Avenead
Melbourne based metal band Avenead recently dropped us a message to let us know about some of their stuff, to see what we thought. Describing themselves as offering a thrashy and aggressive guitar and drum writing style with vocals from the good old Bay Area scene (amongst others), the band have got two tracks to check out on their Facebook page so I figured I’d best see what was going on!
Call Our Own opens proceedings and immediately gets things sludgy, distorted and raw, throwing out varied vocal styles and some ear shattering backing music to accompany it. Rolling double bass backs up riffing guitars, keeping the bass heavy at all times to create a mix which is both heavy and dark, making you almost scared about what is going to follow on. It should be noted that this is only a rough mix of things so it’s not the finished product, but what you’ve got here is the makings of what should be a quality track – the different elements all working together to form a mix which you can’t help but listen to, raw and yet somehow intriguing at the same time.
Regicide follows on and once again continues the theme of rolling power combined with all out power from the riffs. The mix here once again is one of sheer power, all of the elements combining to form a mix which is not only heavy, yet somehow accessible as well. Faster than the previous track, there’s a real sense of aggression running through this track, suggesting that what you’re going to get when this is done will be one hell of a heavy track – I personally can’t wait to hear the finished product!
I like hearing tracks like these as they show off the origins of a band, not necessarily showing off their quality but showing off the writing process and how their tracks come about. Avenead seem to have the potential to produce some seriously heavy stuff which will be a force to be reckoned with on the scene, so this is going to be one to watch!
To find out more about Avenead, check out their facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
Call Our Own opens proceedings and immediately gets things sludgy, distorted and raw, throwing out varied vocal styles and some ear shattering backing music to accompany it. Rolling double bass backs up riffing guitars, keeping the bass heavy at all times to create a mix which is both heavy and dark, making you almost scared about what is going to follow on. It should be noted that this is only a rough mix of things so it’s not the finished product, but what you’ve got here is the makings of what should be a quality track – the different elements all working together to form a mix which you can’t help but listen to, raw and yet somehow intriguing at the same time.
Regicide follows on and once again continues the theme of rolling power combined with all out power from the riffs. The mix here once again is one of sheer power, all of the elements combining to form a mix which is not only heavy, yet somehow accessible as well. Faster than the previous track, there’s a real sense of aggression running through this track, suggesting that what you’re going to get when this is done will be one hell of a heavy track – I personally can’t wait to hear the finished product!
I like hearing tracks like these as they show off the origins of a band, not necessarily showing off their quality but showing off the writing process and how their tracks come about. Avenead seem to have the potential to produce some seriously heavy stuff which will be a force to be reckoned with on the scene, so this is going to be one to watch!
To find out more about Avenead, check out their facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls