Thy Art Is Murder, a band of the genre Deathcore/ Technical Death Metal, have been founded in 2005 in Sydney. Their first single Infinite Death has been published in 2008 by the label Skull And Bones Records. Only one year after that, Brendan Van Ryn got replaced by the current shouter and band leader Chris “CJ” McMahon.
The band is characterized by its dark, dramatic sounds and dominating guitars. A pounding double bass and deep growls as well as occasional high-pitched guitar riffs, which are very typical for Deathcore, are also marking this band’s music. The sounds urgently invite to mosh. So Thy Art Is Murder are definitely not a band for tender minds. According to this the crowd will look like this: Huge tattooed guys and rough girls. But that’s not a reasons to stay away at all!
After some difficulties caused by the host, considering the actual happening of this concert, people agreed to let it take place, due to the high number of tickets that have been sold. Shortly before January 17th the official homepage of Conne Island announced the show to be canceled because of the sexist lyrics of Thy Art is Murder.
I have to mention that Conne Island is a club on the far left which even puts an Antifa tax on every ticket they sell. But I doubt the legitimacy of that because the Antifa isn’t even allowed to enter the club.
Well I think the Conne Island’s reaction on TAiM’s lyrics was way too exaggerated particularly since I, as a woman, do not feel attacked by this band. The description of torture and distortion of human beings (no matter what gender) is simply a typical element of deathcore and shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
Let’s talk about the concert:
I have to say that I have never been this impressed by supporting bands. On stage Aegaeon, Aversions Crown, Heart of a Coward as opening acts and of course Thy Art is Murder heated up the crowd. Each of these bands can be considered death metal / deathcore and accordingly the audience was anything but emo kids.
I think the first two bands on stage are newcomers in Europe and have never played in Germany before. So you could see they were kind of nervous. Aversions Crown wasn’t totally my type of music but still they made a good show on stage. I really liked Aegaeon (which means moon) though.
I noticed that each band has a special feature that makes them unforgettable. So Aegaeon’s shouter has really long wavy hair like a princess (I bet he’d hate to hear that…) which made me really jealous. Aversions Crown has two guitarists (both play 7 strings) and two bassists (both play 5 strings). Well Heart of a Coward has a drummer that awkwardly looks like Justin Bieber’s evil twin. Well, and TAiM are unforgettable anyway.
I have to mention that especially Heart of a Coward fascinated me and they even beat TAiM on stage. Incredibly fast riffs and double bass! Such a dream! All in all it was a wonderful concert with great newcomers! I wish everyone who’s seeing these boys on stage tonight in Berlin a lot of fun!
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