Australia’s thrash-a-holic- grind perpetrators, KING PARROT, have kicked off their debut performances in the US in typical hell-raising style with their friends in Cattle Decapitatio. The band is now ready to lay waste to Texas where they’ll be showcasing at SXSW. If you’ve yet the tsunami of sonic carnage that is KING PARROT, now is the time. A devastating live show that leaves no punter unscathed, this band is a proverbial force with which to be reckoned with and is reaping the praise of new fans daily with their relentless, engaging and animated live shows.
Catch the band at SXSW and throughout the USA by following the links below, and if your yet to check out the King Parrot video’s, do yourself a favor visit the KING PARROT YouTube channel HERE.
KING PARROT @ SXSW, Texas 2014
Wednesday – 3/12 – Heavy Metal Pool Party @ Metropolis
2200 Pleasant Valley Rd, Austin
Doors 12pm – King Parrot at 4pm
Wednesday – 3/12 – @ Tomcats – Fort Worth TX
3137 Alta Mere Dr, Fort Worth
Doors 9pm
Thursday 3/13 – Party Forever @ Wonderland
1104 East 6th Street, Austin
Doors 12pm – King Parrot at 5pm
Pending show announcement for 3/14-TBC
Saturday 3/15 – Aussie BBQ @ Maggie Mae’s
323 East 6th Street, Austin
Doors at 12pm – King Parrot @ Downstairs Club Room Stage at 2:55pm
Saturday 3/15 – Tone Deaf Touring Showcase @ Red Eyed Fly
715 Red River St, Austin
Doors at 8pm – King Parrot at 11pm
Among Australia’s most lethal and extreme new bands, KING PARROT are touring in support of their Bite Your Head Off full-length released via Candlelight Records last year. Produced by Jason Fuller (Blood Duster, Dern Rutlidge) and Adam Calaitzis (Damaged, Abramelin), the record manages to capture the raw intensity of their live shows, defying genres with a cross section attack of thrash, grind, punk and hardcore. Beat.com crowned the record, “a calculated piece of extreme art, with strong musicianship and a production job skilfully left just on the right side of raw and dirty,” in a 9/10 score Ghost Cult boasts, “its ceaseless brutality will do much more than just rip your head off… from start to finish it tears you limb from limb,” while the Metal Observer adds, “Whether it’s ‘Dead End,’ the shortest, meanest track on the album, or ‘Cold Steel Probe,’ an infectious onslaught of multi-leveled grind that has no qualms about dragging coffins or simply setting them afire, KING PARROT‘s Bite Your Head Off is a no-brainer, comfortably taking a seat next to other 2012 entries like Strong Intention’s Razorblade Express, Mulletcorpse’s Disinfect, and Kess’khtak’s Nurturing Conditions For Rupture. Killer stuff.”
KING PARROT Live Assaults 2014 [remaining non SXSW dates]:
w/ Vattnet Viskar, Vaporizer
3/17/2014 Mud & Water – Baton Rouge, LA
3/18/2014 Siberia – New Orleans, LA
3/19/2014 Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA
3/20/2014 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
3/21/2014 Hoodie’s – Longwood, FL
3/22/2014 The Standard – St. Augustine, FL
3/23/2014 Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL
3/25/2014 The Chop Shop – Charlotte, NC
3/26/2014 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA
3/27/2014 Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD
3/29/2014 Ralph’s – Worcester, MA
3/30/2014 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY
3/31/2014 Nectars – Burlington, VA
w/ Vattnet Viskar
4/01/2014 Il Motore – Montreal, QC
4/02/2014 Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
4/03/2014 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
4/04/2014 Kobo Live – Columbus, OH
4/08/2014 Reggies – Chicago, IL
4/09/2014 Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN
4/10/2014 Replay Lounge – Lawrence, KS
4/11/2014 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
4/12/2014 Burt’s Tiki Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
4/13/2014 The Shredder – Boise, ID
4/14/2014 Electric Owl – Vancouver, BC
4/15/2014 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
4/16/2014 Rotture – Portland, OR
4/17/2014 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA
4/20/2014 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
“I’ve never felt so personally threatened by a record before” – Hysteria Magazine
