Norma Jean, the iconic metalcore act out of Douglasvill, USA, are coming to Australian shores in October 2020 alongside brutal hardcore Australian crew Cursed Earth, presented by Destroy All Lines. Tickets are available online and selling fast at https://destroyalllines.lnk.to/norma.
The US outfit put out their latest album All Hail in 2019 (available now at all outlets at https://NormaJean.ffm.to/album – and this is the first opportunity for Australian audiences to hear and see the new tracks from the record live!
Examining the tension between reality and optics, Norma Jean’s eighth full-length album, All
Hail [out now through Solid State Records and available at the Solid State Records website], charts new territory for the oft cryptic artists, —Cory Brandan [vocals], Matthew Putman [drums], and Grayson Stewart [guitar]. The band joined forces with producer Will Putney, [Vein, Knocked Loose, Body Count, and Stray From The Path] in his New Jersey studio during early 2019.
Amplifying their classic brutality through progressive, resounding energy, paired with sonic and
thematic growth, Norma Jean’s sound has matured over the course of a two-decade career. To
date, the band has unleashed seven critically acclaimed albums, culminating in 2016’s Polar
Similar. Earning a first-week feature in NPR’s coveted “All Songs Considered,” Norma Jean was
lauded as “among those bands in the early 2000s that innovated, gave this extreme music
shape and smartly grew along with its fan base.” High marks came from Metal Hammer
[4-out-of-5], Metal Injection[9-out-of-10], and New Noise [4.5-out-of-5]. Cultivating a celebrated
canon, the band has collaborated with members of Deftones, Underoath, Helmet, and other
luminaries, and toured alongside metal visionaries from Lamb of God, and Rob Zombie to Korn
and System of a Down.
Joining the band on tour in Australia is Cursed Earth – Formed in Perth in 2013, they established themselves as one of metal’s bleakest and most powerful voices. They released The Deathbed Sessions in 2019, calling on eight of heavy music’s fiercest voices to lend guest vocals on the mixtape. Fuelled by pure hate and aggression, The Deathbed Sessions features guest vocals from the likes of Larissa Stupar (Venom Prison), Matt Honeycutt (Kublai Khan), Joel Birch (The Amity Affliction), Booka Nile & Sean Harmanis (Make Them Suffer), Nick Adams (Justice For The Damned), Mark Poida (Aversions Crown) and Jack McDonald (Cast Down).
NORMA JEAN
ALL HAIL AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2020
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
CURSED EARTH
15th October – Perth, WA, Amplifier Bar
16th October – Adelaide, SA, Enigma Bar
17th October – Frankston, VIC, Pelly Bar
18th October – Melbourne, VIC – Evelyn Hotel (Sold Out)
19th October – Melbourne, VIC, Evelyn Hotel
21st October – Canberra, ACT, Transit Bar
22nd October – Newcastle, NSW, Cambridge Hotel
23rd October – Sydney, NSW, Crowbar
24th October – Brisbane, QLD, Woolly Mammoth
25 October: Valhalla, Wellington
26 October: Neck Of The Woods, Auckland
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT
https://destroyalllines.lnk.to/norma
