There are few bands who’ve had more of an effect on the course of classic heavy retro rock this decade than Germany’s KADAVAR, having never sounded so much in command of their music. In two weeks they’ll be in Australia repping a solid 11 date AUS/NZ tour with appearances all over the country… Coronavirus and Aus Government decisions permitting!
Beats Cartel have a sweet Epiphone SG up for grabs, based on the current guitar that Lupus, Kadavar guitarist, uses on stage around the world. Simply CLICK HERE to enter the competition, follow the prompts and potentially WIN yourself a Kadavar signed SG! Epic stuff, a real collector’s piece.
Arguably the hardest working band in European rock, Kadavar have established themselves quite simply in a different league form their retro-rock labelled peers, smashing out large capacity international tours and festivals (Hellfest/Psycho Las Vegas/Download/Wacken) en masse and landing German and US chart positions for a host of album releases. Latest album release For the Dead Travel Fast (Nuclear Blast), reignites new depths and heights alike on this their fifth and darkest full-length.
Not having visited Australia since their 2013 tour with Blues Pills and the follow-up 2016 headline tour, interest will be paramount in 2020 to catch one of the best names in the business perform albums worth of new live material. The band has this week announced their Australian supports including the likes of The Black Armada, Pseudo Mind Hive, Sons of Zoku, The Floors, My Left Boot, Soy, Palace of the King, Astrodeath, Sweden’s Deville (also touring Australia on the back of a Mojo Burning appearance) and many more.
Having shared the stage with icons such as Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions, Kadavar embodies the vintage sounds of their predecessors while calling on imagery derived from magic, horror films and the occult like some dark 70s psych trip, relentlessly touring the globe with their lysergic frenzy of a show. Together the power trio forms a unique symbiosis, challenging each other to fill the sonic space between them when the curtain goes up . Their retro style, incorporating psych, stoner rock, retro rock and doom, has been compared to bands of the 1970s hard rock and metal era such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
Get ready to witness something special… Kadavar are coming. For the Dead Travel Fast 2020 Australian and New Zealand tour stops in a host of cities across the two countries including Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne, Scarborough and Perth. All shows on sale now at www.beatscartel.com.
Beats Cartel, HEAVY Magazine & Dead Mans Fingers Present
KAVAVAR 2020 AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND TOUR
“For the Dead Travel Fast”
Thursday March 26 SYDNEY Frankies Pizza
with The Black Cardinals and Master Leonard
Friday March 27 NEWCASTLE Stag & Hunter
with Soy and Fungas
Saturday March 28 BRISBANE MOJO BURNING FESTIVAL
with King Parrot, Steve Smyth, Private Function and many more
Sunday March 29 CHRISTCHURCH Club Hotel
Monday March 30 WELLINGTON Valhalla
Tuesday March 31 AUCKLAND Whammy Bar
Wednesday April 01 CANBERRA The Basement
BIG WEDNESDAY with Palace of the King, Deville (SWE), Astrodeath and The Narcissists
Thursday April 02 ADELAIDE Crown & Anchor
with Sons of Zoku and Heinous Crimes
Friday April 03 MELBOURNE Stay Gold
with The Black Armada, My Left Boot and Pseudo Mind Hive
Saturday April 04 SCARBOROUGH GERMANIUM DAZE
with The Floors, Moana, Legs Electric Fuzz Toads and many more
Sunday April 05 PERTH Lucy’s Love Shack
with Deville (SWE), Astrodeath and Ohm Rune
TICKETS NOW ON SALE at www.beatscartel.com/tickets
