Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:32:55 GMT <![CDATA[Separatist Online Blog]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:32:55 GMT
SEPARATIST AUSTRALIAN TOUR!



After having already played shows with the likes of Skinless, Dismember, I Killed the Prom Queen, Alarum and more in their home state of Tasmania over the past couple years, the release of SEPARATIST’s brilliant debut album ‘The Motionless Apocalypse’ in 2008 has seen the band start to make significant inroads into the wider Australian metal scene.

Successful tours to Canberra (headlining CHAOS ACT IV), Adelaide and Melbourne in mid 2008 were just a taste, and are now being followed up with an Australian tour spanning from December, 2008 through to March 2009 and taking in cities and towns all across the country.

With rave reviews of their debut album and their powerful and energetic live shows alike, this is a band that is heading places.

For fans of: Skinless, The Faceless, Aborted, The Black Dahlia Murder, Despised Icon

“"Separatist have created what can only be described as a massive sound. It seriously kicks you in the face with powerful and often technical guitar riffage that will instantaneously make your body pulsate into a headbanging frenzy... Look out Death Metal, Separatist is coming to dominate you! (9/10)" - Brendan Amos: Metalobsession.net

“The Motionless Apocalypse is a truly impressive piece of work." - Tom Wilson: Sauce Magazine

Dec 5@ The Brisbane Hotel, HOBART, TAS
Dec 6@ The Saloon Bar, LAUNCESTON, TAS
Dec 7@ The Brisbane Hotel, HOBART, TAS – ALL AGES
Dec 13@ Summer Rage Fest (Adelaide Uni Bar), ADELAIDE, SA – ALL AGES
Jan 23@ Switch, MELBOURNE, VIC
Jan 24@ East Brunswick Club, MELBOURNE, VIC
Feb 27@ The Lewisham Hotel, SYDNEY, NSW
Feb 28@ The Basement, CANBERRA, ACT
March 19@ Brannigan’s, GOLD COAST, QLD
March 20@ Rosies, BRISBANE, QLD]]> <![CDATA[SEPARATIST ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR 08'09]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:31:53 GMT
Just popping by to let you know that our new hoodies are now available for purchase from our online store, check them out here to see what they look like!

http://www.separatistonline.co m/estore/storeindex.html

Unfortunately XL sold out straight away, but fear not we will get more eventually!

But, in the mean time, check out this clip of us jamming on The Harvest in our xcorex jam space in my parents house... woot!

http://au.youtube.com/watch? v=0XH0Z2caQHc

Enjoy]]> <![CDATA[Hoodies Available Now!]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:10:32 GMT
Just thought I'd give you a quick rundown of how our trip to Adelaide and Melbourne went over the weekend :D

Adelaide : - We arrived, and 15 seconds into the terminal Gilbo gave luke an affectionate sack tap, you know, the kind that doesnt hurt straight away but creeps up on you a few seconds later, which set the tone for the rest of the day!

- Problem : Too many people to fit into one car... Solution : We had to take turns riding in the boot of Daniel Fosters falcon... And in true aussie fashion, Daniel was kind enough to drive like a maniac whenever there was someone in the boot... Yes, my head is still sore!

- We convinced everyone at the gig (excluding a select few) that James was infact from Sweden, until we got up on stage and announced that we had fooled everyone, and poor old Browny from Ass Fixture (or A Svik Tyur as its said in Swedish) looked like he was about to shed a tear or two... Hooray for making young men sad!

- James disappeared and we didnt know where he was... How unusual! And while he was gone, the rest of us indulged in a beer tower... which ruled!

- Me and Gilbo sang along to Metallica and Pennywise playing from the Jukebox using grind vocals instead of actually trying to sing the songs... so much better...

- Once back at Daniels place... I fell asleep... then woke up to gilbo's hairy poopmaker in my face and everyone laughing... it was very VERY traumatic...

Melbourne : - Arrived in melbourne, tried to rent a Tarago that we had booked a week earlier but due to all sorts of complications it turned out we werent allowed to have it... DAMMIT! So we had to catch a bus...

- Arrived in Melbourne central and had to walk several blocks in the pouring rain with all our gear, guitars, bags etc, trying to read a soggy map... tough times...

- After we eventually found the Arthouse and had played, we trekked down to the Crown Casino for shenanigans and so forth... and Luke won $200 from putting like $5 on the pokies! Who said gambling was bad... He bought me a powerade :D

- Once back at our accommodation, james and luke got up and went outside for a smoke... Without realising that james was only wearing his boxer shorts, his aviator glasses and a warm looking jacket that was unzipped... Sexy!

Thats about it I think... I cant really think of anything else... Woot!

In other news, the new shirts are now available through our webstore in S M L and XL as well as a few girly sizes! The Girls sizes and the mens XL arent actually here yet, but you can order them now if u want!

Cheers
Sam]]> <![CDATA[Our Little Trip...]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:15:38 GMT
Anywho, the shirts will cost $30 each and will look a little something like this...



only they will be actual teeshirts...

