TOUR DATES
Tuesday March 3rd - Valhalla
[https://www.facebook.com/ValhallaMusicVenue/] - Wellington
Wednesday March 4th - Whammy
[https://www.facebook.com/thewhammybar/] - AucklandWith 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 [https://www.facebook.com/sacredreichofficial/] 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 [https://www.facebook.com/Vio-lence-38530097978/] - 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
[https://www.facebook.com/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 REICH
MEDIA: Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sacredreichofficial/] /
Bandcamp [https://sacredreichofficial.bandcamp.com/] / Spotify
VIDEO: Awakening (official)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awCqzmUVbQc] / Manifest Reality
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFqlbarn5M] / Low (official)
VIO-LENCE
MEDIA: Facebook (fan page)
VIDEO: “Eternal Nightmare” live 2019
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_vdS5jTW8&feature=youtu.be] /
Vio-lence Live at The Stone SF '87
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TiUT1tZt3g]
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