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..and so it goes on;We thought we'd give an update on the goings on of the BB circus.Don't worry, we haven't been "inactive" due to band issues, we are in the fun and tedious process of writing the brand spanking EP for all of you! Yes, that's right! Whilst you're all sitting on your couches watching the latest B&B episodes we've been in writing and pre-production mode.We will have the EP out some time in 2010, the album is about 35-40% complete with label TBA. In other news guitarist Craig Taylor has been endorsed by Adelaide custom guitar company Inferno Guitars. This is great news and we look forward to working with the Inferno Guitars crew now and in the future.We have a new set and will be showing it off at some upcoming shows including SLAUGHTERFEST III in Sydney later in the year!For now keep your eyes and ears peeled for exciting news that may be right around the corner!/BB

Upcoming Shows!

New tour dates...!!!??>>>Brisbane, QLD: 11 December @ Monstrothic...12 December @ Top Floor. Sydney, NSW: Slaughterfest @ Sandringham Hotel, Newtown w/Captain Cleanoff/Pod People/The Kill/Cuntscrape & More!!!

Brazen Bull to play Slaughterfest III 2009 in Sydney!!!

We are pleased to announce our addition to this years Slaughterfest III in Sydney on the 19th of December. We may very well be playing an additional show on friday the 18th somewhere down south so keep an eye on the Myspace!!

Brazen Bull

www.myspace.com/brazenbullmusic

July '09 Updates!

Hey guys,

Just updating you on a couple of little items!

























- We've been confirmed to support Cannibal Corpse September 13th this year!!!


- We're still writing hard and fast for our upcoming official DEBUT EP - 'THE FIFTH COLUMN' which has a release date set roughly around January 2010. Please subscribe if you want your updates for this item!


- Our March '09 East Coast Australian Tour was great fun, but we aren't stopping there and may be coming to the states in May/June 2010, so keep your eyes peeled for updates
Thats it for now!! Thanks to everyone for your continued support!

Rave Magazine Editorial/Interview

Sunday, 01 March 2009
CRAIG TAYLOR, guitarist of grind freaks BRAZEN BULL tells TOM HERSEY what it’s like forming a grindcore band in a town where no one plays grindcore.

Without sounding preachy, Brisbane isn’t city where grindcore is overly appreciated. International grind acts like Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer roll through town and no one really kicks up a fuss. It’s not only live shows either, you practically need to know a secret handshake to buy a Brutal Truth record. As a grind junkie (seriously, I have two different pressings of the Agoraphobic Nosebleed A Clockwork Sodom 7-inch), I felt compelled to bemoan the apparent lack of local grind in conversation with Craig.
Playing in arguably the only faithful purveyor of grindcore in the otherwise thriving Brisbane metal scene, he commiserates and shares stories of his own about the city’s grind scarcity. "Different cities dictate different types of bands, and I agree with your statement about the lack of local grindcore acts. I found in the recruiting process for the band that it was excessively hard to find musicians that not only shared our vision, but could also keep up with the music! We would have auditioned eight drummers and ten bassists until we found the right guys and I think that the dynamics of the band have been positive ever since."
From their inception, Brazen Bull have shaken up the death metal and metalcore-saturated local scene with their second wave grind sound and live shows bursting with frantic energy. Capturing both of these core attributes, the band’s debut EP was released late last year, much to the delight of the handful of grind aficionados in Brisbane.
The next big step for Brazen Bull is to take their tunes interstate, where the grind is greener. Heading out next month, Brazen Bull will be accompanied by local math metal dudes Hesperus. While the two bands differ stylistically, Craig espouses their merit as touring partners.
"Hesperus are a great bunch of guys and we always have a sweet time partying with them. The history of the bands started at the rehearsal studio, probably before we’d even played our first show. They’re not exactly like us, but they think progressively from a music point of view, and we’d rather tour with a band like that than a clone of the scene. They’re average age is 19 and ours is 23, we give them crap for comb-overs and hxc attitude and they’ll call us washed up grind try-hards. It’s definitely all a big pisstake and it keeps us all laughing."
Although Craig concedes that when it comes to touring, Brazen Bull are still a little wet behind the ears. He sounds excited to be heading out on a tour up and down the east coast. "This won’t only be a first tour for the band; it will be the first time Brazen Bull has played outside of Brisbane. If you’re going to do something, why not make it big and ballsy, right? The number of shows we’ve played could be counted on two hands… or eight amputees’ stumps, so we’re psyched to be going down the whole east coast with our brand of punishing psycho grind."

