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Interview with schmier about destructions past, present, and the day of reckoning

Hey Schmier, hows it going? I'm a bit jetlagged. We just came back from a Latin American show and we didn't get much sleep on our way back home. I'm still very excited about the interview today. You guys have a new album out, titled Day of Reckoning. How do you compare this new work with previous Destruction records, or your recent release D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.? It's a lot more of the old-school; a lot of the riffs are much more thrashier this time! D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. was still a heavy record but had more melodic parts to it, and definitely had a different vibe. Also I think the biggest difference between the two albums is also in the guitar - the guitar tones on this record are much beefier and much rougher-sounding, which fits perfectly into Destruction's sound. So people who like it aggressive and thrashy will love the new record because it has all the trademarks Destruction has. I think it's the heaviest album we've done since The Antichrist. So if you're a thrash fan, you will like this! This is your sixth full-length release through Nuclear Blast. What has the relationship been like with the label? Actually for the last album we were on a different label which was okay to work with but didn't have the same quality of distrubution, promotion and also cut off the liablilty of many things. So being back with Nuclear Blast is like being reborn. Those people tend to take our records seriously and they really promote the shit out of it. You guys have several tours coming up. Where abouts will you be playing over the coming months? The next show we play will be the first show after the record's release, which will be in Europe. The album comes out here first, and we'll be doing the first tour over here with Overkill and Heathen and then we head over to North America doing headlining shows throughout the United States and Canada, and then we'll be coming back to Europe for some festivals which will go over the summer. I think the first festival date will be in Russia, then throughout some of the Eastern parts. After that we'll look at coming down to Australia! Let's talk about the last time Destruction was in Australia, back in 2002... We actually toured Australia in a time when heavy metal wasn't too famous there. I know that heavy metal didn't really come back to Australia until only a few years ago, and nobody really invited us to come back which was kinda sad! But in 2002 we had a fun tour in Australia with great fuckin' memories, so we will definitely come back. We had been offered to come back a few years ago [for the 2009 Screamfest] but the guy let us down soon after that, it didn't go ahead which was a big disappointment. We got turned down about two weeks before it was supposed to happen which was a big shame.

There was a period of time you were out of Destruction between 1989 and 1999. Since rejoining the band, how would you say things have been for the "new" Destruction compared to how things were back in the 80s? You know, we don't glorify the 80s so much. I was working back then, being there, and partying back then and there sure were great times... but I would never, ever want to go back there. Basically the scenes were awful, and we got cheated by the record companies many times. There weren't big festivals back then, and no time to come to Australia. So yeah, I have to say since 1999 I've been having the time of my life with Destruction. It's really touching to know we have so many fans all around the world, it's like we're living the fuckin' dream man. For me, the second part of Destruction's history has always been the most amazing time. We're all getting along well, and people are enjoying our music a whole lot more. Stuff is just great at the moment. I've spoken to a lot of the pioneer thrash bands from the US and asked them a lot of questions about what it was like back in the 1980s thrash scenes, like the Bay Area. Was the German thrash scene as communal as the burgeoning Bay Area back in those days? In Germany it was, yes. It was basically from one area where Sodom came from called Ruhr which is a region of Germany, where all the industrial city are - very much comparible to Birmingham where the New Wave of British Heavy Metal came from. So it was the area where bands like Sodom, Kreator, Assassin, came from. Many people also thought and still think Destruction were from that same area but we were actually from the southern parts near Switzerland and France. We were never really a part of the scene from up there. Yeah, that was definitely the area for heavy metal back then. Was there much of a metal following in your area? My city is very conservative, and that's why I became a metalhead - I wanted to fight the stupidity. I lived a very boring life - I was just a victim of circumstance and I hated it. When metal came into my life, it turned my life around. At the same time it made me more of an outsider; if you didn't follow the conservative life of the area I lived in people pointed at you, or would spit at you. But I never gave up, and all those things did was just make me stronger. I think it's safe to say that heavy metal saved my life!

