their sludge-filled show to Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
With a killer one-two combo of dirty punk and riff-fueled metal, Black Tusk combine pounding drums, churning guitars, roaring bass and devilishly howled tripartite vocals to shape a sound perfectly self-described as "swamp metal”.
Nobody would have blamed Black Tusk if they’d decided to call it a day. The trio were just about to release a new album in late 2014 and were weeks from their biggest tour yet when a motorcycle accident claimed bassist Jonathan Athon’s life. After weeks of contemplation, the remaining members decided to continue on, with the last record featuring Athon, Pillars Of Ash, proving to be a memorial, a rallying point, and a simply stunning album in its own right.
The band's live experience works best when combined with sticky floors, sweaty bodies and a whole lot of volume. Black Tusk are everything heavy music should be: stripped of the superfluous and left with something raw, loud, vicious, primal, and visceral… an ear-splittingly loud night out.
Catch Black Tusk on the following dates:
Auckland - Kings Arms - August 3
Melbourne - Reverence Hotel - August 4
Melbourne - Ding Dong Lounge - August 5
Sydney - Bald Faced Stag - August 6
Brisbane - Crowbar - August 7