So buy one! They will become available on the webstore once we get back from our little mainland escapade, so for those of you who wont be making it to our Adelaide or Melbourne shows and want one asap to the max without delay, then buy one when they become available! DO IT!

Cheers
Sam]]> <![CDATA[New Shirts to be Unleashed at Adelaide Show!]]> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:04:59 GMT
Just wanted to let you all know that we have just signed a contract with Melbournes 'Welkin Entertainment' booking agency, who work with the likes of The Ocularis Infernum, Ne Obliviscaris, Aphotic Dawn and Be'lakor! This is very exciting news for us, this basically means we will be playing heaps more interstate shows/tours than we were before, which rules!

So, from now on, for all booking enquiries, please contact Tim @ Welkin Entertainment : welkin.entertainment@gmail.com

Cheers
Sam]]> <![CDATA[Separatist joins Welkin Entertainments booking roster!]]> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:06:24 GMT
Just wanted to let everyone know that I have fixed the postage problem on the Separatist official store, so now its even easier to buy our album if you havent already! And if you have, why not buy it again just to witness the fixed postage thing! Although, you wont notice it unless you buy a shirt aswell... So, its obvious what you need to do is it not? Please feel obliged to head to the store and buy buy BUY! To get there, click here:

http://www.separatistonline.com/estore/storeindex.html

C heers
Sam

P.S. For those of you who didnt know, the problem with our estore was that when purchasing more than one item, it wouldnt combine postage, which henceforth made postage way too expensive, which is a pain! Well, it is for you anyway, for us its a few extra dollars... but we are honest fellows and believe you guys should only pay for what needs to be paid for! Man we are nice...]]> <![CDATA[E-store Postage Bug Fixed]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:32:12 GMT
Firstly, as a fair few of you know, we played our first interstate show on the weekend, in Canberra, the countrys capital, and we had a great time! The atmosphere was great, all the other bands (the ones we saw anyway) were absolutely brilliant and everyone was buying us beer and jager shots! Thankfully, despite said beer and jager shots, we got a really good reception, the Canberra metalheads seemed to love it, which is great! The only downside of the trip was almost missing every single flight we had booked for us, and only once was it our fault! I'm not at liberty to state the names of the airlines that mistreated us, but we will definately not be flying with said airlines in the future if given the choice... But aside from that we had an awesome time! Check out the photos section of our myspace for some live shots aswell as some shenanigans along the way!

Just want to give Fogz a shout out for flying us over there and organising everything, thanks heaps mate, we had a great time!

Secondly, I would like to direct everyones attention once again to MetalObsession.net, as Brendan has just released his review of The Motionless Apocalypse, and we are stoked with it! You can view it here:

http://metalobsession.net/separatist-the-motionless-apocolypse-2007- review

Check it out and let us know what you think! AND BUY THE BLOODY ALBUM!

Cheers,
Sam]]> <![CDATA[Chaos A.C.T and Album Review on Metal Obsession.net]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:24:25 GMT Hey guys, check out the review of The Motionless Apocalypse as published in Sauce Magazine this fortnight, as written by the ever sensual Tom Wilson! You can see it on our website, on the Discography page, under 'Reviews' funnily enough...

Check it!

]]> <![CDATA[Review in Sauce Magazine]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 08:14:54 GMT Hey all, just thought i'd let you all know that Luke has just completed an interview with Brendan Amos from Metal Obsession.net, the link below will take you there if you are interested in checking it out!

http://metalobsession.net/separatist-interview-27052008

Let us know what you reckon! We will always be uploading information on any future reviews/interviews in a blog as they come along, so keep an eye out suckas!

Cheers

Sam]]> <![CDATA[Interview with Metal Obsession]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 04:21:21 GMT Hey all, firstly I just wanted to say that our debut release, The Motionless Apocalypse, is finally available for purchase now! I know... its a bit late, the release date was 2 weeks or so ago, but I have been busy!

So yeah, you can buy The Motionless Apocalypse, or any of our other delicious items (which at the moment is just the album teeshirt) directly from us via our webstore or by other arrangement (if you want to make one of these arrangements, send us a private message!), OR alternatively you could nip into Tracks Music on Murray St. Hobart and grab a copy there!

We are currently looking in to the possibility of making the album available via iTunes, so yeah if you are interested in that let us know and we'll keep you posted on the progress!

Just buy the bloody album for goodness sake! Bands need food too...

And secondly, I'd just like to announce that Separatist have been selected to support Swedish Death Metal giants Dismember on the Hobart show of their Australia Burns national tour... SWEET AS!!!

Cheers

Sam

Oh and one last final thing... for those of you who werent there, we played our first gig in almost a year last Saturday night at the Zero Degrees Freedom 'The Calm Before The Silence' Album launch show at the Batty in Launceston... it was great fun! We had a great night and as per usual ZDF were a sight to behold live. BUY THEIR ALBUM TOO! You have to buy both of them, not just one or the other...

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