Interview by Kris Peters
If there's one thing predicatable about the music industry is usually when an album drops there will inevitably be a tour to promote it.
Not that that's a bad thing. As if you need an excuse to tour anyway?
Melbourne alternative metal outfit GhostSeeker have done just that, recently announcing their Initium Novum tour for the EP of the same name, starting in Brisbane on May 13 before hitting Melbourne and Sydney before the end of the month.
Initium Novum has been well received in the music community, with GhostSeeker fully capitalising on the vocal disparity between twin vocal towers Celeste Dudeson and Daniel Gay. It is an exciting dynamic that explores all extremities of the musical spectrum and one on which GhostSeeker nail as much as, if not more than, many others within the genre.
HEAVY sat down with Daniel and guitarist Tim Campey to find out more.
"As the name would lead you to believe, you will be able to hear the EP in its full being played," Daniel promised about the run of shows. "Plus the same old high energy GhostSeeker show plus we also have Aurateque who are coming along who are bloody fantastic. It's gonna be a good night in each town."
Touring an album is always fun, but when the fans are also loving the new material it makes things even sweeter for the band on the road.
"The reception has been pretty good," Tim smiled. "We've gotten the videos on a really good platform in Dreambound and then we've been picked up by a couple of cool Spotify playlists as well. The overall reception from the fans has been fantastic. We never expected for it to go as well as it has, but it did (laughs) and we're absolutely loving it."
In the full interview the boys talk about what to expect from their set, playing all of the new tracks live, the thought process behind song selection going into your first album, the musical direction of the EP, the vocal dynamics between Daniel and Celeste and how important that was in the planning of the EP, creating an immersive experience with their music, touring with Auroteque, future plans and more.