Dreadnaught
| Dreadnaught | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Melbourne , Australia (originally Tasmania ) |
| Genre (s) | Metal , rock |
| founding | 1992 as a dreadnought |
| Website | http://dreadnaught.com.au/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Damon Alcock | |
Electric guitar, keyboard
|
Richie Poate |
| Greg "Egg" Trull | |
| Andy McDougall | |
| Marty O'Shea | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Andrew "Squiz" Livingstone-Squires |
Drums |
Aaren "Suds" Suttil († 2006) |
Electric bass (studio) |
Michael Meagher |
Drums |
Sandy Bettenay |
Drums |
Matthew Racovalis |
Drums |
Rob Brens |
Drums (live) |
Mick Morley |
Dreadnaught is an Australian rock and metal band from Melbourne , which was founded in 1992 under the name Dreadnought .
history
The band was originally founded in Tasmania in 1992 from the break-up of various bands under the name Dreadnought. Shortly after its inception, however, the group relocated to Melbourne. The band made their first appearance in late 1994. In 1995 the single Flowers was released on Subversive Records , followed by the 1996 debut album Body.Blood.Skin.Mind on Deported Records . However, the band was not satisfied with the label. In addition, they had difficulty securing the rights to their name, as a finance company in Queensland has already led this name. The band then changed him to Dreadnaught.
The band then successfully sued their label and re-released the album in late 1997 on BlahBlahBlah . During this time the group replaced the originally intended band Superheist at Metal for the Brain . In mid-1998 the EP Idiosyncrasy was published by itself . The band then consists of singer Greg "Egg" Trull, guitarists Richie Poate and Damon Alcock, bassist Andy Livingstone-Squires and drummer Aaren Suttil. 1999 followed appearances with Cathedral and Pitchshifter as well as a national tour with Nevermore and a third appearance on the Metal for the Brain. She also signed a contract with Dark Carnival , about which the album Down to Zero was released in mid-2000 . Outside Australia, the album was released a little later on The Music Cartel . Towards the end of the year bassist Andrew "Squiz" Livingstone-Squires was replaced by Andy McDougall. On the EP One Piece Missing , released in 2001, Michael Meagher can be heard on bass in almost all of the songs. The sound carrier contains acoustic songs and cover versions of Pink Floyd and Thin Lizzy songs. He only appeared in Australia. In June, the band went on tour through Australia with Frankenbok , before concerts with Devin Townsend (September) and Nickelback and a fifth appearance at Metal for the Brain followed at the end of the year . After two years of barely hearing from the group, they began work on another album in mid-2004. Shortly afterwards, the drummer Aaren “Suds” Suttil decided to leave the line-up to devote himself to his other band Atomizer . He was replaced by Sandy Bettenay. Then the album Dirty Music was released at the end of 2005 via Roadrunner Records . Suttil committed suicide on December 27, 2006 . Towards the end of the year Dirty Music was also re-released as a double album, with all previously released songs as a bonus. In February 2007 the band went on tour with Testament . At the beginning of 2008, the former Alarum drummer Matthew Racovalis joined the cast. In May, the group began work on the next album. The self-titled album, also known as [D-> 0] , was released in May 2009 by AmpHead Distribution and was mixed by Reggie Bowman . The album was also released in Japan towards the end of the year . Then the band went on tour through Australia and Japan. In her career, Dreadnaught has so far also performed with Mortal Sin , Alchemist , King Parrot and Lord , among others .
style
According to Brian Fischer-Griffin in the Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal , the band's style has evolved from technically demanding Thrash Metal , as Death plays it on Individual Thought Patterns , to Motörhead- style rock 'n' roll . Body.Blood.Skin.Mind offers thought-provoking texts that are a mixture of anger and introspection . Idiosyncrasy sounds a bit different than the album before, but it is still dark and gloomy. Down to Zero move stronger against rock . Eduardo Rivadavia from Allmusic assigned the band to alternative metal . According to musicmight.com , the band initially played classic heavy metal and later processed experimental influences.
Martin Popoff compared the band in his review for Down to Zero in The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 4: The '00s with Fu Manchu . In addition, influences from Bush and Masters of Reality can also be heard. The song Last Drinks offers power chords that would be similar to those in Radioheads Creep . Matthias Weckmann from Metal Hammer also assigned the album to stoner rock . In addition to Kyuss - you can also hear Tony Iommi influences on the album . In the songs, the group mainly focuses on melodies. Simon Milburn of themetalforge.com described the vocals in the song Living a Lie from the album Dirty Music as a cross between Brian Johnson and John Crawford . The band played rock on the album, bringing in different styles and varying the dynamics and tempo . According to Justin Donnelly from blistering.com , on the self-titled album the band has again oriented itself more towards the debut Body.Blood.Skin.Mind and moved a little away from rock and towards metal . On the album, the group is aggressive, intelligent and melodic.
Discography
- as a dreadnought
- 1995: Flowers (Single, Subversive Records )
- 1996: Body.Blood.Skin.Mind (Album, Deported Records )
- as Dreadnaught
- 1998: Idiosyncrasy (EP, Deported Records)
- 2000: Down to Zero (album, Dark Carnival )
- 2001: One Piece Missing (EP, Dark Carnival)
- 2001: Devestation Vacation (Split with Frankenbok , Dark Carnival)
- 2005: Dirty Music (Album, Roadrunner Records )
- 2009: Dreadnaught (also known under the name [D-> 0] ) (album, AmpHead Distribution )
Web links
- Official website
- Dreadnaught at Allmusic (English)
- Dreadnaught at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Eduardo Rivadavia: Dreadnaught. Allmusic , accessed January 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Brian Fischer-Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . Iron Pages Press, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-6398-2 , pp. 134 f .
- ↑ a b c d Biography. (No longer available online.) Musicmight.com, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) Dreadnaught.com.au, archived from the original on January 7, 2016 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Martin Popoff , David Perri: The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 4: The '00s . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2011, ISBN 978-1-926592-20-6 , pp. 139 .
- ^ Matthias Weckmann: Dreadnaught . Down to Zero. In: Metal Hammer . December 2000, p. 83 .
- ↑ Simon Milburn: Dreadnaught. Dirty Music. themetalforge.com, accessed January 7, 2016 .
- ^ Justin Donnelly: Dreadnaught - Dreadnaught (Independent Release). (No longer available online.) Blistering.com, archived from the original on January 7, 2016 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
