Sick Ass Metal in Manchester

We are seriously gigging it up to the max at the moment, so much so, as I write this I’m pretty much hungover and exhausted from The Manchester Metal Collective’s All Dayer that we played yesterday.

I have to admit the lads there pulled of a reet good day of music, mayhem, and beer filled magic but with over 40 bands to organise and 4 stages to sort out it was kind of showing that the crew were struggling a bit to keep a tight ship.

Never the less we did our thing and managed to catch some of the best metal bands the North West has to offer. You can check out the line up at the MMC website & Manchester Metal Collective Facebook Page.

Also this week we the Lads over at Spine of God Reviews have been in touch with a review of our Battle of the bands Heat in Preston last week, I thought I would leave you with this Sa-da-ko article so you can see how we got on:

Till next time

Sa-da-kO
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Get In The Ring, Battle Of The Bands, Round 2

The second edition of the battle of the bands saw a much heavier line up compete for the Preston crown.
Opening the night was Apollyon. Intensity was delivered in its purest form by these extreme metal nutters as they blasted through three songs of pure brutality. The immense guitar skills of Glen Brazier were the driving force behind the endless assault that never lost effect.

The band was quite textured and occasional melodic
interludes made Apollyon varied enough to stand out against other extreme acts.

Providing a slightly more melodic set was the crushing Servosi.
Servosi had a brilliant backbone with the drumming of Ryan Briggs (who had only
been with the band 6 days!) and the bass of Dave which stomped all over the
worshipping crowd. With some Metallica-esque vocals and chant along choruses,
Servosi proved an unforgettable live experience.

Giving some emotion packed metalcore was closers to the evening,
Sa-Da-Ko. As soon as Sa-Da-Ko opened their set energy poured from the stage and
was lapped up by a devoted following. The band had got the combination of modern
hardcore and metal spot on and had a singer who looked genuinely possessed by
the ghost of hardcore past. Some bizarre in-between song banter aside, a
powerful set.

With Apollyon and Sa-Da-Ko through, anticipation grows as to who
will be king of the Preston jungle.

Stills from "Red" - Album out Soon

Tim Johnson, the Director of “RED” for our album launch, was kind enough to send a load of stills over to me last night.

They look Awsome!

He’s added a lot of colour and saturation to his edits so you should be in for a treat when it raises its ugly head in the next few months. The album its self is and the artwork for it is very near completion and we are just about to sent it all off to be reproduced.

Preston Get in the ring: Battle of the Bands

As part of our battle of the bands gig in Preston we recently did an interview for angel of metal. The Rock on Preston Battle of the bands competition has been able to draw some big attention from the likes of Metal Hammer.

Any way I thought I would put up the Sa-da-ko interview here so you read it and find out more about the band.

Please introduce your band, the current line-up and what each
of you do.
The name of the band is Sa-da-ko and band members
are:
Jim - Vocals and awesomeness, Simo - Guitar & vocals, Jay – guitar,
Rob – cougar, Greg - Drums

How would you describe the band’s sound?
Sick ass metal!

How do you approach your song writing and what
is your lyrical theme/content?
Our sound is forged from a mixture of
styles and influences. When we write we try to keep a lot of elements from world
cinema and in particular eastern horror in our lyrics.
We are lucky enough
to be able to have access to Aku Studios in Southport so we can concentrate on
building a layered sound, although a lot of our writing is done all together to
keep the dynamic of the live show.

Who gets involved with writing of lyrics and melody? Is it down to specific individuals or a collaborative process?
We all write together as a unit, in order to accommodate all of
our styles and influences.

How often do you practice and have you any shows lined up?
We practice at least once a week, twice where possible
and have quite a workload gig wise at the moment....

What has been your best gig so far, and why is it so memorable?
We organised a Halloween
gig in our home town of Southport, with a fancy dress theme of zombies and
survivors. The turnout was amazing, our first sell-out show, and managed to
shift a load of demos and merchandise! Both the crowd and the sound were brutal,
and a good night was had by all involved!

What was the last song you listened to, either on the radio, your mp3 player, at a gig...?
The theme tune to Saved By The Bell...

Is there anything about the metal scene today that you would like to change?
Apart from attitudes of
people stuck in their ways, all we would like to see is an increase in
popularity of the genre, and more nights like this one being held with a good
promotional team behind it.

What do you think of the Preston/North West metal scene right now?
There's a lot of talent out there in
the North West. It's been a while since we played Preston, so we are looking
forward to experiencing some of the finest calibre of metal, as well as
experiencing the fine beverages of the town!

What do you consider are the benefits of initiatives like Rock On Preston and Get In The Ring?
Exposure being the main reason for us personally. It's a good
chance to expand the influence of the band, and recruit more metalheads into our
family.

