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  • Genre: Experimental / Gothic / Metal

    Location Adelaide, AU

    Profile Views: 53337

    Last Login: 10/14/2012

    Member Since 3/5/2006

    Website www.artinexile.net

    Record Label Casket Music

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .... .... ..Art:In:Exile are an independent six-piece metal band from Australia. Formed in 2002, they have released a self-titled 4 song EP(2006, later re-released through Casket Music in 2008), and a full length album ‘Æon Somnia’ (2009)... ..ART:IN:EXILE have brought their unique brand of intensity to the stage in both South Australia and Victoria with many more shows planned. It is through this dedication they have established a solid following of fans and musicians from both Australia and around the world... ..On the 13th of November 2009, the epic debut full-length album, entitled ‘Æon Somnia’, was finally unleashed upon the metal world! It contains ten tracks of Art:In:Exile at their best. Running the full spectrum of music, from industrial (Sober Optic), to melodic death (Signs Of Anti-life), to ambient (Anæsthetise), to extreme (ÆON Somnia) to classic metal (Quarantine)... ..The band has spent its time refining the sound with producer/engineer Andy Kite from Against the Grain Studio, and Jens Bogren from Fascination Street in Sweden (Opeth, Katatonia, Swallow The Sun), producing a wall of crushing metal, swirling melodies, and soaring vocals. .. ..Mel’s voice is at the peak of perfection, crisp and clean singing paired with guttural growling tones. The rhythm section of Tim and Leni has locked down the foundations, as well as shifting the band into new areas. Keyboards are not only a part of this foundation, but Matt also provides the transcendent and ethereal focus across the musical divide. The guitar intricacies loom large in the development of the new release, with Stuart and Rocco shading the music with progressive musical sensibilities... ..Truly the pinnacle of all their careers to date!.. .. .... .. ...... ...... .. (CLICK IMAGES TO BUY) .... .. ..AEON SOMNIA also available at BIG STAR RECORDS & MUSES (Leading edge music) Adelaide.. .. .. .. .... .. ...... ..IMHOTEP, NORWAY - Matt Coe 2/9/08.. ..Art In Exile certainly aren’t for the timid in the experimental metal community. Mel has the warmth of the best female gothic singers treading the world when she sings cleanly, but I guarantee that her nails on the chalkboard screech for the violent parts will keep Art In Exile firmly in the truest of underground metal hearts. Think Opeth, Lacuna Coil, Death, Strapping Young Lad and Katatonia got into a five way cage match the ultimate winner becomes Art In Exile. I’m anxious to hear new material as the land down under never fails to surprise me with creative genre bending like this... .. ..ZERO TOLERANCE - Steve Earles .. .."An album that manages to be emotionally and musically extreme. Highly recommended for lovers of honesty in music.".. .. ..ORGAN MAGAZINE UK Issue269 Aug 7 2008.. ..An extreme gut-ripping screamathon. This is impressive – epic gothic metal drama and bag loads of light, shade, colour and emotion both in Mel's voice and their dramatic music. Demonic shrieks, raw anger, powerful emotion, moody quietness. One rather impressive, original, colourful, complex modern metal band here!.. .. ..METAL HAMMER - Malcolm Dome.. ..'Oddly unnerving, there is something hauntingly, coherently charismatic here' 7/10.. .. ..dB Magazine – Issue 439 James McKenzie.. ..Art In Exile's music is an absolute collision of styles. Dark, brooding passages give way to frenetic breakdowns. Disconcerting tempo shifts are complemented by wonderful hooks. In the live environment they prove to be a challenging but exhilarating proposition. Mel Bulian is a dynamic and occasionally intimidating front person as she by turns sings, screams and growls. Utterly engrossing, their unique brand of 21st century schizoid metal is lapped up by the crowd. .. .. ..LIVE @ LIZARD LOUNGE - Angela Darlington.. ..Art in exile left a great impression on me, with their dark, sad, painfully haunting music. They knew how to build up the atmosphere in their music, changing the pace when required. Mel’s vocals were amazing, going from screaming to bellowing and worked well with the rest of the group. The whole band was able to create an angry but haunting effect. Every now and then after a slow part in a song, Mel would erupt into her screaming vocals creating a powerful tune, when they felt that they had built up enough atmosphere in the song. The crowd admired what they saw, listening to the demonic voice, which was able to change to a screaming banshee in about three seconds. Art in Exile said they were having some technical difficulties as well and apologized for this, but despite this I really enjoyed their show, and I can’t wait to see them again in 2008... .. ..Rock3 UK 4/6/2008 – 80% .. ..Bringing an Australian energy and vibe to what is ostensibly an experimental sound, utilising math rock, Industrial metal and gothic darkness and this is just the first song!.... .. ..MYSTIC METAL.. ..Art In Exile are fronted by what I can only describe as an arrangement of femme psychosis. Tormenting screams and hollow melodies backed by lunacy and utter angst. The lyrics are pure poetry. They are dark, atmospheric, gothic, punk and metal combined. .. .. .. Dead Earnest - Andy Garibaldi.. ..Yes, it's true – the Australians really do have a goth scene – and, from the evidence of this CD, a hardcore scene, a death metal scene, a modern metal scene and something that makes the likes of Within Temptation and Nightwish sound more like Bucks Fizz and Bananarama!! Yes folks, welcome to the world of Art In Exile as the opening track drowns you in the boiling oil of its metal guitar onslaught, the massively crushing wheels of its rhythm section and the screaming torture rack of intensity that is its female singer." Andy Garibaldi (Dead Earnest) 07-08 .. .. ..METAL MAIDENS - Toine Van Poorten.. .. From the first notes on of “Magnetism”, I know that we’re in for yet another GATHERING copycat. Boy, was I wrong here! Mel suddenly opens her mouth and shouts out so loud, that I can hardly believe this is the same female singer that just whispered to me so softly. I’m so sorry miss Bulian, that I insulted you and for judging your band a bit too premature. Please continue screaming like this, because I like it a lot. I hear the doomy sound of CANDLEMASS and PARADISE LOST, the serenity of ANATHEMA, the wild screams of ARCH ENEMY and CRADLE OF FILTH, the dreamy sound of THE GATHERING and the noisy madness of BABES IN TOYLAND. What an immense brutality is unleashed here!.. .. .... .... ...... .. .. .. ........ .... .. ...... .. .. ........ .. ....Copy and Paste our banner code below..... .... .. ....

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    .. ..Arcturus, Burzum, Dark Tranquillity, Death, Diamanda Gallas, Dream Theater, Emperor, Katatonia, The Kovenant, Lacuna Coil, Nine Inch Nails, Opeth, Pink Floyd, Rush, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Strapping Young Lad, Suffocation, Swallow The Sun, The Third And The Mortal, Tiamat, Ulver, Unexpect. .. ..

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      • Richard Grunwald

        what an awesome show. when they came on stage i was blown away at their unique sound!! ..m/ 

        6 months ago

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