The Amenta
Formed: 2002
From:
Sydney,
Australia
Last Known Status: Active
Latest The Amenta News
Below is our complete The Amenta news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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The Amenta Announces Farewell Aussie Dates
THE AMENTA has announced some farewell Australian shows before their upcoming U.S. tour. These shows will be the first Australian east coast performance by the recently announced new lineup, with the addition of Cain Cressall on vocals and Dan Quinlan on bass and one of the final shows before THE AMENTA embark on a six week tour of North America with VADER, DECREPIT BIRTH, AUGURY, WARBRINGER and SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOKALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY. Here are the newly announced Australian dates:
October 23rd - Bald Faced Stag, Sydney
with SUBTRACT (NZ), DEMON FOETAL HARVEST and OUR LAST ENEMY.
October 24th - Arthouse, Melbourne
with SUBTRACT (NZ), A MILLION DEAD BIRDS LAUGHING and TENTH DAN.
These will be the last shows THE AMENTA will perform in Australia in 2009. Following the US tour, THE AMENTA will focus on writing the follow up to 2008’s acclaimed album, “n0n.”
Swashbuckle To Join Vader On Tour
New Jersey pirate thrashers Swashbuckle will replace Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky on several dates of Vader’s headlining tour this November/December. Guitarist/scallywag Commodore Redrum offered the following nautical non-sense:
"Aye, since I'm (unfortunately) the least hammered right now out of us pirates three, suppose its my duty, nay, pleasure to fill yar salty ears with great news! After we finish pillaging the European Paganfest, SWASHBUCKLE shall return to North America in support of the mighty VADER. We're stoked and you should be too. Splash will meet thrash and partying will commence!”
The complete line-up consists of Vader, Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, Swashbuckle, and Augury. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
11/04/09 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
11/05/09 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
11/06/09 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT
11/06/09 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
11/07/09 The Blender Theater @ Gramercy – New York, NY
11/07/09 Crocodile Rock Café – Allentown, PA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
11/08/09 Fou Founes Electriques – Montreal, QC – CANADA
11/09/09 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
11/10/09 Mod Club – Toronto, ON – CANADA
11/11/09 Penny Arcade – Rochester, NY
11/12/09 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
11/13/09 Pyramid Club – Addison, IL
11/14/09 Rave – Milwaukee, WI
11/15/09 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
11/16/09 Royal Albert Arms – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
11/17/09 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA
11/18/09 The Underground – Calgary, AB – CANADA
11/19/09 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
11/20/09 Roll-A-Dome – Prince George, BC – CANADA
11/21/09 Bourbon – Vancouver, BC – CANADA
11/21/09 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC – CANADA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
11/22/09 Sugar – Victoria, BC – CANADA
11/23/09 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
11/24/09 Satyricon – Portland, OR
11/25/09 Regency Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
12/01/09 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
12/02/09 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
12/03/09 Medley – Montreal, QC – CANADA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
12/04/09 The Palladium – Worcester, MA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
12/05/09 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA ç SWASHBUCKLE ONLY
12/09/09 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
12/10/09 Gil’s Bar & Grill – Virginia Beach, VA
12/11/09 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
12/12/09 Ches-A-Rena Entertainment Complex - Cheswick , PA
12/13/09 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
Subtract Announces Australian Mini-tour
Auckland band Subtract has announced an October mini-tour of Australia, to be supported by Sydney’s The Amenta. The band comments:
"So we finally have some Aussie dates locked down. We are playing Sydney and Melbourne with The Amenta, and we’re fucking excited about it. Our album Winning Hearts and Minds and video for Dirty Paradise are doing quite nicely in Australia, and our visit across the ditch is long overdue.
"Add to that support shows in Auckland with Arch Enemy on November 10th, and Lamb of God/Shadows Fall on December 10th, it’s shaping up to be good end to the year.
"Hails to our Aussie label Katzenjammer Records’ Blair Walsh who’s doing a sterling job for us over there. Cheers bro, we’ll be seeing you soon. Heads up Aussie, Subtract’s coming to tear you a new one!"
Here are SUBTRACT's Australian tour 2009 dates:
23rd Oct - The Arthouse, Melbourne w/ The Amenta
24th Oct - The Bald Faced Stag, Sydney w/ The Amenta
Se Bon Kira Replaces Infiltrator At ATG5 Fest
Organiser’s of leading Australian Heavy Metal festival Against The Grain have announced lineup changes to this year’s fifth edition of the fest, which is set to take place on Saturday, September 19.
