Heavy instrumental riff merchants Skin Thief are embarking on their very first headline Australian tour! Melbourne based heavy instrumental trio Skin Thief play a progressive style of post-metal. Featuring grinding bass heavy riffs with chopped rhythms that drop into brooding hypnotic atmospherics. The songs twist through introspective soundscapes that often coalesce into explosive crescendos. Join them at the Tote Upstairs on Saturday May 16 along with: All is Violent - All Is Violent is an independent 3-piece band from Melbourne, Australia blending the genres of post-rock with post-metal. Formed in mid 2017, AlV released their debut EP 'Cartographers of Human Purpose' on 11th of August 2019, a 3-song journey across transcendent soundscapes. AIV is to release its second EP: "Monolith of Becoming" in 2025, following the release of its new single: "Departure of the Sun". AIV have been compared to the likes of Russian Circles, Sleep Makes Waves, and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving. SANDS - SANDS (Violin/Bass/Drums), based in Naarm/Melbourne, draw from their experiences in progressive rock, psychedelia, metal, classical, experimental and ambient music. SANDS delivers a heady mix of these genres into a sound that is uniquely theirs. Combining the lusher textural elements of their instruments, building crescendos and angular riffs.