Australia

[gizamluke]

I'm really hanging out for a tour in Australia, expecially since The Infection was released. I'm really hanging out for it and would love it, like my dream :D So ye, can't wait, everyone comment, so they come :rolleyes:

[Happy Time Harry]

They might have announced a show or two in kangaroo-nation but I'm not sure. There are other kangoorians on the board that could clarify this for you. I know theres a thread out there but I won't bother looking for it...since I'm awesome and all.

edit: nevermind...looks like no australian dates.

[Sepultallica9]

I doubt there'd be any this year, but early next year might be a go. We will have to wait and see.

[StMoolah]

Whose gonna put up the money for them this time? :p

[Eddie]

keen.

hopefully not playing brisbane on a fucking tuesday night

[satan's wizard]

^ suck it up and go anyway

[unwritt3n]

Yeah im hanging for another melb show!

[Infected]

I cant wait for them to come here! would be awesome if they headline, but i doubt that lol

[StMoolah]

Jan 14 2010 ADELAIDE, South Australia
Jan 15 2010 MELBOURNE 18-
Jan 16 2010 MELBOURNE 18+
Jan 17 2010 BRISBANE
Jan 18 2010 SYDNEY
From Double Dragon Twitter.

[Infected]

http://www.archenemy.net/news/australiantourposter.jpg

ZOMG!!! Arch Enemy Headline tour with Suffocation and Winds of Plague!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope i done the picture link thingy right lol


(Octoedit:Pic should work now)

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Jan 14 2010 ADELAIDE, South Australia
Jan 15 2010 MELBOURNE 18-
Jan 16 2010 MELBOURNE 18+
Jan 17 2010 BRISBANE
Jan 18 2010 SYDNEY
From Double Dragon Twitter.
Last night I looked on Double Dragon's myspace, the dates were on there as well (Sydney one supposed to be at the metro). However, this morning they are gone.
:9:

[StMoolah]

theyre also removed from their twitter.

[Sepultallica9]

Gay. I got all excited too.

And Infected, looks like I'll see you at Arch Enemy. Kreator are coming here in September too.

[StMoolah]

I think its still gonna happen, they were just too early announcing it.

[dtsheist]

Chimaira has been one of the most consistently heavy and dedicated bands in metal for the past decade. With their latest release, The Infection, the Ohio sextet has further honed their sound to one of punishing brutality.

The US sextet is set to return to Australia in January 2010 to once again destroy venue stages and drive audiences into a frenzy with their patented brand of ferocious precision.

On The Infection, they have delivered a cinematic sonic rollercoaster with machine-gun drumming as tight as a mosquito’s ass, guitar work that hits the ears like a punch in the guts, and venomous vocals that are both tortured and threatening. This all adds up to a sound that the band has described as a “circle pit inside a burning ballroom.”

This is Chimaira’s first headlining Australian tour, having supported their peers In Flames, Biohazard & Korn on their last two trips Down Under. As thousands of Chimairians can attest, Chimaira live are untouchable, and their first headline tour of Australia will prove that fact yet again.

The Infection, released in April via Riot Entertainment, entered both the Aria & JB Hi Fi Charts.

Infection Dates:

Wed Jan 13 - Capital Perth
with special guests TBA

Thurs Jan 14 - Fowlers Live - Adelaide Licensed All Ages
with special guests Double Dragon and local supports TBA

Fri Jan 15 - Billboard - Melbourne Over 18’s
Sat Jan 16 - Billboard - Melbourne Under 18s Afternoon Show
with special guests Double Dragon and local supports TBA

Sun Jan 17 - The Hi- Fi Brisbane
with special guests Double Dragon and local supports TBA

Mon Jan 18 - The Metro Sydney Licensed All Ages
with special guests Double Dragon and local supports TBA


I think i read somewhere on sale August 13 or 14 or something. Bit of a shame this doesn't say which touring company is doing it (i'm guessing scorpion entertainment) but its definitely better than nothing. Its on.....finally

[dtsheist]

ok make that on sale August 17

[unwritt3n]

I'll be at the 18+ melb show fo sure!

[StMoolah]

Doing Sydney. MAAAAAAAAYBE doing melbourne OR brisbane.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

FUCKING AWESOME!

Can't wait! :6:

[ShadowStalker47]

Im not missing it this time! I'll be at the Melbourne over 18 also. Might finally get to meet Nick lol.

[Infected]

MELBOURNE 18+ here i come!!!!!!

[unwritt3n]

I'm taking a week leave from work in Jan and gonna go to 3 shows.
I'm from melb, gonna drive down to the Adelaide show, drive back for the Melb show, then up to Sydney and stay there a few days. Hopefully tickets aren't too expensive.

[Happy Time Harry]

No Pennsylvania date? Come on!!!

[Sepultallica9]

Yusssss! Put me down for the Melb 18+ show, might be a bit of a board meetup by the looks of it! I'd love to do a road trip and to Adelaide the night before, will have to see what I can arrange.

[dtsheist]

http://www.chimaira.com/theinfection/upcoming-shows/

I can't figure how to show the picture in this thread but scroll down to the australian tour, that is fucking fantastic. INCLUDE HIM ON THE TOUR SHIRTS!!

[Sepultallica9]

Hahaha, Boonie! Fuck yeah!

And I'm sure everyone in Auckland loves being listed as being in Australia too!

[ShadowStalker47]

Haha Boonie! God that is classic. Cannot wait for this tour! Been waiting for 5 years to see Chimaira!

[dtsheist]

might have to crank out the boony army shirt to mark the occasion. I think i've still got the fake 'tache they were going around selling at the g too haha.

