News : Katabasis set off on one huge national tour

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KATABASIS ‘JOURNEY BENEATH’ NATIONAL TOUR 2011

In support of their recently released debut self-titled album, KATABASIS will be embarking on a massive tour across Australia. Giving a true meaning to the words ‘national tour’, they will embark on an ambitious journey leaving no state or territory unvisited or unplayed as they engulf their audiences with their unique form of ‘atmospheric metal’.

Their debut album, simply entitled ‘Katabasis’, combines elements of many disparate forms of metal and music in general, as the band seeks to establish an emotional grounding rather than a sonic one. Each of the album’s songs give reign to delicacy, primal extremity, and a variety of textures between. Less concerned with pushing boundaries than it is with ignoring them, their debut release focuses on the purity and honesty of genuine musical expression. As quoted in a review of the album by VoltageMedia; “this is an album that has to be listened to at full volume – to truly experience the overwhelming nature of all of its elements, as this is a record that sends a shiver down one’s spine, and coils you in emotion.”

The ‘Journey Beneath’ National Tour 2011 dates:

June 25 – Gosford, NSW – Blush Nightclub
July 1 – Sydney, NSW – Club Whiplash
July 2 – Adelaide, SA – The Squatters Arms
July 8 – Newcastle, NSW – Hamilton Station Hotel
July 9 – Canberra, ACT – The Basement
July 15 – Bendigo, VIC – Newmarket Hotel
July 22 – Melbourne, VIC – The Prague
July 23 – Geelong, VIC – The Nash
July 29 – Launceston, TAS – The Royal Oak Hotel
July 30 – Hobart, TAS – The Brisbane Hotel (AA)
July 30 – Hobart, TAS – The Brisbane Hotel (18+)
Aug 5 – Katoomba, NSW – Hotel Gearin
Aug 12 – Gold Coast, QLD – Shark Bar, Miami Tavern
Aug 13 – Brisbane, QLD – Whiplash Festival @ Greenslopes Bowling Club
Aug 18 – Canberra, ACT – The Basement
Aug 19 – Liverpool, NSW – Liverpool PCYC
Aug 20 – Wollongong, NSW – The Cabbage Tree Hotel
Aug 21 – Surry Hills, NSW – Gaelic Theatre
Aug 26 – Geelong, VIC – TBA
Aug 27 – Melbourne, VIC – TBA
Sept 2 – Newcastle, NSW – Hamilton Station Hotel
Sept 3 – Sydney, NSW – Venom @ Agincourt Hotel
Sept 9 – Canberra, NSW – The Basement
Sept 10 – Orange, NSW – TBA
Sept 11 – Wollongong, NSW – The Cabbage Tree Hotel
Sept 16 – Dubbo, NSW – TBA
Sept 24 – Leichhardt, NSW – The Bald Faced Stag
Oct 1 – Darwin, NT – Bastardfest @ Browns Mart Theatre
Oct 21 – Perth, WA – The Rocket Room
Nov 12 – Canberra, ACT – Whiplash Festival @ The Basement

For more info, go to the Katabasis Facebook event page.