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News : Stigmata to play Melbourne Arts Festival

By on August 2, 2010

As part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sri Lankan heavy metal band Stigmata will be making their way down here to play at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on a somewhat odd lineup featuring US psychedelic band Dead Meadow and the local Blarke Bayer/Black Widow. The date is the 14th of October, and tickets are on sale now through http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/130044D8951E2BA3?artistid=1131227&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=53

“Extreme metal ensemble Stigmata are set to become the first ever Sri Lankan band to tour Australia. Until the late 1990s Sri Lankan popular music consisted of film music, Hindi pop and imitations of western pop. That is until Stigmata and their provocative, powerful sound burst onto the scene in 2003. Growing up in Colombo after years of civil war, sourcing instruments and rehearsal space was a difficult and expensive task. With few live music venues in the city, Stigmata single-handedly built a scene that now produces some of south-east Asia’s most promising young metal bands.”

http://www.myspace.com/stigmatasrilanka

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137005229663350&ref=mf

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