ULCERATE: Jamie Saint Merat on Touring Australia with The Amenta & New Album Plans

About this episode

Jamie Saint Merat of Ulcerate discusses their upcoming tour in Australia and future album plans.

The Everblack Podcast sat down with Jamie Saint Merat of Ulcerate to talk about their return to Australia this May alongside The Amenta, wrapping up the touring cycle for Cutting the Throat of God, and what’s next for the band. Jamie gets into their evolving writing process, why they don’t feel pressure to top past releases, revisiting older material, and the realities of keeping a band going from New Zealand. He also shares where things are at with new music, with Ulcerate set to step back from live shows to focus on writing their next album. ULCERATE with guests The Amenta and Vicissitude performing at: April 18th – Christchurch, Loons + April 25th – Auckland, Double Whammy + May 2nd – Wellington, San Fran + May 7th – Adelaide, Ed Castle* w/ Lumen Ad Mortem May 8th – Melbourne, Max Watts* w/ Munt May 9th – Sydney, Crowbar*w/ Sorathian Dawn May 10th – Brisbane, Crowbar* w/ Hebephrenique +Vicissitude New Zealand only, no local supports *The Amenta Australia only Tix : https://swdpresents.com/ 🎙️ EVERBLACK PODCAST – SUBSCRIBE & STREAM: 🔗 https://linktr.ee/EverblackPodcast 🌐 Follow Everblack: 🔹 Website: www.everblack.com.au 🔹 Facebook: www.facebook.com/Everblackmedia Intro…

People in this episode

Guest: Jamie Saint Merat

Topics covered

• touring
• music writing process
• new album plans
• band dynamics

Keywords

• Ulcerate
• The Amenta
• Cutting the Throat of God
• New Zealand
• death metal

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ulcerate, The Amenta, Vicissitude

Books & works: Touring Australia with The Amenta, Cutting the Throat of God

Places: Australia, New Zealand, Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington, San Fran, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane

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