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Please welcome: HEIRS

Hailed as one of the best post-metal albums of 2009, HEIRSʼ debut, Alchera, established the band amongst Australiaʼs foremost instrumental acts. Released by German label Denovali Records, the album contained distant echoes of industrial metal deviants Godflesh, the misanthropic catharsis of early Swans and the gloomy noise rock of Slint, but these influences are something they have been steadily outgrowing. The albumʼs accompanying tour saw the band play 69 shows across Europe, UK and Japan, cementing their reputation for delivering an engulfing and all-consuming live experience. On stage, the band maintained a relentless, ear-splitting offensive, defying audience expectations by refusing to offer an immediate sense of resolution.

2010 saw the release of Heirs second album, Fowl, displaying a shift towards a broader sonic palette, taking further influence from industrial, darkwave and gothic rock. Incorporating a pugilistic rhythmic foundation with coarse, threatening guitar textures and a stronger electronic presence, Fowl marked a great leap forward for Heirs, taking them beyond genres into a realm that is almost hermetic in its vision. Receiving much praise from critics and fans alike, Heirs returned to Europe to promote the album, performing Denovali Swingfest in Germany, Bracara Extreme Festival in Portugal, as well as headline shows across France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Germany, which saw the band courting a confronting visual presence to compliment the weight of their sound.

In 2012, Heirs released the first single from their forthcoming third album Ceremony in the form of 10″/CD titled Hunter. The material saw Heirs strengthening their melodic resolve, and while equally intense, inhabits a less oppressive atmosphere, with the band citing Cocteau Twins & Sisters of Mercy as being influential to their process. It also sees the band taking their visual explorations to new heights, with artwork and video production taking even greater significance, where light, colour and sound are distorted in to a monochrome, hyper-real coition. Since the release of Hunter Heirs have toured with French shoegaze giants Alcest, LA’s Chelsea Wolfe and most recently, gothic rock/cold wave act Soror Dolorosa, as well as their own headline tours in Australia, their largest to date.

After spending over 2 years on the production on their long awaited 3rd album ‘Ceremony‘, Heirs will be premiering this new material with shows across Europe.

Heirs ‘Ceremony’ out late 2013 on Golden Antenna Records.