Hawklords, Porkswords and Merch

After an extremely successful, not to mention fun, trip to Belgium, Holland and Germany with the mighty Hawklords (aka, Porkswords), we’re back and settled into the build up to Damnation Festival on November 5th.  The guys from the Hawklords were an absolute bunch of Gentleman and it was a pleasure playing with some of the most talented musicians we’d ever met.  The tour wound up in Bierhof, Berlin at an outdoor stage in the middle of the park playing the “Silver Machine Festival”.  It was a fitting end to a great tour and thanks to all who supported us on tour and came to the shows.  Check Facebook for photos!

We’ve also upgraded our merch and added two new designs to our store.  The Eagle shirt was particularly popular on tour!  It was designed by Nottingham’s Michael Cowell and features an intricate, hand drawn design.  We’ve also bought back the first shirts we ever made, black shirts with our logo on the front.  Since we ran out of the first batch, people have been asking us to print these ever since.  We’ve even got girly shirts this time too.

Interview with Amazing Radio Tonight at 6pm

Whilst we were at Download festival, the guys from Amazing Radio kindly had a chat with the band about Download, our past and what’s planned for the band.  The show will be aired on Amazing Radio at 6pm GMT today, and then repeated on Tuesday 21st June at 10pm.

If you have a DAB radio, you can listen to Amazing Radio on there.  Otherwise the show is streamed live on their website: www.amazingradio.co.uk

Happy listening!

Stay with us during Download!

The time is here: our bags are packed, the guitars are restrung, the snare is tuned and our set is sounding nice and tight. Now we just have to contain our excitement before Sunday!

For those of you that are attending Download, we’ll be playing on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage (conveniently located near the real ale and Guiness tents) on Sunday at 4:45pm. Come and say hello after the show and share a much needed beer with us.

For those of you that aren’t going to Download, there are a number of ways you can stay in touch.

We’ll be updating Facebook as and when we can, but you can also follow us through the Download website.

The show will be steamed live on the Download website. If you’re able to get near a PC with an internet connection on Sunday at 4:45pm, we’d love to share the show with you. You can view the websteam by visiting http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/2011/video/webcam.aspx.

Photos will also be posted “live” throughout the day and you can see those photos by visiting http://photos.downloadfestival.co.uk.

See you at the front!

European Invasion with Hawklords

We’ve got some great news for our European fans: we’ll be joining you on the continent in September of this year! We’ll be joining space-rock heroes, Hawklords, on tour in September playing across Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany.

Here are the dates:

08.09.2011 SPIRIT OF 66 – BE – VERVIERS
11.09.2011 W2 Poppodium – NL – Den Bosch
13.09.2011 Cafe Central – Weinheim
14.09.2011 Vortex – Siegen-Weidenau
15.09.2011 Rosenkeller – Jena
16.09.2011 Parkbühne Biesdorf – Berlin
17.09.2011 Kulturhof – Lübbenau

See you on the road!

illuminatus confirmed for Download Festival, Donnington

We’re proud to announce illuminatus will be appearing at this year’s Download Festival in Castle Donington – more information on timings, billing and tickets to follow soon.

More information at: http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/2011/