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Gigs => Gig details => Australian Tours => Topic started by: Geeks on July 24, 2009, 11:32:43 PM
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Full press release with lineup coming next week...
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All of you concerned about cost of getting there + accommodation need to jump on this deal straight away, this is fucking awesome!!
ACCOMMODATION/TRAVEL PACKAGES:
Harvey World Travel Braeside has excellent accommodation and travel packages to offer anyone thinking about taking the "metal road trip" of a lifetime when attending Screamfest Australia. They have rooms starting at $85.00 per night (when sharing with a mate). This is a fantastic price in its own right, let alone being New Year's Eve and in Sydney!
Harvey World Travel Braeside can assist with competitive priced flights, or if you want to really make a road trip out of it, they will have coaches arranged for patrons for return trips from Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Patrons staying at the pre-arranged hotel will be offered a bus/coach transfer from the hotel, droping you off at the venue, collecting you after the show for transport back to the hotel. Those wanting to continue partying afterwards, an all inclusive Heavy Metal boat cruise is an option for the 2nd of Jan!
For further info, details and prices contact Jo Robertson at Harvey World Travel Braeside either by phone on 03 9587 3633 or click the link below and send her an email.
braeside@harveyworld.com.au
Harvey World Travel (Braeside)
1/32 Jarrah Drive
Braeside, Victoria. 3195
Phone: 61 3 9587 3633
Fax: 61 3 9587 2082
Email: jo.braeside@harveyworld.com.au
DAY PASSES FOR SCREAMFEST AUSTRALIA: [/u]
A limited number of day passes are available for both days. New Years Eve will be an over 18 event day only. A limited amount of all age day passes will be on offer for the second day - New Years Day. Day passes go on sale this Thursday and they will be avalable only via Ticketek. If you are after a day pass on New Years Eve, or an all age day pass for New Years Day, get them nice and early on Thursday morning!
SCREAMFEST FESTIVAL ONLY IN SYDNEY: [/u]
SCREAMFEST AUSTRALIA will only take place in Sydney. This festival will not be taking place in any other city other than Sydney.
www.screamfest.com.au
Be part of history in the making, see in the New Year in style, come in and scream the house down!
www.screamfest.com.au
Advance tickets on sale NOW through Just Say Rock!
Tickets: www.justsayrock.com.au and www.ticketek.com.au
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:drool:
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:o
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Fug!
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Holy mackeral, see ya there!
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:-X
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Shit!
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is that freakin dark funeral i see in the back ground :headbang:
IM THERE!!!
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Oh man I want to go for Edguy and Sonata Arctica. :fap:
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Ok, interesting.... but who are the other 5 bands??
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http://www.enmoretheatre.com.au/events/2009/12/31/screamfest-over-18s-only-photo-id-required
Price 2 day Festival Pass $195.70 / New Years Eve one day pass $137.50 / New Years Day one day pass $127.50
Bookings (02) 9550 3666
Mode GA Standing and Reserved Seating
Tickets On sale THU 30 JUL @ Ticketek
We are all familiar with overseas festivals like Wacken and Summer Breeze from Germany, Sweden Rock from Sweden, Ozfest from the US, and Hellfest from France, well now, Australia, we finally have a legitimate Heavy Metal Festival to call our own - Screamfest!
With 9 international acts and 10 local artists performing over two days; commencing on New Years Eve and concluding on New Years Day, this will be an EVENT that will see in the New Year. This will be an EVENT that will create history for Heavy Metal in this country.
Be part of history in the making, see in the New Year in style, come in and scream the house down!
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FUCK YEAH SONATA ARCTICA AND EDGUY
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OK , so CYNIC & SPAWN OF POSSESSION.
Is this for real ???
Good thing I saved my ruddbucks.
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Holy cracking shitballs!!!
Destruction!
Dark Funeral!!
Ensiferum!!!
What a coup for Aussie metal!!
:headbang:
Longi's Bar and Grill will need to bring their 'A' game. 8)
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I guess one thing we have to worry about is that flights are pretty expensive that time of the year.
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Fucking Cynic on home soil!
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d'oh just used a large portion of my frequent fliers :'(
must book flights early! :hmm:
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Longi's Bar and Grill will need to bring their 'A' game. 8)
LOL..... if this thing is for real, there will be no longis bar and grill this NYE ;D
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HOLY FUCK
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Heaps of good bands
Cynic and Ensiferum too!
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I wonder how many tickets will go on sale, because I can see everyone from Australia and New Zealand travelling there. But I would give my left nut just to see Cynic alone. Spose I better start saving.
