SLAYFEST rises from the depths of lockdown in 2021 for the WA MADE – FREO EDITION
SLAYFEST rises from the depths of lockdown in 2021 for the WA MADE – FREO EDITION
Saturday 27 March 2021 – Port Beach Garden Bar & The Railway Hotel, North Fremantle
21 BANDS – 12 HOURS – 2 STAGES – NO REGRETS
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After a sell-out event in Perth in September 2020, SLAYFEST heads south to FREMANTLE on SATURDAY 27 MARCH to serve up a west coast smorgasbord of WA MADE METAL in the open air surrounds of PORT BEACH GARDEN BAR and the historical confines of THE RAILWAY HOTEL (Est. 1894)
Featuring 21 bands of locally brewed brutality across 2 stages, plus Karaoke, Metal Militia DJ’s, Food Truck Tucker and head bangin’ vibes, Perth’s annual metalfest SLAYFEST is set to bring on another Kracken day for heavy music fans in the west.
WA MADE live acts set to rise from the deepest, darkest depths of lockdown this March are:
Ripping apart folk metal with a merciless assault, CLAIM THE THRONE are back to deliver their extreme take on melodies for fans of epic and brutal alike.
15 years ago CLAIM THE THRONE made their entrance to the Perth metal scene with a full length album and a fantasy novel to match, but what really caught people’s attention was the band’s live show that oozed with an Aussie party attitude and a strange style of metal that had yet to be seen within Australian shores, going on to release highly acclaimed albums, regular worldwide touring and festival appearances in the UK, Europe, Asia, USA and Canada.
Perhaps their biggest accomplishment was being the first Australian band to appear on the 70,000 Tons of Metal Festival Cruise.
It has been nearly 3 years since CLAIM THE THRONE played a live show, but now in 2021 the band return to the stage to headline Slayfest! Expect to see this classic act at the top of their game and determined to treat long time Perth supporters to an epic and unforgettable show!
www.facebook.com/claimthethrone
GROTESQUE combine a special blend of modern technical death metal and groovy old school riffing – bringing a unique original sound into the mix. Fans of Decrepit Birth, Deeds of Flesh and Dying Fetus wont be disappointed!
www.facebook.com/grotesqueofficial
Following a ferocious return to the stage at Slayfest 2020, Perth death metal legends INFECTED backed it up with their first headline appearance in over a decade to a packed Rosemount Hotel in December. Originally only planned as brief return to the scene, the band have found themselves reinvigorated by the shows and hungry for more. They return to Slayfest this year not as a reunion act but as a fully reformed beast, ready to crush more ears – and perhaps even forge new material – in 2021.
www.facebook.com/pg/infectedaustralia
Perth’s TEMPEST RISING have established themselves as one of Australia’s most unique and individual Alternative Metal Acts, blending hard hitting groove laden riffs, soaring choruses and fast past thrash with a unique vocal style. The band are set for their return to SLAYFEST this March
www.facebook.com/tempestrisingofficial |
SILENT KNIGHT hail from Perth, Western Australia, formed in late 2009 with strong Power Metal roots influenced heavily by melodic European bands Iron Maiden, Helloween and Gamma Ray, crossed with the aggressive speed of American bands Iced Earth and Megadeth.
SILENT KNIGHT released their debut album Masterplan in February of 2013 and have since gone on to perform international tours, festival appearances, and supports for the likes of Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, Dragonforce, Ross The Boss, Helloween and Korpiklaani.
www.facebook.com/silentknightband
PSYCHONAUT has had 20 neck breaking years of music is rooted in 80’s Heavy Metal with a fun attitude and lyrical content based on classic horror and sci-fi films which has seen them has support many Aussie and international rock and metal bands over the years.
POWER! SPEED! THRASH! DEATH! ROCK! METAL!
www.facebook.com/psychonaut.aust
One of the sickest extreme acts ever to come out of Perth in THE FUROR is now back as a one-piece drumming destruction and terrifying screams. Local legend Louis Rando is taking the reins himself to deliver an unmissable assault for metalheads to soak up at Slayfest
The Ultimate Western Australian Black/Death Metal Apocalypse since 2002.
www.facebook.com/TheFurorObliterate
Formed in Perth, 1996 and releasing a self titled album in 1997, PLAGUE terrorized the scene with brutal and menacing live performances and gained reputable following. After years of extensive shows and working on new material, their second album ‘Higher Moral Ground’ was released in 2005. A well received and unique release that gained Plague national recognition, which led them onto tours around Australia playing alongside some of the finest metal bands on offer.
Dissipating as a band in 2008, Plague had remained dormant until Slayfest 2020. With old and new material perfected and refined, blistering grooves and technicality defined. Plague returns to Slayfest with a fresh new line-up ready to slay.
BAYVIEW SUSPECT are a Groove Metal band from Perth WA. Their music is along the path of Lamb of God meets After the Burial. Packed full of tasty leads, catchy rhythms, upbeat drums and heavy vocals. In 2018 Bayview Suspect released their 8-track EP ‘Survival or Ruin.’ Bringing with it a solid amount of media attention, and 2019 was a huge year for the band with the release of their new Single ‘Stay Away’ and an east coast tour.
www.facebook.com/pg/bayviewsuspect
SMASHED celebrate their 25 Year Reunion at SLAYFEST! A four piece old school thrash grind metal band from Perth featuring brothers Vince & Malcolm Clark along with Ivan Franulovich & Noel Andrews. Formed in 1994 and played around town for 3 years and earned a reputation of being high energy full of humour and just straight out debauchery.
