When it comes to musical brutality they don’t come more hardcore than Melbourne outfit Nicolas Cage Fighter.
Rather than surround themselves with more comforting bands and music, Nicolas Cage Fighter are currently on tour with bands of the same ilk, with Western Australian ‘death kill machine’ Xenobiotic and ‘savage death metal maniacs’ Zeolite joining them for all or part of the current Hate From Pain Australian Tour.
“We put as much of our own personalities and as much energy into the performance live as we possibly can.”
Nicholas Moriarty
Following the release of the album The Bones That Grew From Pain last year, Nicolas Cage Fighter have made it a personal mission to get in the ears and faces of as many people as possible and the ferocious and entertaining nature of their live performances has seen this mission already labelled a resounding success.
After decimating Fremantle and Perth last weekend the metal juggernaut continues onto South East Queensland this weekend before heading to Woolongong, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne with frontman Nicholas Moriarty joining HEAVY earlier tonight to tell us more.
“They were in smaller venues, so they were actually more intimate,” he said of the first round of shows completed last weekend. “It was real good. For the Freo show we weren’t really too sure what to expect, purely because the venue that we locked in can be a little bit hit-and-miss from what we understand with turnouts and crowds, but it was real good. There was a decent amount of people that showed up in a real in-your-face, up-front kind of venue. We were getting a lot of energy off the crowd, and you could see everybody instead of being blinded by the light (laughs). It was mad. Then the Perth show afterwards was in an even smaller room and a crazy amount of movement and involvement from the crowd. We got to meet up with some guys from awesome bands. A heap of really good bands. It was a good little warm-up. The first run of new shows with our new bass player Conner as well, and he crushed it. We’re feeling real good.”
In the full interview Nicholas talks more about the tour and what to expect from the shows, having so many brutal bands on the bill, preparing for a run of shows knowing how physical they will be, last year’s album The Bones That Grew From Pain and how it has been received, new material and what direction it is taking, future plans and more.
