Interview by Kris Peters
Boston metal outfit Unearth return to Australia for the first time in over eight years next week for a run of shows in support of their new album which will be out this May.
After having to postpone due to COVID in 2020, Unearth finally get to deliver on their promise to be back with a series of headline and festival shows starting in Adelaide on January 20.
They will be supported by The Ascended and Complexant in Adelaide, Canberra and Newcastle as well as headlining the borderline Destruction festival with those same two bands plus King Parrot and local supports in Brisbane (Jan 21), Sydney (Jan 27) and Melbourne (Jan 28).
Vocalist Trevor Phipps joined HEAVY earlier today to discuss the shows and new music.
"We were scheduled for May 2020," he began, "and it couldn't happen for obvious reasons. Matt (The Ascended) stuck with us the whole time. Every three or four months during the pandemic he would reach out to us, saying that he wanted to keep the tour going, and sure enough here we are ready to come back. So he's a true legend for seeing this thing through and we're very excited to be coming back. This will be our eighth time. We front loaded it with a bunch of tours early in our career and haven't been back since 2015."
In the full interview Trevor talks more about the tour and what to expect, the festival shows with King Parrot, the new album including the exclusive release of its title, playing new music at the Australian shows, the early days of the band and more.