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THE AMENTA disclose ‘Asteroid’

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The filth and fury that is THE AMENTA disclose a third new track from the soon to be released EP “Plague Of Locus“. This time around it is KILLING JOKE‘s ‘Asteroid‘ that undergoes a scrupulous and noxious treatment by the Australian Extreme Metal innovators. Listen via Bandcamp or YouTube!

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Composer and keyboard player Timothy Pope comments:

KILLING JOKE is a band that has inspired THE AMENTA, and most likely many other Extreme Metal bands, in innumerable ways. We could have picked any number of KILLING JOKE songs to cover as there are so many incredible songs and performances in their catalogue but when Dave [Haley, drums] suggested ‘Asteroid’ it immediately felt correct. The original has a power and an undeniable groove, and we knew that it would lend itself well to our more violent stylings. Perhaps this is one of the covers that doesn’t differ too much from the original, but with a groove like that it doesn’t pay to fuck with it. We made some changes, swapping out the original synth noise for some truly fucked violin but the core of it is still that nihilistic momentum.

More info about the forthcoming 40 min+ EP and the title track can be found here. Additionally, THE AMENTA‘s reworking of ‘Angry Chair‘ (ALICE IN CHAINS) can be checked out here!

Plague Of Locus” will be unleashed on October 19th/20th on vinyl via the band and digitally via Debemur Morti Productions. Pre-orders are possible via Direct Merch (vinyl) and via Bandcamp (digital).

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THE AMENTA is ugly, dissonant, electronically-lacerated Extreme Metal from Australia, featuring the core creative line-up of Cain Cressall (Vocals), Erik Miehs (Guitars) and Timothy Pope (Keyboards, Samples & Effects) with Dan Quinlan (Bass) and drummer David Haley (PSYCROPTIC, ex-ABORTED) rounding out the lineup.

Early experiments with dissonance resulted in 2002’s “Mictlan” MCD. Two years later, the band had signed to Listenable Records who released the debut full length, “Occasus”. Next came 2008’s divisive “n0n” album. “n0n” was a dense, ugly, sprawling hymn to urban decay. A filthy paean to political manipulation. It was anti-everything.

Upon returning to Australia after extensive European and American touring THE AMENTA, recorded a free download of a huge multimedia release in 2011 entitled “V01D”. The release featured the new title track, re-recordings of tracks from the two previous albums, as well as professionally filmed and recorded live performances and film clips. The new song showcased one of many new directions THE AMENTA could take. Epic chords held in stasis by drones. Melody where before there had only been dissonance.

In 2013, THE AMENTA released “Flesh Is Heir”. The most organic and open of THE AMENTA’s releases to date, “Flesh Is Heir” built huge sculptures of sound from decayed choir loops and found percussion, the strongest riffs and guitar hooks in THE AMENTA back catalogue and an immaculate vocal performance.

After taking a hiatus from live performance in 2014, the band resumed activity in 2019. Inchoate rumblings slowly took shape. In 2020, THE AMENTA is excited to announce a partnership with Debemur Morti Productions, a label whose name is synonymous with art and with the most forward thinking bands in extreme music.

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