Church of Australian Metal
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If the list included demos and EPs then yeah Armoured Angel would be in my list for sure. I'm much less familiar with their actual studio album.
Additive?
Additive?
Slammed
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They were pretty busy in Sydney in their hey day. A lot of gigs and a decent following, supported Motorhead and Bob Daisley produced their second album Kick 'Em Hard. One of their members went on to the band Dungeon before they became Lord and I think two went into a late reincarnation of Mortal Sin. I also have some memory that one of them died and their was a huge tribute gig, but I could be wrong on that.
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Apparently these guys were a Christian band(?) I picked this up last year. It was (re)released by Dark Symphonies (Dark Symphonies seem to release a fair amount of Aussie stuff, think they also released Persecution's demo stuff too). Actually enjoy this album but the main reason I picked it up was because it also included their demo when they went by Holy Rite.
this time I went back a few pages and didn't see any posts relating to these guys
@Slammed , Addictive are great. Big fan of both their albums.
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Christian gore if there is such a thing
There was quite a few Christian related bands picked up by Rowe Productions, or publicised by Rowe Productions. Rowe Productions being Steve Rowe of Mortification so there is a chance that Dark Symphonies have done an international deal with Rowe to get some of the aussie stuff a US release.
There were a great band. I don't think there is a month that goes by that Kick 'Em Hard doesn't get played around here.
Sophii
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Pretty cool Aussie Gothic/Doom band I found at a local music store for like a dollar. Apparently the drummer at this point was in Mournful Congregation. Great riffs!
Really weird Aussie sludge/stoner death metal CiG showed me years ago.
Sophii
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They didn't last very long if I recall. They had a few releases, and hardly anyone posts their stuff on YouTube. Very downer.
Chalice had to grow on me. Glad I found Mournful Congregation through them, however .
Sophii
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I feel like if they were from anywhere but Australia they would have blown up ,because of the European/American Gothic Metal stuff.
Edit: They remind me of a diet My Dying Bride with a female singer.
Edit: They remind me of a diet My Dying Bride with a female singer.
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Yeah I don't know what it was about Chalice I never really got into them. It could be not listening to them enough but at the same time I don't tend to listen to heaps of gothic/doom stuff and when I do it's more often the same regular bands like Electric Wizard or The Obsessed etc.
Sophii
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I'm not a Gothic doom type of guy, unless it relates to Funeral Doom or directly from Type O Negative.
I'm a Prog Doom guy.
I'm a Prog Doom guy.
I can't stomach much Electric Wizard these days, but all the clone bands are way fucking worse. Witchsorrow for example.
Although I guess I'd take Witchsorrow over current Electric Wizard these days, the fuck happened to them?
Although I guess I'd take Witchsorrow over current Electric Wizard these days, the fuck happened to them?
For me their two best records were and still are Come My Fanatics and Witchcult Today, those are the two I still blast every so often. Their latest record is... ass.
The one before it stunk too I thought. Just so damn boring and pedestrian, I think Jus is broken down and smoked out at this point. Fat lazy hippies tend to be terribly inconsistent musicians.
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