Speaking In Tongues brings together a rare and potent mix of Southeast Queensland heavy music for a night of all things dank, dark, and damned. Headlining are Brisbane kings of grim dissonant death metal, Resin Tomb. Their 2024 full-length Cerebral Purgatory (Transcending Obscurity) showcases their tightly focused aggression and penchant for suffocating atmospheric grind. Live, Resin Tomb has been described as a death metal sledgehammer, you dig.
Supporting are Gold Coast’s favourite riff-worshippers, The Black Swamp. 2025 sees the long-awaited release of new music from The Swamp, following their 2018 EP, Witches. We expect they’ll be shaking off this new material live for the first time at Speaking In Tongues.
Also performing are the Gold Coast/Sydney dungeon rockers, Sohnelm. Featuring members of Azreal and Sumeru, the band dropped their debut 7” Ultra Crusher (Brilliant Emperor) in 2024, an EP that blends moments of influence from bands like High On Fire, Baroness, Darkthrone and Thin Lizzy in a way that’s as ugly as it is melodic.
Brisbane’s Flail praise amps and eat plants. They’ll be bringing their abrasive plant-based sludge to the Gold Coast for the first time. In Greek mythology, Cerberus is Hades’ multi-headed hound that guards the gate to the Underworld. At Speaking In Tongues, Cerberus, the young Northern Rivers three piece will welcome all with their elegant, fuzzed-out doom.
This night of death, doom and sludge all goes down at Mo’s Desert Clubhouse in Burleigh Heads on Friday, March 28. Tickets go on-sale on Monday F,ebruary 3, get them online from Oztix or in-store at Badlands Vinyl in Tweed Heads and Blackened Records in Brisbane.
Tickets: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2d994a10-c862-4eb2-997a-77d5ce1a2824