[ShadowStalker47]

I might grow one from now till the gig lol. Or maybe not. Havent decided yet.

[Sepultallica9]

I should post my photo with the Boonie mo' haha. I lost the mo though, damn thing never stuck properly.

[StMoolah]

BOOOOOOOOOONIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE
Faith No More playing soundwave is so going to make me have not enough money for multiple shows.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Screw Soundwave, I'll stick to the sidewaves next year.

[StMoolah]

Thats nice, i however want to see Faith No More as many times as humanly possible.

[Sepultallica9]

Faith No More for Soundwaves eh? I'm all over that shit.

[StMoolah]

Im not supposed to know it, but i do, it will get announced next week.
Messugggah, clutch, trivium & Enter shikari are supposed to be on it as well, but the guy who told me said theres a 'backup list' (alot of bands pull out) and hes not sure which list messuggah & trivium is on. Shikari & Clutch for sure i think.
Edit: i know how to spell meshuggah, i just dont like them and dont care how to spell it. :P

[ShadowStalker47]

Not really stoked on any of those bands. Enter Shikari are SO overrated, Trivium are so 2005, and i've never really listened to much Messuggah or Clutch. I may check them out soon though if its true.

[Sepultallica9]

Clutch aren't bad, I dunno if you'd like 'em though Zach. Meshuggah I would categorize as progressive death metal, but not in the vein of Opeth. Trivium I'm not fussed about. Enter Shitari can fuck off haha. FNM and Meshuggah make it worthwhile for me.

[Infected]

Meshuggah would be awesome!!! And i wouldnt mind seeing trivium again!!

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Hmm well if Meshuggah are playing Soundwave, I might consider going, I reckon it'd be awesome to see them outside. Last time I saw them was at the UNSW Roundhouse, imo it wasn't loud enough!

[ShadowStalker47]

It Dies Today were the first band confimred ages ago. That was pretty much my ticket right there lol.

[Infected]

It Dies Today are awesome!! Should be awesome!

[StMoolah]

Shikari, Alexis & FNM are enough for me.

[StMoolah]

and allegedly my favorite band is headlining the metal stage.
Great FNM and them clash.

[Sepultallica9]

And who would that be?

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Machine Head?

[Infected]

Well Paramore have been confirmed

[StMoolah]

y0y0s is correccct

[Sepultallica9]

Machine Head and FNM on at the same time? That's fucked.

[StMoolah]

Both are headlining there respective stages. Just like LOG & NIN this year.

[ShadowStalker47]

Im gonna need more bands I LOVE to get added to the list because so far every band that has been announced i've just been like 'ok... cool... who is next?'

[Eddie]

fuck yeah aussie headlining tour. so fucking keen.

[Eddie]

^ suck it up and go anyway

its a sunday night this time for brisbane, but i'm a uni student now so it doesnt matter if i get drunk on a school/week night

[Infected]

Next lot of bands will be revealed sometime thursday i think...

[StMoolah]

none of the bands ive mentioned have been announced yet, i just know. all the bands (apart from dropoffs drop ons) gets announced on thursday.

[StMoolah]

MH Not on the bill.

[ShadowStalker47]

Is there any info on ticket prices for the Chimaira tour here? Which website are people getting theres from?

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Melbourne ticketes are on Ticketek:
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CHIMAIRA10&v=BBN&searchId=044d46e9-cdc2-49bc-8d6a-a7da82252749
$65.80

Sydney tickets should be on there too, but they're not. Not on the venue's website yet either, strange. :9:

[Sepultallica9]

You should be able to get tix for the Melbourne one at the venue website too, www.billboardthevenue.com.au

[ShadowStalker47]

Thanks guys :)

Edit: $60 PLUS credit crd fee PLUS booking fee. Holy shit. Thats more than double any ticket i've ever paid to see any band ever. Soundwave festival only cost me $100. I wonder why so expensive?

[StMoolah]

....

[unwritt3n]

Got my melbourne tickets... right at 9am on the dot!! :P
Also getting tickets for Adelaide and Sydney. Taking that whole week off work and seeing 3 shows and road tripping.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

So the Sydney show has now at least appeared on the metro's website:
http://www.metrotheatre.com.au/events/1970/01/01/chimaira

Apparently tickets for it go on sale tomorrow.

[StMoolah]

got up early for nothing. fagtastico

[Sepultallica9]

Got mine this morning for Melb too. Still thinking about trying to crash the U18 show haha.

[ShadowStalker47]

Bout to head down towm to Ticktek to get for me and my mate. Still cant believe how expensive they are. Im not working at the moment so im just gonna scrape by with the cost. Once I have the ticket in my hand i'll be fully stoked! Looks like we'll finally have that board meet up Nick lol.

[StMoolah]

Dude. Shut the fuck up. Seriously.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Go easy on the young lad Moolah, he's from Albury!

[StMoolah]

That has to be the only excuse for saying a $65 ticket is expensive. Thats fucking laughable especially the amount we had to pay to see Chimaira the last time.

[ShadowStalker47]

Dude.. whats your problem? I'll give you as little run down of a few things.

Im not working at the moment and im receiving a bit of cash every second week for doing a Tafe course.

With that little bit of money im getting im helping out my family now that my dad is sick and cant work.

I paid $50 to see Parkway Drive, The Acacia Strain, Sucidie Silence and A Day To Remember in the same venue... Chimaira are the only overseas band on this bill.

That $50 is the most i've ever paid to see a band... I was just shocked that Chimaira was going to be so expensive but not once did I say I wouldnt go because of it.

