Melbourne metal outfit HEAVENSGATE share their new single RATKING and prepare to launch it live across the East Coast this weekend, and will join The Amity Affliction on a national tour this November. RATKING is out now via Greyscale Records in partnership with 1126 Records.
Off the back of last year’s single VIOLENT JOY, HEAVENSGATE return to deliver the sonic onslaught that is RATKING. The single has already been coined the bands most crushing track yet, written by the band, produced with Erik Bickerstaffe of Loathe and Cullen Forbes of Fallweather, with a mix and master by Lance Prenc (Polaris, Alpha Wolf).
The single will be launched across the East Coast this weekend on a headline run supported by Diesect and Darkmatter. The tour will hit Adelaide on June 6, Melbourne on June 7, Sydney on June 8 and Brisbane on June 9. Tickets on sale via Greyscale Records. In November, HEAVENSGATE will embark on their biggest national tour to date, supporting The Amity Affliction with Ice Nine Kills (US) and We Came As Romans (US). The band were hand-picked by Amity vocalist Joel Birch, who said: “I picked this band for the Aus tour because… well, go listen”.
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