Black Jesus

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Black Jesus
General information
origin Melbourne , Australia
Genre (s) Death metal
founding 2008
Current occupation
Adrian Naudi
Electric bass , vocals
Ben Reichman
Iván Vinicio Toro
Electric guitar
Tim Thomson
former members
Electric bass
Louis Dunstan
Drums
Rhys Davies
Electric guitar
Mick
Electric bass
Pete McLean
Drums
Greg

Black Jesus is an Australian death metal band from Melbourne that was founded in 2008.

history

The band was founded in 2008 by guitarist and singer Adrian Naudi and bassist Louis Dunstan. In 2012, the self-published debut album Black Jesus Saves was released . Through the live album Fucked ..... Live , which was released in the same year, the band reached a contract with Grindhead Records , which in 2013 released a split with Dark Horse . The album Everything Black Everything Dead followed on the same label in 2014 . The band has been able to perform internationally together with Midnight , Abaddon Incarnate and Entombed , among others .

style

According to Brian Giffin in his Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal , the band plays anti- Christian death metal. Rock Hard's Gretha Breuer found the band to be playing Crustcore- influenced old-school death metal on Everything Black Everything Dead . The music is catchy, "rumble" and fast. Jess Pearman of metal-temple.com also reviewed on the album. Then Death Metal can be heard, which was influenced by Autopsy , Brutal Truth , Entombed and Morbid Angel , among others . The band also process influences from Thrash Metal , Black Metal and Hardcore Punk . The drums are fast, while the bass sounds deep and raw. The guitars also sound very deep and "dirty". The guttural vocals used in the songs are also quite deep.

Discography

  • 2012: Black Jesus Saves (album, self-published)
  • 2012: Fucked ..... Live (live album, self-release)
  • 2013: Dark Horse / Black Jesus (Split with Dark Horse , Grindhead Records )
  • 2014: Everything Black Everything Dead (Album, Grindhead Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Brian Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . 3rd revised edition. Dark Star, Katoomba 2015, ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2 .
  2. Black Jesus (9) - Black Jesus Saves. Discogs , accessed February 21, 2018 .
  3. Info. Facebook , accessed February 21, 2018 .
  4. Gretha Breuer: Black Jesus . Everything Black ... Everything Dead. In: Rock Hard . No. 333 , February 2015.
  5. Jess Pearman: Black Jesus - Everything Black, Everything Dead. metal-temple.com, accessed February 21, 2018 .