I have my ticket (and my mates ticket) and im looking forward to going!

End of story.

[StMoolah]

and those bands are LOCAL. $65 is fucking cheap. I dont care what your financial situation is. $65 is not expensive for an international band.

[ShadowStalker47]

Acacia Strain, A Day To Remember and Suicide Silence are Australian now are they?

It was $50 for those 3 bands on the same bill at the same venue.. and Chimaira on their own are $15 more expensive. I was simply wondering why it was gonna be so different... it was never going to dictate if I went or not.

[Infected]

Got my ticket for melb, soo exited, and lol at nick for the underage show but..... i was thinking of doing the same thing, would you need id saying you are under 18 or could you just kinda walk in???

[StMoolah]

I never said it would, im saying $65 for an international band is CHEAPER than average going prices.
The headlining band of that tour is a LOCAL band, so youll be paying less than an international band.
It doesnt work by how many bands are on the bill. It works on the Headliner (or in some case Co-Headliners) and how much they think(or in some cases their management) they can charge. For example, earlier this year Bleeding Through/Between The Buried and me co headlined(and in this case i use the term 'co' loosely) Tickets were $40 in cities, $30 in Regional places because the headlining band is metalcore as fuck and had (at the time) an ikilledthedragqueen guitarist so they were advertising for the broke dance dance revolution kiddies to go to the show. Same thing happend when Misery Signals came out 2 months later (minus $10) As Chimaira fit closer towards the metal side and their audience is seen as older prices go up.
Metalcore shows usually have more bands for your buck cause broke people such as myself need a financially incentive to put up with the karate kids busting a move as well as advertising scene points for said kids.

What im saying is. Stop complaining. $65 is nothing for a metal show, the only time your likely to pay less for a metal show is during festival sideshows or back when we werent in a global recession.

[Happy Time Harry]

God damn! That's an expensive ticket price!

[ShadowStalker47]

lol. good Harry.

I can actually see the sense in what you are saying Moolah, BUT if it is about the fan base being older than why is there an underage gig? If I was 15 and still relying on my parents to buy me shit, I doubt i'd be able to make it to this show. I remember my parents buying my Atreyu and 36 Crazyfists ticket for me (which was $45), and they said 'we wouldnt have if it was anything dearer'.

I've been to about 6 or 7 major gigs in the past few years, and this is the most expensive by $15. Why wouldnt I wonder why?

That would be awesome to go the underage gig Nick lol. Underage shows are so much cooler because everybody just cuts sick to the bands and you dont have half the audience drunk out of their minds by the end of the show. At that Atreyu gig I got asked 'are you sure you're under 18?' and im like '... yeah im pretty sure I just turned 16 thanks'.

Hopefully they've fixed the only problem I had with Billboard last time. I couldnt go to the toilet all night because instead of going outside (passouts were allowed), everybody just smoked in the toilets. I opened the door and the whole thing was a sea of people hidden amongst a haze os smoke.

[Sepultallica9]

God damn! That's an expensive ticket price!

The exchange rate plus the fact that we live in the opposite corner of the world to basically everything means everything is more expensive, like shows and CD's. On the plus side, we get paid more than you do too! :smile:

Zach, to give you an idea, recently I've paid $60 for Kreator, $80 for Arch Enemy/Suffocation/Winds Of Plague and $85 for Lamb Of God/Devildriver/Shadows Fall. They're all around the normal mark for international bands around here.

[ShadowStalker47]

Arh ok, fair enough Nick. This is actually going to be the first METAL gig i've been to in the city. Hopefully I dont look too out of place haha.

[Happy Time Harry]

I'm just so used to paying like 15-20 bucks for a ticket. The most I've ever paid for is $60 (plus convenience charges) for Blink-182, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco and those are some HUGE named US bands too. I take the pricing for granted I guess.

[ShadowStalker47]

Yeah we had Bleeding Through come through Aus with Between The Buried and Me and As Blood Runs Black and it was only $20. It actually came through my town as well so unlike the Melb gigs, I dont have to pay for the train and a hotel as well.

I actually thought the reason Chimaira might be as pricey as it is because of how big the band has gotten. Exactly the reason why I have no problems paying whatever to see them this time around :)

[StMoolah]

Still not getting it. $65 isnt pricey for an Australian Show.

[Infected]

yep to me 65 isnt pricey, as pretty much all the ones i've went to and are going to were around 60-90 so 65 in my opinion for chimaira is pretty cheap!!!

[unwritt3n]

Sweet got my Sydney tickets. I'm ready for that killer weekend now in Jan.
3x chimaira shows, adelaide, melbourne & sydney. Gonna be fucking sweet!

[Eddie]

think i paid $70 to see amon amarth a year or two back, although they did play a 2 hour set.

still cant find brisbane tickets anywhere, hifi bar site only shows gigs up til november

[StMoolah]

oztix i think eddie.

[Eddie]

cheers

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Got my ticket from the metro today. :6:

[Sepultallica9]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b206/sepultallica9/2010tourposter.jpg

[Infected]

AWESOME!!! i gotta get me one of those for my room!!!!

[ShadowStalker47]

Thats awesome! I want that poster

[Infected]

I went through some music guide mag my mum brought home and i found a similar one to that, straight away cut it out...

[Sepultallica9]

Which one?

[Infected]

I think its called BEAT, the chimaira flyer/poster thingy is probably just smaller than an a4 sheet of paper

[Sepultallica9]

I'll see if I can grab one tonight, cheers man.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

I got a copy of Drum Media today (not sure if you get them in Melbourne) and it had a similar ad to that in it.