What’s next for the band?
We have our first record out
in early March, produced in AKU studios, and this is due to coincide with the
release of our first ever video, for the song "RED". As you can tell it's a time
of firsts, another new experience is the chance to be doing a tour in Germany
and we are excited by the prospect of gaining more momentum as a band, and
further bettering ourselves musically!

For those wishing to check out more, what is your myspace link?
Just google "sickass metal" and you
will find us or you can type www.myspace.com/sadako01 and we are there!

Were through to next round!!

just waiting to see who we play with during the Semi-finals, wish us luck

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Twitter Murder & Facebook Slaughter

Dont forget as well as stalking the band you can now pretty much live at our house and all eat our biscuits by following Sa-da-ko on Twitter & our Sickass metal Facebook page, just click the links below.

Liverpool Thrash, Beers & Sa-da-ko Induced Vomiting

Just got back from playing last nights show in St Helens with Thrash Monsters Despoiler & Bludvera. a good night had by all me thinks and a few beers which of course helps the metal go down.

Despolier are a new band for us, we havent met these guys before and we liked them. they seemed like a good group of lads. They describe themselves as "scum metal" which I thought was a bit wierd until I saw these guys live and that tag seems to sit pretty well here.
Tonight the lads were with a recent recruited guitarist who ripped the tracks to bits with awsome licks and solid grooves. Highlights of the set for me have to be a shouting chorus of "I Hate yur disability!!" and " I AM A Criminal!!"

Next up Bludvera, weve played with these guys before and it nice to see the chaps returning in good form with a new track to add to the show. Bludvera are good and they remind me of a time when thrash was pure and these lads dont just play it, they live it, you can here the influences come through a lot, at times im reminded of an early Metalica (back when they ruled) with bits of Forbidden and Testament thrown in for good measure

Bludvera will be joining us at Aku Studios to record their forth coming EP. -keep your eyes peeled for this coming soon!!!

Next week we face Rock on Preston's Battle of the bands, weve beaten a lot of bands to be placed in the final 16. Can we make it thru?

LIVERPOOL HOME OF SICK ASS METAL

The past couple of months have been busy for the Sa-da-kO crew, we ended our year with a local xmas gig and began work on a final mix of our forth coming CD "zer01". We have a lot of cool things planned for this year so keep in eye and watch us spread our desease wide this year.

Tonight we rock at the shakespear in Southport and starts the begining of a month long selection of gigs across the North West before we begin the national competition "Metal to the Masses" for a spot on this years Bloodstock festival.

Highlights coming up will be Manchesters Metal Alliance Alldayer in Manchester and Preston " Rock on Preston" Battle of the bands.

Not only that we have a video launch and CD release planned for early 2010.

so till then, let your eyes roll back and gasp your final breath

R.I.P Sophie Lancaster

You kind of get used to hearing news stories about people’s intolerance to others and to be honest you become desensitized to a lot of it, however I’ve kind of found this story hard to forget, if you’ve not heard the story of Sophie Lancaster before it’s important to understand the situation surrounding her death.

Sophie was killed by two idiots who kicked her in the head while trying to protect her boyfriend who was also attacked; apparently the couple had been walking through a park when a gang of 5 lads mocked them for being “Goths.” 3 of the gang attacked Sophie’s boyfriend and knocked him to the ground, Sophie was then kicked & stamped in the head repeatedly by the other two lads while cradling and protecting her boyfriend.

Sophie' Mother has Lanched this short animated film highlighting the inccident called Sophie: A Dark Angel on what would have been her 23rd birthday, people gatherd on the day and released twenty three black balloons in here honour. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the charity can visit http://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/.

People’s constant intolerance to other people astounds me; in fact some of the articles and news stories I have heard regarding the incident in a lot of ways have been a bit insensitive. This “goth” tag seems to be put on anyone who likes metal and looks slightly alternative and it really annoys me. What doesn’t help is when so called journalist play with these tags, here is what the urban dictionary defines the word Goth.

Goth -Someone who likes the darker side of things.

They usually listen to death metal and goth music, such as Dismember and Bauhaus. Marilyn Manson is NOT goth. He's just...weird. Real goths are not depressing and suicidal like the posers you see at Hot Topic. Goths are fun to be around and aren't afraid to laugh at themselves every so often. They don't worship Satan and aren't evil despite what some ignorant people might say. Goths don't all dress alike either. They like to create their own unique style. Goths are also very intelligent and creative. A lot of them are writers and artists. Goths DON'T envy the popular people. They are what they are because it makes them happy. Goths would rather stay who they are and be among the so called "freaks" than be like everyone else and be popular. They understand that there are more important things in life than popularity, and usually succeed in life while the popular ones don't become much of anything.
If someone becomes "Goth" because they couldn't get any friends or are depressed and angry all the time, they are most likely a poser.

this article reads like it was written by some blonde bimbo from the east coast of America whos probaly only ever had a conversation with people from the same background as her, hows it feel when someone stereo types you, cunt!

I'm on a full on rant now, sorry

sIMo

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