HARDCORE HAND OF MERCY CALENDAR with Milli Ransom
NOVEMBER 14TH- AVERSIONS CROWN ‘TYRANT’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR W/MOLOTOV SOLUTION Brisbane extremists Aversions Crown are proud to announce the Tyrant Australian Tour, invading the nation this November with American deathcore sluggers Molotov Solution in tow. Check them out at Geelong Courthouse Arts (60 Little Malop Street, Geelong) 14TH- HAND OF MERCY ‘RESOLVE TOUR’ W/ VOID OF VISION & HELLIONS Since forming in 2007, Sydney hardcore band Hand Of Mercy have been impressing crowds across the world and sharing stages with some of the biggest names in their genre and this November they will hit the stage at Phoenix Youth Centre with Hellions and Void of Vision. Catch the boys down at Phoenix Youth Center (72 Buckley St, Footscray) and have a KB with the boys! 21ST- TROPHY EYES ‘MEND, MOVE ON’ TOUR W/ ENDLESS HEIGHTS, LANDSCAPES & COLUMBUS After just announcing their upcoming debut full-length, Mend, Move On, which was released in Australia on October 31st, 2014 via Hopeless Records/Unified, the Newcastle lads in Trophy Eyes have announced they will be touring the nation with Endless Heights, Landscapes all the way from the UK and Columbus. Head down to Wrangler Studios (8C Whitely Parade, West Footscray) and check this show out. 23RD- ESPY ARTIST SHOWDOWN – FINAL The FINAL for the Espy Artist Showdown with a massive line up of amazing up and coming local acts on Nov 23rd, Our mates over at Cyprus will be on this mega line up invading your earholes with some progressive, experimental, fusion metal, be sure to chuck them a mention at the door! Event will be held at the Esplanade Hotel (11 The Esplanade, St Kilda) in the Gershwin Room.
Hand Of Mercy are going HAM and have so much new stuff to throw at you guys it’s ridiculous! New video, new album, new vocalist and a tour coming up! Personally I think the addition of Nick Bellringer as vocalist has given Hand Of Mercy a whole new edge and I’m really enjoying it, it’s like they’ve reinvented their sound, which makes me so much more keen to see them on tour later this month. Hand Of Mercy’s sound is almost like Hundredth if they didn’t have cleans, which I quire like from them, which is saying something because I’m not a fan of constant screams, but something about Hand of Mercy’s new vocalist has made me love this grouchy type scream. The tour is touching down in Melbourne for a hefty 2 shows, so you pretty much have no excuse to miss this tour. There’s not much else I know personally so in search of some more stuff to tell you guys, I caught up with Dawson (Bassist) to find out everything you need to know about the tour and the new release! Now first, quite obviously, on the new release, expect a new vocalist, if you haven’t already heard him and would like a cheeky lil sneak peek check out the music video for Desperate Measures, you might actually see yourself in the video, because I sure found myself
looking terrified at a show! The Desperate Measures music video features quite a lot of moshing and it looks intense, so being someone who doesn’t mosh myself, I asked for advice, Dawson says, “Stay on the edges for a bit and get a feel for how things are moving, it’s like when you play with a skipping rope as a kid, you check out how fast its moving and get a feel for it before you dive right in!” I don’t know about you, but it think this is pretty helpful advice, even though I’m still 100% terrified about jumping in the mosh! So on the Resolve Tour you should be expecting the unexpected, Hand Of Mercy will be joined by Hellions and our home boys in Void Of Vison! I’m 100% recommending you head to these shows, if it was reasonable I’d encourage you to follow them around and go to all 17 shows- but that could be weird, so don’t do that, but what you should do to show the Hand Of Mercy boys some love is pick up some merch and their new album, which coincidently happens to be at my favourite store of all time 24 Hundred (http://www.24hundred. net/ )or of course at the merch tables on the tour! Be sure to make this Melbourne show memorable to encourage the boys to come back to us, and get your tickets for the tour!
ONLY I THE DEVILS MUSIC (INDEPENDENT) “Only I“ dropped their first EP in March this year entitled The Devils Music these local rockers have thrown together some well noted genres to create almost an individual sound. The pop punk riffs accompanied with hardcore vocals are juxtaposed with powerful spoken word cleans making every breakdown more powerful than the last. The most powerful song on this release has got to be the fifth track Brothers Of A Broken Home that is sure to become an anthem that plays on the heart strings. This powerful ballad cries out for the unity of those who feel alone and acts as a reminder that you’re never really solitary and there’s always someone there. This message truly hits home on the chorus of “We will never be alone, we’re all brothers of a broken home […]” The third track Living (Til’ Death) is a clear-cut display of not only the vocal range of this band but also the creativity of the music, this particular track sounds a lot like Dream On Dreamers Downfall. This lyrical incantation hypnotizes the listener and resonates on a deeper level, this creative passionate display of local talent is worthy of some home town support for sure.
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