A lot of the older guard thrash acts have made a return in recent years like Forbidden and Flotsam and Jetsam who've just released newies after periods of dormancy. Also there are newer and younger bands emerging who are also doing the thrash thing, even here in Australia. What's your opinion on that? When Destruction came back, so many people were like "Why are they coming back? Thrash is dead". Then after a year, people were saying "Oh look! There's a big thrash metal revival going on!". Now I see on the internet, young people are wearing the patched battle jackets and having the long hair again. It's been a slow process in terms of a comeback, and now there is a whole new generation of thrash metal kids playing in bands. I remember our comeback didn't have too much hype, that came about very slowly, but it's good to see there's a huge metal scene going on these days that's looking very healthy. It's great! That about wraps it Schmier, any final words? I would just like to say that Destruction will definitely do their best to come back to Australia. I know the fans have been waiting since 2002, and some have been waiting longer because they missed us in 2002. So, check out the new record and I can promise that we'll be back in the new future. Thrash in Australia! Man, you sound really tired. Go and have a rest... Hahaha! No rest for the wicked, man.

My interview with Luke Blaso of In Malice's Wake was conducted via email, but even this could not hide the amount of excitement that is currently bursting at his seams for his band's upcoming album and tour. The Melbourne four-piece are in the final stages of preparation for their second album, which will be followed up by an extensive number of shows around Australia and across the ocean. "We have put in a lot of hard work and effort into the new album and tour." Luke enthuses. "It's twenty-eight minutes... eight tracks of a full-blown thrash assault. In my opinion the music displays our total conviction and has a very old-school thrash feeling in comparison to Eternal Nightfall, but with a modern sound and unbelievable production!" Titled The Thrashening, In Malice's Wake's sophomore album has been the band's most ambitious work to date, having been produced by Ermin Hamidovic [Envenomed, Eye of the Enemy, Orpheus], and mastered by Sweden's Panic Room. The band's tour will include shows in every capital city across Australia, including a few rural town shows. After the Australian tour, the band will be performing an exclusive New Zealand date at the Auckland Winter Chaos festival, and dates in Indonesia. "We are touring nationally with Melbourne thrash metal maniacs Desecrator and bringing together the most relentless and agressive bands around the nations to be part of the tour. This tour separates every other "national" tour from the rest; in some respect it's not a "national" tour if you're not including Darwin, true?! We pride ourselves on an incredibly forceful, energetic and aggressive thrash metal assault and expect that each of the tour dates will be relentless!! Proof of In Malice's Wake's relentlessness on the stage would have been seen at the group's recent stint at Sonic Forge Festival last year. "The Gershwin Room of the Esplanade Hotel was practically at capacity when we came onto the stage, considering that there were three stages of the venue running simultaneously all day. It felt right for us to be on such a big stage and line-up and the response of the room was total thrash metal mayhem with the room wildly headbanging, thrashing and circle-pit violence! All in good fun, of course..." For a band that can draw that kind of crowd at a live show after eight solid years, and with a well-produced album and extensive touring around the corner, Luke should have every reason to be this excited. "There is no fate but what we make, and only once we have conquered the Oceanic region through The Thrashening tour we will wage war against the rest of the world, to represent Australian metal on a global scale and look to the inspired horizons of South America, Japan and Europe!"

The Thrashening Oceanic Assault will begin on Good Friday, April 22 at Northcote Social Club. Check the back page for the full tour dates.