"Due to unforeseen circumstances Infiltrator will not be taking part in Australia’s biggest metal fest, Against The Grain 5. We apologies to anyone who purchased a ticket just to see Infiltrator, but rest assured the rest of the line up will keep you more than satisfied if your an Infiltrator fan.
"Adelaide’s own Se Bon Kira will be taking their position on the day, news that Adelaide metal fans will be no doubt be happy about. After their highly successful EP launch on July 4th, which saw a packed out Uni-Bar witness Se Bon Kira display a flawless set of raw groove laden thrash, they were the obvious choice to put on the festival and we are very happy that they will be taking part of the festivities."
You can check out Se Bon Ki Ra at their MySpace page.
Here's the lineup for AGAINST THE GRAIN 2009: More...
The Amenta Comments On Vader Tour
Sydney Australia-based extreme metal act THE AMENTA will join VADER, DECREPIT BIRTH, WARBRINGER, AUGURY, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. on “Monsters Of Death Tour” presented by Decibel Magazine. Keyboardist/sampler, Tim Pope, comments on the tour, “THE AMENTA is very honored to be sharing a stage with VADER in North America on the "Decibel Presents: Monsters Of Death Tour". Our first European tour - Winterfest 2009 - was with Vader earlier this year and we know that we’re going to have a great time both offstage and on with those guys. It’s a very strong bill and we can’t wait to see the other bands in action. We’ve heard so much about touring North America and can’t wait to get over there to blow people away. We are on the top of our game at the moment and the States will finally get to see what we are capable of. Thanks to everyone involved for giving us a chance. It’s a great honor to have such a strong tour for our first time on your shores. To the fans in the States: Get ready. You haven’t seen anything like us.” More...
Warbringer Added to Vader's North American Tour
Warbringer has announced their addition to Vader's North American tour with the following update:
"We'll be joining Vader in November and December for dates across the US and Canada. Those Polish death metal legends will have a new album out on Nuclear Blast and this will be their first headline US tour in some time. It's a killer tour package called "Monsters of Death" and features Vader, Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky and Augury. Dates are posted on our page so check 'em out and come down to the show and support true brutal metal!!"
The tour dates are as follow: More...
"Unleashing the Extreme" Supporting Bands Revealed
Supporting bands for the "Unleashing The Extreme" Tour have been announced. The tour features three of Australia’s highest caliber metal bands on one devastating bill: Psycroptic, The Amenta and Ruins. The tour will kick off in Western Australia, before winding its way through Queensland, ACT, NSW and Victoria.
Supporting bands for individual tour dates are listed below:
June 4th - Players Bar, Mandurah*^ with Plague
June 5th - YMCA HQ, Leederville (AA)*^ with Malignant Monster, Sworn To Thanatos
June 6th - The Rosemount Hotel, Perth^ with Nails Of Imposition, Deathfuckingcunt
June 11th - Brannigan’s, Gold Coast* with The Meat Grinder
June 12th - Rosie’s, Brisbane with Laceration Mantra
June 13th - Sands Tavern, Maroochydoore* with Ablaze Withsin
June 19th - The Basement, Canberra with Punishment
June 20th - The Manning Bar, Sydney (Lic/AA) with Dred
June 21st - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle with Black Asylum
June 26th - The National Hotel, Geelong with Tenth Dan
June 27th - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne with Tenth Dan, Guild Of Destruction
June 28th - TBC Melbourne (U18)
*Door sales only
^The Amenta not playing
All presale tickets will recieve a free STOMP sampler cd. Tickets are available from the following outlets:
Perth - Moshtix
Brisbane - Oztix
All NSW Shows - Moshtix
Geelong - Oztix
Melbourne - The Corner Hotel
Unleashing The Extreme Tour Date Changes
Due to factors out of Soundworks Touring's control, the NSW leg of the "Unleashing the Extreme" tour has been rescheduled. See below for amended dates and venues.
The "Unleashing The Extreme" Tour features three of Australia’s highest calibre metal bands: Psycroptic, The Amenta and Ruins. The tour will kick off in Perth, before winding its way through Queensland, ACT, NSW and Victoria. Here are the latest tour dates:
June 4th - Players Bar, Mandurah
June 5th - YMCA HQ, Leederville (AA)
June 6th - The Rosemount Hotel, Perth
June 11th - Brannigan’s, Gold Coast
June 12th - Rosie’s, Brisbane
June 13th - Sands Tavern, Maroochydoore
June 19th - The Basement, Canberra
June 20th - The Manning Bar, Sydney (Lic/AA)
June 21st - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
June 26th - The National Hotel, Geelong
June 27th - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
June 28th - TBC Melbourne (U18)
Australia's Unleashing The Extreme Tour Announced
Three of Australia’s highest calibre metal bands are teaming up for the "Unleashing The Extreme" tour. Psycroptic, The Amenta and Ruins will kick off in the tour in Newcastle, before winding its way through NSW, Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria.
