Conjurer: “Already, this band has come further than any of us thought was possible…”

Even as Britain blisters under a heatwave, Conjurer have found themselves drawn to a cold, dark place. There are long shadows and deep red lights down every back alley in Hobart, Tasmania this evening, with punters hustling from venue to venue under the eerie glow of flickering candles and humming neon crosses. Dark Mofo, the island capital’s legendary midwinter music-and-arts festival feels like a vampiric alternative to Europe’s summer celebrations and, though they’ve had to travel halfway round the world to be here, it’s hard to imagine that the murky young metallers aren’t exactly where they belong. “It feels like home,” grins frontman Brady Deeprose, embracing the neo-gothic atmosphere with cod-ghoulish glee. ​“When we got the offer through, with the advance docume...

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