Polaris' New Album 'Fatalism' Out Now. Huge Australian Headline Tour Starts Next Week!
the stars are aligning as Sydney heavyweights POLARIS announce their Fatalism Australian Tour, set to kick off next week. This tour coincides with the release of their third full-length album, Fatalism, and promises a colossal series of shows across the nation. Joining them on this epic journey are three special guests hailing from the United States: metalcore maestros AUGUST BURNS RED from Pennsylvania, the formidable Texan heavies KUBLAI KHAN TX, and the riff-driven powerhouse CURRENTS from Connecticut.
Sydney melodic metalcore outfit Polaris have released their highly anticipated third album Fatalism today and will embark on their biggest Australian headline tour next week supported by August Burns Red, Kublai Khan TX and Currents. Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle and Brisbane shows are all sold out with limited tickets still left for Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
Fear: humanity’s great divider, but also its most potent unifier. It’s this very notion that lies at the beating core of Polaris’s third album Fatalism; a record shaped by the sense of despair and dystopia that engulfed the world over the past few years, and the overwhelming accompanying sensation that we were powerless to change course.
Fatalism's singles Inhumane and Nightmare, Overflow emerged during the band's 2022 writing session in the Blue Mountains, with the alt rock leanings beating at the core of the latest track organically emerging from some of Polaris' own personal listening repertoire.
Polaris have already firmly established their place as a fixture in the Australian heavy landscape via their first two albums, the ARIA-nominated The Death Of Me and 2017’s The Mortal Coil, which debuted in the Australian Top 10. They have been awarded a laundry list of accolades, album of the year mentions in end of year lists, sold-out countless headline tours of Australia and have toured across the globe. Not to mention performing at Download Festival, Unify Gathering in Australia, headlining Knight & Day Festival and most recently performing the 2022 Good Things Festival headlined by Bring Me The Horizon.
After their Australian headline tour, Polaris will return to the UK and Europe supporting While She Sleeps, performing at Aftershock 2023 and kicking off a North American headline run in October.
FATALISM OUT NOW
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POLARIS have already firmly established their place as a fixture in the Australian heavy landscape via their first two albums, 2020’s ARIA Award-nominated The Death Of Me and 2017’s The Mortal Coil, which debuted in the Australian Top 10. Having been awarded a laundry list of accolades along with sold-out headline tours of Australia and previous tours across the globe, including most recently performing at Good Things Festival in 2022 alongside headliners Bring Me The Horizon, 2023 will also see POLARIS head over to Europe this June for multiple European summer festival appearances, and a string of headline shows supported by Chelsea Grin and Kublai Khan TX.
Polaris promo 2023 Credit Luke Henery
Ferociously authentic, Grammy-nominated Lancaster collective AUGUST BURNS RED merge sharp atmospherics with aggressive bursts of controlled chaos alongside notions of brokenness and hope. Having previously toured alongside the likes of Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive and countless others, AUGUST BURNS RED’s most recent release, 2023’s Death Below, saw the band score resounding critical praise while charting in the top 10 of the US Top Hard Rock Albums, and rapidly furthering their millions of streams and global fans along the way.
Welding metalcore with hardcore elements, Texan quartet KUBLAI KHAN TX turn hardships into heavy and hypnotic wizardry. Forming in 2008 straight out of high school, KUBLAI KHAN TX have continued to build a dedicated following, from their debut full length Balancing Survival and Happiness in 2014, through to 2019’s Absolute, as well as recent tours alongside Thy Art Is Murder, Counterparts, Justice for the Damned and many more.
Armed with thoughtful, raw lyricism, massive breakdowns and moments of ambient tranquillity, Connecticut metalcore outfit CURRENTS aren’t afraid to ask hard-hitting questions while dousing you in metallic hardcore, melodics and electronic textures. Releasing their acclaimed debut album in 2017, The Place I Feel Safest, CURRENTS most recently unveiled their third album this year, The Death We Seek, and have previously toured around the world supporting Ice Nine Kills, Parkway Drive and beyond.
“Fatalism”; a belief that all events are pre-determined and therefore inevitable, and 2023 aligns a truly monumental lineup of some of the most exciting global metalcore bands for the Fatalism Australian Tour. Embrace the inevitable, and secure your spot for one of the most explosive tours of 2023.
Polaris
AUSTRALIAN 2023 tour
Presented by Destroy All Lines, Resist & triple j
THURSDAY 7 SEPTEMBER - METRO CITY, PERTH (18+)
SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER - MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE (LIC AA)
SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER - HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE (LIC AA)
TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER - US REFECTORY, CANBERRA (18+)
WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER - BAR ON THE HILL, NEWCASTLE (18+)
FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER - FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE (LIC AA)
SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER - HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY (LIC AA)
General tickets on sale: Thursday 8 June @ 10am local time
Tickets from www.destroyalllines.com
