{"id":265803,"date":"2025-05-10T01:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T00:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backseatmafia.com\/?p=265803"},"modified":"2025-05-10T01:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T00:24:36","slug":"news-the-witches-are-coming-burning-witches-launch-their-australian-tour-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/?p=265803","title":{"rendered":"News: The witches are coming: Burning Witches launch their Australian tour this month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The cauldron is bubbling, the riffs are razor-sharp, and the leather is laced \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/burningwitchesofficial\/\">Burning Witches<\/a> are about to scorch Australian soil for the first time ever. Kicking off on 22 May, the Swiss heavy metal coven are bringing their spellbinding brew of \u201880s-inspired shred and power metal fury to stages across the country. Formed in 2015 by axe-wielding mastermind Romana Kalkuhl, the band \u2014 now a powerhouse five-piece featuring vocalist Laura Guldemond, bassist Jeanine Grob, drummer Lala Frischknecht and ex-Iron Maidens shredder Courtney Cox \u2014 are on a mission to ignite a new wave of metal madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BURNING WITCHES - Evil Witch (Official Live Performance Video) | Napalm Records\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwwzNu-bOrA?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Known for channelling the theatrical energy of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden with a touch of hellfire, Burning Witches don&#8217;t just honour metal&#8217;s past \u2014 they set it ablaze with sky-splitting solos and banshee vocals that could summon the dead. Their debut Australian run promises molten riffs, denim, spikes, and a whole lot of headbanging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian Tour Dates:<br>THUR 22 MAY &#8211; SYDNEY &#8211; MANNING<br>FRI 23 MAY &#8211; MELBOURNE &#8211; CROXTON<br>SAT 24 MAY &#8211; BRISBANE &#8211; CROWBAR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head HERE for ticketing information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backseatmafia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-5-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265804\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss metal queens Burning Witches are bringing the fire to Australia for the very first time \u2014 kicking off 22 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":265814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,9,12],"tags":[29,30,31,32],"class_list":["post-265803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backseatdownunder","category-music","category-news","tag-backseat-downunder","tag-burning-witches","tag-news-2","tag-rockmetal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharp-agnesi.109-228-47-29.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}