[Leah]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b206/sepultallica9/2010tourposter.jpg Cant wait....but Double Dragon?! *scoff*

[Infected]

^ My thoughts exactly!!

On my way out of the parkway drive gig i got a flyer for Poison the Well, who are touring in October, tix on sale mon 24th Aug.

[Eddie]

hoping some decent local acts get on the gig. maybe A Secret Death

[ShadowStalker47]

Yeah i've been trying to get into Double Dragon but I just cant seem to get there. Hopefully the local band that gets the gig is a decent one. Not really sure what Melbourne band would fit the bill though off the top of my head.

[Sepultallica9]

I dig Double Dragon, saw them with Truth Corroded and Frankenbok a few months ago, good stuff. They supported Soilwork last year too.

[Eddie]

also hoping i can hang out with the dudes like last year.

oztix site is being shit and wont send me an email to activate my account

[ShadowStalker47]

I dig Double Dragon, saw them with Truth Corroded and Frankenbok a few months ago, good stuff. They supported Soilwork last year too.

DD arent really my style. A couple of years ago they would have been but my tastes have shifted a bit from straight up metal more towards hardcore (all the while Chimaira have still been my favourite band because they do metal EXACTLY the way I believe it should be done).

[StMoolah]

Scoffing at the great DD and mentioning a secret death and parkway drive.
Bitches be trippin.

[ShadowStalker47]

Different tastes I guess. Anybody reakon i'll last till the end of the set if I attempt to hardcore dance during the breakdown to The Disappearing Sun? Its tempting, but at the same time I wouldnt be suprised if some metal dude tried to kick my arse. Maybe even Nick would kick my arse... who knows?

[StMoolah]

Different tastes I guess. Anybody reakon i'll last till the end of the set if I attempt to hardcore dance during the breakdown to The Disappearing Sun? Its tempting, but at the same time I wouldnt be suprised if some metal dude tried to kick my arse. Maybe even Nick would kick my arse... who knows?
....:flame:

[Infected]

Seriously hardcore dancing is the fucking saddest thing i've ever seen!!!!!

[Octo]

Different tastes I guess. Anybody reakon i'll last till the end of the set if I attempt to hardcore dance during the breakdown to The Disappearing Sun? Its tempting, but at the same time I wouldnt be suprised if some metal dude tried to kick my arse. Maybe even Nick would kick my arse... who knows?

Maybe Nick wouldn't, but I sure as hell would!

I'd kick anyone's ass tainting the epicness that is The Disappearing Sun with fucking gay ass hardcore dancing!

[Happy Time Harry]

Yea...I have to agree with the metal dudes on this one.

[ShadowStalker47]

lol its so easy to wind you guys up with that stuff. I posted that after about my 6th drink last night. 100% being serious, I WOULDNT EVEN CONSIDER doing that at a Chimaira gig unless, for some strange reason, at least 50% of the crowd started doing it.

[StMoolah]

way to stand on your own!

[ShadowStalker47]

I know right!?

So... damned if I do and damned if I dont?

[Octo]

The word, "Baaaaaa" comes to mind.

And that's not just because this thread is titled Australia. lolol

[StMoolah]

A Scot shouldnt be so quick to baaaaaaaaa. ;)

[ShadowStalker47]

You do realise that New Zealand and Australia are different countries dont you Octo?

We make jokes about New Zealanders being sheep fuckers. Do other countries seriously make jokes about Australia being the same thing?

[Infected]

LOL at octo

[Octo]

Any country that is notorious for sheep farming gets called out for being sheep fuckers because it's naturally assumed that sheep farmers fuck sheep and therefore the whole nation are sheep fuckers. lol

[Sepultallica9]

This thread is LOL.

[ShadowStalker47]

Gees, I have only the SLIGHTEST recollection of that sheep convo going down. Pretty much disregard anything i've said in the past 2 days lol. Aside maybe from wanting a Collingwood v.s Western Bulldogs grand final.

[Sepultallica9]

I was hoping you were drunk when you said you wanted Collingwood anywhere near the Grand Final. Pies supporters are feral and need to be sterilised. :smile:

[ShadowStalker47]

lol.. Well I want St.kilda in it because I like them, but on recent form I believe that Collingwood deserve the spot over them. Bulldogs have been better than the Cats (aside from that 5 point loss to the Eagles) and they deserve a spot too.

[Infected]

I was just wondering if i were to buy tix for the under18's melb show, would i need some kind of proof saying im under 18 or would i pretty much be able to just walk in. The fear of being stopped and asked for id and then not being allowed in is all thats stopping me from getting a ticket lol HELLLP!!!!

[Happy Time Harry]

I was just wondering if i were to buy tix for the under18's melb show, would i need some kind of proof saying im under 18 or would i pretty much be able to just walk in. The fear of being stopped and asked for id and then not being allowed in is all thats stopping me from getting a ticket lol HELLLP!!!!

I'm not Australian or anything but I'm pretty sure you'd be required to be 18 in order to even BUY the ticket in the first place. I think the ticket would be your proof!

[ShadowStalker47]

I've always used my mum or dads credit card to purchase tickets, so im not sure about the whole 'you have to be over 18 to buy them' thing. If you had no ID with you they couldnt prove that you were overage. How old do you look Infected?... lol that sounded funny.

[Infected]

LOL i look under 18, well thats what most people say anyways... so if i could get a ticket and didnt bring any ID i'd pretty much be fine then??

[ShadowStalker47]

Well how else could they prove that you are 18? lol

I kind of dont understand why its STRICTLY under 18. If you manage to get into an over age gig and you drink then the club itself can be in a lot of trouble. If you are over age and get into an under 18 gig... what are you really going to do other than watch the band and hit on 16 year olds?

