Sinate
About Sinate from Hamilton
Sinate formed in June 2005. In August 05 they recorded their debut full length album ‘Beyond Human’ at York St studios in Auckland and released it in September 05 to rave reviews and it reached No. 6 on the NZ Independant charts. They have made 3 videos for the album.
In Oct/Nov 05 Sinate embarked on a 8 date tour of NZ to promote Beyond Human. Then in Jan/Mar 06 they headed off on a 17 date tour of NZ headlining with local acts supporting. At the end of the tour they flew to Vasteras, Sweden to record their second album ‘Violent Ambitions’. The album was engineered by Pelle Saether At Underground Studio. While there they headlined a show with bands from across Sweden and received radio and newspaper press. Violent Ambitions was released in Oct 06.
Sinate then went to Brisbane, Australia to play with local legends State Of Integrity for 3 dates including the popular Hellfest, then flying back to NZ for a 6 date national tour with State Of Integrity and Chch’s Tainted.
In their 14 months of playing Sinate has played 54 shows from Whangarei to Invercargill to Australia and Sweden, and also receiving endorsement from Randall Amplifiers USA and sponsorship from Drum City AKL.
Sinate has just been added as one of the Main Stage acts at the Big Day Out Jan 07, New Zealand’s biggest music festival.
In Feb 07 Sinate have so far supported GOD FORBID, SUFFOCATION and SLAYER. Plans for 07/08 include touring the US, Europe and Japan as well as releasing their 3rd album.