When you think of thrash metal legends its easy to rattle of the likes of Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica, yet often other thrash metal icons such as Kreator, Hirax, Metal Church and Flotsam and Jetsam go unmentioned and its about time that we see these iconic bands getting a little more recognition. This year heavy metal greats Flotsam and Jetsam are celebrating thirty years together in a business where these days youre lucky to last more than five. Like a lot of their peers Flotsam and Jetsam were regular visitors to the Bay Area, playing as often as they could, sharing the stage many times with Megadeth, Armored Saint and Exciter to name just a few. Early on the band made a name based on their live performances and by 1986 the band had released their first studio album Doomsday of the Deceiver which became the first album to receive a 6K rating in Kerrang magazine. Like most bands that have been around to celebrate thirty years of history, Flotsam and Jetsam have certainly had their fair share of times good and bad, members have come and gone, some tours extremely successful others not as great, but in all the band have continued to strive on, doing what they do best... making blistering heavy music for themselves and their fans! Most recently they released their tenth studio album The Cold which has been met with their most positive reviews to date. Featuring ten brand new tracks including Better off Dead, Hypocrite and Falling Short, magazines and websites across American and Europe have been rating The Cold as album of the month, and best album released this year. The album has topped metal charts in many countries knocking off their competition which has included Motorhead, Nevermore and Slash. I had the upmost pleasure in catching up with Flotsam and Jetsams long-time drummer recently to discuss the bands latest album, the possibility of touring Australia and the bands approach to writing new music thirty years on. Its time to come in out of The Cold as we chat with the legendary Craig Nielsen.

Hey there Craig, its fantastic to be speaking with you this afternoon, Ive been a fan of your work for many years! Congratulations on the latest album The Cold you have certainly done a fantastic job with this one. No doubt you guys are pleased with the outcome? Yeah the outcome of the record and the outcome of the response, were pleased one hundred percent all the way around. We had no idea that it would received like this. We just found out that Rock Hard in Germany which is by far the biggest and most important metal magazine in that country and as you know, a very important country for metal music just gave us the album of the month which is an honour. In Belgium we were given album of the year over Slash... Slash from fuckin Guns N fuckin Roses and over Nevermore and Death Angel and all the rest of them. Powermetal.de which is a huge website from Germany gave us album of the month over Motorhead, it is unreal. I think whats going on with that it that its just the perfect timing for this record. I listen to a lot of music on satellite radio and theres just not a lot of singers like Eric A.K anymore period, hes got so much melody and such a great feel for phrasing and all that kind of thing hes standing out today as something different. Were not re-inventing the wheel or doing anything mysterious that hasnt been done before were doing it with conviction; the album has a feel that runs through the whole record, it doesnt sound like disjointed disconnected songs. The magic is Eric A.K and I think he shines through on this record better than any record that weve ever done, I think hes amazing on this record and when you have amazing vocal parts the album stands out. I have had the album in heavy rotation the past month now and some of the standout tracks for me include Falling Short, Always and my favourite Blackened Eyes Staring, how has the response been thus far from friends, fans and family that have heard the new album? Insanely positive, above and beyond! We knew we had a very loyal and dedicated fan base but theyve been saying this is the album of the year, the best thing weve ever done, this is the perfect record and so on and were all mystified by it because when you write it youre a little bit bias and disconnected from that to hear the fans so over the top with love and enthusiasm its humbling and thats the only word I can describe it as. To give you an example, we always knew that Eric A.K. could read out a phone book and the fans would love it and in fact he did read a phone book on the song Smoked Out from Drift, the beginning of the song is Eric actually reading a fucking phone book and that ended up being the biggest song on that record. It had been five years between studio albums, when it came time to record the new album did you approach it in a different way to some of the albums youve done in the past? No, the formula was pretty much the same but what was different was the time. We had more time for Eric to define his vocals and to work on leads and guitar parts. If you give a song writer enough time he should be able to come up with phenomenal things, if hes a good songwriter. I think time is the enemy. We had a lot more time to write it. When we got home from the Dreams Of Death tour we didnt have a record deal cause Crash Music was folding and they were going to re-emerge at some point as Driven Music but that took some time. Mark Nawara who was the owner of Crash got together with Brian "Head" Welch, best known from Korn and another partner and they formed Driven. They had to get there distribution ironed out which was with Warner Brothers, then they finally had a budget to do a record and that took some time. Our engineer got hired by Brian Welch to go on tour with him for his solo record and we thought that it would be a few months delay

