TWELVE FOOT NINJA, JERICCO & CIRCLES JOIN FORCES FOR ‘SWARM TOUR’
Melbourne’s progressive heavy music scene is in fine form in 2012 and how better
to celebrate than to combine the force of three of its finest on an impressive
triple bill. This March, longstanding genre leaders Twelve Foot Ninja and Jericco
will be joined by newcomers, Circles on the national ‘Swarm Tour’.

Twelve Foot Ninja suspected their live performance was sufficiently honed when
they were invited to support international acts Periphery (US) and Tesseract (UK)
last year, and prompted Periphery founder /guitarist Misha Mansoor to tweet
jubilantly “Twelve Foot Ninja are basically one of the best live bands I have
ever seen in my life. Holy f*** they are tight”.
 As they put the finishing
touches on their debut album, due mid-2012, you can just sense that something big
is on its way. It’s only a matter of time before the rest of Australia feels the
full force of what Twelve Foot Ninja are bringing to the game.


Meanwhile, after three years together, 137 blistering live shows, 8 festival
appearances and a stack of sold-out headlining gigs, alternative rock maestros
Jericco are gearing up to offer their adoring fan base a taste of things to
come.
 With two successful EPs and one live album up their sleeve, the
five-piece will release the second single - The Art Of Illusion - from their
forthcoming debut album on March 1st 2012, just in time to coincide with ‘Swarm
Tour’’s commencement.


Finally, relative newcomers Circles, will lend their unique take on progressive
metal to the ‘Swarm Tour’ bill. Momentum came quickly for the 5-piece, when they
caught the attention of UK’s Basick Records (home to Monuments & Aliases) who
promptly signed the band and released their debut EP The Compass in 2011 to
critical acclaim.

Don’t miss this phenomenal bill of Melbourne’s finest as it rolls into your town
this March.

Tickets on sale 9am Fri Jan 20

SWARM TOUR - MARCH 2012
Twelve Foot Ninja, Jericco & Circles
(+ local supports)


Mar 1 - The Basement, Canberra
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Mar 2 - The Patch, Wollongong
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Mar 3 - The Annandale, Sydney
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Mar 10 - Enigma Bar, Adelaide
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Mar 24 - Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne
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Mar 29 - Mac’s Hotel, Melton
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Mar 30 - Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully
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Mar 31 - Pelly Bar, Frankston
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www.circlesband.com

 

2011 has been an absolutely fantastic year for Melbourne based CIRCLES and to round it off in style the band has released one final announcement. During the first few months of 2012 the band will be taking their unique brand of progressive metal to the road, in a string of dates across their native homeland of Australia, the first of many tours for the band next year.

Since their critically acclaimed debut EP was released in May this year via UK based
label Basick Records, CIRCLES have been hard at work building their profile worldwide. Their videos for ‘Clouds are Gathering’ and ‘Eye Embedded’ were premiered internationally by Metal Injection in the USA and Metal Hammer Magazine and Scuzz TV in Europe with both videos subsequently reaching the No.1 spot on Scuzz TV, their EP and single reached No.1 and No.5 on the Australian Metal iTunes chart simultaneously, sweeping the review boards worldwide with praise and picking up airplay worldwide including national airplay on BBC Radio 1 and TripleJ and scored features in Metal Hammer Magazine, Kerrang!, Blunt, TripleJ Mag and Terrorizer, all whilst continuing to play countless gigs and begin work on their follow up record!

CIRCLES drummer Dave Hunter commented: “This year has been so fantastic for us,
we’ve spent 2011 putting a lot of the groundwork in and now we can’t wait to be out
on the road again. It’s so much fun to see those fresh faces in the front row
singing their guts out and this time we’ve got some surprises up our sleeve with new
tracks that we’ll be road testing exclusively to our Australian fans, so you don’t
want to miss this. We also get to share the stage with our good friends Humality and
The Schoenberg Automaton who both absolutely blow us away.”

Catch CIRCLES on the following dates in 2012:

14 January – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
15 January – The National Hotel, Geelong
28 January – Venom Nightclub, Sydney
3rd February – The Hi-Fi Bar, Brisbane
4th February – Miami Shark Bar, Gold Coast
10th February – The Bended Elbow, Ballarat

Check out CIRCLES video single ‘Eye Embedded’ -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NOM5IItes

 

Our single for “Eye Embedded” came out today. You can get it now from iTunes.

Tracklisting for ‘Eye Embedded’ Single

1. Eye Embedded
2. Eye Embedded (Big-F remix)
3. Silence (Prelude demo)
4. Beautiful Fascination (Prelude demo)
5. The Design (Instrumental)

BUY THE SINGLE HERE

Below is the official video clip for the track and also some behind the scenes footage.

 

If you missed last nights post, we have launched a new merchandise line for pre-order. The “Eye Embedded Tee” comes in 4 different colours and is shipping worldwide for the low price of $20 (including shipping).  

We have also created a DISCOUNT CODE for anyone who would like to get a shirt and is also attending Creepshow Festival.   When you have any one of our shirts plus a Creepshow ticket added to you cart, simply enter the discount code CREEPSHOW to bring the ticket price down to $20. This is the cheapest you will find a ticket to Melbourne’s biggest Halloween Festival.

 

We are stoked to be returning for this years Creepshow Festival!! Hopefully if all goes to plan we may even unleash some new tracks for the occasion. Come down and check out some of Melbourne’s finest bands destroy The Espy on October 29th.

Doors 5.30pm.

Bands start at 6pm.

Tickets on sale NOW from http://circlesstore.bigcartel.com/