Synthetic breed
| Synthetic breed | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Melbourne , Australia |
| Genre (s) | Industrial Metal , Death Metal , Progressive Metal |
| founding | 1999 |
| Current occupation | |
| Jonas Bahlo | |
| Vincent "Vinn" Zylstra | |
| Daniel Luttick | |
| Callan "Cal" Hughes | |
| former members | |
Electric guitar, meanwhile vocals |
Reza Nasseri |
singing |
Mark Condello |
Drums |
Nick Bose |
Electric guitar |
Darcy Mildren |
Electric bass |
Aaron Seeto |
Electric bass |
Luke Thiel |
singing |
Mares Refalæða |
Synthetic Breed is an Australian progressive , death and industrial metal band from Melbourne that was formed in 1999.
history
The band was founded in 1999, but did not yet have a stable line-up. In 2001 guitarist Vincent Zylstra, bassist Jonas Bahlo and singer Mark Condello got together, before guitarist Reza Nasseri joined them the following year. The band made their first appearance on June 13, 2003 with Animism, Apocolypse.com and Tribal Clown at the Melbourne Arthouse, using a drum computer . It was not until March 2004 that the drummer Daniel Luttick took up this position. In the meantime, a first self-titled EP was released in 2003 . The recordings for this took place at the end of 2002 in the Embryonic Studios in Melbourne under the direction of Vincent Zylstra. After only two concerts with Luttick in the line-up, Condello left the line-up, and Nasseri took over the vocals temporarily. The first appearances after Luttick's departure took place in early October 2004. In 2005 a new singer was found with Callan Hughes. The first full concert with Hughes was given on April 16th at Revolver in Prahran with Inhumane, Paroxysm and Sole Doubt. On April 13th, Hughes jumped in for half a gig for Nasseri, who was suffering from a bad cold. Before that, he had rehearsed with the group for some time. In addition, the EP Fractured was recorded again in April and May 2005 in Embryonic Studios under the direction of Vincent Zylstra and released in September. Before the official release, the group published an "Albury" version in an edition of 30 pieces in advance. This version contains a different artwork, an alternative intro sample to Catatonic and no vocals. After the official release, the band starred with Arch Enemy . In mid-2006 the band recorded in Germany at the With Full Force in part. In the same year, Nasseri was replaced by Darcy Mildren. Recordings of With Full Force were released as a live album in May 2007. In the same year, so-called “Redux” versions of the EPs that had been published so far were released. The self-titled EP has been remastered and contains ten bonus songs. This includes the song Censorship of Common Knowledge , in which Nick Bose can be heard on the drums. Bose had joined the band several times, but then left; however, he was never seen live with the group. The "Redux" version of Fractured has been remixed and mastered and contains two bonus songs. In February 2008, the debut album Catatonic followed, which had already been recorded in 2006. The recordings had taken place again in the Embryonic Studios with Zylstra. In September Mildren left the line-up, after which the band initially continued with four. After a break in 2009, the band finished work on the next album in 2010. After completion, Jonas Bahlo returned to Germany, whereupon Luke Thiel came as a replacement. From the beginning of 2011 the singer Mares Refalæða took over the position of Hughes. In July, the band went on a national tour due to the release of the album Perpetual Motion Machine . In 2012 the EP Zero Degrees Freedom was released . In June Refalæða and Thiel left the band and Hughes and Bahlo returned. In October of that year the band took part in the Euroblast Festival in Cologne . In 2013 the next EP followed with Formulated Chaos .
style
According to Brian Giffin in his Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal , the band plays "cyber death metal", which is both musically and conceptually reminiscent of Fear Factory's Demanufacture , with the group also incorporating groove elements. According to the band's biography on syntheticbreed.com , the band called their music "cyber metal". Some of the songs the band plays were written before Synthetic Breed, in groups like Cybernetics or Neuro Connectivity. In an interview with Metal Hammer , the band stated that they were influenced by Fredrik Thordendal , Devin Townsend , James Hetfield , David Gilmour , Geddy Lee , Maynard Keenan and Virgil Donati . For them their music is “ riff- heavy, polyrhythmic cyber metal with a melody injection”. In the same issue, Björn Thorben Jaschinski reviewed Fractured . The music has slight similarities to Die Krupps . The previously used drum computer was able to underline the dehumanized and cold character of the music better, but the band can now work out the polyrhythmic elements better through the use of the drum teacher Luttick. Technically the band is on the same level as Alchemist , but the band instead of hypnotic rhythms prefer "the Broken Scratch awareness of Meshuggah - Arrangements ". In the songs there are "changes from hard verses with death metal voices and often melodically sung choruses", which makes the group sound influenced by Fear Factory and Devin Townsend. Justin Donnelly from themetalforge.com assigned the band to progressive and industrial metal in his Catatonic review and described the music as a mixture of Meshuggah, Mnemic , Strapping Young Lad and Fear Factory. The group combines the unusual time signature of Meshuggah, the machine-like precision of Fear Factory and the intensity of Strapping Young Lad. Overall, the music is more melodic and brutal than before and the songwriting has improved. Bastian from metal.de wrote in his review of Perpetual Motion Machine that the chaos of Meshuggah and the industrial of Fear Factory would be combined. The songs are more complex and more mature than on the previous releases. The album is less cold, sterile and artificial than Catatonic . The song Molecular Self Assembly fits into the Djent niche. The songs are progressive and polyrhythmic, just like their predecessors.
Discography
- 2003: Synthetic Breed (EP, self-published)
- 2005: Fractured (EP, Symbiotic Records )
- 2007: With Full Force - Live in Germany (live album, self-release)
- 2007: Synthetic Breed - Redux (EP, self-published)
- 2007: Fractured - Redux (EP, self-published)
- 2008: Catatonic (album, Faultline Records )
- 2010: Perpetual Motion Machine (Album, Symbiotic Records)
- 2011: Convergence (compilation, Rogue Records America )
- 2012: Zero Degrees Freedom (EP, Symbiotic Records)
- 2013: Formulated Chaos (EP, Rogue Records America)
Web links
- Synthetic Breed on Facebook
- Synthetic Breed at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heroes of Tomorrow: Synthetic Breed . In: Metal Hammer . September 2006, p. 132 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Brian Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . 3rd revised edition. Dark Star, Katoomba 2015, ISBN 978-0-9943206-1-2 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g About - Biography. syntheticbreed.com, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Info. Facebook , accessed May 26, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Releases - Discography. syntheticbreed.com, archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on May 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Euroblast festival: final wave of bands announced. Got-djent.com , accessed May 27, 2017 .
- ^ Björn Thorben Jaschinski: Synthetic Breed . Fractured. In: Metal Hammer . September 2006, p. 133 .
- ↑ Justin Donnelly: Synthetic Breed. Catatonic. themetalforge.com, accessed May 27, 2017 .
- ^ Bastian: Synthetic Breed - Perpetual Motion Machine. metal.de, accessed on May 27, 2017 .