G'day!
Yes! We are still alive, thanks for your concern. As a matter of fact, there's very little to be concerned about in the Karnivool camp, it's a very exciting time. For a couple of reasons as follows..
The 2nd album is shaping up to be a gem. You may have realised by now that we don't write albums very quickly, but we don't like to do things by halves. We are about to lock the doors of our comfy little studio which sits among the serene surrounds of the industrial hussle and bussle of Osborne Park where we will be entering the 'preproduction' stage. Joining us once again on the start of our excellent adventure is our good friend Forrester Savell. In the next two weeks we will be finishing tracks, tying up loose ends, chopping things up and sticking them together again, applying the lacquer where necessary, or taking to it with blunt objects where necessary. All in all, making the sure everything is exactly how we like it before we begin the real tracking process within the coming weeks. Once again, thanks for your patience and support. In the meantime here's a little video of what we've been up to recently. We will be posting videos and blogging on a regular basis throughout the pre-production and recording period, check back soon.
In other news....Karnivool are amongst the first bunch of bands announced for the 2008 Homebake Festival. The lineup includes Crowded House, You Am I, The Vines, and shitloads more... This will take place at Domain Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney City on Saturday December 6. Tickets go on sale 9:00am Monday August 18th. Check www.homebake.com.au or www.myspace.com/homebake for more details..
more details from us soon too. Promise!
Cheers
Karnivool.
Friday, 6th March 2008
AEONS TOUR - APRIL 2008 Fidelity Corporation and New World Artists are proud to present the next chapter in Karnivool’s forays into the live arena. Hot off the back of two cold months touring the USA and two hot weeks demolishing crowds at the Big Day Out in Australia, Karnivool’s Aeons tour is set to be a hot autumn ticket.
The Aeons tour will be a carefully sculpted show with a difference. Karnivool will bring their forward thinking take on the standard rock song to the table, while special guest That 1 Guy (the man with the magic pipe from San Fran, USA) shows off a whole new approach to music with his bombastic grooves. Punters are sure to be entertained.
Karnivool’s Steve Judd say’s “We can’t wait to get out there and present something different to the standard rock show to people, should be a lot of fun and hopefully I can convince That 1 Guy to give me a shot on his pipe. By the way, where are my shoes?”
The Aeons Tour heading around the country in April May, tickets on sale at the below outlets from March 13th. Check out the gigs page for details.
Tuesday, 19th February 2008
GROOVIN' THE MOO
Karnivool have been added to the Groovin' the Moo lineup. This will see us travel to Maitland NSW on Saturday April 26 and Townsville QLD on Saturday 3rd May. The lineup includes Sneaky Sound System, The Presets, The Herd, Gyroscope and many more.
Tickets are on sale and getting dangerously close to selling out, so you'd better get in fast.
Visit www.groovinthemoo.com.au for more details.
More soon on upcoming Australian shows and news and updates on the second album.
Also, HUGE thanks to everyone that voted for our cover of the Gotye song "The Only Way" in the JJJ Hottest 100 Countdown. The track came in at a very cosy 63. Cheers to Wally for writing a cracker tune.
Wednesday, 2nd January 2008
After spending 2 months in the US on the Great American Rampage Tour with their new friends and labelmates Ankla, Skindred and Nonpoint, Karnivool are back in Australia. The tour, which was Karnivool's first tour outside of Australia supporting the international release of Themata, included 42 gigs, 15000 miles in an increasingly smelly / broken van and around 740 burgers. Some insights can be seen on the video blogs on the myspace.
To celebrate finally being on home turf the band have announced a couple of homecoming shows in WA before they head off on the national Big Day Out tour. Check gigs page. Tickets from www.heatseeker.com.au and associated outlets.
Saturday, 22nd December 2007
Hey there folks,
Well we just played our last show on US soil for the timebeing, it's been a blast we will give you more of an update (and some of those video blogs) later but we will soon get on a plane for the 24 hour trip back to Perth. Thanks to folks in the US for making us feel so welcome, especially to the bands who Rampaged with us, it was a real pleasure.
We have just announced some special homecoming shows in WA just before the Big Day Out run, it's a long time since we played in WA (or Australia for that matter!) so we hope you can join us for some beer and good times. Tickets will go on sale Fri 28th Dec through Heatseeker and associated outlets, look forward to seeing some familiar faces in the crowd!
Wednesday 29th August 2007
KARNIVOOL will be touring the US in October / November / December this year as part of the "GREAT AMERICAN RAMPAGE TOUR".
The Great American Rampage To Be Unleashed In October
BIELER BROS. RECORDS are proud to announce the launch of "THE GREAT AMERICAN RAMPAGE" Tour. Created to be an annual touring event, this year's inaugural jaunt will take place in the United States and will run from October through December, and is set to feature a power-packed lineup of bands.
