The Amenta
Founded: 2002
Location: Australia
The Amenta are an Australian death metal and industrial metal band formed in 1997 as Crucible of Agony. By 2002 the line-up was Cesium 137 (aka Mark Bevan) on lead vocals, Diazanon (Dave Haley) on drums, Ethion (Erik Miehs) on guitar, Endrin (Nathan Jenkins) on bass guitar and Chlordane (Timothy Pope) on keyboards. In 2009 the line-up had Miehs and Pope joined by Cain Cressall on vocals, Dan Quinlan on bass guitar and Robin Stone on drums. The group has issued three studio albums, Occasus (2004), n0n (2008), and Flesh Is Heir (2013). The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2013, but reunited in 2020.
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Born To Thrill
"The metal scene’s not as big in this country as it is in certain other countries. So you can’t really come home and have a whinge about it. You just come home and get excited to be playing to your own home crowds again.”
The Amenta Speak Out On Being 'Unfairly Pigeonholed'
They might be clinical, but they're not cold.
Dreaming Of Electric Sheep
"All of our albums are kind of a reaction to our previous albums. Especially with n0n, which was before Flesh Is Heir; it was really hard work. And there was a big emotional investment, as well as time."
The Amenta Announce National Tour
Get ready for some madness and macabre!
Album Review: The Amenta - Flesh Is Heir
The latest release caters for a wider listenership, which is great value for money and even better value to the Australian metal scene.
The Amenta
Sydney metallers The Amenta have become one of Australia's premier metal exports in the past decade, boasting an impressive touring history with bands like Behemoth, The Berzerker and Deicide. With a new release entitled "VO1d" out now and an upcoming national headlining tour, we caught up with the band's resident multi-tasker Timothy Pope to discuss everything The Amenta.
The Amenta
We recently caught up with The Amenta frontman Jarrod Krafczyk to talk about their new album 'nOn', playing with Twisted Sister in Europe and their upcoming tour with Psycroptic...
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