Chaos Divine
Band Members
- Current Line-Up
- Ryan Felton (guitar)
- Michael Kruit (bass)
- Ben Mazzarol (drums)
- Simon Mitchell (guitar)
- Dave Anderton (vocals)
- Former Members
- Chris Mitchell (drums) (2006-2008)
Website
Formed
Perth, WA, 2004
Band Information
Hailing from Perth, Western Australia, Chaos Divine’s signature is very much what the name suggests - a blaze of thick riffage with a brick wall-sized sound that at times spirals into hypnotic melodies. Drawing on influences from a vast array of metal bands such as Opeth, Arch Enemy, Dream Theater, Meshuggah ,Tool, Katatonia, Scar Symmetry and Soilwork, this quintet forges brutal polyrhythmic metal and ambient contemporary rock music into a uniquely turbulent sonic alloy.
In mid-2006, the band completed six months worth of work on a debut five-track EP entitled Ratio. The EP was voted the second best Australian metal release of 2006 by the listeners of Triple J’s Full Metal Racket program, and the show’s presenter, Andrew Haug, voted Ratio his number one Australian metal release.
In just over two years, Chaos Divine has supported or played alongside international acts such as Slayer(USA), Fear Factory (USA), Devil Driver (USA), Mastodon (USA), Dark Tranquillity (Sweden), and Trivium (USA), and leading Australian bands Daysend (NSW), Dreadnaught (VIC), Contrive (VIC), Five Star Prison Cell (VIC), Picture The End (VIC), Black Asylum (NSW), Double Dragon (SA) and Dyscord (WA). The band completed its first Australian tour in 2007, performing 11 shows across Australia.
In late 2008, Chaos Divine released its long-awaited full-length debut album entitled Avalon, recorded at Melbourne’s Sing Sing Studios. Produced by Melbourne recording and mix engineer Jarrad Hearman, Avalon marks a new era for Chaos Divine, pushing the band’s unique brand of technical, progressive and melodic metal to a new level of refinement.
The album went on to win the West Australian Music Industry’s 2008 Song of the Year Award in the Heavy Rock/Metal category with the track ‘Refuse The Sickness’. Chaos Divine was also among the top-five finalists nominated for the Metal/Hardcore award at the National MusicOz awards held in Sydney and broadcast live to a national television audience, in both 2007 and 2008. The album was also voted in the top 10 international metal albums of the year by Triple J and in early 2009, the band was invited to play the Perth leg of the country's largest annual music festival: The Big Day Out. The band was also nominated for the 2009 West Australian Music Industry award for best hard rock/metal act.
In late 2009, Chaos Divine will for the first time, venture outside of Australian shores to play a run of European shows including the 2009 Progpower Europe festival. The festival, held in Baarlo, Netherlands showcases over 20 Progressive and Power metal acts from around the world and has featured such past acts as Opeth, Katatonia, Cynic and Scar Symmetry to name only a few.
Avalon is now available from all good record stores around Australia through Firestarter Music & Distribution.
Discography
Album:
| 2008 | Avalon | self release |
EP:
| 2006 | Ratio | self release |
Compilation tracks:
| Year | Track Title | Album Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Still Bleeding" | A Blaze in the Southern Skies | Prime Cuts |