LiQUiFY Magazine August September 2015 | Page 148

Photo DisMalCyanide F orged like a reconstructed phoenix, from the ashes of several broken projects, Darkc3ll is a monumental achievement in itself - and this is still the early days! For these four blokes, all previous members from various Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Coast metal outfits, it wasn’t simply a case of just starting another project when they came together a couple of years ago and decided to cull the fat and get serious. There was something different this time - the friendships, the collective momentum and the drive to succeed beyond expectation was with them. So was born an electric yet dark metal band that infused many differing styles and multi-generational sounds. They then set it alight and unleashed it on the ears and eyes of Australia’s underground scene. Gothic, ethereal, heavy at times but packed full of raw fun and bouncing rhythms, the band shatters inhibition by wearing their hearts on their sleeves and stamping their identity on