Perth heavy rockers Tempest Rising today release their brand new album “Alter Ego“, available on all digital platforms and through Nerve Gas. The album. comes ahead of Perth monthly metal club Hornography’s first anniversary next Saturday August 24th where the band will launch the new release with a live set showcasing some of the tracks on offer.
A unique and powerful live band, Western Australia’s Tempest Rising hit the road as often as they can. Since 2012 they have toured anywhere and everywhere – from gleaming capital cities to dusty outback towns – forging themselves as one of the most distinctive and engaging metal bands in the country. Kicking off 2019 with a bang, they have emerged from the studio with a ferocious new album, backed up by their first European tour. Following on from 2014’s Transmutation, Alter Ego finds Tempest Rising heavier, groovier and more musically ambitious than ever.
Shifting from soaring melody to sheer brutality in a heartbeat, Alter Ego displays a jaw-dropping fluency in heavy music. A vortex of drums, bass, guitar and vocals, each track is a blistering showcase of the band’s talented line-up of seasoned, accomplished musicians: Vin Trikeriotis (vocals), James Ward-Armstrong (guitar), Daniel James (guitar), Jarrad Cracknell (bass) and Matty James (drums). Together, Tempest Rising flawlessly tread the tightrope between heaviness and technicality, drawing from the history of metal while carving out the shape of things to come.
Engineered and mixed by Chaos Divine’s Simon Mitchell, Alter Ego is an absolute pinnacle of songwriting, performance and production. A perfect case in point, the album’s first single Breathe is everything at once: complexly rich in crushing power and virtuosity, yet somehow immovably simple and uplifting.
Tempest Rising have been rising in the Perth scene in recent years, grabbing the attention of those lucky enough to have witnessed their live shows. Sharing the stage with such acts as Arch Enemy, Trapt, Sepultura and Drowning Pool among others, the band have managed to grow their audience and impress any who come to see what they do best.
More than anything else, Tempest Rising are a live band. Honest and unpretentious, they are the kind of people who are found sharing a beer and a laugh with fans after every show. In any country, in any language, metal evokes the most passionate, loyal followers, and Tempest Rising want to meet them all. With the release of Alter Ego and their recent European tour (the band’s first international jaunt since hitting Japan with black metal gods Marduk) Tempest Rising have entered an exciting new chapter of their story that will cement them as one of the best emerging heavy bands in the world.
Alter Ego out now on digital and physical formats – www.nervegas.com.au
Tempest Rising upcoming live shows:
System Of A Down Under
August 16th – Lucy’s Loveshack, Perth | event page
Hornography 1st Birthday Party
August 24th – The Boston, Perth | event page
And Metallica For All
August 31st – Capitol, Perth | event page
More info: facebook.com/tempestrisingofficial