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This is what's on Blabbermouth :
According to PyroMusic.net, DARK FUNERAL, DESTRUCTION, EDGUY, ROTTING CHRIST and SONATA ARCTICA are among the confirmed bands for Screamfest, a massive two-day festival set to take place December 31, 2009 - January 1, 2010 at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
BLACK MAJESTY
CYNIC
DARK FUNERAL
DARKER HALF
DESTROYER 666
DESTRUCTION
EDGUY
ENSIFERUM
EYE OF THE ENEMY
KILLRAZER
ROTTING CHRIST
SONATA ARCTICA
SPAWN OF POSSESSION
SYNPERIUM
THE AMENTA
UNIVERSUM
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universum suk the royal donkey nut, get rid of them and bring over some more black metal!
1394 or endstille!!
sonata artica can fuk the hell off as well, we need finnish troll metal!
TROLLHAMMERN
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1394 or endstille!!
1394 are ok... but endstyle are a fuckin terrible, overated Black Metal band
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acutally id like to see some of the black metal comming from eastern block europe
great one from ukrain called ravetale!
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1394 or endstille!!
1394 are ok... but endstyle are a fuckin terrible, overated Black Metal band
Its 1349 guys, geez :P Just to make this post worth while, I don't really like either.
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Heaps of info at www.screamfest.com.au
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hopefully some of the bands will do national tours when i say some i mean Spawn Of Possesion
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The Amenta is off then?
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:headbang:
hopefully some of the bands will do national tours when i say some i mean Spawn Of Possesion
Cynic supported by Spawn Of Possesion FTW...Destroyer 666 should do a tour while they're back in Australia too!
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hopefully some of the bands will do national tours when i say some i mean Spawn Of Possesion
Well Chalky's in the band now so hopefully he'll convince them to tour nationally. You hear us Chalky?! :P
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1394 or endstille!!
1394 are ok... but endstyle are a fuckin terrible, overated Black Metal band
Its 1349 guys, geez :P Just to make this post worth while, I don't really like either.
i like to refer to them as 1394 the fire wire standard :laugh:
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just managed to purchase tickets at
http://www.justsayrock.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=1&Itemid=30&vmcchk=1&Itemid=30 (http://www.justsayrock.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=1&Itemid=30&vmcchk=1&Itemid=30)
dont know if it means they are available but i have a receit so we see what happenes
Purchase Order
Order Information
Order Number: 886
Order Date: Monday, 27 July 2009
Order Status: Pending
EDIT: just saw this;
This will be an event to remember. Unfortunately entry is limited by the venue's capacity. However those lucky enough to snare tickets will see in the New Year in style. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday the 30th July through Ticketek and advance limited pre release tickets are available through Just Say Rock.com .au
get your tickets people!! :headbang:
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hopefully some of the bands will do national tours
You'd wanna think so. Come half way across the world to play for 35 - 60 minutes :err:
DAY 1: Thursday 31ST December 2009
Doors Open: 5.00pm
MAIN STAGE:
5.10pm - 5.35pm: DARKER HALF
5.55pm - 6.25pm: VANISHING POINT
6.45pm - 7.15pm: SYNPERIUM
7.35pm - 8.10pm: SPAWN OF POSSESSION (USA)
8.30pm - 9.30pm: ROTTING CHRIST (GREECE)
9.50pm - 10.50pm: ENSIFERUM (FINLAND)
11.10pm - 12.10am: SONATA ARCTICA (FINLAND)
12.30am - 1.30am: DESTRUCTION (GERMANY)
DAY 2: Friday 1ST January 2010
Doors Open: 12.00pm
MAIN STAGE:
12.15pm - 12.45pm: DEFAMER
1.05pm - 1.35pm: UNIVERSUM
1.55pm - 2.25pm: KILLRAZER
2.45pm - 3.15pm: VIRGIN BLACK
3.35pm - 4.05pm: EYEFEAR
4.25pm - 4.55pm: EOTE
5.15pm - 5.45pm: BLACK MAJESTY
6.10pm - 7.10pm: CYNIC (USA)
7.35pm - 8.35pm: D666 (AUSTRALIA)
9.00pm - 10.00pm: DARK FUNERAL (SWEDEN)
10.25pm - 11.25pm: EDGUY (GERMANY)
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universum suk the royal donkey nut, get rid of them and bring over some more black metal!
Universum are Aussies, so you'd just need to replace with another Aussie band.. perhaps W.A band. :)
1394 or endstille!!