We were stuck in Mexico City... ...this is a fuckin country where people are getting their fuckin heads chopped off every day! - Craig Nielsen -

but it ended up being more like a year delay. I think the process was the same but the circumstances were totally different, the studio was much better, and the engineer really knew his gear and had experience with Michael Schenker and Megadeth and had a real metal connection. We had better microphones, better drum rooms, we had better guitars, every single last thing about this process was better. No doubt that made it a much more pleasurable experience to albums in the past! Absolutely, Mark and I joined on the same day over fourteen years ago to tour for High and we did a lot of touring for High, and when we got home Metal Blade wanted a new record pretty much right away. We started writing and recording Unnatural Selection pretty rushed and then we went straight out and toured for that. When we got back Metal Blade suggested that we go into the studio as soon as possible, and we ended up doing My God which I think was a lot better than Unnatural Selection in every way but still not the one. When we got home from touring from My God and got a deal with Crash Music we released a live Dvd from Tokyo and then went back into the studio for what became Dreams Of Death and again... there really wasnt a lot of time. I really liked the songs on Dreams of Death but the problem there was we had an engineer that didnt know fuck all about metal! He came highly recommended from people on the street and in the know, so we decided to give him a shot and we ended up making a mistake there. A lot of people have talked shit about that record because of the sound or whatever but I think if you gave that record a better sound and mastering it would sound entirely different, I dont think the songs on it are the problem! Getting back to The Cold, now that the albums completed and youve had some time to go back, listen and reflect, in regards to the writing and recording process, is there anything you would change or wish youd done differently? No not this one, not really. I think in retrospect everything worked out really perfectly except for the delay with the engineer that I just mentioned, that would have been the only thing that I would have changed but I dont know if that ended up being a good thing? I think the timing of its release was perfect, I dont grudge the engineer or Brian or anybody, we had better gear to write with at home, we had a longer time to arrange, Eric had a lot more time to get the vocals the way that he wanted, I dont think I wouldve changed anything. I couldnt say that about any other record that weve done, but this record was pretty much just how we wanted it. This year Flotsam and Jetsam celebrates thirty years together in the business which is awesome, Im curious though, from a writing and recording view as time goes on do you guys find it easier or more difficult to come up with new material without falling into that trap of repeating yourselves? Well no, that would be the case if were trying to write thrash records every time. Four or five songs are always thrashy songs but when you have Eric A.K you have endless versatility, you can write better off dead and it comes off cool. Because of him were not pigeon holed into one style. When we play live we play a whole lot from Doomsday and No Place, the classics that everyone insists on hearing. Were not a band that says fuck that were gonna do it our way and just play the new shit, we know what people want to hear. We feel that were definitely still very much a thrash band cause when we play live thats pretty much where our set is, but when we do a record because of all you can get out of Eric A.K it would be a complete waste of his talent if

you didnt write with variation and nuance. We dont feel pigeon hold or like were repeating ourselves in the writing cause we know that we could pretty much write a Pink Floyd style of song and Eric A.K is gonna make it fuckin magical, there is no limits to what we can do! Craig, I want to talk to you a little about touring and life on the road also. Youve had the pleasure of touring various parts of the world for years now are there any plans in the works to finally get Flotsam down to Australia for some shows? The answer is that wed really love to play Australia if only we could find an agent that would make it happen! It seems that the record is being well received in Australia. These are the first interviews Ive ever done in Australia so maybe this is the time for Australia? That would be fuckin fantastic if that happened and I really want to go!, I just did an interview with someone in Australia and I explained that we never had an agent that had any contacts in Australia. We got an email about two months ago from somebody in Australia that claimed he was a sound engineer and he knew the big agencies and he thought that he could organise a tour and I went with it. I knew he wasnt the guy, but he wanted to be the middle man and it turned out that he was talking some shit and when it came down to it, I dont know if he was bullshitting to the very end but he claimed that the agency was stacked up until the end of September and blah blah blah. I think that he put his mouth forward where he shouldnt have. If you know any agents, believe me, we want to go to Australia, I have played in eighteen countries with this band and the last country that I feel that I really want to play in and every one would agree

