Baraka

Band members

• Final line-up
  • Nathan McMahon (drums)
  • Trevor Raiss (bass)
  • Dane Brett (guitar)
  • Patrick Oriss (vocals)

• Former members
  • Chris Maloney (vocals) 1998 - 2004
  • Jonathon Talan (guitar) 1998 - 2003
  • James Zulic (guitar) 1998 - 2002

Formed

Sydney, NSW, 1998

Band information

Baraka was a thrash/death metal band from Sydney. The band formed in 1998 with an early line-up that included McMahon and Maloney on both bass and vocals, plus guitarists Jonathon Talan and James Zulic. Their style was influenced by popular Sydney metal acts like Cryogenic and Segression but over time Baraka became more aligned to the death metal style. The band released two demos/EPs and played live often but in 2002 Baraka decided to take a break to write and consolidate its direction.

By now the line-up was McMahon, Maloney, Talan, Trevor Raiss (bass) and Dane Brett (guitar), but Talan shortly left to develop a solo project that eventually became Transcending Mortality. The band began playing live once more as a four piece but Maloney resigned from the band in May and Patrick Oriss of Dynasphere replaced him but after a name clash with a touring Japanese rock band was discovered, Baraka changed its name to The Black Arts Movement in June 2004.

Discography

EPs:

	1999	The Remnants of Self Destruction	self release
	2001	Baraka	self release