1394 are ok... but endstyle are a fuckin terrible, overated Black Metal band
Pfft.. whatever mate, just 'cause you were Gav's drunken rant bandwagon. I saw em twice and loved em both times.
The albums are top notch too.
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You serious? is 1394 the name of a band?
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You serious? is 1394 the name of a band?
no its 1349 - the year christianity came to norway if i remember correctly
1394 is the IEEE firewire standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface)
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Pretty stoked to have made it onto this bill!
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1394 is the IEEE firewire standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface)
Which is why I asked the question.
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well damn i never saw this thread until today. This has just broken my heart. :'(
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1394 would make an awesome band name
i can just picture the title of their first album:
1394 - Firewire
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The mind boggles with band and album name possibilities....
RS-232 - Serial Interface
Token Ring - Network Protocols
USB Port - 127 devices per controller.
I'll stop now. :)
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http - hyper torment torture protocol? :headbang:
ftp - fatal tendancies protocol? :headbang:
actually my high school band called ourselves firewire 1394 :laugh:
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and you could have all the lyrical content about network protocals and advice about how to maximise internet speeds.....
how awesomely awesome ;D
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o im totally in!!
i can almost hear the lyrics
"to negate network overload,
be sure to properly configure ur router node"
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awesome! all these years of filling my head with abbreviations and acronyms may pay off, Although I am not sure if we need any more nerds in metal, there seems to be enough of us around! :)
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and you could have all the lyrical content about network protocals and advice about how to maximise internet speeds.....
how awesomely awesome ;D
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:eyebrows:
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hopefully some of the bands will do national tours
You'd wanna think so. Come half way across the world to play for 35 - 60 minutes :err:
Destruction would be most welcome ;D
http://www.destruction.de/concerts_1_en.html
*Australia at the end of December/January: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth!
:o
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hopefully some of the bands will do national tours
You'd wanna think so. Come half way across the world to play for 35 - 60 minutes :err:
Destruction would be most welcome ;D
http://www.destruction.de/concerts_1_en.html
*Australia at the end of December/January: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth!
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:yay: :headbang:
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HELL Storms! RUSH over the earth...
WESTIAL INVASION !! :headbang:
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All of you concerned about cost of getting there + accommodation need to jump on this deal straight away, this is fucking awesome!!
ACCOMMODATION/TRAVEL PACKAGES:
Harvey World Travel Braeside has excellent accommodation and travel packages to offer anyone thinking about taking the "metal road trip" of a lifetime when attending Screamfest Australia. They have rooms starting at $85.00 per night (when sharing with a mate). This is a fantastic price in its own right, let alone being New Year's Eve and in Sydney!
Harvey World Travel Braeside can assist with competitive priced flights, or if you want to really make a road trip out of it, they will have coaches arranged for patrons for return trips from Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Patrons staying at the pre-arranged hotel will be offered a bus/coach transfer from the hotel, droping you off at the venue, collecting you after the show for transport back to the hotel. Those wanting to continue partying afterwards, an all inclusive Heavy Metal boat cruise is an option for the 2nd of Jan!
For further info, details and prices contact Jo Robertson at Harvey World Travel Braeside either by phone on 03 9587 3633 or click the link below and send her an email.
braeside@harveyworld.com.au
Harvey World Travel (Braeside)
1/32 Jarrah Drive
Braeside, Victoria. 3195
Phone: 61 3 9587 3633
Fax: 61 3 9587 2082
Email: jo.braeside@harveyworld.com.au
DAY PASSES FOR SCREAMFEST AUSTRALIA: [/u]
A limited number of day passes are available for both days. New Years Eve will be an over 18 event day only. A limited amount of all age day passes will be on offer for the second day - New Years Day. Day passes go on sale this Thursday and they will be avalable only via Ticketek. If you are after a day pass on New Years Eve, or an all age day pass for New Years Day, get them nice and early on Thursday morning!
SCREAMFEST FESTIVAL ONLY IN SYDNEY: [/u]
SCREAMFEST AUSTRALIA will only take place in Sydney. This festival will not be taking place in any other city other than Sydney.
www.screamfest.com.au
Be part of history in the making, see in the New Year in style, come in and scream the house down!
www.screamfest.com.au
Advance tickets on sale NOW through Just Say Rock!
Tickets: www.justsayrock.com.au and www.ticketek.com.au
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Bit devoid of details but I've flicked 'em an email. I'll post back here once I get some more information. Cheers Geeks, you're a champ 8)
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this is so kool!!! destruction!!!!
count me in!!!!
