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Artist
Cyruss
12+ albums
SludgeStoner Rockdoom metalstoner metalsludge metal
about
The trio from Erdberg/Vienna existed from 2004-2009 and played brutal Stoner Rock & Sludge. Emerging from the practice room cellars of the legendary live-venue „Arena Wien” they regulary accompanied the by then upcoming concert-series „Roadtrip To Outta Space”. Influences were bands like Eyehategod, Dystopia, Bongzilla, Entombed, Iron Monkey, Kyuss, High on Fire, Bolt Thrower or Unsane. The lyrical content is fragmentary and of misanthropic, dystopian and anarchist nature. The band has toured Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Croatia. They shared stages with Cult Of Luna, Suma, Kylesa, Pungent Stench, Dozer, High On Fire or Weedeater. In 2008 they contributed several songs to the soundtrack of “Saila“, the award-winning, dystopian Berlin-Punk-Underground film. Their 2 albums “Hate / Human” (2005) and “Hate Songs” (2007) were rereleased in december 2015 and should be available everywhere since then. Both albums were recorded live within very short time which was certainly beneficial to their rough charm. Line-Up: Alfred Wihalm – git/vox Klaus Hoffmann – bass Markus Freudenthaler – drums Quotes: „Sluggish, melancholic but also extraordinary metallic lavasound with growling vocals swells out of the speakers. Cyruss sound frightening vicious and nasty and the consumption of the record creates a downright oppressive atmosphere. The mixture of dirty southern rock (Eye Hate God), Stoner (Goatsnake) and of course Doom (Black Sabbath) is an outstanding succ
