Australian extreme music collective THE AMENTA have announced a new addition to their ranks for the upcoming homeland tour in support of the free release, V01D. Tim Aldridge will be joining the band on the V01D tour as a second guitar player. Devout metalheads will remember Aldridge as the driving force behind one of Australia’s ABREMALIN, as well as his recent work with industrial heavyweights THE BERZERKER.

This will be the first time The Amenta have played with a second guitarist since 2007. Long term fans can look forward to a return to the wall of sound chaos of earlier shows.

Dates are as follows:

April

1 - The Arthouse - Melbourne
2 - The Brisbane Hotel - Hobart (All Ages)
2 - The Brisbane Hotel - Hobart (18+)
3 - The Pelly Bar - Frankston
8 - The Bass Bar - Wagga Wagga
9 - The ANU Bar, Canberra
15 - Monstrothic - Brisbane
29 - Club LED - Newcastle
30 - The Gaelic Theatre - Sydney

V01D was released on March 8th via Theamenta.com exclusively.

Tracklisting for V01D is as follows:

Audio

'Empty'

'V01D '(exclusive new song)

'Erebus' (re-recorded)

'Ache'

'Junky' (re-recorded)

'Spine' (re-recorded)

'Null'

'Vermin' (re-recorded)

'Nihil' (re-recorded)

'Nil'

'Enigmatize' (originally performed by ARMOURED ANGEL)

'None'

'Junky' (remix)

'Nihil' (remix)

'Vermin' (remix)

'Erebus' (remix)

Video - The Amenta Live In Sydney (Multi-camera, pro-audio video)

'Junky'

'Vermin'

'Mictlan'

'Erebus'

'Vermin' (film clip, never before released)

With guest appearances by Occasus-era vocalist Mark “Cesium 137” Bevan and former bass player Dale Harrison and incorporating a new song, re-records, an ARMOURED ANGEL cover, electronic experiments, remixes professional video and mastered by Alan Douches (HATE ETERNAL, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), V01D is The Amenta’s response to download culture. V01D will be FREE. 16 audio tracks and 5 videos, free to the fan. Released 8th of March.

As a taster for this massive release, The Amenta have also released a multi-media “single” for the track ‘Vermin’, featuring a film clip, live clips, remixes and the re-record.

‘Vermin’ is free. It can be downloaded from Theamenta.com. It is available for one week only.

The film clip for ‘Vermin’ can also be seen below: