Regional Victorian metal outfit, ATLVS, launch into 2022 with the release of their blistering new single “Comethazine“, out today between dates on their Australian Tour alongside Alienist.
With an arsenal full of new and upgraded material in collaboration with recording, mix and mastering engineer Scottie Simpson (Alpha Wolf), ATLVS are set for a big year ahead. Leading with “Comethazine”, the band experiment with a new sound welcoming haunting clean vocals that mirror that of a tormented headspace. “Comethazine” is a heavy-hitting yet somber track, lyrically drawing similarities between being stuck in a toxic relationship and being controlled by a drug addiction.
ATLVS are currently showcasing their brutal sound across the nation on a joint headline tour with Alienist. The last week has seen the heavy outfit play Brisbane, Sydney and Wollongong with an Adelaide set tonight before rounding out the tour this weekend in Victoria playing Melbourne on Saturday and regional town Bundalaguah on Sunday.
“Comethazine” follows on from last years abrasive and crushing offerings “Nazareth” and “Kodokushi”. “Nazareth” was released in October and was predicted by Maniacs to be “the start of a punishing new era for ATLVS”. Living up to expectations, “Kodokushi” released shortly after via triple j The Racket and demonstrated a frantic soundscape that attracted plenty of love from the YouTube react community including a tick of approval from Garrett Russell of Silent Planet on Nik Nocturnal’s video review stream.
Between singles, ATLVS teamed up with the What We Did On The Weekend podcast on their collaborative album, ‘The Better Sessions’, to release their cover of The Presets classic, “My People”. ‘The Better Sessions’ featured a collection of local Australian heavy acts covering popular songs to raise money for Beyond Blue, a charity close to the podcasters heart. Vinyl sold via Anti Vinyl Vinyl Club.
ATLVS is Nathan Coff (vocalist), Matthew Borthwick (bass/vocals), Nick Clavarino (drummer), Nick Fitzgerald (guitarist) and Steve Ljiljak (guitarist). Since the bands inception, ATLVS have built a loyal following, touring Australia for the first time at the end of 2019, showcasing their brutal sound and winning over the hearts of metal fans across the country. The end of tour brought with it the quintets first headline show, which completely sold out.
ATLVS released their debut EP, ‘Memoir’ in 2019 which saw collaboration with Ocean Sleeper’s Ionei Heckenberg on “Insinuate” and Lotus Eater’s Jamie McLees on “Mercury”, skyrocketing Spotify streams to over 200,000 collectively.
ATLVS have previously jumped up to support shows with the likes of Windwaker, Gravemind, Pridelands, Ocean Sleeper, Dream On Dreamer and more and have been labelled as “Completely Ruthless” on their triple j Unearthed page. Hysteria Mag previously weighed in to affirm ATLVS are on a steady route to “take the Australian music scene by storm” while Wall Of Sound coined them “a healthy dose of heavy”.
“Comethazine” is available now and streaming everywhere.
