DYSSIDIA TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK! PLUS SHOWS WITH IVANYI

The 'Good Grief' tour kicks off this weekend with the Progfest shows in Sydney and Melbourne headlined by Leprous (NOR) and Voyager. We'll be playing a couple of new songs which will be on our upcoming album due out mid-late 2018. One of these tracks is a 10 minute epic titled 'Good Grief', and I'll tell you what, getting this song down has caused us a lot of grief! But that's the nature of prog I suppose! :) 

I'll also be playing with Ivanyi at the Sydney Progfest and we will be supporting Ne Obliviscaris at the Manning Bar in Sydney on the 16th of Feb. Bring it on! 

ENDORSEMENTS WITH GRETSCH DRUMS, GIBRALTAR HARDWARE & ISTANBUL CYMBALS!

I'm pleased announce that I'm now endorsing Gretsch Drums, Gibraltar Hardware and Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals!! I've been playing Gretsch/Gibraltar for the past 12 years and have upgraded from the Catalina line which served me so well to the awesome Renown Maple kit! Damn, this kit sounds good! My new cymbals are sounding beautiful as well, displaying some great versatility for the many genres of music that I play. 

I'm honoured to be part of the same drumming family as greats like Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Vinnie Colaiuta, Morgan Agren, Stanton Moore and Mark Schulman. 

I'm also excited to be playing the same brand of cymbals as drummers such as Horacio Hernandez, Carmine and Vinny Appice, as well as my fellow Aussie metal drummers Jake Sproule and Lee Stanton. 

Check out pics of my new drums and cymbals below: 

Not pictured is my 8 inch tom, which I may just use in the studio. I've had three rack toms for a long time so I'm probably going to see how I go with just two rack toms for the near future at least for live situations. Also not pictured is my cymbal stack, which I still need to figure out. 

I'll be filming some high quality drum videos towards the end of the year with the kit fully mic'd up, so stay tuned! Most of these will be tutorial videos where I'll be going through some concepts which I have found to really helpful in my playing. 

A big thanks to Simon at Pro Music Australia, Con at Derringers Drum Shop and Christian at Dynamic Music for getting me on board with some fantastic companies! 

Progfest 2018 shows with Dyssidia and Ivanyi

Good news for fans of prog on the east coast of Oz! This year Progfest will be expanding from Melbourne to incorporate Sydney and Brisbane, with Leprous from Norway headlining!

Dyssidia played Progfest last year in Melbourne and man did it go off! We are stoked to be playing all three shows and I’ll also be playing the Sydney show with James Norbert Ivanyi.

Keep an eye out for Dyssidia shows in Perth and Adelaide to be announced soon as well.

Dyssidia have been working hard on our upcoming album and I’ll be heading into the studio around Christmas time to track some demos. The difficulty level has really gone way up with these new songs, with some super challenging odd time rhythms, polyrhythms and drawn out song structures providing plenty of anxiety for us as we attempt to play and refine the material!

Before we play the Progfest shows, we’ll also be supporting Paradise Lost (UK) at The Gov in Adelaide on December 17.

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. 

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).