Hardline Media are thrilled to be bringing SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE Down Under in less than one week.
Formed in 1985, in Phoenix, Arizona, SACRED REICH are credited with being leaders of the second wave of Thrash Metal in the ’80s, alongside Testament, Death Angel and Dark Angel. With their socially conscious and political brand of speed metal, SACRED REICH released a great run of releases on Metal Blade Records and Hollywood Records, notably EP’s Draining You of Life (1986), Surf Nicaragua (1988), A Question (1991) and album’s Ignorance (1987), The American Way (1990), Independent (1993), Heal (1996). 2019 brought the much-anticipated release of the band’s fifth studio album Awakening to rave reviews and the return of powerhouse Dave McClain on drums (Machine Head) to the SACRED REICH stronghold.
Hardline Media are excited to welcome back legends McLain, Phil Rind (vocals, bass), Wiley Arnett (lead guitar) and new member Joey Radziwill (rhythm guitar) for a killer run of shows down under.
Re-united and playing their first shows in over a decade to sold-out crowds, thrash legends VIO-LENCE are not to be missed.
Formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985, VIO-LENCE instilled themselves as groundbreakers of the second wave of thrash with their revered 1988 album Eternal Nightmare. Throughout ’88 and ’89, VIO-LENCE toured the album to great success alongside thrash comrades Testament, Voivod, Death Angel, Sanctuary, Nuclear Assault, D.R.I., M.O.D. and the Cro-Mags.
In ’89, Megaforce Records/Atlantic signed the band, leading to the release of the band’s second album Oppressing the Masses. The band toured the album to packed crowds alongside Overkill, Forbidden, Exodus, Flotsam And Jetsam, Defiance, Rigor Mortis and Prong.
In 1991, VIO-LENCE released their EP Torture Tactics and their third studio album Nothing to Gain.
1993 brought the unfortunate break-up of the band, with some members splintering off to form Torque and Machine Head. Some 34 years later, and re-united at last as VIO-LENCE, Hardline Media are looking forward to welcoming Sean Killian (vocals), and new members and from Fear Factory on bass guitar, Christian Olde Wolbers, as they unleash their hefty sound and stage presence to the Australian masses:
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