is Australia. When we found out that it might be on the table everyone was very fuckin excited and when it didnt happen everyone was really bummed. Looking back over the years, whats the craziest thing thats ever happened to you whilst performing? The craziest thing that ever happened to us happened a couple of weeks back in Mexico City, its funny you should ask that! For the very first time in twenty five years we got burned for every dollar! The promoter didnt even buy round trip tickets; he suckered us out there with what appeared to be round trip tickets. He made reservations but only paid for one way, it was a scam from top to bottom and it was very unfortunate because we had actually done business with this promoter before. We played in Mexico City about a year and a half ago with Testament and it went really smooth. He contacted us again to go play at another club and it was supposed to be two shows, and it ended up being one show, the second show was never booked, never was meant to happen and by the time we found out he had turned his phone off and we were stuck in Mexico City for real, this is a fuckin country where people are getting their fuckin heads chopped off every day. We were stuck out there and had to come up with fourteen hundred dollars for plane tickets to come home, it was a fucking nightmare. Not in all the bands career has anything close to that ever happened. I have been the tour manager for this band for fourteen years and weve never been shorted but one time in Texas about ten years ago for about three hundred dollars. Out of all the tours weve ever done its only happened the one time except for last weekend we got burned for about five thousand dollars in one of the most dangerous countries on earth! That has to be the craziest thing thats ever happened. It was uncalled for; were still licking our wounds and learning lessons. Youve had the pleasure of sharing the stage with many great artists over the years Whilst on the road who has given you the best touring advice and what was it? Nobody, probably Megadeth... the bands toured with Megadeth quite a bit but unfortunately that wasnt with

Mark and I. Dave Mustaine bought Flotsam and Jetsam on tour just because he liked the band. Many years ago Megadeth went on tour with Fear Factory, Korn and Flotsam And Jetsam and in fact Fear Factory and Korn opened for Flotsam and Jetsam on many of those shows. Dave had a real personal liking for the band and he probably gave them a lot of advice that I cant tell you cause I wasnt there. I think the coolest band that we ever toured with and a band that made us rise to the occasion night after night after night was the first tour that Mark and I ever did when we toured with Nevermore. I was in Nevermore for about eight months, so it was very thrilling for me to know that they would be opening for us on a tour in a van and we were in a forty five foot bus, that was a personal high point but with all due respect I love that band and have nothing but respect for Jeff Loomis and Warrel Dane and all the rest, I discovered Jeff when he was fifteen years old in Wisconsin when nobody knew who he was. He was a freak show, a complete prodigy, unheard of, he was as amazing a guitar player at fifteen as he is today; he was a fuckin freak! To play with them every night and have them open for us meant you couldnt slack and that pretty much set the tone for me personally and for Mark Simpson for the rest of our career. If we had a sloppy three days or whatever the story was, if we got the flu and we heard that Nevermore kicked everybodys ass we had to rise to the occasion. We have a legacy to live up to and we cannot be blown away by some fuckin opening band, I dont care who it is. We had to rise to the occasion every single night for nine straight weeks, which was a great lesson and forced reality check of the music business right there! Besides your work with Flotsam some metal fans would also be aware of your great work with The Alien Blakk tell us how you became involved with that project? Joshua Craig, from Hollywood moved to Phoenix and convinced David Ellefson somehow, who is one of the most accomplished bass players on the planet. He had convinced David that he had written this instrumental record that he claimed to be his lifes work and he was going to call it The

