Stargazer (band)

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StarGazer
General information
origin Adelaide , Australia
Genre (s) Progressive Metal , Death Metal , Black Metal , Thrash Metal
founding 1995
Current occupation
Damon Good aka The Great Righteous Destroyer
Electric guitar , vocals
 Denny Blake aka The Serpent Inquisitor
Selenium Gol aka Selenium
former members
Electric guitar
 Anunnaki
singing
 The Zelator
singing
 Paul Murphy
Vocals, drums
 Matthew Butt aka Phoenix Chrysalis

StarGazer is an Australian metal band from Adelaide that was formed in 1995.

history

The band was founded in 1995, whereupon their first EP appeared in 1997 under the name Borne . Paul Murphy still played the drums here, and was later replaced by Phoenix Chrysalis. In 1999 the group signed a record deal with the Singaporean label Dies Irae Productions , which in the same year released a split release with Invocation. In 2000 Chrysalis left the group, which prompted the band to take a break, during which the members devoted themselves to other projects. During this time, however, a split release with the American band Arghoslent appeared on Hellflame Records in 2002 . In addition, a song was used for the sampler Terror Australis . In mid-2003 the band returned with a national tour with NunSlaughter . In 2005, Agonia Records released the debut album The Scream That Tore the Sky . Appearances in Japan followed in mid-2006 . In the same year weird Truth Productions released the compilation Occidentale Magick . In early 2007, StarGazer opened up for Suffocation before, after a split release with Sacriphyx in 2009 on Nuclear War Now! Productions , the next album was released in 2010 with A Great Work of Ages via Profound Lore Records . The current album A Merging to the Boundless was released in 2014 via Nuclear War Now! Productions.

style

Brian Giffin described the band's music in his Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal as a mixture of black and death metal paired with avant-garde and oriental sounds. The lyrics have a rather obscure character. The later works would also be characterized by a characteristic drumming. T. DePalma from chroniclesofchaos.com reviewed The Scream That Tore the Sky and stated that the band has only rudimentarily to do with the Thrash and Death Metal released at the time and now technically demanding modern Death, Black and Thrash -Metal in the style of Morbid Angel and Absu games. The singing has also changed a bit. A fretless bass is played, the playing of the bass being reminiscent of Jonas Hellborg 's. E. Thomas from teethofthedivine.com described the music of A Great Work of Ages as technically demanding Progressive Death Metal and compared it to Jupiter from Atheist . For Thomas, too, playing the bass stood out. The album is suitable for fans of groups like Decrepit Birth , Cynic and Theory in Practice . Allmusic's Phil Freeman also reviewed the album, noting that it contained a progressive mix of black and death metal. The singing sounds crazy and is guttural . Above all, the playing of the bass stands out from the songs and is comparable to that of Roger Patterson from Atheist or Steve DiGiorgio . The riffs do not have the inhuman, mechanical precision that is usual for modern Death Metal. Rather, the group is more traditional, with no emphasis on melodies. Occasionally it also feels like listening to a metal version of the fusion band Trio of Doom . Sven Lattemann from Metal.de assigned A Merging to the Boundless to Progressive Death Metal, with both parts equally represented. He described the music as a mix of Morbid Angel before the album Covenant and Atheist. Characteristic are jazz parts, the playing of the bass, the variable drumming as well as small borrowings from post metal , death 'n' roll , power metal and black metal. The album could please fans of Portal of I and Ne Obliviscaris .

Discography

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Brian Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . 3rd revised edition. Dark Star, Katoomba 2015, ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2 .
  2. ↑ Stargazer (5) - A Merging To The Boundless. Discogs , accessed February 13, 2017 .
  3. ^ T. DePalma: StarGazer - _The Scream That Tore the Sky_. chroniclesofchaos.com, accessed February 17, 2018 .
  4. ↑ E. Thomas: StarGazer. A Great Work of Ages. teethofthedivine.com, accessed February 17, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Phil Freeman: Stargazer. A Great Work of Ages. Allmusic , accessed February 14, 2018 .
  6. ^ Sven Lattemann: Stargazer - A Merging To The Boundless. Metal.de , accessed on February 17, 2018 .