Interview by Kris Peters
After triumphantly casting off the shackles of claustrophobic dissonance on 2020’s lauded Stare Into Death and Be Still, New Zealand unorthodox death metal legends ULCERATE up the ante even further with mind-bending 7th album Cutting the Throat of God.
An acknowledgement that the band’s most powerful and affecting material leans to the melodic side, this refined and hook-laden new record is a self-sufficient universe unto itself, a conflagration of inventively visceral death/black metal where dizzying experimentation meets head-nodding abandon – obscenely twisted and addictive, heart-stopping in its depth of feeling.
To complete the touring cycle for Cutting…, ULCERATE will undertake seven Australasian headlining dates that started in Christchurch on April 18, kicking off in Australia in Adelaide on May 7 with support from The Amenta – who will be performing their debut album Occasus in full – plus New Zealand black/death metal outfit Vicissitude for the home shows.
HEAVY sat down with Ulcerate drummer Jamie Saint Merat to find out more.
ULCERATE with guests THE AMENTA and VICISSITUDE performing at:
April 18th – Christchurch, Loons + tix HERE
April 25th – Auckland, Double Whammy + tix HERE
May 2nd – Wellington, San Fran + tix HERE
May 7th – Adelaide, Ed Castle* w/ Lumen Ad Mortem tix HERE
May 8th – Melbourne, Max Watts* w/ Munt tix HERE
May 9th – Sydney, Crowbar* w/ Sorathian Dawn tix HERE
May 10th – Brisbane, Crowbar* w/ Hebephrenique tix HERE
+Vicissitude New Zealand only, no local supports
*The Amenta Australia only
