Church of Australian Metal

[CiG]

Did you keep up with a lot of those Aztec Music CD reissues btw?

 

[Slammed]

Not the reissues, most of what I have of both his solo stuff and the Atzec's stuff is original LP's, either bought new or bought at hock shops. The only reissue I think I have is a copy of Children of the Sun on CD

 

[CiG]

No I mean the reissues by the label Aztec Music. They've done tons, with extensive liner notes, rare photos, bonus tracks etc. One of the best labels for digging up rare old Australian gems.

The label was founded by Gil Matthews btw.

 

[Slammed]

Oh no I haven't looked into any of that, well not deliberately. I probably should but time keeps pissing off on me.

 

[Slammed]

From the 2011 Eviloution album.

I was in the studio for part of the recording of the first Terraphobia EP Product of your mind. We actually got to engineer some of the songs, at the time we didn't know they were going to be on the EP and I don't think any of our recordings made the cut anyway. Back in the early days of Terraphobia the band also briefly included the drummer from Taipan who we all knew. In later years especially the years after Mick left Mortification he's spent a lot of time on vocal training and fret work. Terraphobia is all his, he plays pretty much everything himself and it's some pretty good shit.

 

[Slammed]

For those interested in Dead Kelly they posted an update yesterday. They are finishing up the video for Black Dog and The Stanley Knife has picked up a guitar and is learning to play without his index finger.

 

[CiG]

Classic fucking footage!

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Among the most underrated Australian acts ever.

 

[Slammed]

Classic fucking footage!

There is so much to like about that band

 

[CiG]

Hey @HamburgerBoy is this what you were thinking of?

 

[Slammed]

Interesting version of Paranoid at the end of that Buffalo clip.

 

[CiG]

Orb are pretty cool, nothing mindblowing really but good psychedelic proto-metal/hard rock.

 

[Satanstoenail]

For those interested in Dead Kelly they posted an update yesterday. They are finishing up the video for Black Dog and The Stanley Knife has picked up a guitar and is learning to play without his index finger.

Haha that’s awesome.

 

[CiG]

@Master_Yoda77 sleaze.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Hell yeah. Dirty ass shit.

 

[CiG]

Since when did The Furor put out a new album? Just saw this shit for the first time ever and it came out last year. The Furor used to be considered heavy hitters of the Aussie scene.

Also:



I excite.

 

[Slammed]

I remember these guys a bit more fondly than maybe they deserve. They were around for a few years before breaking the scene and making a full length LP. They played quite a bit around Melbourne at the time and I even remember seeing them once at Metal For Melbourne (what a dodgy little shithole that place was, perfect for metal!).

They aren't crap and there is definite shades of Maiden in there but the album never seems to be what I remember it to be when I play it.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I remember these guys a bit more fondly than maybe they deserve. They were around for a few years before breaking the scene and making a full length LP. They played quite a bit around Melbourne at the time and I even remember seeing them once at Metal For Melbourne (what a dodgy little shithole that place was, perfect for metal!).

They aren't crap and there is definite shades of Maiden in there but the album never seems to be what I remember it to be when I play it.

I remember them. Don't think I saw them live though. I spent a fair bit of time at Metal For Melbourne as a teen, couldn't afford to buy much though. Still got my copy of Kill Em All on vinyl that I bought there.

 

[Slammed]

As dingy and shitty as MFM was it was a great place. You could go to Missing Link or Radical Records to get metal and under the counter bootlegs but MFM was such a little hovel it was like a secret pit. They had so much shit in there that you could spend hours just looking at albums and listening to music. Then the train would go over head and rattle the crap out of the place. I loved the place, it was always a go to when I went into the city.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I used to catch the train from Frankston to the city on Saturday with my mate and whatever little money I had and go to MFM, Smoke Dreams and Extreme Agression Records (became Missing Link I think?). We'd spend the whole afternoon looking in these shops checking new releases out. I remember the first time I heard Slowly We Rot was at Extreeme Agression and it blew my mind. My mate bought the vinyl and we went back to Franga and blasted it lots. Good times.