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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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SA-DA-KO: CD ARTWORK

If youve been cool enough to add yourself to the our facebook page, you'll notice weve been getting a bit of feedback and input from the fans there regarding our CD artwork, this has actually been a great help to us, but also its pushed me to try and design something special.

So I thought I would share with you our designs so far. the pictures you see will be the front cover inside sleeve and back of the cd.

Ive mentioned before about the department of design who took our photos bur Ruari has helped us a lot with art direction and gave me a few ideas, if your a band or artist looking for help regarding this I would defo get in touch even if its just for a bit of direction.

Thats it for now, let us know what you think

Laters

sIMo

Sa-da-Ko: The Brutal Legend

Sa-da-kO can’t seem do anything wrong at the moment, it seems that Ormagoden himself has been smiling down from upon high has granted us the gift of metal!!!

I’m sorry, I’ve been rather involved in Brutal Legend this week and it’s kind of forced me to re-think about my metal roots and it also means that my IPod now has a few new additions from my old CD collection, but more importantly it’s made me realize that my love for metal is even more epic than I first thought!!

Back to what I was saying, it really does seem that the gods are smiling on Sa-da-kO at the moment, every gig played seems to reap its own rewards and its nice to play to unfamilar crowds and have people come up and hang with the band afterwards.

Last night Sa-da-kO appeared in the Shakespeare (Southport), and the gigs keep comin!!! heres a few photos of the last couple:

As for an update Sa-da-kO are almost finished on the album and all is well, the chaps plan to knuckle down and have a release date by the end of next week by which time we will be able to publish some upcoming live shows!!!

Sa-da-kO - Incassum - Pray for Your Sins at Manchester' Grand central

Before I start this blog I'm going to mention, I have always loved Manchester, The place has always had a good vibe about it, there's a strong metal scene here and a lot of sub-culture about and in a lot of ways it beats Liverpool hands down on having a strong underground scene.

So as you can imagine I was a little worried about playing Grand Central mainly because I had heard that there was a tough crowd here, but saying that I have to say the people of Manchester couldn't have been more welcoming.

From the offset I found that the promoter (Mark) and sound crew really wanted the bands to do well, they did their best to ensure that the night went well and the crowd were kept happy, So with that in mind I'm raising my goblet to the crew at Grand Central last night and everyone one who came and checked us out.

The bands themselves were quality and I would recommend anyone who follows homegrown metal to check these out, first up was Pay For Your Sins:

These chaps are from just down the road from us and its always nice to meet some fellow Merseyheads out and about, They love fast riffs, big choruses and heavy Breakdowns. In fact they say themselves that they're everything you would want from a metalband!! if you like killwitch engage and like your metal with a side order of rythmic chugging you will love these guys.

Were due to play with these again in December at Drakes Bar in Southport on the 18th December so come and show your support.

Incassum headlined last nights shanagans, they have recently released there album through casket records produced by Andy Giblin are a tight band, they tote their influences as Nevermore, Lamb of God, Emperor, Nightwish, Arch Enemy, Iron Maiden, Opeth, Killswitch Engage, Pantera, Black Sabbath and you can here this in there sound, if your can think of a heavyier, better and darker Eveneseance you'll be on the right track. check 'em out and make your own mind up, cool guys and a cool sound.