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For those looking to buy their Screamfest ticket through Ticketek - they now won't be going onsale to the public until either 9am or midday on Friday. Ticketek need a little bit longer to ensure everything runs smoothly, I've been told.
In the meantime - advance tickets can still be bought via http://www.justsayrock.com.au .
Also, for those too lazy to check for themselves, I received this e-mail from Jo:
Hey Sampy,
The travel details are:
1-2 nights at the Travelodge Bankstown $180 per room per night (max 2 people per room)
3 or more nights at the Travelodge Bankstown $170 per room per night (max 2 people per room)
We are organising a coach to take you all to and from the Enmore theatre which will cost $79 per person for the two days.
We will require a deposit of $55 within 7 days of booking to hold the room, this deposit is non refundable. Final payment for the hotel will be required by the 13th November.
The cruise will cost $111 per person. It will depart Sydney harbour at 4pm and return at 7pm. The price includes a BBQ dinner on board, Beer, Wine and Soft Drink. The cruise will only have you guys on it so the music will be stuff you will all enjoy. Currently the cruise line haven?t given us payment deadline details so I will keep you posted with when this one needs to be booked and paid.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Cheers
Jo Robertson
Harvey World Travel (Braeside)
1/32 Jarrah Drive
Braeside, Victoria. 3195
Official Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135729298781&ref=mf
Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/screamfestau
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Isn't Bankstown hell dodge?
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Isn't Bankstown hell dodge?
Indeed it is !
Home of the Canterbury Bulldogs Rugby League 'thugs' & it has a strong Lebanese population who will be more than 'accommodating' :cunning:
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Bulldogs ain't thugs no more.
Granted, only last year they were, but they're actually the good boys of NRL now!
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aaaight people we need to organize the perF crue!!
who knows syndey were can i stay!!! :hmm:
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Why do you talk gay
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Hey guys. Look up details for YHA Central Sydney, its across the road from the main train station in the CBD so you can get anywhere in Sydney for cheap and I think you can get a room for four for $25 a night each. Pretty good.
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Why do you talk gay
sorry it was early in the morning and i hadnt had my 4 shot espresso yet :raspberry:
wat i was getting at is i dont have anyone i know going at this stage and would wanna stay with people i know from perth is all.
sydney is big and scary place to this little WA boy ;D
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Playing times have now altered slightly:
DAY 1: Thursday 31ST December 2009
Doors Open: 5.00pm
MAIN STAGE:
5.10pm ? 5.35pm: DARKER HALF
5.50pm ? 6.20pm: VANISHING POINT
6.35pm ? 7.05pm: SYNPERIUM
7.20pm ? 8.00pm: SPAWN OF POSSESSION
8.15pm ? 9.15pm: ROTTING CHRIST
9.35pm ? 10.35pm: DESTROYER 666
10.55pm ? 11.55pm: SONATA ARCTICA
12.25am ? 1.25am: DESTRUCTION
DAY 2: Friday 1ST January 2010
Doors Open: 12.00pm
MAIN STAGE:
12.15pm ? 12.45pm: DEFAMER
1.05pm ? 1.35pm: UNIVERSUM
1.55pm ? 2.25pm: KILLRAZER
2.45pm ? 3.15pm: VIRGIN BLACK
3.35pm ? 4.05pm: EYEFEAR
4.25pm ? 4.55pm: EOTE
5.15pm ? 5.45pm: BLACK MAJESTY
6.10pm ? 7.10pm: ENSIFERUM
7.35pm ? 8.35pm: CYNIC
9.00pm ? 10.00pm: DARK FUNERAL
10.25pm ? 11.25pm: EDGUY
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hopefully some of the bands will do national tours
You'd wanna think so. Come half way across the world to play for 35 - 60 minutes :err:
Destruction would be most welcome ;D
http://www.destruction.de/concerts_1_en.html
*Australia at the end of December/January: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth!
:o
fuck it is the season of thrash can't wait
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Great news :)
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JUST SAY ROCK TICKET ALLOCATION SOLD OUT!!!:
Just Say Rock has completely sold out of its ticket allocation for Screamfest Australia! We cannot thank the many people already on board supporting this event. At around $10 per band, it represents great value, what's more; we do not need to pay for the cost of going overseas to be part of such an event!
Anyone now interested in obtaining a ticket for Screamfest Australia, they are ONLY available from Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au
Patrons wanting to look into accommodation and travel packages with rooms starting at $85.00 per night (when sharing with a mate), get in touch with Jo Robertson from Harvey World Travel Braeside. She can assist with competitive priced flights, coaches for return trips from Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide, transfers from hotel to venue and return, and for those wanting to continue partying afterwards, an all inclusive Heavy Metal boat cruise for the 2nd of Jan, which is likely to have some of the bands on board!
For further info, details and prices contact Jo Robertson at Harvey World Travel Braeside either by phone on 03 9587 3633 or click the link below and send her an email.
braeside@harveyworld.com.au
Harvey World Travel (Braeside)
1/32 Jarrah Drive
Braeside, Victoria. 3195
Phone: 61 3 9587 3633
Fax: 61 3 9587 2082
Email: jo.braeside@harveyworld.com.au
www.screamfest.com.au http://www.myspace.com/screamfestau
Be part of history in the making, see in the New Year in style, come in and scream the house down!
www.screamfest.com.au http://www.myspace.com/screamfestau
Tickets on sale now ONLY through Ticketek!
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au
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got my tix in the mail today!! :headbang:
now to sort flights and accomadation!!
or is WF travel company willing to take on this task?? :hmm:
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got tickets woohoo :headbang: :yay: now got to organise flights and place to kip for a couple of nights
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Apparently these are all the side shows;
MELBOURNE
Sunday 3rd Jan ? Billboard The Venue
EDGUY ♦ CYNIC ♦ BLACK MAJESTY
Monday 4th Jan ? Billboard The Venue
DARK FUNERAL ♦ ROTTING CHRIST
Tuesday 5th Jan ? Hi-Fi Billboard The Venue
SONATA ARCTICA ♦ ENSIFERUM ♦ VANISHING POINT
Wednesday 6th Jan ? Billboard The Venue
DESTRUCTION ♦ SPAWN OF POSSESSION ♦ SYNPERIUM
BRISBANE
Sunday 3rd Jan ? Hi Fi Brisbane
SONATA ARCTICA ♦ ENSIFERUM ♦ VANISHING POINT
Tuesday 5th Jan ? Hi-Fi Brisbane
DESTRUCTION ♦ ROTTING CHRIST
ADELAIDE
Tuesday 5th Jan ? Fowlers Live (All Ages)
EDGUY ♦ CYNIC ♦ BLACK MAJESTY
PERTH
Thursday 7th Jan ? Capitol
EDGUY ♦ CYNIC ♦ ENSIFERUM
Friday 8th Jan ? Capitol
DESTRUCTION ♦ DESTROYER 666
*HOBART
Friday 8th Jan ? Brisbane Hotel (Under 18)
SPAWN OF POSSESION TOUR ♦ SYNPERIUM
Saturday 9th Jan ? Brisbane Hotel (Over 18)
SPAWN OF POSSESION TOUR ♦ SYNPERIUM
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Apparently these are all the side shows;
PERTH
Thursday 7th Jan ? Capitol
EDGUY ♦ CYNIC ♦ ENSIFERUM
Friday 8th Jan ? Capitol
DESTRUCTION ♦ DESTROYER 666
Fuck Yes :headbang:
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Hey Merlok a friend & I are going to Screamfest booked the flights over the sandpit last night cost me nearly $700- leaving the morning of the 31st and coming back on the 3rd January - just need to sort everything else like accomodation and the cruise what a fun (and painful) couple of days but I am going to enjoy it immensely
Who else on here s doing screamfest?
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Just got my tix in the mail
Bring on Destroyer 666, Spawn of Possession and Dark Funeral
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sorted my flights and tix to heavy metal cruz
were is evrybody staying?
i dont know sydney at all, i heard there is a hostel near a train station in entral syndey or something??
since im going by myself at this stage would be good to tee up meeting other people going...all the better to get drunk with :hmm:
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Merlok - I am staying at Kanga house since its the cheapest accommodation costing a total of $456 for 2 of us for 3 day. which waaaay cheaper than the package being offered....that's the best I have found so far all the others were charging over $100- a night and its fairly close to the enmore & Sydney central
www.kangahouse.com.au - you even get a beer voucher for the local pub :headbang: how awesome is that?
