Biography

It's been 15 years since PALM formed in the dark underground of Osaka, Japan, and since then have taken their ever-evolving brand of metallic hardcore all over the world.  Having released a couple of tracks on compilations in several countries, they released their first album "PALM" in 2007 and followed this up in 2010 with a 7" EP entitled "Die Consciously, Live Consciously" 2012 saw the release of their second album "My Darkest Friends" through both Alliance Trax, as a Japan edition CD, and Six Feet Under Records releasing a US edition LP. PALM has also toured extensively overseas, having accomplished 3 Australian tours, as well as tours in Europe, the US and Southeast Asia. These tours have included appearances at "Punk Illegal Festival 2010" in Sweden, crazy hardcore punk fest "Chaos in Tejas" as well as a small scale US tour with Nails, Power Trip and Xibalba in 2013, and most recently at "Obscene Extreme" in the Czech Republic with a subsequent one week EU Tour with War Master in 2016. PALM's third full length album "To Live Is To Die, To Die Is to Live" is finally set to be released in August of 2018. As a release tour, TRAGEDY, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, CATHARSIS etc. will be headlined with Bloodshed Fest 2018 participation for two weeks EURO / UK tour, November in SE ASIA tour, in March 2019 PANTERA frontman PHILIP H. ANSELMO's solo project PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS and the two-week Australia tour were completed with great success.