death metal

Conceived in early 2006, Defamer are a five-piece Death Metal band based in Brisbane who draw influence from most facets of extreme metal, though mainly death and black. In March/April of 2007 they recorded a four song demo with MKH (Carbon, Astriaal), which was then mastered by Aphotic Mote (Portal) and are now looking forward to recording and releasing a full length album at some point in 2008. The new full length album is called chasm, and has already been recorded.

There are two artists with this name: 1) Altars is an extreme metal band from Adelaide, Australia.
The style is a merging of death and doom, extreme and ambient, physical and metaphysical. 2) Altars is a Raw Black Metal band from the US.
Drawing influences from
several other genres including Punk and Harsh Noise/Power Electronics. They
formed in the Winter of 2003 and have sinced released vinyl and cassette
releases on Youth Attack!, How Much Art Can You Take?, Down In The Ground &
Occult Contemporary as well as several self released demos. They are

http://www.myspace.com/monoliyth - From Monoliyths Myspace.
Monoliyth was formed back in 1998 in Melbourne, Australia, playing under the banner of thrash metal. Within months the new band headed for the studio to record their first demo entitled 'Deep In Your Mind'.
Although the production was rough, the music still maintained its raw energy, and opened doors for the band in terms of leaving the garage for the live scene.

There is more than one band named A Murder of Crows: 1. A fledgling hardcore/d-beat outfit from the south west of england. Formed early 2009, they have already cut their first ep (self-titled) and are planning a european tour early next year. Featuring members of Jesus Bruiser, Belladonna and Anti-pack. 2. A musical project of Elliott Smith (billed as Elliott Stillwater-Rotter) and Garrick Duckler. Duckler and Smith had previously played together in Stranger Than Fiction, Smith's high school band, which released three limited-edition cassettes.