The latest tour dates for the Unleashing The Extreme tour are as follows:
May 28th - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
May 29th - The Manning Bar, Sydney (Lic/AA)
May 30th - TBC, Wollongong
June 4th - Players Bar, Mandurah
June 5th - YMCA HQ, Leederville (AA)
June 6th - The Rosemount Hotel, Perth
June 11th - Brannigan’s, Gold Coast
June 12th - Rosie’s, Brisbane
June 13th - Sands Tavern, Maroochydoore
June 26th - The National Hotel, Geelong
June 27th - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
June 28th - TBC Melbourne (U18)
The Berzerker Guitarist Hospitalized
Melbourne’s The Berzerker have announced the cancellation of the New Zealand leg of the Industrial Corruption Tour due to their guitarist being admitted to hospital early this morning (25/03/09).
Luke Kenny commented: “At 4am(EST) this morning our guitarist Tim Aldridge was rushed to hospital after throwing up more then a pint of blood, with blood pooling in his stomach he was operated on at 8am(EST) we are now waiting patiently to hear how the operation went. After frantic calls at 5am(EST) to various guitarist’s looking for some one to fill in we have been forced to pull the New Zealand tour. The band is deeply saddened by this event. More information will be released as we have it.”
The Amenta, who were also on this tour, will headline the shows with local New Zeland supports bands.
The Berzerker Signs Distribution Deal with Riot
Victorian extreme metal band The Berzerker has signed a deal with Riot! Entertainment to distribute their latest album "The Awakening" in Australia, which was originally available solely from the band themselves.
The Berzerker is currently on tour with The Amenta, with the following dates still to come:
The Berzerker and The Amenta INDUSTRIAL CORRUPTION TOUR, Australia 2009:
Mar 19 - Ballarat - The Karova Lounge (TBC)
Mar 20 - Geelong - The National Hotel
Mar 21 - Melbourne - The HiFi (U/18s)
Mar 21 - Melbourne - The HiFi (18+)
The Amenta Posts Tour Diary Online
Sydney based metallers The Amenta have released the following tour diary of their recent Australian tour:
"The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – 29/01/09
"We turned up to the Cambridge Hotel on time for sound check only to find that the in-house sound guy had not yet bothered to show up. This would go on to be typical of his performance of the night.
"THE BERZERKER guys were there already and aside from Luke they were all strangers. All great guys. I know we will have a good time on this tour. There was a bit of uncertainty on how this would go. Newcastle has always been a strange place to play, the last time was at the end of the Festival of the Dead Tour and we were all very sick. This time however we came out all guns blazing.
"We played really well; our experience on overseas stages was translated very well. Jarrod [Krafczyk, vocals] climbed up on the barricade and screamed in peoples faces. I punched my keyboard so hard the stand collapsed. A guy in the crowd, with a tattoo of our logo, screamed the lyrics to ‘Erebus’ when Jarrod handed him the mic. It was good to play back in Australia. We had been used to colder stages in Europe so the Australian heat hit us hard. It felt good to be exhausted again. More...
Australian's Rock Out Festival Postponed
Australia's recently announced Rock Out Festival has been postponed until later this year. Here's the update from the organizers:
“MTD4 and Blade Promotions after consultation with the venues and major stakeholders including the International Artists, have decided that it is in the best interest of all parties concerned to postpone the event to Sept/Oct this year.
"The new dates will be advised as soon as possible.
"We anticipate announcing additional headline bands to join those previously listed as the postponement allows us to restore the event to our original concept including multiple stages, all ages ticketing and camping at all sites.
"We apologise if this postponement causes any inconvenience to those that have already purchased tickets to our event and encourage them to contact us directly - contact@rockoutfestivals.com.au"
The original festival dates that have been postponed are:
10th–12th April - Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, QLD
17th–19th April - Eastern Creek Raceway, NSW
24th–26th April - Calder Park Raceway, VIC
The bands slated to perform included: More...
Twisted Sister, Rose Tattoo Added to Rockout Fest
American glam rockers Twisted Sister have been announced as the new headliner for the Australian east coast’s Rockout Festival, that will be hitting up Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in April. Also recently added to the line-up includes Rose Tattoo, Black Majesty and Five Star Prison Cell. More acts will be added in the weeks leading up to the festival.
Tickets are on sale now to the general public at Ticketek. For information on tickets and locations, visit rockoutfestivals.com.au.
