Greg Puciato has revealed a killer selection of eclectic local acts for next year’s Australian tour, who together combined create somewhat of an encompassing representation of the broad scope of and diversity within his solo material.
Joining the tour are savage chaotic mathcore of She Cries Wolf in Brisbane, brooding post-metal darkness of Mountain Wizard Death Cult in Sydney, the ever-morphing and highly experimental electronic sounds of Lonelyspeck in Adelaide, the collision of new-age post-hardcore and 90s grunge of Post Heaven in Melbourne and in Perth will be crust-infused black metal of Halo of Teeth and straight up screamo revival of PUKE.
After rising to global prominence as vocalist of the revered and pioneering extreme music act The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato began to spread his wings towards the end of their illustrious and controversial tenure, becoming a key member of other such acts as the heavy metal supergroup Killer Be Killed and synth-pop sensation The Black Queen. He’s even recently become a member of Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chain’s solo band, and now fronts the post-Every Time I Die supergroup Better Lovers.
However, his sights have always been set on a longer goal – a solo project with no boundaries or limitations.
Employing longtime TDEP producer Steve Evetts, and drummers Chris Pennie (Dillinger Escape Plan), Ben Koller (Converge), Chris Hornbook (Poison The Well), Puciato wrote and performed everything else you hear on 2020 debut album Child Soldier: Creator of God. He even established an independent record label to self-release it – Federal Prisoner. Late 2020 saw an immediate follow-up with the experimental live album/studio EP/visual hybrid Fuck Content. Album number two arrived in 2022 in the form of Mirrorcell, a powerhouse of a record that saw the career mixtape approach of Child Soldier coalesce into a more cohesive form of razor sharp alternative metal, while still embodying the diversity and eclectic experimentation the man is known for.
With a full live band presentation of the project ticking the USA and Europe ticked off in 2023, January 2024 will see Puciato bring his baby to the land he has long considered a second spiritual home – Australia.
