Formed as a reaction against the retrogression of the music climate, THE AMENTA has breathed new life into ‘extreme metal.’  The Australian quintet’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, n0n - which mixes intricate guitar riffs, gut-wrenchingly scathing vocals, and avant-garde ambiance - has made a huge impact in Europe and North America, receiving raving reviews in Metal Hammer, Kerrang!, Revolver magazines.  n0n is the soundtrack to a modern age.

Formed in 2000 by guitarist Erik Miehs and sampler Timothy Pope, THE AMENTA quickly came to embody a new movement in both the worldwide, and local extreme metal scenes.  Fusing industrial noisescapes, brutal distortion, and mind numbingly complex riffs, THE AMENTA defined its distinctiveness early in its career.  The band recorded and released the Mictlan MCD in 2002.  Four tracks depicting mourning and intellectual decay set to unsettling industrial ambiance: Mictlan set the standard for THE AMENTA’s future releases.   In addition to excellent reviews and significant praise across the globe, the MCD also gained the attention of France’s Listenable Records; in turn, setting the stage for the evolution of THE AMENTA from Australian sensation to internationally renown extreme metal act.  

Listenable Records released Occasus, the band’s 2004 full-length debut, worldwide.  The album was recorded and mixed by Lachlan Mitchell and THE AMENTA at Room of Doom Studios, Que Studios, and BJB Studios in Sydney and mastered at Studio 301 by Steve Smart. The ten-track epic, which touches on themes of revolt against tradition; human stagnancy; slave society fostered by religion and socio-political dogma; consists of masterful riffing and melancholy ambiance.  Occasus was received by the media with raving reviews, and by the end of 2004, THE AMENTA tied for second place in Terrorizer Magazines’ ‘Best New Band” category, and won “Best New Band” from Australian Kerrang!.  Between the release of Occasus and 2006, THE AMENTA toured Australia three times: opening for Alchemist, Behemoth, and as a headliner.  In 2005, Mictlan was re-released on limited 7” vinyl, and Occasus was re-released as a limited edition with a bonus “Virus” DVD/EP in 2007.

THE AMENTA returned to the studio in late 2007 to record their sophomore effort n0n. Rather than relying on the clichéd sound and style in which other bands are content to wallow, THE AMENTA constructed an album built on new ideas, concepts, sounds and techniques. n0n is the fusion of white noise, shards of dissonant  guitars, and dense layers of radio chatter. Lyrically, n0n is a newscast, contextualizing the listener into his vice-driven society with suicide bombers and evangelists: freeways, and dead ends. n0n is an indictment on  today’s media and technology addicted hyperactive society. With each song featuring over 100 instrument and sample tracks, the album pushes technology to its absolute limits. The recording of n0n spans many countries and seven different studios, with myriad contributors and performers including Nergal (Behemoth) Jason Mendonca (Akercocke), Alice Daquet (Sir Alice), Alex Pope (Ruins) and more. Fusing the ghastliest parts of extreme metal, electronic noise, and dub; with a ferocious and scathing worldview, n0n is the future of extreme music! In October 2007 THE AMENTA toured Australia with The Berzerker.  n0n was released in Europe on 20 October 2008 and 10 February 2009 in North America via Listenable Records.  In January THE AMENTA unleashed its intense and epic live show to Europe in support of Deicide, Vader, and Samael on the Winterfest 2009 tour. In February and March of the same year THE AMENTA toured Australia and New Zealand extensively with The Berzerker and again in the spring with Psycroptic and Ruins.  Joining Vader and Decrepit Birth on Monsters Of Death in winter 2009, the band will bring its relentless live show to North American shows also showcasing new vocalist Cain Cressall and bassist Dan Quinlan,  THE AMENTA seeks to continue delivering unrelenting brutality on a massive scale to dissidents worldwide while redefining extreme metal in 2009.