[Infected]

LOL thanks man, definatly going now!!!

[Sepultallica9]

I'm gonna talk to the singer from Double Dragon and see if I can con him into letting me be a roadie for the day so I can get in. :icon6:

[Infected]

HAHAHA, now thats dedication right there!!! Good idea too!!!

[Leah]

I was just wondering if i were to buy tix for the under18's melb show, would i need some kind of proof saying im under 18 or would i pretty much be able to just walk in. The fear of being stopped and asked for id and then not being allowed in is all thats stopping me from getting a ticket lol HELLLP!!!!

You can buy the tix without ID. I used to go to underage nightclubs and stuff at 21 to act as chaperone. Noone ever stopped me or said anything. Just wear long sleeves if you've got tatts

[Infected]

^ Thanks!! i just worry over the smallest of things, but u guys have helped reassure me. Thanks guys!!!

[Vegetable Lasagne]

It's not completely silly to worry over such things. I remember when I was 15, some Cityrail worker was giving me the 3rd degree about getting an under-16 train ticket.

[Leah]

^ Thanks!! i just worry over the smallest of things, but u guys have helped reassure me. Thanks guys!!!

If you are really stressed about this, maybe you can get your hands on someone's school ID.......like if you have a younger brother or know someone who looks similar to you? Might be worth looking into. It was easy for me to blend in coz Im a 5 foot female, but security might come down harder on guys. Hope it works out!

[Infected]

Yeah i was thinking about that, hopefully all works out good and i can sneak in lol

[ShadowStalker47]

I wouldnt be so much worried about being caught as I would be about being caught knowing that i've spent that money for no reason lol. If worse comes to worse I guess you're lucky you're still going to be seeing the band the next day no matter what.

[ShadowStalker47]

Im not trying to bring up the argument again but... I just discovered something interesting. Was cleaning out my room and I came across an old ticket on the ground. It was for that Parkway, Suicide Silence, A Day To Remember and Acacia Strain show. I had always thought i'd paid $50 for the ticket. I was wrong. $36 for those 4 bands plus a local band opening. So... Chimaira is almost double for pretty much just themselves. And once again I have to add that I DONT MIND PAYING THAT MUCH TO SEE THEM, but I find the price differences interesting.

[Lucky13]

I'm gonna talk to the singer from Double Dragon and see if I can con him into letting me be a roadie for the day so I can get in. :icon6:

I'm doing the same, my mates band is supporting the AA or U/18s show in Melbourne.
Hellooo Backstage pass =]

[Lucky13]

Im not trying to bring up the argument again but... I just discovered something interesting. Was cleaning out my room and I came across an old ticket on the ground. It was for that Parkway, Suicide Silence, A Day To Remember and Acacia Strain show. I had always thought i'd paid $50 for the ticket. I was wrong. $36 for those 4 bands plus a local band opening. So... Chimaira is almost double for pretty much just themselves. And once again I have to add that I DONT MIND PAYING THAT MUCH TO SEE THEM, but I find the price differences interesting.



Yeah, but, PWD etc.. To be honest, Chimaira are bigger.
And its also where they play.
Prices don't worry me, unless its more than $100..
I don't even pay for Soundwave.
I'm just amazing and get in for free... kinda.. have to work there lol.

[ShadowStalker47]

I'd make an argument though that A Day To Remember are way bigger than Chimaira and they played the same show. Anyway... all in the past now.

What band is your friend in?

[Infected]

Got my chimaira under 18 ticket and a static x ticket aswell today YAY!!!!!

[Lucky13]

I'd make an argument though that A Day To Remember are way bigger than Chimaira and they played the same show. Anyway... all in the past now.

What band is your friend in?


I guess, I dunno.
Come to think of it actually it is kinda odd, the prices.
Maybe Chimaira are just greedy cunt's hahahaha

My mate play's drums in At War With Gods.

Mates band Sun Tzu are supporting Cannibal Corpse in Melbourne too.
It's sweet as.

[Eddie]

still havent got my ticket yet, oztix site is fucked


also hoping on a backstage pass but dont want to push my luck since they helped my mates and i out last year

[StMoolah]

HELLLLOOOOOO NURSE.

[Infected]

So anyone from melbourne going to the adelaide show???

[Sepultallica9]

Still not sure yet, I start back at work that week so it might be a stretch to get time off.

[Infected]

lol that may be pushing it a little i think, im 99% probably still going, only problem is were planning on driving, but i dont think my friend is too keen on leaving pretty much in the morning so i can get to the melbourne gig lol

[Eddie]

finally got my ticket. will be on my lonesome

[StMoolah]

Ill be up in brisbane a WEEK before the gig.
Im unsure if i should stay up an extra week to go to the show.

[unwritt3n]

Fuck I'm getting excited for Jan... Sooooo far away I can't wait!! I'm flyin to adelaide and back and driving to sydney now... would be wayyy to much in like 3 days. Hopefullly I get on the same flight as the boys from adel > melb. (highly unlikely)

[Infected]

^ have you already got your adelaide ticket, if so where did you get it, because i can find it on the tiketek website...

[Sepultallica9]

I'm not going to any other shows, just Melb on Jan 15.

Incidentally, I've just heard via Double Dragon's Twitter that the Melb under-18 show on Jan 16 has been cancelled, I'll post anything else that can confirm that.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

This confirms the show on the 16th has been cancelled:
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CHIMAIRA10&v=BBN&searchId=f38ecb87-03b6-4554-8b35-f657c23f8b43

[Infected]

Fuck that sucks! ow well at least i'll get to see them on the 15th :)
I dont think the U18 was selling too well, as they were offering buy 1 get 1 free tickets to it lol.