Alien Blakk. We were friends and I was in Flotsam at the time but I dont know if I would have done it if it werent for David Ellefson being involved cause that was a personal dream and milestone for me to be playing on the same record with a guy that had sold twenty million records. David Ellefson being on that record had a lot to do with my involvement, no disrespect to Josh, I have respect for his artistry but I have at this point a name and a reputation that I was very closely guarding and I had to pick and choose things wisely and the fact that David Ellefson was on that entire record with me makes it something that Im very proud of. Craig just before we wrap it up... the new Flotsam and Jetsam album will be released in various parts of the world throughout February and early March; no doubt more shows will be booked shortly. Its also the bands 30th birthday, what plans do you have in place for the immediate future, are there any special shows planned to commemorate the anniversary? Well were just cautious not to book just yet cause the new album comes out in Europe, Japan and Australia throughout February. Because were anticipating a strong result were waiting to book because well get better offers. If the record does as well as we expect we will be able to play with bigger bands, even if we go as a headliner we will be able to play better rooms and expect a better showing, get better money on our guarantee, we have to be business conscious as well. It doesnt make a lot of sense to book a tour right now but one thing that I really want to do this year is get on some of the bigger festivals, I want to do Bloodstock in England and I want to get on the main stage of Wacken and hopefully those sorts of things will happen now that were associated with Nuclear Blast, cause they seem to be very good at what they do and they know we want to play those festivals. Its something that Flotsam has never done... Weve never played the main stage at Wacken and weve never played Bloodstock and we never played some of these big festivals that go on in different countries. Weve played festivals and headlined festivals that had two three thousand people but we want to be out there playing to thirty forty thousand people so hopefully that will happen this year! It would be fantastic to see Craig, thats for sure... unfortunately we are out of time today, but i do thank you again for your time and wish you the very best of luck with the new album and upcoming shows. Do you have any last words for our readers? Understand that we have not avoided Australia for any other reason except that we just didnt know who to contact, we didnt have any agent that could get it done.

Melodic thrash quartet White Circus formed after a chance meeting between the founding members Lynx Ison (guitar/vocals), Kane Vestey (guitar), James Leonard (bass) and Matthew Meuleman (drums) in Ipswich in 2009. The bands first lineup was completed by vocalist Anthony Arnold. The band made regular live appearances in their home town of Ipswich and Brisbane throughout the following year.One of our first songs to be written contained this melody that I came up with, which Lynx commented on, reminding him of "circus" music... Vestey recalls of how the bands moniker came about. Long story short, we had all met each other at the same pub in Ipswich and it did not take us long to realise that we were all into metal, the long hair's a dead giveaway! White Circus made regular appearances on the live stages of Brisbane and Ipswich throughout the following year, until before the end of 2010 when the band ground to a halt when they parted ways with Arnold. We've had a few line-up changes since the beginning of the band and we're really pleased with the outcome. We did our first gig as a four-piece, did a few months worth of gigs as a five-piece, and now we're back heavier than ever as a four-piece. In this time we've gone through a lot of hardships, both musically and personally, but it has shaped our sound and fuelled our motivation Before long, guitarist Lynx took on the role of band frontman and a new chapter in White Circus progression opened, with the recording and release of their debut EP Left For Dead, four tracks of the bands dark and dirty metal. We recorded it in my studio, all of it was digital. We experimented a fair bit during the recording process, but being able to do it at our own pace was great. We could do it when we wanted with little interruption. The EP is currently available at a few places online, like reverbnation just to name one. We're also releasing a limited print of 1,000 copies of the EP to sell on our tour. 2011 will be a very busy year for White Circus. As this issue goes online, White Circus will be on the road supporting the release of Left For Dead with their very first interstate tour. We're hoping to make a pleasing impact on the southern states with our live show, which will lead to good reviews and returning crowds. Working with different bands and professionals is always a great experience, not only do they give you some useful advice on different aspects of music and the industry, but they often have rather intriguing stories. Once we have completed the tour we're going to work hard at recording our debut album, which will contain approximately ten of our songs. During this time we want to stay active on the scene, as well as releasing some, "other" material.

White Circus EP Left For Dead can be purchased through the band, or through Deadsets Promotions. Check the back page for the bands tour dates.

