Date
Friday 19 July 2013
Location
The Hi-Fi Sydney
Building 220, 122 Lang Rd,
Moore Park,
2021,
Australia
Tel: 1300 843 443
Link
Description
The story of Saint Vitus is a tempestuous one that spans back to the streets of Los Angeles in 1978.
Now considered one of the pioneering, and most influential, bands in the doom metal genre, back in 1978, things couldn’t have been any more different for Saint Vitus, for one, they were originally called Tyrant; later changing their name to Saint Vitus in 1980, for another, Doom Metal was a genre that hadn’t yet been coined.
Long standing original members Dave Chandler and Mark Adams started Saint Vitus, with original vocalist Scott Reagers and Drummer Armando Acosta, back in ‘78. The classic line up featuring vocalist Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich wouldn’t come into effect till 1986, and would dissolve a mere five years later, with only three studio albums to their name, plus two studio albums prior to Wino.
After numerous line up changes and eight studio albums to their name, the classic “Born to Late” era line up of Saint Vitus, with WINO on vocals, is finally back together and touring Australia for the first time, in support of their new studio album Lillie F-65.
To make their maiden voyage all the more special, female fronted French funeral doom ensemble Monarch, who will be making their 4th journey to Australian shores, will be joining Saint Vitus as main support.
This will un-doubtable be one of the heaviest, loudest, and slowest tours of the year, sonically speaking of course, a fierce collision of blackened doom from two of the Worlds pioneering artists.
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