Here are the festival dates:
10th–12th April - Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, QLD
17th–19th April - Eastern Creek Raceway, NSW
24th–26th April - Calder Park Raceway, VIC
The lineup so far is as follows: More...
The Amenta Posts Live DVD Footage from Sydney
Sydney Industrial act The Amenta has posted multi-camera concert footage from their recent Sydney show, which will be featured on their upcoming as yet untitled DVD release due later this year. The Amenta is currently touring as support for Melbourne’s The Berzerker on the Australia-wide Industrial Corruption Tour.
Four dates remain on the tour in Australia, all in Victoria, before the bands head over to New Zealand for 5 more dates:
INDUSTRIAL CORRUPTION TOUR - w/ The Berzerker, The Amenta + more
19.03.2009 - The Karova Lounge, Ballarat
20.03.2009 - The National Hotel, Geelong
21.03.2009 - The HiFi , Melbourne, (U/18s)
21.03.2009 - The HiFi, Mebourne, (18+)
25.03.2009 - The Adelaide, Wellington
26.03.2009 - Al’s Bar, Christchurch
27.03.2009 - Saints and Sinners, Invercargill
28.03.2009 - Transmission Room, Auckland
29.03.2009 - Zone Bar, Whangarei
You can view live footage of The Amenta’s Sydney show at Moshcam.com. More...
The Berzerker And The Amenta To Film Sydney Show
The Berzerker and The Amenta will be doing a co-headlining show in Sydney at the Gaelic Club on January 30th and both bands has announced that their sets will be filmed for future DVD releases. The DVD's will be professionally filmed and are expected to be released next year.
Devian Posts 6 New Songs Online
Swedish blackened death/thrash metal band, DEVIAN, has posted 6 songs from their soon to be released second album, "God To The Illfated," at their website.
Featuring former Marduk members Legion (vocals) and Emil Dragutinovic (drums), DEVIAN’s "God To The Illfated" will be available as limited edition CD including a special O-Card packaging, two exclusive audio bonus tracks, and a free band-logo sticker. The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Mask Of Virtue (3:17)
2. Assailant (3:41)
3. The Unspoken (3:45)
4. Saintbleeder (4:41)
5. I'm The Pariah (3:34)
6. God To The Illfated (4:18)
7. Summerdeath (4:31)
8. South Of Halo (5:36)
9. Awaiting Doom (3:55)
10. When The Vultures Have Left (7:02)
11. Reap The Storm (4:01)*
12. Raison D'etre (4:19)*
* bonus tracks only available on the Limited Edition More...
The Amenta Plans European, Australian Tour Dates
Australia's THE AMENTA is teaming up with cyber grind freaks THE BERZERKER for THE SONIC CORRUPTION tour - a dual album launch headlining tour throughout Australia and New Zealand from January to March. That will be just before it, THE AMENTA will be on tour with
VADER, DEICIDE and SAMAEL in Europe. The latest The Amenta tour dates are as follows:
European tour with Vader, Deicide, Samael:
08.01.09 HOL Tilburg O13
09.01.09 HOL Haarlem Patronaat
10.01.09 BEL Vosselaar Biebob
11.01.09 FR Paris Locomotive
12.01.09 FR Lyon CCO Villeurbane
13.01.09 LU Esch/Alzette Rockhal
14.01.09 GER Stuttgart Ika-Longhorn
15.01.09 GER Frankfurt Batschkapp
16.01.09 GER Bochum Matrix
17.01.09 CH Erstfeld Transilvania Live
18.01.09 ITA Milan Rolling Stone
19.01.09 A Worgl Komma
20.01.09 SK Bratislava DK Dubravka
21.01.09 POL Katowice Mega Club
22.01.09 POL Warsaw Progresja More...
Order Of Ennead Added To Winterfest 2009
Order Of Ennead has been added to the huge Winterfest tour which will see them team up with the likes of Deicide, Vader, Samael, Devian and The Amenta for a European tour. The tour is scheduled to begin in January and tour dates will be revealed shortly.
The Amenta Posts Album Teaser Track Online
The Amenta has posted an album teaser for their upcoming CD, "n0n," on their MySpace player.
"n0n," will be released on October 20th. The album was mixed by Lachlan Mitchell at The Vault Studios and mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301. According to the band, "The recording of the album spanned three different countries and seven different studios. 'n0n' contains a myriad of different contributors and performers with no less than two drummers, six vocalists and two bass players recording on the album which features guest appearances from Jason Mendonca (AKERCOCKE), Alice Daquet (SIR ALICE), Alex Pope (RUINS) and more."