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Sa-Da-Ko are a UK sick ass metal five piece specialising in heavy
riffs, galloping beats and screaming vocals.
The five members committed to bringing something exciting and
new to the metal scene are: Vocals - Jim Guitar - Deano
Guitar & Backing Vocals - Simo Bass - Rob Drums - Greg
Not something for the train journey a Review of pre- release demo by Madman at Metalasfuck.com
There are some nice things in the world. A cold beer in the sunshine on a hot day, the smell of a fresh steak on a barbecue, the scream of Metro Station's fans as the lead singer is pushed under a train.
There are some things that aren't nice, like people with halitosis yawning, genocide, warm lager. And Sa-Da-kO
Not to be confused with commuter time-hemorrhage Sudoku,Sa-da-kO are a five-piece death/grind band from way up North. There's a distinctly oriental theme to these bruiser's blogs so I can make the educated assumption that the name is taken from the scary long-haired chick that crawls out of the TV at the end of The Ring. However, this is a big hit with MADman as I'm a huge fan of Japanese culture, so was intrigued to dig into their MySpace. And they are not nice.
"rEd" and "Name Your God" open the set of eight songs in the kind of noise you'd expect if Lamb Of God walked up to Atreyu in a chainsaw factory and called their mum's a bunch of slags. The immediately harsh guitar slaps you round the chops and in my opinion, vocalist Jim Arnold absolutely shreds his throat to open the demo. In fact, it seemed a bit rude sitting down whilst listening to "Name Your God" and I felt I should try and get a wall of death going with Hot Chick. There's a vocal break that has Dimmu Borgir-like qualities and reminded me a great deal of the initial slow down in "The Serpentine Offering", only with less Nordic atmosphere.
The third tune "The Struggle" didn't felate me in the same way as the openers but, with similarities to Disturbed's "Sons Of Plunder" on the intro, it's still worthy of some ear time. My one possible criticism about the first four songs is that "Ju-on" could have gone into a mental halfbeat breakdown after the first couple of bars; this tune has the potential to create fucking carnage in the pit so I would have liked a to hear a bit of variation here.
"Grow" shows a Black Dahlia Murder style to Jim's vocal and, if properly produced, should be on a demo. I can see legs, arms, bottles of piss and babies being chucked around a pit once this piece reaches full swing. "False Prophecy" gives us a traditional "bit from a horror film" intro, with a poor woman being terrorised by some sort of mean demon types, before we get toe-punted in the cock by Jim and the crew as the song kicks in. Interestingly, this number takes us back to the horror narrator midway through, giving an interesting depth to an otherwise pretty traditional thrash chugger.
Text Interview by Angelofmetal.com
Please introduce your band, the current line-up and what each of you do.
The name of the band is Sa-da-ko and band members are: Jim - Vocals and awesomeness, Simo - Guitar & vocals, Jay – guitar, Rob – cougar, Greg - Drums
How would you describe the band’s sound?
Sick ass metal!
How do you approach your song writing and what is your lyrical theme/content?
Our sound is forged from a mixture of styles and influences. When we write we try to keep a lot of elements from world
cinema and in particular eastern horror in our lyrics. We are lucky enough to be able to have access to Aku Studios in Southport so we can concentrate on building a layered sound, although a lot of our writing is done all together to keep the dynamic of the live show.
Who gets involved with writing of lyrics and melody? Is it down to specific individuals or a collaborative process?
We all write together as a unit, in order to accommodate all of our styles and influences.
How often do you practice and have you any shows lined up?
We practice at least once a week, twice where possible and have quite a workload gig wise at the moment....
What has been your best gig so far, and why is it so memorable?
We organised a Halloween gig in our home town of Southport, with a fancy dress theme of zombies and survivors. The turnout was amazing, our first sell-out show, and managed to shift a load of demos and merchandise! Both the crowd and the sound were brutal, and a good night was had by all involved!
What was the last song you listened to, either on the radio, your mp3 player, at a gig...?
The theme tune to Saved By The Bell...
Is there anything about the metal scene today that you would like to change?
Apart from attitudes of people stuck in their ways, all we would like to see is an increase in popularity of the genre, and more nights like this one being held with a good promotional team behind it.
What do you think of the Preston/North West metal scene right now?
There's a lot of talent out there in the North West. It's been a while since we played Preston, so we are looking
forward to experiencing some of the finest calibre of metal, as well as experiencing the fine beverages of the town!
What do you consider are the benefits of initiatives like Rock On Promotions and Get In The Ring?
Exposure being the main reason for us personally. It's a good chance to expand the influence of the band, and recruit more metalheads into our family.
What’s next for the band?
We have our first record out in early March, produced in AKU studios, and this is due to coincide with the release of our first ever video, for the song "RED". As you can tell it's a time of firsts, another new experience is the chance to be doing a tour in Germany and we are excited by the prospect of gaining more momentum as a band, and further bettering ourselves musically!
For those wishing to check out more, what is your myspace link?
Just google "sickass metal" and you will find us or you can type www.myspace.com/sadako01 and we are there!
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