Henry's Anger
Henry's Anger
Group from Australia
Genres: hard rock, Progressive, canberra
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About Henry's Anger
With their dark and twisted riff patterns and bursts of sudden violence mirroring fear, despair and the most disturbed sides of the human psyche, Henry's Anger slowly clawed their way towards the top of the Australian heavy music scene through a combination of strong material, a powerful live presence and sheer hard work. Even while their national profile was still only developing, no less an esteemed publication as Kerrang! called them Australia's best metal band. Formed in 1994 by Yates and former Addictive and Psychrist entity Coffey, the early line up was completed by McAllister and Nowhere (real name Michael Monighan) with a musical path mapped out in a similar direction to the likes of Tool. The "Interfere" EP contained the track '(sic)' which became something of a favourite on Triple J's "Three Hours of Power" program. After this McAllister was replaced by Paddy Coffey and Nowhere was ejected shortly after for Jamie Thomas. The musical direction shifted somewhat while still remaining dark and disturbed but the songwriting also matured, resulting in the Blacklining EP receiving such plaudits from the UK metal Bible NME. Audiences became more and more used to the band's presence as they supported the likes of Suicidal Tendencies, the Deftones and Mr Bungle, as well as the band's own heavy touring schedule, but perhaps the major breakthrough came when it toured with Strapping Young Lad in early 1999, two months before the release of the stunning Personality Test album, a remarkable issue which won the band an ARIA Award nomination for Best Rock Album. With international interest looming in the band, and midway through a round of promotional shows for the album, Thomas left/was sacked from Henry's Anger, and the band was forced into inactivity for several months while a replacement was sought. In mid December 1999, Steve Simmons was chosen as Henry's Anger's new singer, and virtually at the same moment they were added to the bill of the 2000 Big Day Out in Sydney. Since then the band has toured with Sprung Monkey and featured as the national support for Skinlab's tour in May 2000. While a new EP was promised for August 2000, Henry's Anger suddenly announced they had split up shortly after a showstopping performance at Metal for the Brain in October. Simmons is now singing with Cryogenic. In late 2001, Yates, Thomas and Paddy Coffey formed a new band called Brace.
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