[ShadowStalker47]

Fuck me... I could only imagine if this was 2 years ago how I would feel! I wouldnt have been 18 and I could have been going to the underage show! I remember when Unearth played an under 18's gig on a tuesday night at the corner hotel and that was nearly cancelled (thankfully it wasnt) because only about 50 kids rocked up.

[StMoolah]

Ouch!

[ShadowStalker47]

Does anybody think this could be the fault of the venue and not ticket sales? Chimaira has such a large fanbase over here that I doubt the majority is over 18. Most pubs and bars hate having underrage gigs because they dont profit while they're one because nobody is buying drinks. If the venue had a winge and cancelled the gig, kids would be in revolt. If you say 'ticket sales were low', there isnt much anybody can do but accept it. Just a thought...

[Infected]

Yer i can see your point, but the fact they were offering a 2 for 1 deal on tix shows it probablyy wasn't selling well, also someone was saying they spoke to the promoters and they said that they were considering cancelling it a while ago.
But now im gonna enjoy the 18+ more because it's my only chance to see them :)

[Sepultallica9]

It's entirely possible that it wasn't a great idea for the venue, but if that was the case, they wouldn't have booked and under 18 gig in the first place. I would that thought anyway.

[dtsheist]

considering wearing the boony shirt tomorrow, if not to make spicuzza laugh then because i'm proud of the captain and vice captain digging in for the country today. If i do wear it and you see me, feel free to let me know that i'm a knob.

[Eddie]

whoever has seen one of the shows on this tour, please post a setlist. are there only two bands playing?

[ShadowStalker47]

Im so fucking pumped! First time seeing them! Gonna be on the lookout for some familiar faces too guys. Boony shirt Mike? I'll be wearing either an 'I <3 ADTR' shirt which is black or my Acacia Strain shirt with bloody chainsaws on it.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

I hope we hear something off This Present Darkness, that'd be awesome!
:6:

[dtsheist]

Boony shirt Mike?

Its the VB shirt that resembles the old school yellow one day cricket shirts with 'boony army' across the back. just to go along with the theme of the tour banner on the site.

[Infected]

CANT FUCKING WAIT!!!!!!!!!
Gonna buy a shitload of merch and then i'll be straight up on the barrier going as crazy as i can!!
ALL i want is LAZARUS!!!!

[unwritt3n]

Adelaide show was fucking awesome... Only thing....I wished they played The Disappearing Sun and Destroy and Dominate... Oh well... hopefully I have a chance of hearing them at the Melb or Sydney show... They played Implements at the end though, so that made up for it!!!!

[Sepultallica9]

Implements?!?!?!?! Good god that is awesome. Can't wait for tonight!

Sounds like I'll be doing exactly the same thing as Infected, getting a few bits of merch and then off the barrier. I'll be there with a couple of mates in my Dead Inside shirt I thinks. Might see some of you there!

[unwritt3n]

The reason they not playing The Disappearing Sun and Destroy and Dominate is becuase they don't have there 7-strings with them (no B tuning)... so they can't play those tracks... (spoke to Rob at the airport before ;P)

[Sepultallica9]

Interesting. Kinda sucks, but will be interesting to see what they play instead!

[StMoolah]

i have the boony shirt that has been discussed. and i have another boony shirt that its boonies entire body on the shirt.

[Eddie]

I'M GOING TO WEAR A PLAIN WHITE TSHIRT! JUST LIKE WHAT THEY"RE WEARING IN MY SIG!

[StMoolah]

ill wear whatever shirt is on the top of the pile come monday.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

I dress according to mood... so I'll let you all know on Monday.

[Eddie]

listening to the chimaira discography in anticipation for sunday night. fuck pass out was such a great album.

will be incredibly stoked if they play severed

[Infected]

IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING SHOW EVER!! THAT IS ALL!!!
Eddie wanted to know some songs so
******SPOILER******
In no particular order, Venom inside, Worthless, Resurrection, The Flame, Empire, On Broken Glass, Secrets Of The Dead, Cleansation, Power Trip, Pure Hatred, Dehumanizing Process, IMPLEMENTS, Salvation, Nothing Remains, Severed and Painting The White To Grey so thats it i think

[Sepultallica9]

Absolutely incredible, I can't put it into words very well. They these songs (the middle possibly out of order):

The Venom Inside
Resurrection
Power Trip
Empire
Secrets Of The Dead
Severed
Cleansation
Worthless
Salvation
The Impossibility Of Reason
On Broken Glass
Painting The White To Grey (!!)
The Dehumanizing Process
Nothing Remains
The Flame
Power Trip
Encore: Implements Of Destruction

So awesome. Still all hyped up! It was good to meet Ryan (Infected) and Zach (ShadowStalker) too, cheers guys!

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Fuck.

[dtsheist]

i was afraid that the lack of crowd leading into their set was going to ruin the atmosphere a bit, i couldn't have been more wrong. People appeared out of nowhere, still not near capacity but it filled up a hell of a lot and i haven't enjoyed myself at a gig that much in a long time. Was great to see Mark smiling that much, looked like he was really enjoying himself. Kicking myself i didn't buy one of the meet and greet passes, ESPECIALLY when i was in the parking garage until 1ish waiting for the fucken RACV to come and help me out! Great setlist and fucking PAINTING THE WHITE TO GREY, pretty sure we can thank the lack of destroy and dominate and disappearing sun for that, but hearing that introduced just smashed my nuts off.