Armed with a blistering bombast of banter laden Crossover they’ve dubbed “PARTYVIOLENCE” , Perth’s very own party metallers, 9 FOOT SUPER SOLDIER have amused, shocked and entertained audiences in Perth with modicum of high proile local shows with such luminaries as Claim the Throne, Grotesque & Earth Rot. They also once performed in a bong shop! After adding the launch of their irst full length LP “PARTYVIOLENCE”, and surviving lockdown to their social CV, 9ft are out of mum’s pantry with a renewed focus on partying, benders, bongs, BBQ and gatecrashing gigs!
www.facebook.com/9footsupersoldier
INIQUITOUS MONOLITH – Iniquitous Monolith – Horror infused Guttural Slamming Brutal Death Metal from Perth, WA. Seething and Ominous auras with furious and violent death metal. Featuring members of Depravity, Entrails Eradicated, Nails of Imposition and Death Fucking C%$t.
www.facebook.com/INIMONO
Born through the inspirational metal madness from the likes of, The Haunted, Devildriver, Lamb of God & Pantera; KIMURA are a Modern Metal band from Perth, Western Australia who have been winning over new fans at every show with their brutal, engaging and dynamic live sets.
With previous recorded releases receiving WAM Award Nominations and rave reviews, KIMURA are currently putting preparations in place for a full length album release in 2021.
www.facebook.com/kimuraofficial.au
REMISSION are a West Coast Melodic Death powerhouse from Perth, who recently celebrated the release of their debut album “The Tether’s End” in November 2020, and are taking 2021 by the horns with a new album due this summer.
www.facebook.com/RemissionMetal
DEATH DEPENDENT are a South West thrash metal band with a style originating from the 80’s Bay Area. Delivering a fast, loud, heavy, in your face thrash, with an aggressive attitude!
www.facebook.com/deathdependant
To the uninitiated, Perth based industrial groove-metal outfit ALL THIS FILTH blend many different Metal and heavy sub genres including Groove Metal, Thrash, Hardcore, Death Metal, Industrial Metal and even hints of Sludge and Nu-Metal to create a unique blend of aggressive fury strongly influenced by the music of metal titans Fear Factory, Chimaira and Sepultura.
With a new line-up announced in late 2018 and another album “Misery Of Season” unleashed in 2019 which has resulted in the band inking a management deal with Krunch Entertainment along with a second West Australian Song Of The Year nomination, the band bring their powerful combination of musicianship and energy to back SLAYFEST
www.facebook.com/allthisfilth
Like the rest of us, CRYPT CRAWLER are happily bunkered down in their hometown of Perth, where they can be found mixing up old school death metal with modern death metal to produce music described by Mitch Alexander on Triple J’s ‘The Racket’ as sounding like a denim vest dug up from a grave. 2020 saw CRYPT CRAWLER expand their discography with the release of their EP, ‘BLOOD SUSTENANCE.’ which showcases further development to the band’s established sound, taking inspiration from Swedish Death Metal.
www.facebook.com/cryptcrawlermetal
Taking inspiration from 90’s melodic death metal but doing it faster and angrier than ever before, relative newcomers THE HARVEST TRAIL intertwine themes of Australian true crime tales, with a rampage of non-stop riffs and energetic aggression.
www.facebook.com/theharvesttrailmetal
LACERATION play Death grind. They’re a 3 piece from Manning in Perth’s southern suburbs. Short on words. Long on cuts of corpse laden metal carnage.
https://lacerationmmxx.bandcamp.com
FLESH WORSHIP: Debut release “Masked Carnality” out Feb 27th
www.facebook.com/fleshworship
CAGE THE HATE – Brutal, Unadulterated, West Australian Heavy Metal.
www.facebook.com/cagethehate
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HORNOGRAPHY PERTH METAL CLUB fire up a very intimate session of OCCULT KARAOKE in the Railway Hotel’s gem of a guttural den, THE CLOSET, where punters can unleash the vocal demons within to a selection of metal favourites and classics.
SLAYFEST 2021 “WA MADE – FREO EDITION”
starring
CLAIM THE THRONE – GROTESQUE – INFECTED
– TEMPEST RISING – SILENT KNIGHT – PSYCHONAUT –
THE FUROR – PLAGUE – BAYVIEW SUSPECT – SMASHED
– CRYPT CRAWLER – 9FT SUPER SOLDIER – INIQUITOUS MONOLITH –
KIMURA – REMISSION – DEATH DEPENDENT – ALL THIS FILTH
– HARVEST TRAIL – LACERATION – FLESH WORSHIP – CAGE THE HATE
plus HORNOGRAPHY’S “CLOSET of OCCULT KARAOKE”
21 BANDS – 12 HOURS – 2 STAGES – NO REGRETS
SATURDAY 27 MARCH 2021
PORT BEACH GARDEN BAR & RAILWAY HOTEL, NTH FREMANTLE WA
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