Live Review: DZ Deathrays @ Amplifier
Feeling your spleen pulsate and threaten to rupture on a Friday night shouldn’t be experienced by a less thrash-savvy, Van Halen-haired Australian rock band.
DZ Deathrays
DZ Deathrays (previously Denzel then DZ) are an Australian dance-punk trio from Brisbane, Queensland. Composed of Shane Parsons (vocals/guitar), Lachlan Ewbank (lead guitar/vocals) and Simon Ridley (drums), they put out two EPs before releasing their debut album, Bloodstreams, in April 2012. The album won the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2012. To date they have released six studio albums: Bloodstreams , Black Rat, Bloody Lovely, Positive Rising: Part 1, Positive Rising: Part 2 and R.I.F.F
Albums
2011
Brutal Tapes
2012
Bloodstreams
2014
Black Rat
2018
Bloody Lovely
2019
Positive Rising: Part 1
2021
Positive Rising: Part 2
2023
R.I.F.F.
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Reviews / Live
Live Review: DZ Deathrays - The Tote
. Even when we can no longer hear Parsons’ impressive yowl, the atmosphere inside the venue is intoxicating and more akin to something you’d witness as a reaction to a cranking dance band à la The Prodigy. A follow-up Facebook post from the band: “Blew up the PA at the Tote or something. Thanks to everyone for still going nuts. It was pretty much a house party in there.”
News / Music
DZ Deathrays Release First 301 Live Session Video
DZ Deathrays have recorded a series of videos that'll be released over the next five weeks.
Features / Premiere
DZ Deathrays - Teenage Kickstarts Live at 301 Studios, Sydney
Reviews / Album
Album Review: DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams
It morphs you into a powerful, sweaty ego-maniac that can blow cigar smoke in the shape of the Northern Lights and wear tight leather pants without compromising sexuality.
Features / Premiere
DZ Deathrays' Dollar Chills, y'all
Brisbane thrash party duo debut new music video.
Features / Music
Room To Breathe
Reviews / Album
Album Review: DZ Deathrays Bloodstreams
Most of the tracks explode in a frenzy of punk rock excitement with punchy drums smashing through highlights and holding back to create space where needed.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: DZ Deathrays - 'Brutal Tapes'
Frenetic and revitalised punk that jumps out of the blocks.
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