Church of Australian Metal

[Slammed]

I remember seeing that cooking with Kriss a while ago. I'm still not accepting a dinner invite.

 

[Slammed]

Randomorder. Doesn't seem to be too much on them but they are a thrash/death metal band from Hobart with two albums.

 

[CiG]

Cool art.

 

[Slammed]

Yeah it's not bad. the band seems to have fallen off the earth though. The Forbidden Knowledge album is quite good, there is a few average tracks on it but overall it's not a bad album from the land of two heads.

 

[Slammed]

This is not what I expected.

 

[CiG]

Fairly classic band actually. The album that's taken from is pretty cool, though I always had the feeling in the back of my mind that the band should be a lot better than they are. I'd love to hear their first two demo tapes one day if anybody who actually owns them ever uploads them to the Internet or the band themselves release a demo compilation.

Really cool to see they got a video on Rage!

 

[Slammed]

They are a bit of a weird mix of styles. It's interesting to hear them blended together. Not sure which album I prefer though.

The video clip kind of looks like they were asked to make something and about all they had was still pics and one of those electronic photo frames

 

[CiG]

Oh yeah, for instance the live footage used barely pairs up with the music lmao. Clearly a slapped together job.

 

[Slammed]

I'd like to think if I was asked to do something for Rage I could do that.

Rituals Of Oak is an interesting doom band

 

[arg]

Oh crap how could I forget these guys

Long ass songs but each one is an epic journey transcending time and space

 

[Slammed]

I'm pretty sure that's the band that a few years ago begged all their fans to put money into their go fund me page so they could "retire from their jobs and spend their time touring Europe". A forum I used regularly visit had several members who I think would have bent down and gobbled each and every member just for a CD.

 

[Satanstoenail]

The only thing more trve than first demos is rehearsal recordings. This is Damnatory, they played with us a few times and their drummer almost ended up in Sanctum.

 

[Slammed]

Rocking it up with some old school Aussie metal

 

[Slammed]

With songs like The Earth is an Egg (which includes a few lines from Hanger 18), She's a Robot, In The Head, What's That Smell and Short Spew you know these guys have to be a stoner band.

 

[CiG]

New solo doom metal project from Phil Howlett who played in Rote Mare and currently plays in Dire Fate and Lucifer's Fall.

 

[Slammed]

Once I finish hunting out the bands on my A-Z list I'm going to get lost in some stoner and doom bands to see how many aussie bands are on YT or available for streaming.

 

[Slammed]

These guys aren't real bad for power metal.
As far as covers of cheesy 80's songs go this isn't too bad.
Some of their other songs aren't bad either. They are from @CiG country and still active apparently.

 

[Slammed]

Same band do a pretty good version of Holy Wars too.

 

[CiG]

From W.A.? Never heard of them, not really a fan of bands doing covers.

 

[Slammed]

Depends on the cover for me. If I like the original I will often listen to the cover to see how a band compares and power metal is full of covers but that doesn't mean all covers are good. I wont discount a band on their cover versions alone, but I might find a band because of something they have played live or released as a bonus track.

SK have two albums (and a live EP) out and their own songs are pretty good but I posted the covers so people could tell everyone how badly the band fucked up a cover version. There is nothing better than listening to people who can barely hold an instrument themselves tell people how fucked other musos are at playing theirs