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Truth And Its Burden
Dreamshade (Switzerland) - Live In South Africa / Pretoria
Arcade Empire
265 The Hwy St
Feb 15–16, 2019
7:00 PM GMT+2
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About this concert
Plug Music Agency and PureGrainAudio are very happy to announce South African tour dates for Swiss melodic metal giants Dreamshade for early 2019. Playing their infectious style of metal, the band has taken the metal world by storm with their melodic hooks and amazing performances. Dreamshade will be supported by special guests Truth & Its Burden plus some of the best the South African metal scene has to offer including Facing the Gallows, Savage Lucy, OneDaySky, Last One Alive, Treehouse Burning and Red Helen.
Fernando "Fella" Di Cicco, Guitars, Vocals comments on the tour; "We've been wanting to get to play South Africa since our past tour in 2014. Now the time has finally come. Me and the guys really can't wait to meet all our fans and friends to finally party together big time! Help us spread the word about the tour and prepare to have a great time!" Guitarist Luca Magri adds; "So excited we're heading back to SA once again. I've got great memories since my first ever tour with Dreamshade was the past South African tour and we had a blast! Be there and help us make these shows unforgettable!"
Lineup:
- Dreamshade
- Truth And Its Burden
- Facing the Gallows
- OneDaySky
Tickets available at www.plankton.mobi
Watch the video for “Where My Heart Belongs” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBjrU6LkuU
About PureGrainAudio
Founded in 2005 by Chris Gonda and Aaron Willschick, PureGrainAudio spent 12 years developing into Canada's premiere source for all forms of Rock, Metal, Punk and Hardcore music. After a year of behind-the-scenes work, the website re-launched in early 2017 and expanded into other musical genres plus Pop Culture. Now in its 14th year of operation, PureGrainAudio boasts a global staff of 100+ with Managing Editors in Canada, the US, UK and South Africa.
About Plug Music Agency
Founder of Plug Music Agency, Warren Gibson has been involved in the South African music industry for almost 20 years. He played with, as well as promoted numerous and prominent South African bands. Prior, he served as label manager for leading independent record label Just Music, handling international labels Ministry of Sound, TVT, V2, Beggars Group, Vagrant and a host of others. Warren and his dedicated team, Ashley De Beer and Dave Freedman are bringing out their first of many international acts to South African shores.
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Truth And Its Burden Biography
Overseeing a career filled with preeminent highs and intense lows, Truth & Its Burden have embraced and enjoyed some of the world’s finest festivals, countless shows, and undertaken extensive touring throughout South Africa, Europe, UK and the US. Against a backdrop of adversity that very few touring outfits ever experience, on their own steam and with almost no label support, they have forged a space in which to exist. Prolonged adversity can permanently fracture bands. But, for Truth and its Burden, it has created a steeled determination and a street-smart grit, remaining a staple in the heavy music scene.
A palpable sense of passion for creativity and performance seeps throughout Truth & Its Burden’s discography, spanning a string of EP’s and 3 full length releases. Their most recent offering, I Labour, delivers a huge shift in sonic adventurism and evolution, production value and energy. I Labour is their most accomplished work to date and exists as their pinnacle, their revolution, a successful navigation of the wild and tumultuous waters they sail.
"We've all gone through extremely difficult times as a band and as individuals, all relative to each person and the circumstances surrounding life. I Labour is a deep, gritty look into failed friendships, broken dreams, incredible sacrifice and also recovery, finding faith and fulfilment in life. We've worked really hard alongside producer, Clinton Watts, to get a great sound and craft really strong ideas in studio, delivering what we feel is truly our finest work to date. We're all so excited about sharing the new album with everyone and look forward to hopefully gaining newer fans who'd appreciate our change in sound and dynamic. We're still a heavy band, we're just a little more refined and the new album comfortably showcases this." – Explains vocalist Ashley De Beer
Over a decade ago, Truth & Its Burden immersed itself in a thriving metal scene. The idea was simple enough: delivering a message of hope and positivity out of the ashes of friction, adversity and dreams reshaped and redrawn. The drive, purpose and urgency of this release mark them out as something special, something more than a creative flash in the pan. Those same ideals that initially bore life still resonate today on I Labour.
Read MoreA palpable sense of passion for creativity and performance seeps throughout Truth & Its Burden’s discography, spanning a string of EP’s and 3 full length releases. Their most recent offering, I Labour, delivers a huge shift in sonic adventurism and evolution, production value and energy. I Labour is their most accomplished work to date and exists as their pinnacle, their revolution, a successful navigation of the wild and tumultuous waters they sail.
"We've all gone through extremely difficult times as a band and as individuals, all relative to each person and the circumstances surrounding life. I Labour is a deep, gritty look into failed friendships, broken dreams, incredible sacrifice and also recovery, finding faith and fulfilment in life. We've worked really hard alongside producer, Clinton Watts, to get a great sound and craft really strong ideas in studio, delivering what we feel is truly our finest work to date. We're all so excited about sharing the new album with everyone and look forward to hopefully gaining newer fans who'd appreciate our change in sound and dynamic. We're still a heavy band, we're just a little more refined and the new album comfortably showcases this." – Explains vocalist Ashley De Beer
Over a decade ago, Truth & Its Burden immersed itself in a thriving metal scene. The idea was simple enough: delivering a message of hope and positivity out of the ashes of friction, adversity and dreams reshaped and redrawn. The drive, purpose and urgency of this release mark them out as something special, something more than a creative flash in the pan. Those same ideals that initially bore life still resonate today on I Labour.
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