There is a tendency for us Europeans and shall we also say Stateside extreme metal aficionados to think that music arriving from South America, Oceania and Asia to view it as merely copying said established Euro and US counterparts which if you’ve been into music as long as I have is quite often the wrong way round. Lo! Hail from Sydney and play a brand of music that is tough to define but very easy to listen to and begins with the eerie sauntering piano of “As Above”. The gentle build up and escalation of guitar and drums is just downright creepy as the opening instrumental tune sets the path for “Blood Vultures” to attack like the said avian scavengers with no emotion but palpable denigrating aggression. Remember the term mathcore and even noise rock, yep you do because you’re now thinking oh shit I hate that music, its too chaotic, dissonant never seems to stay on track, well mathcore is relevant only in so far as the Converge links to the hooks and riffs. The noise angle comes from the acid spitting vocals of Jamie-Leigh Smith which if you take a look at the rather disturbing promo shots of [...]