There’s a distinct flavor that is produced from Aus Death Metal that the world clearly loves. GA: What are your thoughts on the emerging Death Metal wave out of Australia? By this I mean you are among the ranks of Thy Art is Murder, Boris the Blade, Signal the Firing Line, and many others. SJ: I had a great guitar teacher for a year or two when I first started (’03 I think?), but am primarily self-taught. GA: Did you have lessons or learned on your own for your instruments? SJ: Vehemence! The riffage on God was Created is 10/10 GA: What got you into playing technical death metal/ Influences? We had an idea for something “super tech” but didn’t really know what we’re dipping our toes into until the first track was done. We were both in bands at the time and jammed at the same rehearsal space, so we eventually started talking about making music together. SJ: Well, it started out as a side project that Nelson and I created. GA: How did The Schoenberg Automaton form? *I know a little of the story that the band started with a bunch of riffs and ideas, that were eventually strung together to form the first songs, but where did it all begin? I loved the sonic possibilities that presented itself as that “concept” and we moved it forward. SJ: It is, actually! Funnily enough, I had a dream that Arnold Schoenberg had come back as a clockwork robot (many late nights playing Bioshock, no doubt). Complex riffs, odd time signature changes, insane drum patterns nothing was too difficult to execute live and the band easily became one of my favourites of the night.GA: What is the origin of the band name? Is this a play-off of the composer of the same name? "TSA were like pit-bulls straight out of the gate they wasted no time and were absolutely brutal from start to finish. (No rating given) – No Clean Singing, February 9, 2013 This is the kind of adventurous genre-fusing metal that gives me hope for the future: good musicians with good ideas making phenomenal music." "I could say a lot about Vela, but ultimately music this intense and different needs to be heard explaining what they do still wouldn’t prepare you for how well thought-out, eerie, and dominating The Schoenberg Automaton are. (4/5) – Heavy Blog is Heavy, 21 January 2013 Make no mistake, The Schoenberg Automaton will be a force to be reckoned with out of the already impressive Australian metal scene if their first offering already hits this hard." While their myriad of influences are shown on their sleeves - the trudging stutterred riffs of Gojira, the schizophrenic chaos of early Dillinger Escape Plan, and the forward-thinking technical battery of Between the Buried and Me are all plain as day - their sound wears more like a continued step in the genre lineage rather than shameless mimicry. "Rising Australia stars The Schoenberg Automaton eschew trends with their debut album Vela. (8/10) – Kill Your Stereo, 1 February 2013 ‘Vela’ gets progressively better and Australia has another band to parade to the internationals that have been lauded over us for so long." You keep expecting a letdown and it simply doesn’t come. The music is dense, the vocals deep and everything else fits accordingly. It almost feels like we’ve stepped back to The Red Chord’s ‘Clients’ heydays. "Who needs Europe when some of the most polished, articulate and carefully crafted metal now resides in our own backyard? ‘Vela’ is crushing from the get go. With the upcoming 2014 release of their highly anticipated sophomore album, TSA are ready to step it up a notch and compete on the world stage with a brand new set of savage and original compositions. TSA have built a reputation as a ferocious and calculated live act, performing alongside several world-class notaries including Animals as Leaders, Between the Buried and Me, Born Of Osiris, Psycroptic, Veil of Maya, King Parrot, Ne Obliviscaris, Fleshgod Apocalypse and appearing at Australia’s iconic Soundwave festival as winners of Triple J Unearthed. With a sound that’s unmistakeable yet hard to pin down, TSA made a big impact on the Australian metal scene with a debut EP in 2011 that generated a lot of hype for the critically acclaimed release of Vela in 2013. The Schoenberg Automaton (TSA) are a mouthful and an earful of mind-bending technical death metal. 4 x The Schoenberg Automaton - The Woodhouse Sakati SyndromeĤ x The Schoenberg Automaton - Where Are We, in a Cube?Ĥ x The Schoenberg Automaton - All Roads Lead to RomeĤ x The Schoenberg Automaton - A Stone Face of Piety
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