Brazen Bull - Featured artists on Association for Australian Heavy Metal

Brazen Bull has this week been chosen as a featured artist for the awards that will be held in mid 2009.

Please visit and support this site!!

http://www.australianmetal.com.au/

http://www.myspace.com/australianmetalawards

Review from Teeth of the Divine

Brazen Bull

Brazen Bull EP
(Self Released)
First off, I’d like to congratulate Australia’s Brazen Bull (an ancient torture device) for the incredibly professional and well done promotional package they sent me; a folder complete with a professional, full digipack CD EP, glossy photo, a CDR with images, press sheet, logo as well as a very nice letter asking to be reviewed. In an age where major labels are simply emailing links to digital downloads for review, it was refreshing to see this sort of package arrive from an unsigned band. Nice work lads-stuff like that will get you reviewed and noticed in a hurry.
Now onto the music: Brazen Bull is BATSHIT fucking insane.
Imagine the jazz fueled grinding chaos and technical assault of Dillinger, Psyopus and Lye By Mistake mixed with Whisper Supremacy era Cryptopsy, Obscura era Gorguts, all on a vast dose of Steroids and a dash of deathcore and you get this 13 minute, Chuck Norris assault on your nuts.
While I generally look down on the whole modern spazzy, grindcore/deathcore, tech metal thing, Brazen Bull are so damn ferocious and technically adept , it virtually commands your attention and beats you into submission, almost to point where it can be grating, especially the continuously screamed vocals. I literally have not heard anything this chaotic and frenetic in years, and while that may be the band’s downfall, the fact remains-these guys have some serious chops and skill.
With all 6 tracks clocking in between 1 and 3 minutes, the EP literally blows by in a blur of blasts and ridiculously complex squeals and bass slapped polyrhythms with the odd (and short) jazz) acoustic injections. I’m not even going to breakdown the likes of “Gaze”, “Right Angle Triangle”, “Freight Train Burial” or “Iota”, ‘cos to be frank, about 5 listens in, my head literally hurt. The vocals will definitely turn some folks off, but essentially this whole EP has a “Check it out just to see how fucking nuts it really is” feel to it anyway.
This may be too much for some folks, but either way, I’m intrigued to see what a full length album might sound like and if a label is willing to take a chance on the technical brilliance but over the top extremity that Brazen Bull purvey.

Written by Erik ThomasFebruary 11th, 2009

http://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/brazen-bull-brazen-bull-ep/

On Tour w/Hesperus March 09

BRAZEN BULL and fellow Qld band HESPERUS are hitting the road in March '09 across the east coast of AUS to bring some of the most devastating and psychotic tech/grind/death to come out of Australia. This tour marks the release of BRAZEN BULL's debut self-titled 5 Track Advance and will be available at all shows.

www.myspace.com/brazenbullmusic

An extremely successful 2008 has motivated Brisbane local "Grind Disciples" to embark on a journey not often taken on by bands so early on in their career. After a successful spade of shows including the support for international act PIG DESTROYER, Brazen Bull are taking off with full force to devastate and conquer.

The release has been met with acclaim and excitement:

"Imagine the jazz fuelled grinding chaos and technical assault of Dillinger, Psyopus and Lye
By Mistake mixed with Whisper Supremacy era Cryptopsy, Obscura era Gorguts, all on a vast dose
of Steroids and a dash of deathcore and you get this 13 minute, Chuck Norris assault on your nuts."

- See full review http://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/brazen-bull-brazen-bull-ep

www.myspace.com/hesperusband

With a number of shows under their belt they seek to combine aspects from almost every style of metal, with the likes of jazz, hardcore and softer more ambient parts to create a dynamic sound that can have you being crushed by thick sludgy chords one minute, to being enveloped by soothing jazz the next.