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HELLBRINGERLINE-UP Luke Bennett (Bass/Vocals), Tim Sheppard (Guitar), Josh Bennett (Drums). RECORDINGS Hellbringer (2009 EP - as former moniker Forgery, soon to be rereleased with extra tracks). OVERVIEW We formed in about 2007 while the 3 of us were in College. says frontman Luke Bennett. Definitely getting producer Harris Johns [Sodom, Tankard, Exumer, Voivod] to master our debut EP was a highlight. The guy is a legend. Also landing a record deal with Iron Pegasus Records in Germany has been killer. People both locally and internationally have responded to our music very well; every gig we play we always get people coming and saying how they really enjoyed our set and it's good to see some old school thrash being played. We plan to record a full length album sometime this year.

F.U.C.LINE-UPDan Fromfuc (Guitar/Vocals), Todd Hansen (Drums), Bill (Bass).

RECORDINGSEP coming soon.

OVERVIEWFrom the official F.U.C. facebook page: F.U.C. is a 2-piece "Environmental Nu Thrash" metal band from Brisbane Australia. Well its a 3-piece but Bill never come to jams or shows, in fact half the band has never met him! About to record our debut EP!!! The bands name is an abbreviation for Forests Under Construction (not a common expletive... not at all), and all of their songs are about the environment... and sex... but more about the environment...

RAMPAGELINE-UPRob Rampage (bass/vocals), Shane Saw (guitar), Mitch (bass), Matt Skully (drums).

RECORDINGSDemo MMIX (2009 demo), The Rampage Begins (2010 EP).

OVERVIEWNot to be confused with the 1980s Melbourne thrashers, Rampage formed in 2005 in Woolongong, NSW. After having their progress hampered by a string of line-up changes, the band finally settled as a fourpiece in 2009 and immediately began playing shows in their local area. Their first recording, Demo MMIX, was released on cassette! In 2010, the band released a five-song EP titled The Rampage Begins, which also includes a cover of Destructions Bestial Invasion. The band are already making plans for their next recorded release, which should be unleashed upon the unsuspecting public later in the year.

KONSKRIPTORLINE-UP Muz (vocals), Chris [guitar), Gater (bass), Watto (guitar), Mike (drums). RECORDINGS 3-track demo [2010]. OVERVIEW The first mention of starting Konskriptor was at Screamfest in Sydney says frontman Muz. Chris and I were talking about how Toowoomba has no real metal scene and was being dominated by hardcore. We decided to just go ahead and make fast, loud music for ourselves with a blatant disregard for what people wanted to hear. We've had a very decent reception in Toowoomba - even the hardcore kids will stay and watch our sets. I think they're almost over the breakdowns! We became a regular at local gigs virtually right after our first appearance in March. We'll definitely be striving to get a full-length out so everyone can slam it in their bedrooms and air-guitar to local thrash, which is what everyone obviously loves to do at 1am. But the main aim will be to keep playing shows as much as possible to get Konskriptor out there and heard. The only thing that's one hundred percent sure is more rippin' shreds, bangin' heads and sinkin' kegs.

STORMBANELINE-UP Daryl Stormreaper [guitar/vocals], A. Vermin [lead guitar], Tommy Cuntsman [drums], D. Christcrusher [bass]. RECORDINGS Tortured in the Arms of Salvation [2009 demo], Abyssus Abyssum Invocat [2010 EP]. OVERVIEW Melbourne four-piece Stormbane started in 07 as a fuck around/drinking band playing covers of our favourite bands, according to Daryl Stormreaper. Playing originals since 08, Stormbane have been impressing a lot of people with their sinister, thrashing mayhem. Weve got some good feedback on our releases, especially in Europe. Playing with Gospel of the Horns in Brisbane was cool. We played pretty crap that night, but we had a mad time! All the dudes up in Brissie are mad cunts! Were looking at releasing another demo soon, and then start recording a full length sometime next year. Well definitely look at playing more interstate shows next year, if we can scratch up some money haha. At the very least theres plenty more drinks to be had and a lot more shit to set fire to!