Fuck i wish i had have road tripped to Adelaide. Hope everyone enjoyed the show as much as the few comments so far have suggested.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Painting The White To Grey, Implements, Salvation... holy shit that's awesome set list! Can't wait! :6:

So what's the deal with those meet and greet passes? Are they doing them at all the shows on the tour and I'm assuming you get them from the merch table or something?

[dtsheist]

not sure if its at all shows, may have been to make up for some numbers that WEREN'T there but they were $20 from the merch table. so if you're going by car maybe take some cd's or booklets along with you and a camera.

[Eddie]

holy shit that set list looks amazing

[Sepultallica9]

I'd imagine they'd do the meet and greet at the other shows too. They must have made a killing on those things at $20 a pop!

Now that I'm a little more coherent, I can say honestly that that was one of the best gigs I have been to in my life. They genuinely looked like they were absolutely stoked with the reaction they got from the crowd, and I get the feeling it won't be long before they do another headlining show. Every one of them was friendly and approachable during the meet and greet too.

Highlights: Secrets, Nothing Remains, Resurrection, Salvation, Painting, Implements.

[Infected]

Painting was so awesome live, Jim made me laugh when he said "throw a shrimp on the barby" lol.
But fuck me Chris' bass drops are HUGE!!!!
Also great to finally meet Nick and Zach :)

[Vegetable Lasagne]

hmm, I'm going by train and have to work the next day, meet & greet could be abit much. I'll see what my friend wants to do. That's a pretty cool idea though.

[Eddie]

ah fuck, my last bus home is at 9pm. a cab home will be $60-70. and the venue charges $7 a beer

going to be so broke

[StMoolah]

Ill be all over that meet and greet. Just so i can say "hey Robb, remember how you wanted to beat on my ass cause i didnt like your solos on S/T/ WELL HERE I AM....can you sign my cd?"

[Octo]

Ill be all over that meet and greet. Just so i can say "hey Robb, remember how you wanted to beat on my ass cause i didnt like your solos on S/T/ WELL HERE I AM....can you sign my cd?"

You are the coolest person ever.....

[Eddie]

photos from the melbourne show
http://visceralindustry.com/blog/

[ShadowStalker47]

Finally home in Albury. What an amazing fucking show!

Was so good to meet Ryan and Nick. So weird having seen photos of people and then seeing them in person for the first time.

I got the chopper shirt and the meet and gree.t I'll post my photos later. Meet and greet was incredible. I had so many questions I wanted to ask but I totally froze up haha. Had a chat with Jim about the zoo and I told him to be careful of Australian wildlife because over here things end up in your shoe a lot. Rob called me weak because I didnt come and see them with Korn in 08 lol.

Highlights in the setlist for me were Resurrection, Salvation, Severed, Secrets Of The Dead (which I never really loved on cd but is AMAZING live), Implements and The Flame. Hell ALL of it was fantastic. Hopefully they come back soon rather than later.

Question for the Melbourne dudes, what did you think of The Rose Line and Double Dragon? I wasnt really suprised. I really enjoyed The Rose Line and cant wait for their debut album htis year, and Double Dragon bored me after 2 songs. That may have had something to do with the fact that I just wanted Chimaira to take the stage though.

[Eddie]

saw double dragon back in 06 and they were boring back then. anyone know if there's another support in brisbane?

was hoping to hang out with chimaira before they played but they're going on stage as soon as they get to the venue, so the only chance i'll get to hang out with them is with everyone else who got meet and greet passes.

wonder if they'll give me flack for wearing girls jeans tonight

[ShadowStalker47]

I was wearing cut off girl jeans and they didnt say anything... so im sure you'll be fine lol.

Photos!!!

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/ShadowStalker47/IMG_0530.jpg

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[StMoolah]

You look older than 19. That is all.

[Happy Time Harry]

You look older than 19. That is all.

You should see me...

[StMoolah]

do you have a grandpa beard? that be pretty sweet.

[ShadowStalker47]

This is the first time i've had a beard. Havent shaved since new years eve. Waiting for the girlfriend to get back from holidays so I can suprise her... then its going away.

[StMoolah]

grow handlebars.
get dumped
???
profit

[Infected]

I thought The Rose Line had a few good bit's but not really my thing {clean vox were crap and lead guitar was a bit sloppy at times but thats just me}
Double Dragon suprised the fuck out of me, i've heard like 1 or or 2 songs and i didn't like them but man they tore it up that night!!! PS. the blonde chick that was with them was fucking amazing!!!!

[Eddie]

holy shit. that was one of the best gigs ive been to (dark tranquillity back in 06 will be undefeated). same set list as above, chris put me on the door with a meet and greet pass, after the gig i was with everyone else who had the pass. was in front of the line, mark, chris, rob and matt remembered me from the korn gig 2 years ago, rob said he loved how i photoshopped my head into their TIOR promo pic (my sig), mark asked me about their christmas package they sent me (autographed dvd, stickers and a condom for the night i lost my virginity, i told them i used it on myself), and got a photo with the band. only got to talk to them for about 5 mniutes before i was ushered along, but it was pretty awesome. got my meet and greet pass signed by everyone. hung out outside near their shuttle bus but it looked like they werent leaving for another hour so i bailed.

seeing them in an intimate venue was amazing, can't wait til they come back again. they had a bigger audience than Every Time I Die on wednesday night. tried to put the moves on some chick by telling her i knew the band but it failed.

i'm fucking drunk. and broke. fuck yeah chimaira. my throat is fucked from screaming, my arms are fucked from throwing up the horns, but it was all worth it

[Eddie]

the support band for brisbane was Torn Asunder, pretty good for generic metalcore, their metal cover of blink182 - dammit was awesome. i saw double dragon back in 06 supporting dark tranquillity (i think) and they sucked back then, not much better now.

