hey all, sup?

just to let you know, we hit the first milestone with our new material last night... we finished... ONE SONG! hooray! makes me realise what a long process this writing business is going to be... but yeah, still stoked we got to the end of this first one!

Disho

ohey!

just to let everyone know, we have FINALLY actually started jamming on some of the new stuff that has been written, infact, it is now the sole purpose of our jam time! Thus far the first song we have been working on is sounding VERY nice indeed (if i do say so myself) and I presume it will be sounding even better when we all have a better feel for it!

just thought i'd keep you in the loop!

Disho

Hey all, hows it going?

Hey all, whats the haps?

Separatist's Review - May 09

Metal Hammer Magazine, Subterrenea - "Unscene" Featured Artist.

It says alot about todays connected world and musical climate that although Separatist hail from the far-flung regions of southern Tasmania, these five-strong marauders are as state of the art as metal gets. This, their debut album, may be based on a straightforward template of porcine-voiced, technical death/grind but that isnt to say that they dont have a few sonic tricks of their own up their sleeves.

The Reprieve is a disorientating stew of clinically savage riffs all operating on separate time signatures and causing all manner of temporal brain warpagge and short-circuited synapses as they battle it out for supremecy. Meanwhile, the inaptly titled A Gentle Reminder accentuates its slashing, whiplash riffs with portentous stabs of keyboard as it builds up to an apocalyptic riot of reckoning.

Separatist's one concession to indigenous Tasmanian atmosphere is that their dense swirl often feels like being caught in the slipstream of their native devil from the Looney Tuns cartoons, but this is serious, bracing stuff, compromised only by some rushed, wincingly flat clean vocals.

hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey heeeeeeyyyy... just dropping in to say that the amp mentioned in a previous blog entry has been dropped to a mere $300... barganza! someone buy it dammit

For Sale:

I have a Peavey Valveking 112 Combo amp. The amp is in extremely good condition and comes with all original manuals and documents. I am selling it due to moving interstate and cannot take it with me.

Some of the features include:

- 50 watts into 16 ohms
- Two 6L6GC and three 12AX7 tubes
- DC-powered preamp tube heaters
- Two independent footswitchable channels
- Separate EQ for each channel
- External speaker capability
- One 12" ValveKing speaker
- Reverb with level control
- Buffered effects Loop
- Resonance switch for tight or loose cabinet response
- Patent-pending Texture variable Class A/B simulation control

I need to sell urgently so I am only wanting $380 or nearest offer.

Send me a private message if u are interested

Disho

Hey all! Just wanted to point you in the direction of another awesome review we just got from American online magazine Metal Bite, who gave us an 8.1 out of 10 which rules!

You can see the review here :
http://www.metalbite.com/tracks.asp?album=7961

Enjoy it!

And also, those of you who havent noticed yet, the reason we unfortunately had to pull out of the Sonic Exhumation on the 28th of May is that we are now playing with Malevolent Creation (USA) at their Melbourne show at the Hi Fi Bar on that date instead, which will rule! Supported by Frankenbok, Separatist (weeee), and Killrazer (syd) this show will be one hell of an event! If you are in the area, or even if you arent, get along to this show and have an awesome time!

Cheers
Disho

Hey guys and girls looking to attend this gig!


Sadly we regret to inform you that Separatist will not be able to make the Sonic Exhumation show in March at the Brisbane Hotel - this being said, we do have exciting news to be announced soon!


Keep your eyes and ears open [Melbourne!]


Cheers,
James // Separatist