HAZMATLINE-UP Fess [vocals/bass], Jason "Jay" Callaby [guitar], Andrew "Duck" Howard [guitar], WB [drums]. RECORDINGS Son of Man [2006 EP], Hazmat [2011 Album]. OVERVIEW Some of you may recall the Sydney thrash band Neophobia, who existed for several years during the early 90s and released a noteworthy album to the Australian metal stakes titled Fear of the Future. Several years after Neophobias disbanding, two of the bands guitarists Andrew Duck Howard and Jason Jay Callaby, went on to form a new band. Titled Hazmat, this Sydney four-piece blend the ferocity of thrash with the melody of traditional heavy metal. After five years, Hazmat have returned to the spotlight with their self-titled full-length album and are soon looking to follow up the albums release with several interstate shows.

TERATORNISLINE-UP James Thrash (Guitar/vocals), TT Nugent (guitar), Nuclear Sven (bass), Stone Cold Jackson (drums). RELEASES Back From Extinction (2011 EP) OVERVIEW So what is it about the music of thrash thats so appealing to these new bands? Teratornis frontman James answers: The energy of thrash is unlike any other style of music. It works well in a live environment due its energy and speed. The early days of Teratornis began when we were all still in high school and started jamming Maiden and Metallica covers to perform at school concerts. From there we kept jamming and began writing originals and made our live debut in 2009. Our main highlight apart from our first real gig, would be recording our debut EP. It was a new experience for all of us as we hadn't recorded before! We had fun doing it and quite proud of the final product. Look out for Teratornis debut EP Back From Extinction, which is out as of March.

WARDOMLINE-UP Joel Green (drums and vocals), Tony Kirk (guitar and bass) RELEASES When Darkness Reigns (2010 EP) OVERVIEW Joel Green, former drummer and vocalist of Australian metal legends Armoured Angel teamed up with guitarist Tony Kirk of 80s Canberra metallers Exceed - two creative minds from the golden age of Australian thrash metal have joined forces to form Wardom. Wardoms sound is pure, aggressive speed metal, played by aged veterans of the style and reminiscent of Armoured Angels 1988-1990 demos Wings of Death and Communion, yet much darker-rooted. The band has released a sole EP titled When Darkness Reigns though the Metal Supremacy label. It is unreported as to whether Wardom will perform as a live act in the future. Either way, devout fans of Armoured Angel will be pleased to hear Joel Greens familiar voice once again.

MALAKYTELINE-UPOompa (vocals), Laggy (guitar), Dalton (guitar), Trip (bass), Liam (drums) RECORDINGS EP coming soon. OVERVIEW Ive saved my own bands self-promotion until last. But hey, we ARE a legit Australian thrash band amirite? Malakytes earliest incarnation came about in Brisbane during the latter half of 2010 by guitarists Laggy and Dalton, and drummer Liam. Before their current line-up was stabilised upon the years end, the band had already begun writing and rehearsing on original material which will eventually be released in the form of Malakytes as-yet-untitled EP which is currently in production. Malakyte hope to follow-up the release of the EP with more shows in their hometown and around the country. The bands live debut has already been confirmed for May and June 2011.

When a notable metal musician passes away, act like you were their biggest fan, and start buying their records... ...at least until the mourning period is over.

Argue about bands and which sub-genre they fall into.

Play air-drums to Def Leppard songs the same way Rick Allen would play them.

Hate Bon Jovi, but drunkenly sing along to Living On A Prayer at parties...

Reprimand other people for mispronouncing your favourite bands name...

And finally...Act like a social outcast, but pull other people up on being too judgemental to metalheads when they condemn you for your looks.

Pictures by Cameron Edney

Left: Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus Below: Laura and Tyler of Kylesa

Above Left: Slash and Myles Kennedy Above Right: Rob Zombie Below Left and Right: Dimmu Borgir

THE FALLOUT MAGAZINE MARCH 2011 EDITION

STAFFEditor: Liam Guy Design/Layout: Elodie Boal Liam Guy This issues contributors: Elodie Boal Cameron Edney

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