Music News - Beastwars: The Southern Hemisphere's heaviest to release new album this April
04 February 2016 - 0 Comments
“Seemingly growing and
unstoppable, Beastwars don’t do anything small and it’s time they became
worldwide. Simply enormous, their time is now.” - John Damon, Big Cheese
“If there is any justice in
metal it shouldn’t be too long before Beastwars are dragging their distinctive
sound – one which includes but is not limited to High on Fire’s molten sludge,
Kyuss’s Sky Valley grooves and the rhythmic backbone of Unsane – to a sweat and
sawdust venue near you.” - Dean Brown, Terorrizer
Obey The Riff... As far as aphorisms go few hit harder than Beastwars’ heavy metal mantra.
Returning in 2016 with what will undoubtedly become one of this year’s most
revelatory releases, Beastwars are a band so heavy, and heavily admired by fans
in the Southern Hemisphere, they practically weigh the world in place and stop
it spinning wildly off its axis.
The Death Of All Things was produced by the band and James Goldsmith in their hometown of Wellington,
New Zealand, mixed by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Big Business) and mastered by
Brad Boatright (Sleep, Windhand). and is the third and final full-length in a
post-apocalyptic trilogy. An album that signals the arrival of one of metal’s best-kept
secrets out from under; primed to take on the world full tilt.
In 2011, Beastwars released their self-titled debut to critical acclaim and in
doing so transformed New Zealand's metal landscape. Reviewers celebrated the
album’s, "slow- burning furnace of bass-trawling riffage," (The Sleeping Shaman) as
well as its distinctive blend of lysergic and premonitory metal that compared
the band to Kyuss, Neurosis and Godflesh, while hinting at influences as
distinctive as The Jesus Lizard, Black Sabbath, and in Hyde’s ‘avant-grunt’,
Celtic Frost. Music that at its very core channels a colossal mood filtered to
a point where, "every wail, every riff, every bass thump and every cymbal
crash serves to remind you that this is enigmatic and darkened metal, straight
from the murky heart of the Antipodes.” (Sixnoises)
Two years on from their internationally acclaimed debut, Beastwars returned in
2013 with Blood Becomes
Fire which landed at #2 in the nations music charts. The album
delivered ten songs retaining all the strength and psychedelic fire of their
first while presenting a powerful evolution in vision.
The Death Of All Things is released worldwide through Destroy Records on 22nd April 2016. On 11th March
a pre-order for limited edition vinyl will be available from http://www.obeytheriff.com/ but in the meantime, you
can stream and share their brand new song for Call To The Mountain here or via Soundcloud here.
Live:
20th February – Frankie's Pizza, Sydney
21st February – Coburg Hall w. THE SWORD, Melbourne
27th February – The Studio w. THE SWORD, Auckland
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Photo - Damian McDonnell
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