Tag: "Thrash metal"

60 Seconds With... Desecrator
0 Comments. 612 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2012 @ 10:37am.
Define your genre in five words or less: Chaotic Australian Thrash Metal.   When’s the gig and with who? Unholy Good Friday is being massacred on Friday April 6 from 6pm by six of the most ungodly Thrash Metal acts in Australia. Hobb's Angel of Death are possibly the biggest cult metal act to ever come out of Australia, and right beside them are recently re-... Read More
Decimatus : The Betrayer EP
0 Comments. 1,390 Views. Posted 9 Mar 2012 @ 2:31pm.
  This is pretty brutal thrash metal from Melbourne. Primitive, raw and completely in your face, just the way many people like it. Having said that, there’s also some decent songcraft and some nice grooves going on amidst the primal onslaught here. Opening surprisingly with a tasteful, mostly acoustic instrumental piece, The Stand Off, this six track EP then proceeds to come at you with all... Read More
Sleigh Bells : Reign Of Terror
0 Comments. 1,362 Views. Posted 1 Mar 2012 @ 8:52am.
I wasn’t the only one that was blown away when the demo for Crown On The Ground leaked back in two-thousand-and-whatever. The sheer overblown bombast was undeniably infectious – and for the first time in a while, music seemed exciting. Since then, Sleigh Bells have set sail on a course of unabashed mediocrity. The edginess of Crown On The Ground was smoothed out for their middling debut album,... Read More
Blackened : The Sense In Violence
0 Comments. 892 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 9:13am.
  Blackened may be a new force in the Melbourne metal scene, but the long haired thrashers have already earned their stripes in bands like Stiff Meat, Attack and Maniaxe. The benefits of this experience are instantly obvious. Their music is tight, to the point and free of any wishy-washy filler which can plague a first release.The Sense In Violence is pure thrash. It comes out kicking with... Read More
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
0 Comments. 1,066 Views. Posted 26 Jan 2012 @ 6:05am.
Ixtapa is a comfortable, timeless Mexican beach town on the Pacific coast. It’s some five kilometres northwest of Zihuatanejo, the town that Andy Dufresne fought tooth and nail to escape when he broke out of Shawshank Prison. It’s something of a paradise, and it’s where Rodrigo Sanchez calls home.  As half of the hybrid Latin rock duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sanchez considers Ixtapa to be a... Read More
Toxic Holocaust, Friday January 6, Bendigo Hotel
2 Comments. 1,965 Views. Posted 10 Jan 2012 @ 1:19pm.
As I write this, it is Sunday night. My knees still kill from banging against a 50cm high stage, my right ear still rings deafeningly, the egg on my forehead has started to end its reign of terror and my Big 4 tour shirt from Germany is fucked. All I can think of this is that Toxic Holocaust are catastrophically good live. But before I go into that, a shout out to the awesome Melbourne talent... Read More
Sonic Forge, Saturday November 26, The Esplanade Hotel
0 Comments. 1,164 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 12:50pm.
The world of djent metal is a difficult market to compete in, given the ridiculously high standards of musicianship, songwriting and production set by such acts as Periphery, Tesseract, Animals as Leaders and the rest, but compete, and compete very strongly, in that space Melbourne band Circles do. And in a more melodic and ear pleasing manner. Their music still packs a massive wallop though,... Read More
Anthrax : Worship Music
0 Comments. 1,161 Views. Posted 26 Oct 2011 @ 10:19am.
Worship Music was a long time in the making. Anthrax completed the album with newly-recruited singer Dan Nelson, but Nelson parted ways with the band amid reports of him being a bit of a loose cannon and kind of intense. For a while it looked like former singer John Bush was going to return to the band to complete the album, and he did play a few shows (including the Soundwave festival last... Read More
Blood Duster
0 Comments. 2,533 Views. Posted 3 Jun 2011 @ 3:57pm.
If you thought featuring Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes on their 2006 opus Lyden Na was an interesting choice of guest vocals, wait ‘til you hear what Melbourne’s grindcore/death metal madmen Blood Duster have got in store next year. For now, it’s a surprise, as bassist Jason ‘PC’ (Fuller) insists – all you need to know is that “it sounds fucking good.” In the lead up to the band’s first and only... Read More
DESECRATOR
0 Comments. 3,248 Views. Posted 26 May 2011 @ 2:22pm.
Name: "DESECRATOR."   Define your genre in five words or less: "Aussie thrash attack!!"     How long have you been gigging and writing? "Desecrator have been playing live for a bit over a year now."     What has been your favourite gig you've played to date? "We did a Geelong/Perth/Darwin in a weekend run as part of 'The Thrashening' national tour we are... Read More
In Malice’s Wake
0 Comments. 1,956 Views. Posted 19 Apr 2011 @ 10:30am.
Name: “Luke Blaso, bassist.” From: “Hellbourne! Victoria.” When you first came together in 2002, what were your hopes for the band? “Thrash metal supremacy.” Where’s the band name come from? “The themes of the music reflect the band name and represents and highlights the ugly nature of humankind and explores the inevitable apocalypse we are fast heading toward.” The biggest strength of the... Read More
The Count With Desecrator
0 Comments. 1,547 Views. Posted 25 Feb 2011 @ 9:58am.
Name/Band: "Riley Strong / Desecrator."   Ten bands everyone should know about: "US! Violator.Evile. Overkill. Destruction. Iron Maiden. Metal Church. Sodom. Kreator. Metallica (kill to Justice!!)"   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: "Man, food is rad and all but as Phil says on Vulgar Videos 'only fluids, the doctor said'.... Read More
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