The Side Effects Of Sin With ELIAS & JAMES From ANOXIA

Interview by Kris Peters
Sydney based death metal outfit Anoxia are one of the rare breed of
bands who are prepared to live and die by the sword they
carry.
By bringing a new sound to a bygone era of heavy metal, Anoxia
embraces the legacy of death metal bands that have come before them
such as Morbid Angel, Suffocation and Death, but sprinkle enough of
their own - more modernized - DNA through the menu to make a fresh
and tasty new main course where brutality is the King.
After announcing their arrival with their 2020 Demo Torturous
Degradation, Anoxia hit the stage sprinting, dropping their debut
EP Languish In Suffering in 2023 which has seen the band amongst
the first port of call for international touring acts such as
Skeletal Remains and homegrown machines Psycroptic and King
Parrot.
But it is with the impending arrival of their debut full-length
Revel In Sin on April 17 that Anoxia looks set to launch a global
assault on the metal scene. Building on the crushing devastation
promised with Languish In Suffering, Revel In Sin ramps up the
intent, delivering more hooks, more pace, and more intensity.
HEAVY caught up with guitarist Elias and bass player James to dig
deeper.
"We released our EP in February 2023," Elias began. "So, it's been
a little while now. We've just been touring a lot, playing a lot of
shows, then took some time off to write and came up with Revel in
Sin, so we're very excited. We feel like it's the next level in our
progression as a band and as musicians, writing and just growing by
fusing our old-school death metal style with some thrash metal
elements as well. James came on board last August just to in the
finalization of the writing stage as well, so he'll be on deck for
the album launch as well."
We press them both about the musical direction on Revel In
Sin.
"We are all about the old school, early 90s US death metal," Elias
affirmed. "So we're just building on that. The EP was four songs
which we're proud of, but the album is just us levelling it up a
bit in terms of speed, diversity and dynamics. It's very much in
the vein of the EP, but just a few notches up from where we left
off. There's different dynamics - fast in some places then slow -
so we're just changing it up, but focussing on those hooks and
keeping it intense."
In the full interview, Elias and James talk more about Revel in
Sin, highlighting the band's evolution in musical complexity by
merging old-school death metal with thrash elements. Elias
emphasized the single Rule by Cold Steel as a key representation of
their sound, while James noted the album's progression from their
previous EP, incorporating classic death metal elements with new
dynamics. The band is promoting the album through a series of shows
in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney, as well as a nationwide tour
with Atheist, aiming to broaden their audience. 
We also discussed the advantages of being managed by Your Mate
Bookings for securing larger tours and enhancing the band's
professional image, alongside insights into their live performances
and fan interactions.


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