The four-piece had its beginnings in the mid-80s, but they didn’t release their first LP, The Magus, until 1991. Their goal was to be the ugliest, most debased band of all time. It’s hard to believe this depravity exists in the same city I live in, in an area well and truly gentrified, where six-digit salaries are a must if you hope to stick around.įrom today’s vantage point, Sadistik Exekution’s single-minded determination to be extreme seems even more novel than it was in the 90s. It looks like a set piece from The Human Centipede. And not just any dungeon: a putrid, poorly ventilated, cigarette-burnt dungeon, hidden somewhere in a dark corner of Newtown. It revealed that he does, in fact, live in a dungeon. Venues for bands of modest reputation are drying up, and dedicating one’s time to music seems increasingly unwise in one of the most expensive cities in the world.ĭuring a regular scouring of the internet for tidbits on Sadistik Exekution, I happened upon a recent interview with Kriss Hades, filmed in his home. It’s hard to live in Sydney and be involved with its music scene, which is why hardly anyone is. This is especially true in Sydney, where musicians tend to either live in sharehouses or with their parents. Most bands are made up of pretty regular people. Today, none of the cool things you learn about bands end up being true. The thing to remember about this mediocre encounter with Kriss Hades is that he was said to live in a dungeon. If I had known at the time that Kriss Hades was the former, founding guitarist of Australia’s greatest ever metal group, Sadistik Exekution, then I might have tried a bit harder. He was an ageing metal guy, and I had already learned, after many evenings spent drunk at the nearby Town Hall Hotel, that aging metal guys are among the most difficult people to sustain meaningful conversations with. I can’t remember what we discussed, but I remember feeling out of my depth. In my then-ongoing search for the most extreme music possible, chainsaws didn’t seem impressive, and nor did Kriss Hades in the flesh. I never saw those performances, and besides, they couldn’t hold a flame to Justice Yeldham, prolific at the time and known for tearing his mouth to shreds with mic’d windowpanes. Performing as the Reverend Kriss Hades, he occasionally used chainsaws in his solo sets alongside his own custom-designed electric guitars. I didn’t believe her because I didn’t think dungeons existed anymore. “You know he lives in a dungeon, right?” she blandly offered at one point. He seemed very drunk, and his girlfriend seemed annoyed. Seated in the poker machine area a floor below the music, he and his girlfriend approached my table and asked for a cigarette. Not to mention that her live gigs blow most extreme metal bands out of the water.In 2005 I met Kriss Hades, guitarist for one of the most extreme metal bands in the world, at a Wolf Eyes concert in the Newtown RSL on Enmore Road. She’s also one of the most unique-sounding artists today. Musically, it’s quite non-metal, but the overall epicness and darkness of her music should appeal.

2018’s “Dead Magic” had some of the most otherworldly sounds yet, and I can definitely see this one appeal to many metal fans. She started out as a singer/songwriter type artist before turning to a strange, epic mix of ethereal wave, experimental, drone and art pop.

If you’re searching for new music in the style, it would be awesome if you listened to my stuff on:Īnna von Hausswolff has tried out many dark music styles and has excelled at most of them. This is one of the ways I promote Soliloquium, my progressive death/doom metal band. I’m Stefan Nordström, an aspiring musician and content creator. Since this is a doom metal-dominated site, many of the artists on the list will work especially well if you like stuff like Katatonia, Paradise Lost and Anathema. One thing is for sure: growing your musical influences definitely makes you both a better listener and a better songwriter. There are also many bands not connected to metal at all that are simply fantastic. Eventually, I cooled it, as I realized non-metal has a heavy influence on metal. I’d be the first to admit that I was a stuck up metalhead for a long time, even driving a long hate campaign against all melodic death metal when In Flames and Soilwork decided to release some questionable albums. For everyone that spews venom on crossover bands like Alcest, VOLA and Anathema, there’s someone who understands that the metal tag isn’t the end of music. Luckily, there is another side to the coin. People who listen to metal have a reputation for being narrow-minded, and in some cases it’s true.

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