OBIAT is LONDON-READING based multicultural entity uniting four members of different nationalities. Mesmerizing, hypnotic stoner doom with characteristic soulful vocals. The psychedelic, almost trance-like atmosphere sets this band apart from most other metallers. It's groovy & eerie yet still heavy, with a hint of eastern european touch(hungarian, polish songwriters) produced by John Mitchell and OBIAT@the Outhouse Studio, Reading UK.Obiat compiling from the 70's psychedelic
rock
(POMPEII) spiced with an "albatrosscream" from
Seattle. It also features "Sleep" & Master of
monster
riffs add the rhythm section imports groove and
blues
from the red sun.Current line-up:Laz: abusing vocal chordsRaf: guitarsAlex: bassNeil: drumsOccasionally OBIAT live performance is filled with a
mesmerising sound of hurdy-gurdy and some wicked
tribal percussion, didgeridoo and sometimes Moog and
Hammond organ carpet for lowering the wall of sound.Although OBIAT was created in 1999 in Poland, the real beginning of the band with full line up was in 2002 in England where OBIAT performed live for the very first time.
Since then OBIAT recorded two albums
in the band's friend: John Mitchell's The
Outhouse Studio (apart from producing he also plays
guitar in a band called Arena, Kino, The Urbane,
and with Uriah Heep, Asia's & KING CRIMSON's
John Wetton Band)."Obiat: Accidentally making enemies " 2002-
double album (disc 2 featuring
compilation of local bands) on an independent label
called "readirockrevolutionrecords" AKA
"3R'srecords".
"Emotionally driven disturbulence" 2005- licenced to Slowmomusic in UK.Widely distributed in UK in HMV, Metalheadz (Camden
Town), in Austria (www.psychedoomelic.com) and in
Hungary too. Achieved good reviews in Italy, Finland, Hungary,Poland, France( Album of the month in french radio-stone edge)USA(420 Train Wreck Radio San Francisco), Japan ,...Obiat have been gigging all over Europe (where they
originally from) Hungary, Poland.Italy,...
Double headlined with ELECTRIC WIZARD in France, Stoned Hand of Doom festival in Rome with Doomraiser + more in Italy,Belgium, Germany with EARTHRIDE (ex Spirit Caravan), Gates Of Slumber, Centurions Ghost-Doom Over Nuernberg fest, with TESTAMENT and MY DYING BRIDE and Korpiklani(Metalmania Fest in Budapest)....and moreand of course all over the UK with ,
WITCHCRAFT-Sweden, ACID KING, PELICAN, THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX & 5IVE from Boston-USA, HAWKWIND's Nik Turner Space Unit,ORANGE GOBLIN, RAMESSES -former Electric Wizard), ESOTERIC, ATAVIST, Suns of The TundraTV appearance on BBC and Man and Motor
(satellite): "Mad Count 3-4" Shows. Madcount 4.
available on DVD with Obiat soundtrack as well.Singer Laz is also deeply involved in writing and
recording for Peach /Suns of the Tundra(TOOL's Justin
Chancellor previous band) albums along with fellow
musicians like Simon Oakes, Andy Prestige
(Cortizone).They also contributed some
material for the 2nd album OBIAT:EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN
DISTURBULeNCE(2005)Guitarist Raf and bassist Alex also performed with deathcore band Justonefix as seen on stage with CULT OF LUNA, BLEEDING THROUGH, MARDUK, DISMEMBER, ZAO, Cataract and more...more info WWW.OBIAT.COM
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