Band of the Week - Cross the Lips of Grace

More often than not the band of the week is a hardcore band Maddo has found by deep trawling the internet is some god forsaken nether region.  This usually leaves little time (well, finding time to be fucked writing) to expose some of the sweet Metal Bands we have in our fine country.

Cross the Lips of Grace formed in 2005 in the humid and mostly pleasant region of Queensland.  I'm always suprised to find extreme metal bands coming out of that area, as its basically super sunny and nice looking which wouldn't t appear to be an apt breeding ground for extreme music.

They released their debut album Epilogue of Suffering in April of this year, showcasing 12 brutal tracks which will appeal to fans of The Aborted and Thy Art Is Murder. Bree-free, the album is more death metal than death core and tracks are super super heavy, and are layered with thick grotesque samples taken from horror/slasher flicks.

I can imagine some crew on the forum won't be sold, but give the album a captains and it will unveil its secrets after a few listens.

Apparently they are writing for a second full length, here's hoping they don't hit that brick wall that stops Australian bands from releasing that mythical follow up release.

Suss it @ www.myspace.com/crossthelipsofgrace