Aussie extreme metallers Thy Art Is Murder will be back on home soil in July to further spread the seed of their Coffin Dragger tour, which has already reached the far-flung corners of the world. The third leg of their tour sees Graves and I, Valiance jump on board for an all-out Aussie attack.
Joining Thy Art Is Murder on vocals will be Lochan Watt – the host of triple j’s The Racket. Watt’s pipes endured a vigorous initiation during the US leg of the Coffin Dragger tour which took in a staggering 39-dates around the country.
“This is the third iteration of the coffin dragger,” says guitarist Andy Marsh. “The idea being to drag death (metal {lol}) around the world to places we’ve never been before. The US leg saw us go to many states we’d never seen before, Europe we are going as Far East as Transylvania and now the Australian leg will see us play a whole bunch of regional towns, some we’ve never done, and others we’ve neglected for quite some time.”
Thy Art Is Murder’s most recent album, Holy War, debuted at #7 on the ARIA Chart – the highest ever position for an extreme metal act – a feat they’ve scored twice. Always stoking controversy and criticism, the band refuse to tone down their art for the sake of palatability which has seen Holy War generate a wave of controversy for the strong anti-religious stance of the title track’s video, as well as the album cover which features references to a suicide bomber.
Thy Art Is Murder + Graves + I, Valiance: Australian Tour 2016
22 July – The Helm, Maroochydore
23 July – Miami Tavern, Gold Coast
27 July – Coffs Hotel, Coffs Harbour
29 July – The Cambridge, Newcastle
30 July – Uni Bar, Wollongong
31 July – Masonic Hall, Wodonga
03 August – Karvora Lounge, Ballarat
04 August – The Loft, Warrnambool
05 August – Barwon Club, Geelong
06 August – Pelly Bar, Frankston
07 August – Phoenic Youth Centre, Footscray
Tickets on sale Friday May 27 from 9.00am
Tickets and info available at Oztix & Moshtix
