Funeral Rain Press Corps

California brutalists Gravehill recently took a break from working on their highly anticipated Ibex Moon Records debut to head down south to Texas for a string of shows with label mates, Hod. Safely home from the carnage and mayhem that ensued, vocalist Mike Abominator offered this summary of the mini-tour.
“The Texas shows couldn’t have been better. Hod kicked total ass and made us stay on top of our game! One of the best live bands we have seen and some of the best guys around in metal….PERIOD! It was an honor sharing the stage with them and playing our death metal for all those Texas maniacs! We met so many killer and diehard people in Texas. And I have fond memories of all three shows, but the San Antonio show was unforgettable due to the response of the crowd, the fights, equipment falling and going out, beer and blood flying, the fights, the mayhem, THE FIGHTS, ARGHHHHHH! What a show! Thank you to John/Ibex Moon and Beer Reebs/Hod for setting it all up! TEXAS! WE WILL BE BACK!”

Gravehill will also be among the many Ibex Moon acts contributing a song to the soundtrack to the upcoming indie horror flick, Afterparty Massacre. While said track might not be what Gravehill fans might expect from the band, Abominator guarantees brutality.

“We entered TRENCH STUDIOS for a weekend to do the exclusive track for the Afterparty Massacre movie soundtrack which Ibex Moon is putting out. We recorded the AC/DC song “If You Want Blood (You Got It)” for the release. It was Gravehill-ized so to speak, ha ha, but it came out GREAT. We even brought in our friends Shane from Phobia and Nick from Crepitus to scream and growl along with me on the infamous chorus! In the end, the song title, attitude of AC/DC and Bon Scott and even the overall performance of the song fit Gravehill PERFECTLY! Since we are the AC/DC of death metal! hahahaha”
In regards to the forthcoming album, the front man issued this update from the band’s own Hellheim Studios.

“Now we enter our studio/dungeon HELLHEIM STUDIOS to get the songs set for Pravus Tyrannis our 2nd album, and debut for Ibex Moon. Once we get the songs set, we will then enter TRENCH STUDIOS with Engineer John Haddad (who has worked with Phobia, Hirax, Abysmal Dawn, Final Conflict, Deathevokation) to record the eight songs of devastating and relentless death metal that this album will unleash upon the earth!”

Genres: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Black Lodge

AC/DC! WHOO!
Oh wait, this isn’t AC/DC? What are you talking about? These guys sound just like the legendary Aussies.
Oh, this is Bullet, a Swedish band? Ah. Cool.
Well then, now that I know these guys aren’t AC/DC, I can tell you flat out that if you are craving that classic Australian flavour, you can look towards the guys in Bullet to fill your plate beyond heaping with the sound and feel of almost any AC/DC album, except for Back In Black, which I doubt even the legends themselves could recreate. It’s a fucking great, fast, beer soaked hard rock album about such topics as rock curing aliments (“Rock N Roll Remedy”), what’s happening tonight (“Rock Us Tonight”), driving a lot (“Roadking”, “Wheels Keep On Turning”), and the like.
Which goes to show, that even though this album is nowhere near original in sound, feel, or subject matter, it’s still awesome.
8 out of 10.