New Voros album 'Diseased Deity' due for release September 4

After a tumultuous journey dealing with line-up changes, health problems and other difficulties, the new Voros album is finally complete. While the Dyssidia EP was written by the other guys in the band, I had quite a large part in writing all the tracks on the Voros album, even contributing a bunch of guitar riffs to the album, which I'm quite chuffed with! We're super proud of how this album turned out, with elements of death, thrash, prog and groove metal all coming together to create a sound which is hard to define. 

The tracks were recorded and mixed by our partner in crime Andy Kite from Against the Grain Studio and mastered by Chris "Zuess" Harris. Artwork was done by Pahl Hodgson of Beyond Mortal Dreams, one of my favourite Adelaide bands. 

Ahead of the first single and music video which will be out at the end of August, we have released a cover of 'Symbolic' by the legendary band Death, one of the bands greatest influences. It can be downloaded for free here

To launch the album we will be playing the following shows, with more to be announced soon including a Brisbane show in October.

4 September – Bald Faced Stag, Sydney
w/ Claim the Throne, Daemon Pyre, Rise of Avernus + more

5 September – Enigma Bar, Adelaide
w/ Beyond Mortal Dreams, Daemon Pyre, Alkira + more

10 October – Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne
w/ Dreadnaught, Hadal Maw, Malakyte, Decimatus + more

29 October – Adelaide Uni Bar, Adelaide
w/ At The Gates & Truth Corroded

 

Dyssidia release 'Children of Aether and Earth'

Last weekend Dyssidia launched our new EP 'Children of Aether and Earth' to a packed out crowd at Jive in Adelaide with support from Orsome Wells from Melbourne, as well as For Millenia and Born of Dust. The EP can be streamed for free and purchased here

Prior to the launch we released a music video for the first track on the EP 'Brittle Star' which can be viewed here. The video was filmed by Becky and Andy from Against the Grain Studio at the iconic Thebarton Theatre. 

Dyssidia will be playing interstate shows in support of the new release in late 2015/early 2016. 

More live Dyssidia footage from the Opeth show

Here is a 12 minute new song which will be on our upcoming EP. I recorded the drums for these tracks last week at Against the Grain Studio where I record pretty much everything. Recording for the other instruments is almost finished with mixing to commence soon!

Our next show is this Thursday the 21st of May with Voyager (WA) and Klone (France). more details here

Opeth and Dyssidia!

This week Dyssidia played with the legendary Opeth to a sold out crowd at The Gov! It was an absolute honour to meet and share the stage with our idols, and was certainly a night we will never forget. 

Next week I am heading into Against the Grain Studio to record the drums for Dyssidia's second EP which is 4 tracks spanning about 35 minutes of melodic progressive metal. This will be released in late July with a massive show featuring a couple of big name interstate bands to be announced soon. 

Our next show is with Voyager (WA) and Klone (France) at Jive on the 21st of July. You can order cheaper tickets here.

Here is a live track from the Opeth show, which is from the 1st EP "Quiet Waters". Stay tuned for video footage of new material that we played on the night. 

As well as teaching drum lessons to my regular students which is always rewarding, I have also been doing drum lessons with drummers from various Adelaide metal bands helping them with the heavier areas of their playing such as blast beats and double kicks. This has been very rewarding to see the improvement in my fellow metal band drummers and I implore all drummers who wish to improve in certain areas of their playing to contact me for a cheap drum lesson no matter what age, skill level and style you play. 

I have been teaching drums for about 7 years now and I am always happy to take on new students. Cheers!