Unwritten Law & A Wilhelm Scream Announce Auckland Show

California punk legends Unwritten Law and Massachusetts hardcore crew A Wilhelm Scream are returning to Auckland this March, each with piping hot new tunes at the ready to melt some minds. Formed more than 30 years ago and last in our part of town in 2002, Unwritten Law make their way back with a new, rock-solid line-up and their seventh studio album The Hum in their arsenal, claiming "the band has never been stronger". A Wilhelm Scream last played New Zealand a little more recently, having shredded up a storm for diehard fans in 2016. Since then, the melodic metal heads have written, recorded and unleashed their fifth album Lose Your Delusion, the group's first release in nine years. For fans of skate-punk, wailing guitar and body-rattling riffs, look no further than this rare and wonderful double bill...

Update from the organisers: "ATTENTION ATTENTION!! Unwritten Law had to cancel their Australian tour due to no fault of their own and their New Zealand performance was looking dim.

The Promoter reached out to both Unwritten Law & A Wilhelm Scream and told them about what the community of Muriwai had gone through with Cyclone Gabrielle in February bringing tons of land down in slips, leaving some homeless as well as the deaths of Firefighters Dave van Zwanenberg and Craig Stevens.

Both Unwritten Law + A Wilhelm Scream jumped straight on board and can’t wait to get to New Zealand and give back to Muriwai community"

Unwritten Law And A Wilhelm Scream
Monday 6th March - Galatos, Auckland
Tickets available via galatos.co.nz

Dive ears first into Unwritten Law's furious seventh album The Hum...

Have a head-banging good time with A Wilhelm Scream's raucous release Lose Your Delusion...

Press release:

Eversion clothing presents

UNWRITTEN LAW (USA) AND A WILHELM SCREAM (USA)

Formed in 1989 in Poway, California, UNWRITTEN LAW have been operational in 5 different decades.

With a history of lineup changes (last played in New Zealand in 2002), this incarnation of the band have been steady since 2014.

“It almost feels like a new band” says long time singer Scott Russo.

If there was one word to describe this latest endeavor, it would be; serendipitous.

Everything that lead up to the bands 7th studio release The Hum seems to have been written in the stars.

“We were supposed to hand the record in the month the pandemic hit and it just wasn’t there.” says Russo.

“The label was like, we don’t want to put it out till you can tour so…we took an extra year to make sure we had it, and we did”.

With almost a decade alongside brother and bassist Jonny Grill, founding drummer Wade Youman, and guitarists Chris Lewis and Scotty Mac, the band has never been stronger. With their latest release “The Hum”, the band has brought forth a conceptual work that rings loudly in todays oversaturated music space.

Joining Unwritten Law is melodic hardcore legends A Wilhelm Scream from Massachusetts. The band will be coming armed with their fifth full-length album Lose Your Delusion, their first new record in 9 years, which continues their two-decade tradition of hyper fast, technically staggering output that blurs lines between punk, metal and rock.

The tour will mark A Wilhelm Scream’s first visit to our shores since 2016, something which will undoubtedly have their diehard kiwi fanbase frothing. Tickets from galatos.co.nz 7th February 2023.

Big thanks to the below brands for getting behind this!!

Underground Skate
Rollercoaster
Eversion Clothing
Goodvibes Promotions
Sticky Fingaz Promotions
HoopsANZ
Under the Radar