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here is no doubt that our fair city has always been a seething hotbed of all things metal. Now, the good folks at Full Force N Dirty Promotions are hosting a celebration of everything that is musically heavy in Newcastle over the past 30 years with one hell of a bill. Dubbed the Steel Ball, the event will showcase twelve Newcastle bands that run the gamut of heavy metal genres with some acts reforming especially for the event. “The whole idea started out as a reunion concert for some of the bands from the 1980s and 90s but we soon realised that there was still a lot of really good metal bands in the area now, so we decided to make it a celebration of all things Newcastle metal,” organiser
Valerie Johnston said. So, without further ado, coming from the eighties we have the metal madness of Warning, Osmium Grid, The PFJ and Animist will be representing the 1990s, while the likes of Headbutt, Purenvy, Grannyfist, The Very Metal Show, Virus Crawl (pictured), Balescream, Sabretung and Legion of the Horn will be belting out the brutal sounds of today. “It’s a really great opportunity for metal fans from all over to come together and meet one another because one thing that we’ve found really interesting about organising this is just how wide the metal community in Newcastle is,” Ms Johnston said. The Steel Ball will be on at Newcastle District Tennis Club on Saturday, December 22.
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and two friends to your nearest GTM, a merch pack and a poster signed by the entire 2013 line-up. Pretty sweet, huh? In the meantime, organisers are asking local artists, graphic designers, students, pros and amateurs to submit work for the annual cotton and ink muster – GTM TEE. With a theme of ‘Homegrown’, the major prize winner will have their artwork etched in GTM merch ‘lore’ for all 2013 events. Entries open on January 28. For more information, visit www. gtm.net.au.
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ith Groovin’ the Moo 2012 still fresh in the mind, the boffins at Moo HQ are working harder than Santa’s elves to bring you what promises to be one of the hottest Moo fests yet. Signalling a return to its roots, the festival will kick off at Maitland Showground on Saturday, April 27 before moving around the country to Canberra, Bendigo, Townsville and Bunbury. While all the good news can’t be shared just yet (the line-up will be announced on January 30), organisers are giving you the chance to get all the news and festival updates by signing up for the Moos Flash at gtm.net.au. If you sign up by 5pm, December 31, by the time you’ve seen in the new year you could have won yourself tickets for you
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