ALKIRA: New Video, Australian Tour.
April 23, 2017
In late 2016, South Australia's drunken thrash titans ALKIRA released the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Juggernaut, entitled 'KLOTHO'. The album was mixed by the legendary Erik Rutan (MORBID ANGEL, HATE ETERNAL, KRISIUN) and mastered at West West Side by Alan Douches (SEPULTURA, CONVERGE, BLACK BREATH) and has been met with critical acclaim from underground metal media worldwide. Having ridden the wave of press that followed the release of KLOTHO, the band have just dropped a music video for the fist single from the album - KARMAPHALA. The song reeks of ALKIRA, seamlessly fusing elements of 80s and 90s thrash metal and punk, and containing one of the catchiest choruses you will ever hear; the guitar solo in the middle-section will melt your face off and drive the melody into your faceless head for days on end.
Oh yeah, and the video is hilarious. Check it out here:
Rhythm guitarist and Hetfield worshipper Kyle Simpson comments:
"With this video we tried not to go down the comedy path as we have previously (cos we kept getting accused of copying King Parrot), but we couldn't do it! The premise of the video was to tip our hat to the fallen stars and bands that we admire, and to have a bit of fun with it...plus we've always wanted to dress up as 80s Metallica and Greg just keeps dressing in drag, so it worked out perfectly!"
THIS WINTER, ALKIRA IS COMING!!
In support of KLOTHO and the new video, ALKIRA will be spending the winter months of 2017 traversing Australia on the "DOWNPICKIN' AND DOUBLEKICKIN' OZ TOUR" and have just announced a host of tour dates for May, June and July. Check the dates below and make sure you catch them at a show near you!
Tour dates (see poster below):
06.05 - ADELAIDE - ENIGMA BAR (https://www.facebook.com/events/236627310145053/)
12.05 - MELBOURNE - THE BENDIGO HOTEL (https://www.facebook.com/events/361888834210448/)
13.05 - BENDIGO - MUSICMAN MEGASTORE
09.06 - BRISBANE - THE BACK ROOM (https://www.facebook.com/events/1792206354354546/)
10.06 - SYDNEY - BANGERS AND THRASH FESTIVAL (https://www.facebook.com/events/545567338981504/)
17.06 - ADELAIDE - BREW BOYS (https://www.facebook.com/events/197256154096577/)
23.06 - BALLARAT - THE EASTERN (https://www.facebook.com/events/287353141721623/)
24.06 - MELBOURNE - THE BENDIGO HOTEL (https://www.facebook.com/events/1103137283155481/)
14.07 - ADELAIDE - ANCIENT WORLD (TBA)
15.07 - MELBOURNE - AMPED FESTIVAL (https://www.facebook.com/events/725368947616146/)
Pickup your copy of KLOTHO on CD, LP or digital format at BandCamp here:
https://alkirametal.bandcamp.com
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