Tour DatesTuesday March 3rd - Valhalla - WellingtonWednesday March 4th
- Whammy - Auckland With special guests Bulletbelt SACRED REICH -
BACK FOR A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND!!! For the first time
since their 1994 tour with Sepultura, after a 25 year wait, YCSS and
Valhalla Touring are thrilled to welcome back SACRED REICH to NZ
shores. Formed in 1985, in Phoenix, Arizona, SACRED REICH are credited
with being the leaders of the second wave of thrash metal in the 80's,
alongside TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL and DARK ANGEL. With their socially
conscious and political brand of speed metal, SACRED REICH released a
brutal run of albums on Metal Blade Records and Hollywood Records,
notably EP’s “Draining You of Life” (1986), “Surf Nicaragua”
(1988), “A Question” (1991) and album’s “Ignorance” (1987),
“The American Way” (1990), “Independent” (1993), “Heal”
(1996) 2019 brought the much anticipated release of the bands’ fifth
studio album “Awakening” to rave reviews and the return of
powerhouse Dave McClain on drums (MACHINE HEAD) to the SACRED REICH
stronghold. We are pumped to welcome back legends McClain, Phil Rind
(vocals, bass), Wiley Arnett (lead guitar) and new member Joey
Radziwill (rhythm guitar) for a killer run of shows down under.
Don’t miss SACRED REICH prove that... “Thrash has never really
gone away… The mosh pit hoovers up the bands back catalogue and
responds with a guttural almost Nordic roar.” - ORIGINAL ROCK
VIO-LENCE - FIRST TIME IN NEW ZEALAND!!! Re-united and playing their
first shows in over a decade, thrash legends VIO-LENCE are NOT TO BE
MISSED. Formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985, VIO-LENCE
instilled themselves as groundbreakers of the second wave of thrash
with their revered 1988 album “Eternal Nightmare”. Throughout
’88 and ’89, VIO-LENCE toured the album to great success alongside
thrash comrades TESTAMENT, VOIVOD, DEATH ANGEL, SANCTUARY, NUCLEAR
ASSAULT, D.R.I., M.O.D. and the CRO-MAGS. In ’89, Megaforce
Records/Atlantic signed the band, leading to the release of the
bands’ second album “Oppressing the Masses” (1990). In 1991,
VIO-LENCE released their EP “Torture Tactics” and their third
studio album “Nothing to Gain”. 1993 brought the unfortunate
break-up of the band, with some members splintering off to form TORQUE
and MACHINE HEAD. Some 26 years later, and re-united at last as
VIO-LENCE, we are looking forward to welcoming Phil Demmel (lead
guitar), Deen Dell (bass), Sean Killian (vocals), Perry Strickland
(drums) and Ray Vegas (rhythm guitar) as they unleash their hefty
sound and stage presence to the Kiwi masses: “I doubt I’ll see a
display of audience passion and insanity comparable to what I
witnessed and felt during Vio-lence‘s set in a very long time” -
Rob Shepyer (JANKY SMOOTH) This is a once in a lifetime thrash double
bill down under… get pumped. Joining as main support on both shows
is BULLETBELT. After a decade of activity, they have played countless
shows across NZ, Australia and Japan with Midnight, Toxic Holocaust,
Sepultura, Napalm Death, Carcass, Sabbat and many more international
metal icons. They’ve released three acclaimed full-length albums, a
number of videos, and provided the rip-roaring title track to the
much-celebrated heavy metal horror film Deathgasm. SACRED REICHMEDIA:
Facebook / Bandcamp / SpotifyVIDEO: Awakening (official) / Manifest
Reality / Low (official) VIO-LENCEMEDIA: Facebook (fan page)VIDEO:
“Eternal Nightmare” live 2019 / Vio-lence Live at The Stone SF
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