from Grind Massacre, released March 18, 2013
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“I’ve never felt so personally threatened by a record before”
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 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. It has been been on the playlist for RAGE continuously since its release. The track also appears as a split 7” single with Australian metal legends Frankenbok. The release of the video and album has made King Parrot the most revered metal band in Australia at present.

King Parrot completed an extensive national tour in October through to November hitting the capital cities twice each and many regional shows. 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. The band recently co-hosted The Racket on JJJ the national youth broadcaster. 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.

Management: Nick Irwin
(E) nick@impedance.com.au (P) +61403544157

Booking & Media: Matt Young
[E] kingparrotband@gmail.com [P] +6144 814 2002




Here’s what the press are saying about King Parrot:

“Few bands are able to transfer their live energy to record; however, King Parrot have succeeded in every way. Raw, dynamic and undeniably brutal, ” Bite Your Head Off” affirms King Parrot as Melbourne’s premier grind act”
– Billy Geary - Veri Live Magazine

“King Parrot stole the hearts and minds of the head banging faithful with their impetuous and unadulterated sound, pulverizing those who dare to bare witness. Vocalist Matt Young seeing into the souls of anyone within eyeshot with his crazy eyes, the band tore through an archaic set. A belligerent assault on the senses”
- Dean Forte - Faster Louder

“A devastating live show – a huge catchy grinding metal machine with blistering violent riffage”
Mark Lennard– Heavy Magazine

“After brutalizing the country with their first EP, King Parrot don’t mess around, going for the throat. Musically the band is a mixture of grind, thrash and punk, a powerful mix that gets heads banging and bodies slamming. Adding to the sound is Young’s hate infused vocals which both bludgeon and amuse giving King Parrot an intensity lacking in many bands of this ilk”
- Simon Lukic – Stacks magazine JB-HiFi

“A completely unpretentious fusion of punk and metal that panders to no trends or fads whatsoever… raw, unapologetic punk, metal and hardcore, track it down and listen the fuck out of it”
- Rod Whitfield - Beat Magazine

“ Amazing visuals… serpent-like, incredibly tight and not for the weak at heart. My personal highlight of the festival.“
– Laura McGillivray – The Metal Review

“Crusty uncompromising grind meets frosty cellar dwelling black metal all while capturing their titanically heavy live show. Such a strong statement of intent perches them far above most in the contemporary grind/thrash renaissance”
- Tom Valcanis – Hysteria magazine

“King Parrot - dominating the Australian music scene, one of the best extreme releases of 2012” – Patrick Emmett – Metal Obsession

“Ferocious, blazing, face-melting!  King Fucking Parrot.  This isn't a joke band.  These dudes are for real.  This band charges forward and just kills.  They are a modern thrash band that takes things to a whole other level.  They take hardcore, and grind and mix in about a 40 oz. of chaos.”
– Ryan Swope – Short Blast Music Reviews