Honeytrap

Victorian desert wave group Honeytrap are a four piece heavy guitar based band that was spawned in the remote coastal wasteland that is Portland, Victoria, Australia. It has a population of only 10,000, it is a workers town and is dominated by sport. Honeytrap's sound is a direct reaction to the town's compulsion to the daily grind. This sound is pure sonic excess in it's most raw and disturbing form. Honeytrap are the cream in your coffee, they are your gold Egyptian Sphinx.The band consists of four males of the human species drawn together (usually under a full moon) through their mutual love of volume, groove and psychedelic effects. Honeytrap existed as an instrumental drinking project before taking the leap forward and recruiting former Damaged vocalist and ex Dread drummer Chris Wallace on voice noise. Damaged were at the forefront of Australian extreme metal throughout the 90's.
Just three months after adding a vocalist and performing their first show: (the opening slot on Geelongs premier stoner rock fest "Devils Kitchen") the band went about recording their first release. March 07 brought about the recording of a five track EP “Bulls Can’t Be Choreographed.” The EP was recorded over two days in their jam room in Portland, a deralict granny flat situated behind the Portland cematery. The recording was taken back to Melbourne for the finishing touches. All recording, engineering and general dial navigation was handled by Jason Fuller (BloodDuster).
It is hard to pigeonhole the Honeytrap sound as every song varies in sound, length, tuning and dynamics. Although the band concentrate on a more desert wave sound these days one comparison to the earlier sound generated by the band was "it's like listening to Nirvana's Nevermind on some very strong LSD," which suits the band fine. This may give you an indication of the mindset behind the music no doubt being conveyed.Even in their short existence, Honeytrap have played throughout Victoria punishing stages from Warrnambools"The Loft" to St Kildas home of rock "The Espy" with bands such as Dallas Crane, Behind Crimson Eyes, Juke Kartel and Legends Of Motorsport, just to name a few. They also secured a slot on RRR radio's respect the rock show in August along side bands such as Uncut White Noise and Tigernauts.
To embrace the Honeytrap sound via digital media is one thing but to take in the fuzzed out extremely loud and precise live show the band display is another journey even more auraly satisfying.
After amassing 23 shows in the short space of 6 months in 08, Honeytrap have defined themselves as one of Victoria's most ferocious and tight live acts, each guitar riff and snare beat cutting the mix with military like precision. Onstage the band continue to drop jaws of punters and peers alike.
Honeytrap have just completed the recording of a mini album. The recording was done at Pan studios in Geelong, this time using the recording talents of Sally Laver as well as the demon recording machine that is Jason Fuller on the engineering and production side of things. Once again the recording was taken to Melbourne, mixed by Jason Fuller and mastered by Jason and Paul Fox at Indie Masters.
In 2009 a harder, louder and more venomous Honeytrap have hit the stage and are breathing down the necks of the corporate rock scum. We are looking forward to releasing more music to numb your brain, shake your booty and shred your ears. WARNING Excessive consumption may harm your health!!”