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aaight people
do to work commitment i can no longer attend scream fest, as such i have a 2 day pass for sale!
going for $170
PM me if interested :headbang:
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aaight people
do to work commitment i can no longer attend scream fest, as such i have a 2 day pass for sale!
going for $170
PM me if interested :headbang:
From NYE at an AWESOME metal fest in sydney to NYE at a shithole nickel refinery in the bowels of WA in one step :P
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yerp
cant get the time off / cant find accomadation for reasonable price
sooo fuk it ill go to the perth shows :headbang:
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I'll be flying in on Christmas morning until the afternoon of the 5th :P It's for a very good, very obvious cause however :headbang:
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yerp
cant get the time off / cant find accomadation for reasonable price
sooo fuk it ill go to the perth shows :headbang:
not a bad second prize hey... :headbang: :woot:
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Review of Screamfest - yes its long trying to cover 20 bands and the cruise!
Got to venue and missed the opening act darker half, got to the front to hear (and see) vanishing point great set and sound surprising being that good 2nd band up. I went to the merch stand to get the customary tour shirt and hung it from my belt, plus a program, went and caught the synperium set, they were awesome besides being so young, then saw Spawn of Possession chalky was in fine voice! I went outside to get some air and a bit to eat,curtesy from a hotdog vendow parked outside the venue $5- not bad! Went back inside to catch "Rotting Christ" set truely got me hooked, Malevolent creation was a bit of a bore but they were on stage for 45 minutes, Destroyer 666 were brutal as and then Sonata Articta came on and the crowd especially the females went crazy, couldn't hear much of what they were saying the sound quality wasn't the greatest, they played 10 songs and left with no encore - that sucked!!!!
Day 2 - I met up with some west aussies who were near the front and pushed into the line which was handy, and the door opened 15 minutes late - that would never happen here (would it???). Defamer were first up and got the crowd pumped for another awesome day of metal. Universum were next and didn't appeal to me whatsoever after seeing them at dragonforce they left me with a fould taste so I wasn't paying much attention to the band, so I went for a walk around and bumped into Dan and Taz, then a few minutes later the drummers from Lacrymae and advent sorrow, they were telling me that they were staying a in a run-down hostel in King's cross and told them where I was staying and asked for a swap - as if ???? Killlrazer were on next and wasn't too keen on them eight either so I went for a walk and bumped into Sam from virgin black it was a 30sec chat but its something I'll remember for a while, so I continued to walk to one of the deli's close by and got a chockie bar & a drink, that was consumed rather quickly as I wanted front row to see Virgin Black which was a stand-out on day two. Eyefear was next and the lead singer Danny has hair to his ankle and it is real!!!! The band produced a tight set to the crowds liking and a few were screaming for songs he did when he was with pegazus. I went outside after the eyefear set and got my pic taken with Danny and hair. I walked down the road to a burger place where they make real burgers and got something cheap and was able to keep my energy levels up for another 6hrs. I caught the back end of Eye of the enemy which was great, and Black majesty were getting te crowd worked for the following bands that were coming up. I tried to get to the front to mosh with edguy but that never worked out, so I stayed up the back behind the producer's desk and watched it from there which sounded better than standing in the front speakers and hear crackling!!!! The first of the big acts came on Ensiferum got the crowd moving along and singing until they couldn't sing no more. Cynic were next yet another tight set, even though I hurt none of their albums....Dark Funeral were next and got the metal revellers wanting to hear more from the band but there was nothing that could be done, even though there was 2 pre-determined encore's! The guitar and the ticket to the cruise was drawn and won! Edguy came on stage and almost tore te the roof off getting everyone up singing and dancing during the set. I left there satisified even though there were a couple of bands that were a let-down all in all it was a memorable couple of days.
Now the boat cruise - plenty of food, beer, and not much in the way of metal, but all in all it was something that I'll never forget - bring on Thursday night w Ensiferum, Cynic and Edguy!!!!
LE
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I had a great time at Screamfest, and enjoyed many of the other bands
Especially Cynic
That shit was surreal
Great fest in my opinion
Awesome vibe, etc
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You did good, Chalk
You did real good.
And as you say, Cynic were the highlight.
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When I saw the flyer my jaw almost hit the table, but after another look, I think the group I am super excited to see is D666. And they play Brisbane Right? Looks like it will be great fun for those who do. It would be nice if we had more things like Down Under.
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When I saw the flyer my jaw almost hit the table, but after another look, I think the group I am super excited to see is D666. And they play Brisbane Right? Looks like it will be great fun for those who do. It would be nice if we had more things like Down Under.
Shame you're about a year in the past, eh? 8)
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When I saw the flyer my jaw almost hit the table, but after another look, I think the group I am super excited to see is D666. And they play Brisbane Right? Looks like it will be great fun for those who do. It would be nice if we had more things like Down Under.
Shame you're about a year in the past, eh? 8)
shame its a spam bot.... and you call yourself a mod? :P