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Convent guilt
By Lady Spitfire
C
onvent Guilt is a Heavy Metal from Sydney,
Australia. Formed in 2011, the force is dark
and obscure heavy metal, with melody and menace applied with equal force.
How the name came about is unknown more or
less the result of adding two words that worked well
together to create something dark and slightly mysterious. Any meaning attached to the name came afterwards. That said, you can consider Convent Guilt to
relate to the guilt pious people feel when they inevitably
transgress against the moral strictures they choose to
adhere to. Life’s hard enough without whipping you for
having a lustful thought or being envious of someone.
The band members met at a Shackles show and
just as the band was going over a change in the band
new members landed in his lap shortly after. Since the
band formed in 2010 they have played ten or so shows,
recorded a demo in 2012, partied like wildcats and recorded our debut LP ‘Guns for hire’ in early 2014. The
album will be released shortly by Cruz del Sur (LP),
Shadow Kingdom (CD) and Dying Victims (tape)
Life outside of the band is Pretty similar to most
people’s I guess. We all work normal jobs in order to pay
the bills and fund the things we enjoy in life. We are for-
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tunate enough to live in Australia, where there is opportunity for everything (except for seeing a constant stream
of killer heavy metal bands). Life is what you make it
and I think we
do alright.
Favorite
Musicians of
all time for the
band is Judas
Priest,
Scorpions and Bathory. They are
favorites because we like
their
music
the most, but
beyond
that
Priest because
they
wrote
amazing, dark
heavy
metal
songs, honed
the heavy metal image and were the first band to really embrace heavy
metal, rather than to shy away from it for.
Growing up heroes were Terry Lamb (Australian
rugby league player) was my hero as a kid. Cricketers
such as Allan Border and Dean Jones were up there as
well, but not to the point
of posters on the wall.
Musically, until I was a
teenager it was probably
Jon Bon Jovi or someone
like that. I never idolized
people all that much. Respect is one thing, but hero-worshiping is a bit of a
waste of time. Of course,
that’s something you realize as you get older and
more world-weary.
The band plays
round Australia and
while on tour they state
that the food is as good
as what you feel like eating and can access at the
time. In other words, we
pay for it ourselves. In the
underground, there is no
tradition for bands to be
catered for at their shows,
unlike in Europe. I have
played in Europe with
other bands and the food
was fine. I’m not fussy
and appreciate whatever I
am given.
The band has made
may memories since 2010, and the most memorable are
people that go out to their shows.. We have memories
from the recording studio and from live shows, though
previous bands
we were in
probably have
richer stories to
tell. In answer
to your second
question: undies, mate
When the
band was asked
“What do you
consider
to
be either your
greatest
accomplishment
or life changing
moment? The
band
shared
this “I don’t
think I’ve really had any life changing moments. I mean, I probably
have had a few, but everything is related to something
else, so everything you do plays a part. Our greatest accomplishment as a band was recording our album. As a
person, that was quite an accomplishment as well, as it
took a hell of a lot out of me and was a real challenge,
especially vocally. Otherwise, succeeding in life and being a decent human being is an accomplishment. Fuck,
that sounds gay, but you know it is true.”
Convent Guilt’s debut album ‘Guns for hire’ should
be out by the time you read this. Expect 8 tracks of hard
and heavy metal wildfire from south of the equator. We
haven’t reinvented the wheel, but we’ve given it new
tyres. To support our guilty habits visit www.facebook.
com/conventguilt, www.shadowkingdomrecords.com,
www.cruzdelsurmusic.com and www.dying-victims.de.
In five years’ time we will still be here, guiltier and uglier
than ever before.