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New Zealand's premier metal band 8 Foot Sativa have risen from the Wild West of Auckland becoming a household name and creating Metal history in New Zealand. The huge success of their three previous albums, national tours, break- through chart positions and exposure in the main stream media has never before been seen in this country by a Heavy Metal band.
As all 8 Foot Sativa fans are aware, the band have endured many line-up changes and obstacles over the years and yet always come out on top. With the current line-up theyâ€™re leaner and hungrier than ever. Industry and band politics will always take a back seat to what is central to the 8 Foot credo; making kick-ass music.
In 2002 the bands debut album Hate Made Me achieved Gold status in New Zealand, putting 8 Foot Sativa at the top of the food chain straight out of the gate. 2003â€™s Season For Assault garnered five star reviews, entered the album charts at number 6, and made it to number 1 on the independent charts, a first for a Metal band in New Zealand. In 2005 8 Foot released their third album, Breed The Pain, recorded in Sweden with Studio Undergroundâ€™s Pelle Saether (Carnal Forge, Fleshcrawl). The band so enjoyed the dynamic with the veteran producer/engineer that he was brought on board for album number four â€˜Poison of Agesâ€™.
Poison of Ages is a modern thrash album that maintains the well-known 8 Foot sound. It is a guitar driven album, filled with hooks and typically memorable riffs with an eclectic sense of melody, breakneck percussion and impassioned, tortured vocals. Poison of Ages addresses the myriad flaws of mankind that will lead to our downfall.
Released on the bands own label, Poison of Ages is a declaration of intent. They will remain a stalwart of NZ Metal as long as there is breath to express their energy and anger.
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ROM IS SELLING HIS IBANEZ

Hey all,Due to financial difficulty I am having to sell my kick ass Ibanez...Check out the Trademe Auction and place ya bids!Copy and paste into your browser!http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.as...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:18:00 PST

Upcoming shows...

Hey all, We have had to cancel all our upcoming gigs due to an injury to Gary's hand. (Gaz will be informing you of the details via the website) We have decided it best to wait til Gary is b...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:38:00 PST

New live review

Taken from our Wellington show, Fri 5 October:wellingtonlivemusic.com/reviews.php?id=177VALVE Words by The Other Ben Jackson Easily the most commercially successful heavy metal band in New Zealand his...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

’Our Undoing’ Tour Diary

We're gonna be keeping a weekly diary to document how the metal flows throughout our September/October NZ tour so you can see what sort of bullshit we get up to ..m/ Check out our online Diary for t...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:30:00 PST

POA review - NZ Musician magazine

September 07 - by Alistair WickensMetal seems to be going through some sort of mainstreaming at the momet, even the Listener is gushing about how metal's been misunderstood. Judged both on quali...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:16:00 PST

"OUR UNDOING" NZ Tour dates announced

8 Foot Sativa will be embarking on a full NZ tour this coming September/OctoberNapier Thursday 20 September 07 @ Milonga w/ Saving Grace, A Blak Disaster, Gunt Gi...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:23:00 PST

Bfm Live To Air videos \m/

8 Foot Sativa - Bfm Live To AirCheck it out... the videos of our live to air at Red Bull Sutios on Bfm earlier this year. For some reason to see our vids you need to sign up on the website and log in,...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:07:00 PST

What songs do ya'll want to hear???

Hey all,We are halfway through booking our next tour and thought it would be a swell idea to add some other songs to our set.We've narrowed it down to 6 songs off the earlier albums that we will choos...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:09:00 PST

PyroMusic review: 8.7/10

http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&revi ew=8_Foot_Sativa-Poison_Of_Ages&id=1098It's been a long road for New Zealand's 8 Foot Sativa to release their fourth album, 'Poison Of A...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:58:00 PST

New website | www.8footsativa.com

The new and improved 8 Foot Sativa website is up now at www.8footsativa.com ... Featuring a store section to purchase the new album and related swag ..m/...
Posted by 8 Foot Sativa on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:27:00 PST