Co-headlining "THE GREAT AMERICAN RAMPAGE" this year will be metal fan favorites, NONPOINT, and the kings of Ragga-Punk-Metal, SKINDRED. Supporting the "Rampage" headliners will be none other than Latin-Metal Monsters, ANKLA, who are currently dominating OZZFEST's second stage and making a name for themselves as the festivals breakthrough act this year. Rounding out the amazing bill will be Aussie award-winners, KARNIVOOL. Dates for the tour and more details will be announced soon.
"THE GREAT AMERICAN RAMPAGE" will also feature a series of prize giveaways and opportunities to interact with the bands. Dates for the tour and more details will be announced soon.
Friday 10th August 2007
New Australian dates added! check gigs page... more soon.
Thursday 12th July 2007
Last year, Wally De Backer, an independent Australian artist who goes under the name GOTYE released an album called Like Drawing Blood. The members of Karnivool (along with the rest of Australia) completely fell in love with this album. They were shocked to find out that the love flowed both ways and that their Themata album had rekindled Wally's love for heavier music. A tight bond had formed between these seemingly unlikely musical peers, and subsequently Wally approached Karnivool and asked them to submit a song for his 'Mixed Blood' album, a collection of artists hand picked by Wally, doing their interpretations of Gotye songs.
Straight away, the band knew that they'd tackle the opening song on the album 'The Only Way'. The original tune had a mystique and rolling energy that would lend itself perfectly to the Karnivool stylings. The lyrics, the driving bass line, the cut up/off time drums, the ambience and the layered harmonies would all end up translating perfectly into an emotive, high energy Karnivool song and the song was chosen for inclusion on 'Mixed Blood'.
The album features other outstanding covers and remixes from artists such as Faux Pas, Infusion, Fourth Floor Collapse, Joe Hardy and Bass Kleph.
Mixed Blood is due for release on July 15, and is avaiable on Itunes now!
Thursday 5th July 2007
Karnivool's debut album "Themata" was self released in early 2005 (through MGM Distribution) spawning the singles "Roquefort", "Themata" and "Shutterspeed". Now released in 4 major territories worldwide through Bieler Bros Records, Themata celebrates 2 years (that's 104 weeks folks!) in the Australian independent Air Charts. To put things into perspective, the only other releases in the chart to match this is John Butler's "Sunrise Over Sea" and Lior's "Autumn Flow" . Karnivool are very proud and thankful for the support of everyone who has helped the band achieve this feat, and are looking forward to taking their unique brand of alt. heavy rock overseas later in the year.
Wednesday 20th June 2007
Drew has answered your Hot Seat Questions. Karnivool's US Record Label Bieler Bros hosted a Q&A where fans were encouraged to send their questions to Drew. Read his answers here...
http://www.bielerbros.com/hot_seat.php
It gives a great insight into the creation of Themata and also of the upcoming 2nd album.
Tuesday 19th June 2007
The band would sincerely like to extend a massive thankyou to all those who made the recent whirlwind Australian tour so f*&king amazing! To those in attendance and those who would have liked to have been. We really are blown away by the support you continue to show for the band two and a half years after the release of Themata. We're heading straight back into the studio to continue work on the monster that is going to be the 2nd album. News very soon on that and the impending overseas dates.
Thu 7 June - Prince of Wales Bunbury - SOLD OUT
Sat 9 June - The Zoo Brisbane - SOLD OUT
Sun 10 June - Come Together Festival Sydney - SOLD OUT
Wed 13 June - HiFi Bar Melbourne - SOLD OUT
Thu 14 June - HiFi Bar Melbourne - SOLD OUT
Fri 15 June -Fowlers Live Adelaide - SOLD OUT
Sat 23 June - Club Capitol Perth - SOLD OUT
Monday 18th June 2007
The 23rd June Perth show in Capitol Nightclub has now sold out. Thanks Perth! For those of you who missed out and would like to catch the band, there are still tickets available for Hyperfest the following day. See the gigs page for details.
Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Both the 13th and 14th June shows at the Hifi are now completely sold out. Thanks Melbourne.
Wednesday 23rd May 2007
The show at Folwers Live in Adelaide has now sold out. There will be no 2nd show. Thanks Adelaide.
Saturday 12th May 2007
Karnivools show at The Zoo in Brisbane on the 9th June has sold out. Thankyou Brisbane! There will be no 2nd show. Ticket holders only.
Saturday 28th April 2007
The Thu 14th June HiFi Bar Show in Melbourne has sold out, a 2nd show has been announced for Wed 13th, tickets are on sale now and selling fast. Punters attending these shows can look forward to a special guest appearance! :o
TPA & Fidelity Corp present..
The following Aus dates for your viewing pleasure!
