Tom Volcanis – Hysteria Magazine - December 2012

It’s quotes and comments like these circulating in music circles that earned King Parrot the reputation as the most lethal and extreme new band in Australia of 2012. After two years, several national tours, an EP and many hours confined to a tour bus, the result is the debut long player, aptly titled "Bite Your Head Off" – and the album does exactly that.

Produced by Jason Fuller (Blood Duster, Dern Rutlidge) and Adam Calaitzis (Damaged, Abramelin), King Parrot managed to capture the raw intensity of their live shows on tape. They defy genres with a cross section assault on thrash, grind, punk and hardcore and back it up with a brutally entertaining live show. Bite Your Head Off has been released in Australia on CD and Vinyl through Impedance Records/Rocket Distribution, and digitally through Third Verse.

“Shit on the Liver” is the first single to be lifted from the album and has just been launched as a video and being hailed as one of the best Australian metal videos of all time. The track also appears as a split 7” single with Australian metal legends Frankenbok.

King Parrot completed an extensive national tour in October and November of 2012 and head out again in January as part of the Devil’s Kitchen Festival. Regular rotation on Australia’s best rock and metal stations like JJJ and MMM has grown the popularity of the band since its inception on the live touring scene in 2011. King Parrot has already played with Forbidden, Macabre, Eyehategod, Hobbs Angel of Death, Psycroptic, Warbringer and Blood Duster.

King Parrot are setting their sights on the world and are touring South East Asia in March/April and Europe in July/August of 2013 with appearances at Obscene Extreme festivals in Australia, Indonesia and Czech Republic locked in. We encourage all interested agents, labels, management and festivals to get in touch with management to discuss opportunities for 2013 and beyond.