James Norbert Ivanyi & Dyssidia Tour wrap up

What a tour! It was hard work playing double sets for each show but well worth it. Couldn't have asked for a better bunch of guys to tour with :) 

Next up, Voros support Arcturus (NOR) in Adelaide on September 13, the Ivanyi band supports Haken (UK) at the Factory Theatre in Sydney on September 30, and Voros plays at the New Dead Festival on October 7 with Napalm Death & Lock Up (US) headlining. 

Crowd photos below: Dyssidia in Adelaide, JNI in Brisbane, Dyssidia in Melbourne, JNI in Sydney. 

I've also included a couple of photos from UK Tech Fest down below. 

Aaaand some drum cam footage from the Dyssidia set in Adelaide for good measure. 

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Live drum cam from UK Tech Fest with James Norbert Ivanyi

A few weeks ago, I played at UK Tech Fest with the likes of Obscura, The Black Dahlia Murder, Northlane, Beyond Creation, Exivious, Panzerballet and many more. It was definitely an amazing experience! Here's some drum cam footage of one of the songs we played - keep watching until the drum solo at the end! 

Stay tuned for more footage from this show on my YouTube channel. I've also been uploading lots of drum videos to my Instagram page which I started a few months ago, so follow me on there: @liamweedall. 

Next up, we play Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne with my band Dyssidia! (see below post for details). 

National Tour with Dyssidia and James Norbert Ivanyi

This'll be fun! I'll be pulling double duty with Dyssidia and James Norbert Ivanyi playing shows in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide in August.. James is releasing his new EP entitled 'Denalavis' on June 1st which is going to blow people's minds! Dyssidia will also be releasing the second video from our latest EP 'Of Delight and Despair'. 

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New drum cover & live drum cam footage with James Norbert Ivanyi

Hi All, I recently uploaded a cover that I've wanted to do for years now by one of my favourite bands Intronaut. In my opinion they display the perfect balance of technicality & emotion as well as heavy sludgy sections and melancholy lighter sections. Danny Walker is also one of those rare drummers that can grind it up with bands like Exhumed and Murder Construct, then also demonstrate a vast facility of jazz/latin/fusion chops when playing progressive metal with Intronaut.

I filmed this with one camera so you know it was done in one take (definitely do not recommend for a 6+ minute prog track!) 

Here's a drum cam of one of the songs from the recent Adelaide show with James Norbert Ivanyi. I'll be uploading more songs to my youtube channel soon. This track features a lot of linear drumming in both a funk and metal setting. There's some cool paradiddle action in here as well. The next time I play with James and his band made up of Liam Horgan and Stephen Taranto, will be in England for UK Tech Fest in July!

UK Tech-Fest with James Norbert Ivanyi

Here's some pretty big news that was announced a few weeks back - I'll be heading to England in July with guitarist James Ivanyi and bass player Liam Horgan to play alongside some of my favourite bands at UK Tech-Fest! We'll be doing some other shows  around UK and possibly even Europe, so stay tuned in the next couple of months. 

This line-up is without a doubt one of the best I have ever seen when it comes to technical and progressive metal bands, and to be the only Australian act on the bill is quite an honour! Some highlights of this line-up for me are The Faceless, Obscura, Beyond Creation, Exivious, The Black dahlia Murder, Panzerballet and Aborted. To say that I can't wait is an understatement!

Los Cabos Drumsticks Endorsement, Shows with Alarum + more

Some very exciting news to announce - I am now endorsing Los Cabos drumsticks! I'm stoked to be joining a whole bunch of amazing drummers on their artist roster, including one of my favourite drummers Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth), plus some of the best drummers in Australian metal such as Dave Haley, Rob Brens, Henri Sison and Jake Sproule. Los Cabos are a Canadian company that pride themselves on producing the best quality sticks. I'm currently using their 5a wood tip hickory sticks which have a great weight and feel; a bit thicker than a standard 5a. Check them out here. 

 

In other news, I recently played shows at festivals in Bendigo and Adelaide with one of my favourite bands Alarum from Melbourne! I consider Alarum to be the most influential Australian progressive metal band, having been around since the mid 90's, and I've been a big fan of these guys for the past decade so I was pretty excited to get this opportunity. They are one of the few bands known for integrating jazz fusion into thrash/death metal, which is right up my alley! Here's some footage from the Adelaide show on the 4th of Feb. Mind the guitar tone at the start!

 

Some big shows coming up up with my bands Dyssidia & Voros as well as an Adelaide show with James Norbert Ivanyi. The posters aren't uploading for some reason (apart from the one below) so I'll just list them here:

Feb 25: Voros at Enigma Bar in Adelaide for the Hadal Maw album launch

March 6: Dyssidia at The Workers Club in Melbourne supporting Fallujah (US)

March 24: James Norbert Ivanyi at Enigma Bar in Adelaide with I Built the Sky (Melb)

April 7: Voros at The Tote in Melbourne with the Hazard Circular and more

April 13: Voros at Enigma Bar in Adelaide with Claim the Throne and more

April 15: Voros at Blacken Open Air Festival in Alice Springs (!)

More to be announced soon.

New Dyssidia EP and National Tour with Caligula's Horse

Howdy all! Dyssidia released our third EP 'Of Delight and Despair' last Friday the 4th of November which we celebrated by playing the first show of our tour in Brisbane with the mighty Caligula's Horse! Listen/buy the EP here. We also released a music video for the track 'An Absolute Severance' which was filmed/directed/edited etc by the very talented Adrian Goleby (see below). This weekend we play Perth and Adelaide also with C-Horse, then Sydney with Perth veterans Chaos Divine, followed by Progfest in Melbourne with both of the aforementioned bands plus many more of the best prog bands Australia has to offer!

Following these shows, I'll be heading up to Sydney to play with instrumental prog metal guitarist James Norbert Ivanyi and his band, this time supporting Swedish legends Katatonia!

Then the night after on the 9th of December it's back to Adelaide to support Katatonia with Dyssidia!