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By: Metal from New Zealand, part 2 – guest post on No Clean Singing

Metal from New Zealand, part 2 – guest post on No Clean Singing — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:25:36 +0000

[...] a bit of a slacker! – I wrote a blog over at NO CLEAN SINGING about some of my favorite NZ metal bands – acts like Skuldom, Human and Cripple Mr Onion – and promised I’d be back to [...]

By: Metal Movies: Black Sheep

Metal Movies: Black Sheep — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:02:45 +0000

[...] recent guest post I did on No Clean Singing reminded me of a favorite NZ film I haven’t reviewed: Black [...]

By: Steff Metal

Steff Metal — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:48:35 +0000

I still think Peter Jackson’s “Braindead” is the best NZ film, but Black Sheep is a close second.

By: Islander

Islander — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:46:33 +0000

Right you are on Black Sheep! When Steff first suggested I hunt for something from that movie, I had no idea what she was talking about. It looks hysterically funny, in a very gore-drenched, black sort of way.

By: wilson

wilson — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:39:32 +0000

Is that a screen from the movie Black Sheep? haha best movie out of NZ i’ve seen…..and that meat bra is seriously metal

By: New Zealand Metal

New Zealand Metal — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:40:06 +0000

[...] the interest of spreading the Steff Metal wuv (awwwww) you’ll find today’s post over on No Clean Singing, where I share a few of the more well-known (meaning, you’ve probably never heard of them) [...]

By: Steff Metal

Steff Metal — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:18:41 +0000

@Carlsk – No, definitely not the NZ Nickelback. I LOVED KillJoy – and their radio-friendly rock songs are much better than most band’s radio-friendly rock songs. They’re by far our best live band – they used to play the Big Day Out over here every year, normally before one of the big bands like Korn or System of a Down or something … every international band who plays after them is a bitter disappointment – they are just on fire.

They went to the US to “make it” and changed their name to Pacifier – apparently Shihad sounds too much like Jihad for some people’s liking – and by all accounts it was a bit of a failure, beause they came back home after a couple of years and changed their name back to Shihad.

@Archheretic – Malevolence – yes! I will make another list soon with more underground stuff. There’s an Auckland BM band called Exordium Mors who are also quite good. It’s quite weird writing about bands when I’m mates with the musicians.

By: ElvisShotJFK

ElvisShotJFK — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:16:40 +0000

Baaaaaaaaa!!!

Sorry, someone had to do it. At least you don’t have topless hippie hobbit sheep. At least, I hope that hasn’t happened yet.

Thanks for letting us know about some of the NZ bands. Right now I’ve got the Cripple Mr. Onion vid playing and it kind of has a Tool/Wig/Miosis vibe to it, although hearing a better quality version (and a visit to their myspace profile) will go a long way in helping me decided whether they go on the “to get” list. And of course, check out the other bands when I have a little more time later tonight or tomorrow.

I see CarlSk also mentioned Shihad; who I have heard of before, but haven’t heard much from. I’ve liked what I’ve heard, but haven’t really checked them out any further.

By: archheretic

archheretic — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:31:43 +0000

Great to see some exposure for kiwi metal bands. Would love to see some underground ones listed! I used to love that malevolence song “fuck the lord”

By: CarlSk

CarlSk — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:11:52 +0000

In 1996, a band from NZ was a last-minute addition to a show that one of my old bands was playing in Minnesota. My initial annoyance at the shuffled set times gave way to slack-jawed wonder at the melodic post-hardcore sound of Shihad, who were touring in support of their “Killjoy” album. Not entirely metal, but in those days, heavy enough to stand toe-to-toe with US post-HC giants like Helmet and Quicksand. Their later stuff has veered into more accessible pop territory, but I’ve followed them ever since. They started out as a straight-ahead thrash band, and have now aged into a heavier, better version of Foo Fighters. Probably a bit off topic if we’re talking strictly metal, but there you go. Hopefully I haven’t just gushed about a band that you see as the NZ equivalent to Nickelback.