It looks like 2017 is going to be a massive year for tours. Melbourne based Direct Touring have been bringing some of the finest underground extreme metal bands to the country for years. Five, actually. To commemorate this milestone, Direct Touring will be celebrating their fifth anniversary by throwing a gargantuan party.I kid you not, you will drool at this line-up.
The Direct Underground Fest is a gathering of their all time favourite bands, some they have toured before, while others they have always wanted to work with and now are!
Direct Touring has always been about quality over quantity.
The line up for The Direct Underground Fest features a lineup that cannot be missed!
MARDUK
GORGUTS
MGLA
ULCERATE
DÉPARTE
Marduk: Since coming into being in 1990, Sweden’s Marduk have unleashed 13 unholy albums of scathing extremity and the utmost brutality.
Regarded as one of the pioneers of black metal, their barbaric, unhinged and unrelenting live assault must be witnessed, if not survived.
Australia will once again be in the firing line to receive an unadulterated blast of caustic black metal.
Marduk will be performing a special Heaven Shall Burn set for the occasion!
Gorguts: Having visited Australia only once before in November 2014, Canada’s leading progressive and influential extreme metal pioneers will return to wreak havoc again!
Remaining impervious to trends during two decades of constant musical upheaval, while simultaneously expanding and redefining the language of death metal,
Gorguts attained a new level of pestilent fury on their latest album, Colored Sands and followed it up with their mind bending new EP that comprises of a single, 30 minute song – Pleiades’ Dust
MGLA: From the vast forests of Poland a fog emerges. MGLA (pron mgwa) literally means fog or mist in Slavic and just like their name, the members of MGLA are an enigma.
Shrouded in blackness, their faces completely covered in black masks, they have no human identity. No banners, no frills, no nothing. Just pure unadulterated black metal in all its majestic, nihilistic and euphoric splendour.
MGLA have set the standard for modern black metal, they are exemplars for the world. Their live show will leave you captivated and mesmerised.
Ulcerate: New Zealand’s death metal Kings. Their amalgamation of dark, oppressive death metal, atmosphere and mood into sonics brimming with pure rhythmic and dissonant extremity make for a difficult listening experience.
Punishing, churning textures leave even the most hardened metal fan with a sense of total unease and anxiety. Ulcerate strive for total bleakness and have captivated those looking for a release, be it physical, mental or spiritual through their superb musicology.
Ambitious, expansive, challenging. Ulcerate will take your soul and hand it back either crushed or purified.
Départe: Hailing from the southern extremities of the country (and the world) Tasmania’s Départe are intent on creating dark, brooding atmospheric black metal with a focus on an intense, hypnotic live performance.
The band stray from the more traditional black metal ethos, incorporating elements such as post metal, drone, doom and death metal.
The combination of these ingredients result in something unique, emotive and truly powerful.
TWO SHOWS ONLY!
Friday, March 17: The Factory Theatre, Sydney
Tickets: www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/2017/03/17/direct-underground-festival
Saturday, March 18: The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Tickets: https://corner.ticketscout.com.au/gigs/5963/MardukMgla
Official Event Link
