WHITE NOISE PARTY - live: INVASION (Metal/Psychedelic - UK)

live: INVASION (Metal/Psychedelic - UK)

"These invaders are set to rip our tiny world apart, and we should welcome them with open arms." Kerrang!

Invasion are a self styled ‘drunk wizard-metal’ band from North London. Using only Marek Steven’s three stringed guitar, the vocal stylings of singer Chan Brown and the fierce drumming of Zel Kaute, the band have a uniquely stripped down yet grand approach. They take their inspiration from the best metal like Sabbath, Pentagram and early Metallica, but add a different retro vibe with Dio sized female vocals.

Having become disillusioned with the technical, over-produced and samey metal of the last decade the band fell upon their own brand of wizard metal. Out would go the pointless solos and fake macho posturing and in would come classic riffing and maximum heaviosity. Marek has been playing exclusively doomed thrash and similar since the mid 90s but the blueprint for Invasion was fully laid out in 2006 when Marek and Cornish drummer Zel Kaute recruited singer Chan - who provides the power vocal element.

The three agreed on a love of space, fantasy imagery, wizards, dragons and the like. “Fantasy fits perfectly with heavy music. All the best metal is about wizards and magic”. This love of fantasy is deeply ingrained in the band and becomes apparent on brief inspection of their debut album track-listing ‘Six Red Wizards’, ‘Spells of Deception’ and ‘Evil Forest’.

Finding that there was no particular scene they fitted in within London the three-piece started to meet like minded bands and refine their music at their own Skill Wizard club at the The Old Blue Last. After releasing a well received limited 7” EP ‘Moongazer’ and having been noticed by artists as varied as The Sword and Chrome Hoof - the band were duly snapped up by the independent record label This Is Music Ltd.

Invasion’s debut album “The Master Alchemist” was recorded in just four days at London’s own temple to minimalism Toerag Studios. Recorded using analogue equipment and played entirely live (“Mostly first takes and it didn’t go anywhere near a computer.”) The album is a synapse shredding twenty one minute assault which owes more to ‘Spine of God’ era Monster Magnet and ‘Masters of The Universe’ era Hawkwind than anything else. In short, as Marek says “It should sound pretty good when you’re stoned.”

Invasion are very excited about a new album they are writing and road-testing right now in the UK and Europe. This true metal new release will be out in January 2011 and is set to blow the scene to smithereens!

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/invasion