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News : Metal United Down Under 2016 – Call For Promoters and Sponsors!

By on April 20, 2016

MUDU 2016

Metal United Down Under (‘MUDU’), the brainchild of Metal Roos, is a national, all-day event across Australia involving up to 15 cities and over 100 bands expected to play, all under the unified banner of metal!

With 2016’s event seeing the all-day festival entering its third year, eight venues have already confirmed (and more still to be announced). It will take place on Saturday 15 October across Australia.

Adelaide: Enigma Bar (promoter – Sedulous Rouse)
Brisbane: The Back Room (Metal Of Honor)
Canberra: The Basement (Chud)
Darwin: TBA (Minute Of Silence)
Hobart: TBA (Tyrant)
Gladstone: The Rocky Glen Hotel (Bent Media)
Maryborough: Lounge 1868 (Impale The Heart Productions
Melbourne: The Bendigo Hotel (Megaton Music)
Perth: The Civic Hotel (Stormrider Touring)
Sydney: The Bald Faced Stag (Deaf To All But Metal & Metal-Roos)

2016 sees Metal United Down Under enter its third year and it’s stronger than ever! It began life in 2014 with 91 bands in 13 cities and grew to 131 bands in 15 cities in the following year!
Making it one of the most ambitious and largest underground music undertakings ever!

From Darwin to Hobart, Perth to Brisbane, cities everywhere put on MUDU shows all on the same night, all in the name of the Australian metal scene.
Bands such as Lagerstein, Envenomed, Orpheus Omega, Truth Corroded, Darkc3ll, Our Last Enemy, The Seer, Kyzer Soze, Temtris, Mason, Tyrant and many more were either playing in their own city, travelling to another or even used Metal United Down Under as part of their tour. Some bands used the opportunity to go to a city they hadn’t played before, like Adelaide’s Sickness, who celebrated their comeback after 15 years at the MUDU Sydney leg,
while at the same show, local Sydney band Amortuis made their debut!

In 2016, MUDU aims is to support the nations expansive yet largely still underground, metal scene. The community that exists is as diverse and widespread as our country.
Bands, fans, and industry all working together with a common goal, to play as many shows as possible on one night under a united banner!
Strengthening the bonds of the scene and making everyone involved feel a part of something bigger than the show they are at.
Knowing there are literally thousands of fans watching 100’s of bands at the same time is a feeling MUDU wants everyone to experience!

MUDU is such an epic undertaking that it has drawn the coverage and support of metal media outlets around the globe such as, German magazines Legacy and Deaf Forever,
International webzines including All Things Metal, Bravewords, East Jakarta Media, Metal Armada, Metalbase India, Metalnewz, Metal Rules, Metal Storm, Metal Temple, Northern Rivers Heavy Metal, SoundZone and Stormbringer.at.
Local support comes from The Australian Metal and Rock Institute (ARMI), Battlegod Productions, Blade Promotions & Management, The Drum, Metal Glass Promotions, Tasmanian Metal Syndicate and Ungrateful Dead Promotions

MUDU is currently calling for promoters interested in hosting their own event as part of MUDU 2016, and for sponsors looking to assist in such an undertaking as this. All enquiries can be directed to: events@metal-roos.com.au.

Metal United Down Under t-shirt pre-sales are expected to begin soon, and all event updates can be found via the links below:

www.metal-united-down-under.com.au
www.facebook.com/MetalUnitedDownUnder

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Jonathon is an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi novelist and music journalist. Thanks to the influence of the music he grew up with, he has always possessed a keen interest in metal and rock. He is also a huge fan of mythology, legend, and folklore from all across the world. You should follow him on Twitter.