Have you planned out your day yet?!

There are so many tours that we would love to see come to Australia, and The American Dream Tour with Bring Me The Horizon and Of Mice & Men is definitely one show we would love to see. Artist Direct caught up with lead singers Oli Sykes and Austin Carlile and talked about the similarities between the two bands!

Letlive. have put up a tour video from one of their shows in California late last year. Featuring some live footage and an interview with Jason Butler, it’s worth checking out!

Aussie post-hardcore crewHands Like Housesare kicking off 2014 with an Australian tour!

See dates and ticket infobelow.

Thursday, 30 January - Crow Bar, Brisbane 18+

After announcing their signing to Epitaph Records, Aussie metalcore dudesI Killed The Prom Queenhave revealed a teaser trailer of their new album. Definitely cannot wait to see what these guys are going to come up with!

We’re still dreaming of the Kvelertak gig we went to a couple of months back and wish that their current tour with High On Fire was coming to Aus! Check out this interview of Matt Pike of High On Fire and Erlend Hjelvik of Kvelertak.

Artist Direct interviewed Tom Araya of Slayer andJoe Duplantier of Gojiraabout being on tour together and, as expected, it was a pretty interesting read.

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Having the opening spot for Slayer probably isn’t the easiest task, but Gojira seem to be up to the challenge. The guys from Gojira had a chat to the Houston Pressabout what it’s like to tour with bands that have acted as inspirations and how being signed with Roadrunner Records has helped their career.

Chicago metal guys Born of Osiris have announced the ’Tomorrow We Die Alive’ tour for this coming January! Supporting are After The Burial, it’s gonna be brutal.

Thursday 16th January

Brisbane - Tempo Hotel - 18+

Friday 17th January

Extreme/black metal hybrid band Make Them Suffer are this week’s Artist of the Week! With an album that was described asa tortured collection of sorrow and pain-filled brutality that just may be oneof the most impressive metal releases of the year (Drum Media) the band is not to be missed tearing it up on their forthcoming November/December tour! Dates below.