Thu 7 June - Prince of Wales Bunbury - selling fast
Sat 9 June - The Zoo Brisbane ** - SOLD OUT
Sun 10 June - Come Together Festival Sydney - selling fast
Wed 13 June - HiFi Bar Melbourne ** – SOLD OUT
Thu 14 June - HiFi Bar Melbourne ** – SOLD OUT
Fri 15 June -Fowlers Live Adelaide ** - SOLD OUT
Sat 23 June - Club Capitol Perth * - selling fast
Supports:
** - Dead Letter Circus & Bushido
* - Dead Letter Circus
www.karnivool.com.au
www.myspace.com/karnivool
Friday 30th March 2007
Unfortunately, due to reasons beyond our control, the UK release date of April 10 has been pushed back to May 7. This was unavoidable, sorry for any inconvienience. In good news.. The Themata video was just added to rotation on UK's Kerrang TV! Visit www.kerrang-tv.co.uk if you'd like to request it.
Friday 23rd March 2007
While Themata is getting a flogging on satellite radio in the USA, things are picking up in the UK as the Themata video has been added to MTV2, Riot and Scuzz TV. Visit myspace.com/karnivool to see the video.
Friday 23rd March 2007
Karnivool guitarist Drew Goddard is taking the "hot seat". This is a little something Karnivool's US Record Label Bieler Bros do so that fans have an opportunity to ask their artists questions. If you have a burning question to ask Drew, then visit http://www.bielerbros.com/hot_seat.php and fire away.
Thursday 22nd March 2007
Karnivool's highly anticipated debut album Themata is now available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION. The album will be released in the UK on April 9, then N. America and Japan April 10.
UK Magazine "One Metal" recently gave Karnivool's debut album Themata a glowing 9/10 star review. You can read the entire review HERE.
Friday 1st March 2007
The Come Together Festival returns to Sydney in 07 with a two day lineup complete with all the best local and international punk, hardcore, rock and metal. Karnivool are set to play Sunday June 10 at The Big Top, Luna Park, Sydney, along with the likes of Grinspoon, Shihad, Cog, Mammal and many more. Tickets for this sold out in record time last year, and the band rated last year's show as one of their best. Get your tickets asap before you miss out.
Presale tickets avaiable: Luna Park Box Office Online, 9am Thursday 1st March - Tuesday 6th March or until allocation exhausted.
General on sale 9am Thursday 8th March.
visit http://www.cometogether.com.au/ for more info.
Friday 23rd February 2007
Karnivool won 5 of the 6 categories they were nominated for in this year's Wami Awards. These include:
Most Popular Act
Most Popular Live Act
Most Popular Hard Rock/Metal Act
Best Vocalist (Ian Kenny)
Best Guitarist (Drew Goddard)
Big thankyou to WAM and everyone that voted. We're blown away with this result! Big love and respect to the other great bands of Perth.
Wednesday 14th February 2007
Karnivool have just been announced on the line up for the very first edition of "Maynia". A festival set to take place at Gold Coast's DREAMWORLD on Sat May 5, Labour Day Weekend. Also Featuring on the bill are The Living End, Behind Crimson Eyes, Children Collide, Kid Kenobi and more to be announced. Strictly limited early bird tickets on sale Thursday 22nd Feb. For more info and ticketing visit www.ticketmaster.com.au, www.Oztix.com.au or www.maynia.com.au
Thursday 1st February 2007
Karnivool have racked up 6 nominations for this year's WAMI (West Australian Music Industry) Awards.
These are:
Most Popular Act
Most Popular Live Act
Most Popular Hard Rock/Metal Act
Ian, Drew and Steve were also nominated for these categories.
Best Vocalist
Best Guitarist
Best Drummer
The awards night will be held at Becks Verandah in Perth on the 21st February.
Saturday 27th January 2007
We can't thank you all enough for voting! We are absolutely chuffed about this amazing result.
Monday 1st January 2007
Happy 2007 from Karnivool! Thankyou to everyone one of you for supporting the band in 2006 and making it such an amazing year. Hang in there, more Karnivool music and good times to come in 2007.
Tuesday 21st November 2006
PBS FM, Beat Magazine, FasterLouder.com.au, TPA and Staple Presents
KARNIVOOL ANNOUNCE NEW YEARS EVE ROCK SHOW
After selling out shows at the Hi Fi Bar and various regional venues in Victoria through out 2006, Karnivool are set to return to Melbourne once more and are pleased to announce one of the most rockin.. line-ups the city has seen this year, as the ..Vool play New Years Eve at The Palace.
With tickets to the Pyramid and Falls Festival sold out, Karnivool..s New Years Eve show at The Palace is now the hottest ticket in town. With their already intense and stomping heavy rock show, Karnivool are sure to step it up a notch on NYE and bring in 2007 loudly. Joining the ..Vool..s New Years Eve celebrations are Melbourne..s Horsell Common, Mammal, Bushido and Paradigm Shift.
Don..t miss your final chance to see Karnivool live in 2006. Tickets to their last show at the Hi Fi Bar sold out with in a week, so get your tickets fast to guarantee you celebrate New Years Eve with Karnivool at The Palace.
