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Was great to catch up with Stanier at Laneway Festival in Adelaide on Friday. Battles powered through an amazing set with John’s infallible rhythmic precision.

‘TOUR OF DUTY’ 2015 UPDATE Due to unexpected day job commitments we have unfortunately been forced to cancel Perth and Newcastle from our upcoming Tour of Duty. Refunds available at the point of purchase. Apologies to all affected. We hope to make up this shortfall in the new year. All other shows remain on track. See you there! Wed 25th: Adelaide*, Enigma Bar + Subtract S Tickets $30.00 + bf from http://www.enigmabar.com.au/ Thu 26th: Melbourne, Max Watts + Batpiss Tickets […]

THE MARK OF CAIN ‘TOUR OF DUTY’ 2015 Way back in 2006, five years after their previous national tour John Scott: singer / songwriter and guitarist with Adelaide’s The Mark Of Cain declared; “We’re going to tour once a year, or twice if we can – we want to play”. Unfortunately it didn’t quite work out that way. The band instead taking a further seven-year sabbatical from live performance while drummer John Stanier drifted off to play with his other […]

Back in 2013 The Mark Of Cain played in front of a home town crowd at Adelaide’s The Governor Hindmarsh to celebrate the launch of their new album, Songs of the Third and Fifth. You can now view the full set here courtesy of Heaps Loud.

YOU DONT WANT TO MISS THIS GIG!!!! Come and see legendary Adelaide bands : The Mark Of Cain The Iron Sheiks (with special guests) The Plague (reforming for one show only) Crackling Static Fuzz Fowlers Live, Adelaide Sunday 7th of June 2015 (7pm) $25, tickets at the door until sold out ONLY 500 TICKETS AVAILABLE Merchandise available on the night, so bring your cash. Silent auction of art and images from Cosmic Psychos. Abbadon, etc All proceeds will be donated […]

Thirty years into their uncompromising career The Mark Of Cain are showing no signs of losing momentum. Bassist Kim Scott tells Steve Bell that you can teach old war dogs new tricks. Adelaide power merchants The Mark Of Cain have been laying pretty low since touring their fifth long-player, Songs Of The Third And Fifth, around the country in early 2013. Now they’re returning armed with that album’s third single and a birthday to celebrate to boot. “This year’s our […]

The Mark of Cain are hosting Rage on Saturday November 1st from 10:30am-11:30am and then will return for the night from 11.21pm on ABC. Taking their name from the first ever murderer, The Mark of Cain are going to murder your boredom with an excellent playlist this Saturday night. Started in the mid 80’s by Adelaide-bred brothers John and Kim Scott, The Mark of Cain released a string of LP’s that attracted the attention of super-producer Steve Albini. He liked […]

Make sure you follow us on Instagram, we plan on posting images from the upcoming tour. You can access the TMOC Instagram page here: http://instagram.com/themarkofcain

THE MARK OF CAIN: ADELAIDE SHOW ADDED DUE TO DEMAND. Due to overwhelming demand The Mark Of Cain have now added an Adelaide show as a part of their 2014 national tour in support of new single Grey-11 (featuring Henry Rollins) and taken from the album Songs Of The Third & Fifth. The local three-piece will perform at The Gov on December 5th with Adelaide-via-Melbourne two-piece King Of The North in support. Tickets for The Gov show will go on-sale […]

Here are the 2014 National Tour Dates, with the tour kicking off on the 31st of October in Melbourne.