News : The Amenta announce US tour, pull out of AMA's

Sydney band The Amenta have announced a North American tour in support of Death metral legends Vader. And unfortunetly as a result, have also announced that they have pulled out of appearing live at the first annual Australian Heavy Metal Awards, set to take place in Sydney on November 7th.

Band member Tim Pope commented on the news:

“THE AMENTA is very honoured to be sharing a stage with VADER in North America on the “Decibel Presents: Monsters Of Death Tour”. Our first European tour – Winterfest 2009 – was with Vader earlier this year and we know that we’re going to have a great time both offstage and on with those guys. It’s a very strong bill and we can’t wait to see the other bands in action. We’ve heard so much about touring North America and can’t wait to get over there to blow people away. We are on the top of our game at the moment and the States will finally get to see what we are capable of.

Thanks to everyone involved for giving us a chance. It’s a great honour to have such a strong tour for our first time on your shores. To the fans in the States: Get ready. You haven’t seen anything like us.

Unfortunately THE AMENTA will not be able to perform at the First Australian Heavy Metal Awards as we will be on tour with VADER in North America at the time. We were looking forward to playing the Awards very much but this is an opportunity that we couldn’t pass up. Even without our show we know that this will be an amazing night. It’s an important first step towards larger recognition for some very talented bands. Thanks very much to the team at the Australian Heavy Metal Awards for all their hard work.”