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“SANZU‘s Heavy Over The Home is the kind of album that’s so weighty and forceful you feel as though you might be flattened just listening to it; it’s beyond marching elephants, it’s elephants marching on top of you. Now THAT is heavy. — MetalSucks
Forged just three years ago in Perth, Australia, SANZU is a unique beast that has unleashed heavy music in a way that utilizes diversity and originality without straying too far from its death metal foundation. Melodic saw blade riffs meet savage basslines and earth quaking percussion manifesting a rhythm section that thunders and grooves in unison with unrestrained vocal assaults akin to some malformed diabolic beast MetalSucks likened to Gojira and Morbid Angel.
Fueled by a fiery DIY ethic, the band self-released one EP entitled Painless and their debut full-length, Heavy Over The Home, in 2015 to widespread underground approval. Killyourstereo.com praised, “one of the most invigorating and engaging records,” of that year adding, “On Heavy Over The Home, clever progressive elements collide with the ferocity and savagery of traditional death metal.” No Clean Singing concurred, “The overall package provides one of the heaviest, deepest, and most intimately rewarding (not to mention crushing) listening experiences I’ve had all year. Let’s hear it for SANZU… the undisputed masters of southern hemisphere hydro-groove.” MetalSucks gushed, “Very much in the same vein as bands like Morbid Angel and Gojira, SANZU‘s Heavy Over The Home is the kind of album that’s so weighty and forceful you feel as though you might be flattened just listening to it; it’s beyond marching elephants, it’s elephants marching on top of you. Now that is heavy!,” while VS-webzine noted, “Heavy Over The Home is one of the sensations of this year-end 2015… do not miss SANZU.”
Heavy Over The Home is now being re-released worldwide via Listenable Records on CD and limited edition orange vinyl. This updated version includes revised artwork as well as their Painless EP serving as bonus tracks and will be available on May 13th, 2016 in Europe followed by a North American release of May 20th, 2016. Preorders are currently available HERE.
Heavy Over The Home Track Listing:
1. Old Orchard Floor
2. Phenomena
3. Ubiety
4. Tailor
5. Those Who Sleep In The East
6. Awaken
7. Heavy Over The Home
8. The Chill
9. Loss
10. Colourblind
11. 18 Days Of Rain *
12. For All *
13. Defamer *
14. Variant Red *
15. Lunar Crush *
SANZU Lineup:
Ben Stanley – Drums
Zachary Andrews – Vocals
Fatima Curley – Bass
Mikey Hart – Guitars
Jarod “Century” – Guitars
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