Adelaide based Metal legends Drown This Fury have just released their brand new, brutal debut EP Creatures. Filled to the brim with of high-octane riffs, atypical drum rhythms and balls-to-the-wall breakdowns, the five piece have managed to craft themselves an impressive signature sound.
Over the past year Drown This Fury have toured their energetic live performance to audiences around Adelaide and abroad. In this short period of time the band has supported international acts such as The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Chiodos and Hawthor
Now gearing up to unleash their brand new collection of songs, the guys are celebrating by giving us a track by track run down of Creatures. Check it out below and if you like what you hear be sure to visit the band’s Facebook page for more info.
Creatures
Tim wrote the original form of ‘Creatures’ as a completely different nine minute long arrangement. Now, for obvious reasons, that was a bit too difficult to work with considering we had already pulled pieces from it to create ‘With Closed Eyes’.
We knew almost from the start that we wanted this as an intro to the EP, so with some help from Lachy at Depict Studios we turned Tims “baby” into “our baby”
With Closed Eyes
After adopting Tims “baby”, Oli took the riffs from the original ‘Creatures’ and built it into something we came to know as ‘Limbed Noddon’.
The lyrics, inspired by a contrasting conscience, shoulder angels and demons. Which path do you follow?
The thought process was also influenced by an episode of Doctor Who… The Weeping Angels, proof that not all angels will look after you.
The Wolves and Vultures
The song that finishes three times… or, at least leaves enough gap for the crowd to think it ended before ramping right back up again.
Every time we play this song, there is always at least half the crowd that starts applauding prematurely. Getting it recorded and released will be the only way to get around this situation.
An amusing side to a very serious song. Metaphorically it speaks of overcoming pressure and depression, and about finding your own way through difficult times.
Goliath
‘Dogs Gone Wild’ and, ‘Bend and Snap!’ were the original names given before it became ‘Goliath’.
This song was written while Tim was overseas. starting from a few guitar riffs that I wrote by myself at home. The first song we wrote that didn’t change one hundred times before we could all be happy with it. It was our “simple” song.
Lyrically, it is about something as simple as a school yard fight, but somehow, it became a turning point in my life.
The Spark That Starts A War
This was the hardest song on the EP to write. It changed so many times it wasn’t funny.
‘My Sisters Salt Shaker’ (as it was originally named) was Oli’s second “baby”, He loved it so much that he would never let it go, and always made sure changes were made when it wasn;t right. There was so much about the song that we all loved, and so much about it that we hated.
It changed so many times that I could never write lyrics to it because the whole feel of the song would change.
These days, it’s probably our favourite song from the EP. We always joked about how we will hate it until the day it’s recorded. Never imagined that we were right all along
Fracture
Fracture was our song to prove our versatility, our way of taking the band down the heavier path, while still keeping a progressive nature behind each breakdown.
The words I used in this track are contradicting, and sometimes sarcastic. It is about the way people can change, or how I changed? I still don’t really know. that part is still undetermined, but overall it is about how I would find myself in situations where I would question who was right and who was wrong, but ultimately being comfortable in knowing I’m a better person since then.
Upcoming Shows
Friday August 7th – The Producers Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Tickets available at www.drownthisfury.bigcartel.com | AA
Thursday September 3rd – Laundry Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Tickets available at door | 18+ only
