Ignite the Ibex

Ignite the Ibex
Origin	Sydney, NSW
Genres	Death metal
Years active	2004 - present
Labels	None
Associated acts	Wolfkahn, Beretta Justice, Lo!, Baraka
Website	http://www.myspace.com/ignitetheibex
Members	Ben DuBarry, Anthony Dyer, Nick Pupovac, Trevor Raiss
Past members	Chris Elder, Terrance Crane, Jamie-Leigh Smith

Band Members

• Current Line-Up
  • Ben DuBarry (guitar)
  • Nick Pupovac (guitar)
  • Trevor Raiss (bass)
  • Anthony Dyer (drums)

• Former Members
  • Jamie-Leigh Smith (vocals) 2010 - 2011
  • Terry Crane (vocals) 2005 - 2010
  • Chris Elder (vocals) 2004

Band Information

Ignite The Ibex is a technical death metal band from The Hills district in western Sydney. The line-up was gradually assembled from 2004 onwards with Dyer and DuBarry as the founding members. Vocalist Chris Elder recorded on a few early demos until he left to join Wolfkahn. Terry Crane (ex-Beretta Justice) was recruited to take on his duties full-time.

Ben DuBarry and Nick Pupovac were amongst the first musicians in Australia to own, write and record with Ibanez's first commercial line of 8-String guitars. The band plays in drop-E tuning, which reflects a strong Meshuggah influence in their sound.

After more than a year of inactivity, which was exacerbated by a long search for an appropriate vocalist, the band began occasionally playing shows in Sydney during 2009. A self-titled EP was independently released in January 2010. Later in the year Crane left and was replaced by one-man metal composer Jamie-Leigh Smith (better known under the alias Mallory-Weiss) from Lo!. In early 2011 toured interstate with Alice Through the Windshield Glass and Elysian. After appearing at Bastardfest in September, Smith left the band,

Discography

EP:

	2010	Ignite the Ibex	self release