Chaos Divine

Chaos Divine
Origin	Perth, Western Australia
Genres	Progressive metal
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Firestarter Music & Distribution
Studio Albums	2011 - The Human Connection 2009 - Avalon
EPs	2006 - Ratio
Members
Simon Mitchell David Anderton Ryan Felton Ben Mazarol Michael Kruit
Former members
Chris Mitchell

Chaos Divine is a progressive metal band^[1] from Perth, Western Australia. The band consists of vocalist David Anderton, guitarists Simon Mitchell and Ryan Felton, bassist Michael Kruit and Drummer Ben Mazarol.^[2]
Chaos Divine's signature is very much what the name suggests - a blaze of thick riffage with a brick wall-sized sound that at times spirals into hypnotic melodies. Drawing influences from the heavy, progressive and melodic elements of bands such as Opeth, Dream Theater and Soilwork, this quintet forges a unique blend of brutal polyrhythmic metal and ambient contemporary rock.

Biography

Since 2005, the band has released two studio albums.

The 2006 Ratio EP, which saw the band tour nationally, was publicly voted as the second-best Australian metal release^[3] of it’s year on Triple J’s Full Metal Racket Program.

In late 2008, Chaos Divine completed their debut full-length debut album Avalon^[4], recorded at Melbourne’s Sing-Sing Studios and released nationally through Firestarter Music. The album went on to win the West Australian Music Industry Awards (WAM) Industry's 2008 Song of the Year Award in the Heavy Rock/Metal category with the track 'Refuse the Sickness'. Chaos Divine was also among the top-five finalists nominated for the Metal/Hardcore award at the National MusicOz awards held in Sydney and broadcast live to a national television audience, in both 2007 and 2008. Avalon was also voted in the top 10 international metal albums of the year by Triple J.

In 2009 the band joined the country’s largest national music festival, the Big Day Out^[5], and went on to tour Europe with an appearance at the Progpower Europe Festival in The Netherlands with a run of further dates through Belgium. Later that year, the band picked up five Australian Heavy Metal Awards (including best band)^[6] with a live performance at the Forum in Sydney during the awards show.

In just over four years, Chaos Divine have played alongside acts such as Slayer (USA), Fear Factory (USA), Devil Driver (USA), Static-X (USA)^[7], Obituary (USA), Mastodon (USA), Dark Tranquillity (SWE), Evergrey (SWE), Hacride (FRA) and Trivium (USA), to name only a few.

On March 25 2011, the band released their second full-length album, The Human Connection^[8] through Firestarter Music and Distribution^[9]. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, the album was mixed and mastered by renowned producer Jens Bogren^[10][11] of Fascination Street Studio, Sweden (Opeth, Symphony X, Katatonia). The Album was also released internationally on iTunes^[12]

Discography

Studio Albums

• Avalon (2008)

Tracklisting:

Track #	Track Title
1	Contortion
2	Our Delusion
3	Refuse The Sickness
4	Avalon
5	Cages
6	Brand New Eyes
7	The Carnal Thirst
8	Rapture
9	Narcosis
10	Alone in the Sky

• The Human Connection (2011)

Tracklisting:

Track #	Track Title
1	One Door
2	At The Ringing Of The Siren
3	The Beaten Path
4	Chasing Shadows
5	Beautiful Abyss
6	Silence
7	Invert Evolution
8	Astral Plane
9	No Road Home (Solastalgia)

EPs

• Ratio (2006)

Tracklisting:

Track #	Track Title
1	Disposable
2	Still Bleeding
3	Emancipation
4	At Both Ends
5	Obsidian Eyes

Music Videos

• "Refuse the Sickness" (2008), from the album Avalon
• "Cages" (2009), recorded live at the 2009 AAHM Awards

Awards

Ratio was voted the second best Australian metal release of 2006 by the listeners of Triple J’s Full Metal Racket program, Ratio was voted the best Australian metal release of 2006 by the shows presenter, Andrew Haug.

WAM Song of the Year 2008 Song of the Year Award in the Heavy Rock/Metal category with the track 'Refuse the Sickness'.

MusicOz top-five finalists nominated for the Metal/Hardcore award in both 2007 and 2008

Western Australian Music Industry Awards 2009 Best Hard Rock/Metal Act nominee Western Australian Music Industry Awards 2010 Best Hard Rock/Metal Act nominee

Avalon was also voted in the top 10 international metal albums of the year by Triple J in 2009.

In 2009, Chaos Divine won 5 awards (best band; best album - Avalon; best song - Refuse the Sickness; best production - Jarrad Hearman, Avalon; best vocalist - David Anderton)^[13] at the first national Australian metal awards show for the Australian Association of Heavy Metal.

Members

• Ryan Felton – lead guitar (2005–present)
• Simon Mitchell – lead guitar (2005–present)
• Ben Mazzarol – drums (2005–2007, 2008–present)
• David Anderton; lead vocals (2005–present)
• Michael Kruit; bass guitar (2005–present)

Former members

• Chris Mitchell – drums (2007–2008)

References

1. ^ Encyclopaedia Metallum
2. ^ Chaos Divine Official Website Biographical information, Obtained August 2010
3. ^ www.thedwarf.com.au
4. ^ The Metal Forge
5. ^ Triple J Unearthed Bio
6. ^ Association for Australian Heavy Metal
7. ^ X-Press Magazine
8. ^ Metal Storm
9. ^ Firestarter Music
10. ^ Roadrunner Records News
11. ^ Metal Obsession
12. ^ Chaos Divine on Itunes International
13. ^ Australian Association of Heavy Metal

External Links

• www.chaosdivine.net
• Chaos Divine at MySpace
• Chaos Divine at Facebook