[{"id":397892845812,"handle":"beastwars","title":"Beastwars","updated_at":"2022-06-20T15:33:59+12:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Beastwars band from Wellington on vinyl LP\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/files\/beastwars-alt-e1476922242885_1024x1024.jpg?v=1649063541\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeastwars\u003c\/strong\u003e are a loud heavy rock band from Wellington, New Zealand. The band members are \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Hyde\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJames Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eClayton Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eNato \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHickey\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey have released four albums \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/beastwars-beastwars\"\u003eBeastwars\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eBlood Becomes Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eThe Death of All Things\u003c\/em\u003e (2016)and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/beastwars-iv\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIV\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2019). The band have played many shows and festivals around New Zealand, including opening for \u003cstrong\u003eFu Manchu\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKyuss\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMastadon\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeastwars\u003c\/strong\u003e are released on their own record label \u003cstrong\u003eDestroy Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, but when available, we stock \u003cstrong\u003eBeastwars\u003c\/strong\u003e on vinyl LP at the Flying Nun Records shop. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-04-04T21:10:13+12:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Beastwars"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2022-04-04T21:12:48+12:00","alt":"Beastwars","width":464,"height":464,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/collections\/hero_thumb_JayHynes_BEASTWARS_BW_Instagram.jpg?v=1649063568"}},{"id":399426289908,"handle":"heavy","title":"Heavy","updated_at":"2022-06-20T22:24:37+12:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2022-05-08T20:30:27+12:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Heavy"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2022-05-16T17:13:44+12:00","alt":"Heavy and Metal | Music on Vinyl, CD, Merch and Cassette","width":800,"height":800,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/collections\/Heavy.jpg?v=1655088620"}}]
New Zealand's legendary Sludge Metal bandBeastwarsare returning to the world with a new lease on life, literally. Vocalist Matt Hyde underwent over 6 months of treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2016, he is now in remission. Their new albumIVwas shaped by Hyde’s confrontation with mortality and contains heavy and heartfelt themes of anger, regret - but also hope. That experience - the loneliness and isolation of the long treatment time - gave Hyde plenty to consider. Life, friendships and relationships in his 40's, his then-10-year-old daughter and his band and experiences. What resulted was a record that leaves nothing unsaid. A howling, raw and powerful voice. Hyde says, "I was lucky that I had music to express what had happened to me - a lot of people don't have that. I was very lucky that we could make a record. I took the time to process it and turned it into something else."
Beastwarshas triumphantly come through their darkest hour to produce the heaviest, most haunting and most ambitious album yet.
