(written by Islander)

The Australian band Complexant have been making a name for themselves in their home country since 2022 through tours in which they’ve shared the stage with such bands as Cryptopsy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Defeated Sanity, Unearth, and Disentomb, and they’ve extended their music across international waters with a string of singles and a 2023 EP (A Rite of Passage). Complexant should draw a lot more attention both at home and abroad when Bleeding Art Collective release their debut album Apex later this month.

As the band’s music has evolved into what’s represented on Apex, they have drawn influence from bands such as Behemoth, Suffocation, Emperor, and Nile, focusing on an intersection of death and black metal that’s rightly described as “a sound defined by weight, darkness and unrelenting intensity”.

We have a very strong example of these qualities today in our premiere of a video for a song off Apex called “Afterlife“. Continue reading »