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BLACK ASYLUM IS A DRIVING FORCE FOR CREATIVE, HEAD STRAIGHT METAL. WITH TALENT TO BURN, THEIR MUSICIANSHIP AND MUSICAL INSTINCT PRODUCES WAVE AFTER WAVE OF CATCHY, GROOVE ORIENTED AND POWER DRIVEN ORIGINAL METAL.
THE BAND IS YOUNG, PROFESSIONALLY FOCUSED AT ALL LEVELS AND THRIVES ON INCORPORATING TRADITIONALLY HEAVY MUSICAL IDEAS ON THE ONE HAND AND BREAKING THROUGH SOMETIMES STALE MUSICAL STEREOTYPES ON THE OTHER.
THERE IS MUSICAL COMPLEXITY WITHOUT PRETENSION, TECHNICAL AND MUSICAL CHALLENGES THAT DO JUSTICE TO THEIR ART AND AN INNATE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MUSIC AND IT’S PERFORMANCE SHOULD IDEALLY BE AN INSPIRED AND CREATIVELY BRUTAL LIVE EXPERIENCE.
IN THE SHORT YEARS SINCE THE BAND’S INCEPTION, THEY HAVE FORGED A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE AUSTRALIAN METAL SCENE HAVING PLAYED THE LAST THREE OF AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER HEAVY METAL EVENT "METALSTOCK", THE MOST RECENT BEING HEADLINED BY INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS - KATAKLYSM.
HAVING SHARED THE BILLS WITH MANY OF AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST METAL ACTS INCLUDING PSYCROPTIC, PARKWAY DRIVE, ALCHEMIST, FIVE STAR PRISON CELL, THE FUROR, DAYSEND AND MANY OTHERS, BLACK ASYLUM ARE NOW CURRENTLY PROMOTING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM "TRUTHS OF THE BLOOD".