Tour Dates Tuesday March 3rd - Valhalla - Wellington Wednesday March
4th - Whammy - Auckland This is a once in a lifetime thrash double
bill down under… get pumped. ---- SACRED REICH + VIO-LENCE: NEW
ZEALAND TOUR 2020!!! YCSS & Valhalla Touring are absolutely stoked to
announce that SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE will be heading down under in
early MARCH, 2020 for an epic thrash double bill! 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, Valhalla Touring
are thrilled to welcome back SACRED REICH to NZ shores. Formed in
1985, in Phoenix, Arizona, SACRED REICH are credited with being
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.
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