Church of Australian Metal

[CiG]

Tarot are back.

 

[Slammed]

Geez haven't heard from them in a while.

 

[CiG]

I think Will was experiencing some downtime because The Wizar'd has also been quiet for ages but is also suddenly back. Hopefully Tasmania will rise once again in 2020.

 

[Slammed]

Australia in general has been relatively quiet. There's been quite a few bandcamp releases in multiple genres but none of them have been making that many waves. There is a few Aussie bands with international labels that are getting it to the masses but in general the numbers are low. Wasn't that long ago I read that one of the international labels (might have been Nuclear Blast) were setting up shop in Australia to try and harness some of the local talent but I've heard nothing since.

 

[CiG]

I suppose in hindsight this year hasn't been that different from last year, though I followed Australian metal releases a lot more closely this year than last. Noteworthy for me that a few bands had top-tier releases from last year and followed them up this year with music not as good (Tyrannic, Solemn Ceremony, Vile Apparition...) but I guess that's not that strange a thing to happen.



Oh well, I'll always have Volatile's dumb arse ockercore to keep me happy until the next good Aussie metal release in 2020.

 

[Slammed]

I made an effort to follow a lot more Aussie stuff this year too.
Bandcamp's been pretty good for finding stuff old and new and there has been quite a few pre 2000's bands popping up in different things this year but I don't think I've found anything earth shattering yet.

 

[CiG]

2020 at least won't have to work very hard.

 

[CiG]

Summoning down under?

 

[Slammed]

I know they aren't to everyone's liking but King Gizzard are doing their bit for their homeland and releasing two live albums for $10 each. Proceeds from the Paris show go to Wildlife Victoria and proceeds from Live in Adelaide got to Animals Australia

 

[Sedition and Pockets]

Holy fuck I don't know any of this shit. Gonna have to do a deep dive.

 

[CiG]

Lately I've been blasting this demo regularly. Riff-wise it's total Immolation worship.

 

[CiG]

I love Acca Dacca (Bon's era, couldn't give a fuck about the rest) and Thorpie definitely played a more conventional form of hard rock, but man the way he just roars over the amps with that voice makes everybody else sound like wimps, including Bon or anybody else from the 70's Aussie scene.

 

[Slammed]

There was a reason both Gillian and Ozzy were stunned by his performance when they toured here in '72

 

[Sophii]

Damn, dude has a wicked wail!

Oh ye, here's been my jam lately. Surprises much a brutal/technical death metal band decided not to detune their guitars into deep oblivion to sound brutal

 

[Slammed]

It's only one song from RW but it's not on their album or their bandcamp page and it's out tomorrow.

 

[CiG]

Haven't checked to see what's new in the Aussie scene lately, but I did know about that one. Waiting eagerly for The Wizar'd to drop some doom but that's about all I can think of right now.

 

[Slammed]

I've seen one or two Prog bands talked about. Black Majesty wont have anything for a while since they got rid of heir drummer. I haven't heard of any thrash bands with stuff on the immediate radar. Seems to be more core shit coming out of Australia lately than decent music.

 

[CiG]

Core and a bunch of shit-tier black metal by the looks of it. Did see this came out though, some death metal played by hardcore guys (I think) so take that as you will:




Haven't checked this out yet but I knew they had something coming out soon, guess it's already out:




For some reason I thought this came out last year so it kind of slipped my mind. Basically Australia's own Summoning-worship band, like Caladan Brood, Gallowbraid, Saor etc:




The new Tzun Tzu EP which is out but I haven't checked out yet:




And the one I have been eagerly waiting to come out (8 days...) the new Internal Rot full length:

 

[Slammed]

Debut EP from NSW thrash/death band Thrash Bandicoot.
I haven't listened to it all yet but what I have sounds okay.

https://thrashbandicoot.bandcamp.com/releases

Thrashers Hidden Intent who supported Dark Angel last year and toured Europe with Flotsam recently have a new single inspired by Wolf Creek.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Been digging this: