ATTRITION (UK) PERFORM SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SHOW INMELBOURNEUK post-punk and Industrial pioneers Attrition are touring Australia for the very first time inOctober 2024! While Attrition make an extensive trek across the Land Down Under,Melbourne Rivetheads will experience an extra fiendish extravaganza with a specialHalloween show at the Gasometer Hotel.From leading the Industrial charge in the 1980s, Attrition have scarcely rested on theirlaurels, having unleashed their latest creation on the world in March 2024. Their new albumThe Black Maria is a darkly cinematic foray into neo-classical ambience, fuelled by ananarchistic temperament as potent now as it was in the 80s. With the album dedicated to thelate Kerri Bowes (1982 – 2022), founding member Martin Bowes uses the songs as avehicle to explore life, love, loss, longing and death.As Bowes elaborates, “The Black Maria refers to a menacing 19 th century figure, who wouldcome to take away our outcasts and miscreants; later used as a slang term for UK policevans. Nothing much has changed.”Joining Attrition across the entire tour will be Sydney’s Industrial-Crust powerhouseSchkeuditzer Kreuz, who recently released the third single ‘Ratchet’ from their latest albumNo Life Left (2023). No Life Left is a crushing slab of dark, abrasive, apocalyptic, post-Industrial music, guaranteed to transport your mindscape to the inevitable end of humanity.Bringing Gothic beauty and further Industrial fervour to the line-up is Melbourne’s Death ofArt. The beloved pillars of the Melbourne Goth scene, fronted by the spellbinding ErinBlackie, are well-versed in international supports with previous shows with Wednesday 13and PAIN in their extensive history.Completing the line-up is Melbourne-based Darkwave/Synthpop act Palliative, uniting thespirit of the past with the shadow of the future through a blend of 80s-inspired Darkwave andFuturepop. The funeral march will begin promptly with this opening act, and the entireceremony will bring the congregation of this All Hallows Eve to a ritualistic communion withdeath and beyond.The rite is proudly presented by Boot Sequence, Melbourne’s live Industrial, EBM andSynthpop nightclub.