News : Caligula’s Horse Announce ‘Turntail’ National Tour

Brisbane’s Caligula’s Horse are steadily building a firm reputation and standing for themselves as one of the foremost progressive acts in Australia. The band are hitting the road from March to April this year for their biggest ever national tour, and are touring in support of their newest single and music video, “Turntail”.

“Turntail” comes from the band’s critically acclaimed third studio album, ‘Bloom’, which was released worldwide in October last year via InsideOutMusic.

This tour will also accompany Caligula’s Horse’s appearance at the newly established and crowdfunded Legion Music Fest from March 26-28, should it all go ahead. They will be one of the key Australian acts chosen for the new proposed annual Australian music festival.

Further joining Caligula’s Horse for their tour will be Perth prog-metal band, Chaos Divine. Chaos Divine’s latest album ‘Colliding Skies’ was praised as one of the best progressive heavy albums of 2015, with their single “Soldiers” charting at #1 on the Australian iTunes metal chart.

Caligula’s Horse, one of the country’s most exciting and innovative progressive bands, will hit the road for a national tour in March and April 2016 in support of the music video for their killer new single Turntail.

Turntail, an uplifting and passionate track with a powerful political message, comes from their internationally critically acclaimed third album Bloom, which was released globally via InsideOutMusic in October 2015.

Bloom is a truly progressive record, one that has the depth and musicality to appease the most dedicated prog fan while at the same time containing enough fire and emotion to capture the hearts of the wider rock community. Bloom reached the heights of #16 on the Australian Albums ARIA Chart, and #2 and #7 on the

Australian iTunes Metal and Rock Charts respectively. Beat Magazine labelled the group as “the next Aussie progressive rock act to make major waves overseas”, Metal Injection (US) proclaimed they “evoke a striking amount of greatness”, while Prog Magazine (UK) stated “they are sounding ever more like they just need an arena to fill”.

Since forming in 2011, the Brisbane five piece have built a reputation as one of Australia’s tightest and most exhilarating live acts. Releasing their debut album Moments From Ephemeral City in April of that year and The Tide, the Thief & River’s End in 2013, the band continued to receive international praise and toured relentlessly. They soon found themselves supporting household names such as Opeth, TesseracT, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Protest The Hero, The Ocean, Dead Letter Circus, Ne Obliviscaris & many more, leaving crowds mesmerized and in awe of their power. 2015 saw them first set foot on European soil alongside Norway’s Shining, taking their unstoppable live show to the other side of the world, which would be ravenously received by crowds all over the continent.

Joining the tour as special guests, are enigmatic Perth progressive metal act Chaos Divine. Their latest offering Colliding Skies has also been heralded globally as one of 2015’s best progressive heavy albums, with the single Soldiers reaching #1 on the Australian iTunes metal charts, and taking out the 2014 ‘West Australian Metal Song Of The Year’ Award. Chaos Divine will release a new video clip for their latest single, Badge Of Honour, in the lead up to the tour.

2016: The Year Of The Horse. Fact.

Tickets are on sale now via Wild Thing Presents, Oztix, and the venues.

Saturday, March 12: El Grande Festival, Gladstone*

Saturday, March 26: Legion Music Fest, Melbourne*

Sunday, March 27: Legion Music Fest, Sydney*

Monday, March 28: Legion Music Fest, Brisbane*

Thursday, April 7: Jive, Adelaide

Friday, April 8: Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne

Saturday, April 9: Amplifier, Perth

Thursday, April 14: The Pier, Port Macquarie*

Friday, April 15: Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

Saturday, April 16: The Basement, Canberra

Sunday, April 17: The Small Ballroom, Newcastle Saturday, April 23: The Zoo, Brisbane

*Chaos Divine not appearing

Caligula’s Horse, ‘Turntail’ Australian Tour 2016

Caligula’s Horse – ‘Turntail’ Australian Tour Promo Video from Wild Thing Presents on Vimeo.