[Eddie]

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/535/p1701102359brighter.jpg

[Eddie]

mark: How's your night been
me: awesome, even though i've been getting drunk by myself
mark: how much have you had to drink
me: a jagerbomb and about 8 beers
mark: how the fuck are you still standing
me: no fucking idea

[StMoolah]

haha!

[Sepultallica9]

Nice one Eddie, glad you had a good time mate.

I thought The Rose Line were meh, nothing that interesting. Spent most of their set in line for merch. DD were good, though Lee's vocals are fairly mono which gets a bit annoying after a while. A couple of their tunes were a bit more melodic though which was a nice surprise. I introduced myself to him afterwards and he gave a me a hug and said g'day, when we were interrupted by his woman, who was either hot-as-fuck or skanky-as-fuck, I haven't decided yet.

I told Spicuzza that I was an admin on the board, and he said he'd totally forgot about the board, and asked if it still worked and if people still visit haha! I said Severity was running it just fine and it's still going.

EDIT: Also noted to Infected that during the little bit where I was on the barrier during The Rose Line, the lead guitarist broke into some serious crabcore during the breakdowns haha.

[ShadowStalker47]

lol... I was entertained by The Rose Line AND enjoyed their music on top of that. Part of the reason why DD bored was because aside from the vocalist... they barely moved for 45 minutes.

[Infected]

HAHAHAHA yeah that little crab core stance just ruined any bit of seriousness about them lol

[StMoolah]

lol... I was entertained by The Rose Line AND enjoyed their music on top of that. Part of the reason why DD bored was because aside from the vocalist... they barely moved for 45 minutes. You make me so angry i Just wanna...
http://toddyenglish.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/islamic-rage-boy-head-only1.jpg?w=432&h=518
Met all the boys tonight. GREAT show.
Photos later. (for those that care)
Only Mark asked if i was from the board. didnt really wanna bring it up.

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Awesome show, had a great time.

Got a meet and greet pass. Didn't bother taking my camera (I should have), but I got a small tour poster and my pass signed, so it was worth it. Got a couple of (phone-quality) photos on my phone too:
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/118/l_15b6a904e51c4f26aaef184dffca6c96.jpg
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Chris and Mark remembered "YoYos" haha!

[Octo]

Only Mark asked if i was from the board. didnt really wanna bring it up.

HAHAH!

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Currently at work after getting around 2 hours sleep. Was well worth it though. Awesome night, I think I told Jim it was the most I've headbanged since Cannibal Corpse in September haha. Seriously though, it was one of the best gigs I've been to in quite some time. Chimaira never disappoint. I thought they were great the past 2 times I saw them as an opening act, but seeing them headlining was something else. At times I felt as if I was dreaming or watching a dvd, but then I quickly realised "Holy shit, this is real!"
[/fanboyism]

[ShadowStalker47]

I felt like that too ^. Having watched dvds, interviews, film clips and the like for the past 6 years, it just felt so surreal to actually see them right there in person in front of me. And meeting them afterwards... I just totally froze up! lol I had all these questions I wanted to ask but all I could say was 'its amazing to finally meet you!' to all 6 of them.

[StMoolah]

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs163.snc3/19037_264315910956_596400956_3909015_429025_n.jpg
Was a great night. Prob best gig since Dillinger last year.

[thisismeleaving]

mark: How's your night been
me: awesome, even though i've been getting drunk by myself
mark: how much have you had to drink
me: a jagerbomb and about 8 beers
mark: how the fuck are you still standing
me: no fucking idea

Fucking amazing. LOL.

[Carebear]

Nice pic dude :wink:

[Vegetable Lasagne]

I could still probably go on all night about how great last night was, but I'll just sum up the highlights:
-Chimaira headlining tour!
-Good turnout, especially when you consider Fear Factory were playing down the road.
-CHOPPER T-SHIRTS!
-Secrets Of The Dead
-Painting The White To Grey
-Implements of Destruction
-Meet and Greet
-CHOPPER T-SHIRTS!
-Signed stuff
-Oh and did I mention CHOPPER T-SHIRTS!?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=102335673
^My phone quality footage of Power Trip in Sydney (for those interested).

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/125/l_d16b5f593aca4a87ae1d0bf35c5fab64.jpg
^My signed stuff.

[Eddie]

yeah the chopper tshirts were sold out in my size when i got to the merch stand (silly me for thinking that there'd still be size small tshirts left at the end of the gig). only one left was the gasmask with the tour dates on the back.

[Carebear]

Were those Chopper shirts only for the Australian tour or something?

[Octo]

Were those Chopper shirts only for the Australian tour or something?

I would have thought so since Chopper is an Australian film and I haven't seen them anywhere else.

[StMoolah]

Im gonna wear that shirt into the grave!

[ShadowStalker47]

I was surprised there even small shirts there. I can only ever find medium or larger shirts when it comes to metal bands lol.

[thisismeleaving]

metal fans are on diets these days.

[Eddie]

or maybe it's their girlfriends who can't fit into girlie tshirts

pretty pissed i've outgrown all my youth large tshirts. they're some of my best ones

[Eddie]

I would have thought so since Chopper is an Australian film and I haven't seen them anywhere else.

saw an episode of the american Beauty And The Geek where they were in some trendy clothing store and they had some fucking disgusting ed hardy version of the chopper tshirt

have heard there's also some female fashion label that has a top with the converge jane doe logo on it