New album 'The Phantom Five' out August 30.

Hailing from Brisbane, Australia storms the young melodic death/groove metal act Chronolyth. After a heavy line-up change in the early days and renaming to resurrect as a new entity, the sonically driven band grew to become the product of Hamish McSorley (Vocals), Alex Nisiriou (Guitars), Jimmy Barrett (Bass), Ben Constable (Guitars) and Michael Gee (Drums). With founding members Alex Nisiriou and Hamish McSorley resulting as the only remaining members of the original line-up, the band’s sound began to grow in a heavier direction. 

The band would soon be featured on highly respected shows such as the Ye Gods of Metal 2012 Festival. Record label attention resulted in joining with Hardline Media within months of establishing themselves in the metal scene. Fans would begin to recognise Chronolyth particularly for their ever growing tight and energetic live shows, fuelled by engaging and heavy yet melodic music. 

Chronolyth would finally release their debut lead single ‘Bitter Reflection’ in November 2012, receiving much attention from European countries such as Sweden and Finland while even seeking approval from highly regarded artists such as Deals Death. ‘Bitter Reflection’ would receive airplay both internationally (The Rock, New Zealand) and nationally (4ZZZ, Australia).

Chronolyth toured throughout Australia in early 2013 and are preparing to reappear at the Ye Gods of Metal Festival 2013 due to the positive response in the previous year. The band is scheduled to record their debut album in April 2013 alongside producer/engineer Nik Carpenter (Core Studios) to be mixed and mastered by the legendary Zeuss (Planet Z Studios).

When Lemmy Kilmister hand picks you to open for Motörhead, you KNOW there's something special about your band.

That's one of many accolades Australian heavy rockers Taberah have to tell about since their first pub gig in 2006 at the tender age of 16.

Since then, Taberah have shared many stages in many places with the likes of Blind Guardian, Motörhead, Ace Frehley (ex KISS), Municipal Waste, Paul Di'Anno (ex Iron Maiden), Tim "Ripper" Owens, Blessed By A Broken Heart, Steve Grimmett (Grim Reaper) as well as the who's who of Australia's heavy music scene.

Taberah released their debut album in 2011 entitled "The Light Of Which I Dream" which led to a year of extensive touring and earned the band a reputation of being a "must see" live band.

2012 saw Taberah begin a management deal with German based promotion company Rock n Growl - which led to the band's second album 'Necromancer' being released worldwide with Dust On The Tracks records in mid 2013.

'Necromancer' has been dubbed "The perfect classic metal album" as it collects stellar reviews from every corner of the globe - as well as going to #1 in Germany on the Amazon rock/metal genre within 24 hours of it's release. Not bad for a band hailing from the tiny isle of Tasmania.

With their unique style of heavy metal played with the spirit of rock n roll. Taberah are one of Australia's fastest growing names.

The band's sound and live performance is derived from a vast range of influences including the traditional heavy metal stylings of Iron Maiden + Black Sabbath, the rock n roll swagger of AC/DC + Thin Lizzy, mixed with the over the top 'tongue in cheek' theatrics of Queen + The Darkness, yet somehow maintaining the aggressive tendencies of Motörhead + Metallica. All done with a slightly modern and original twist

Power. Diversity. Passion.

Australia’s LORD is the embodiment of all of these things.

Originally known as DUNGEON, the band began in the arid desert of the Australian Outback, home of Mad Max – The Road Warrior, and hundreds of kilometres away from the nearest major city. This isolation proved to be no obstacle, however, and the band recorded a demo that received glowing reviews in music magazines across the country.

After relocating to Sydney, DUNGEON went on to take the Australian heavy music scene by storm with national tour supports with bands such as MEGADETH, EDGUY, NIGHTWISH, ANGRA, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, OPETH, DESTRUCTION, MAYHEM… the list goes on, as well as multiple international tours to Japan and Europe, once as a personally selected guest of MEGADETH.

By 2005, DUNGEON had released nine albums and a DVD internationally, and was known as one of the highest profile Australian melodic metal bands. It was in this year that there was a shift in line-up, the name DUNGEON was dropped, and the new moniker of LORD was adopted. LORD was originally the name of a side project that frontman L.T. had created but had now essentially become “DUNGEON mark II”, continuing to play the DUNGEON back-catalogue and expanding on the core sound that DUNGEON had firmly established as their own.

Within weeks of the name change, LORD immediately embarked on a widespread Australian tour and then went on to support bands such as QUEENSRYCHE, GAMMA RAY, ICED EARTH, NEVERMORE, NIGHTWISH and SAXON, and toured internationally with bands such as DORO and JADED HEART and featured at festivals in Japan and Europe.

LORD has released two EPs and four full length albums. 2009’s “Set In Stone” spawned five video clips and featured guest performances from members of DIO, MEGADETH, AMARANTHE, HAREM SCAREM, ANGRA and more.

2013 saw the release of LORD’s latest effort “Digital Lies.” All of the familiar hallmarks of the style that began with DUNGEON and has carried through the entire history of the band remain: an eclectic mix of traditional metal, thrash, melodic rock, progressive and aggressive power metal, but this time with an undertone of a dark technology vibe runing throughout the album. Once again, the cover art was handled by renowned artist Felipe Machado, known for his work with BLIND GUARDIAN, ICED EARTH, IRON SAVIOR, RHAPSODY and GAMMA RAY.

The year ahead is already proving to be a busy one for LORD. The band is half way through an extensive promotional tour for “Digital Lies” which has already taken them from New Zealand, to Europe and several times around Australia, with more dates continually being added to the schedule.

LORD is a band that proves that while names and faces may change, the desire to deliver world class music with passion and integrity is the motivation that makes LORD a unstoppable force in the Australian and international music scene.

“We’ll reach for the morning sky, tomorrow is yours and mine”


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