Hobbs’ Angel of Death

Ostensibly the solo project of singer and guitarist Peter Hobbs (ex-Tyrus), Hobbs’ Angel of Loss of life was among Australia’s first extreme metal bands (founded in 1985), working up several much-talked-about demos prior to making their documented debut with an eponymous album in 1988. Documented in Berlin and released by Germany’s Steamhammer label, the recording still rates among the great cult metallic releases from the ’80s, sketching evaluations to Slayer’s Reign in Bloodstream due to its intense thrashing and Satanic referrals (Hobbs himself known as it “virgin metallic,” for supposedly representing metallic in its purest condition). Regrettably, the band’s geographic isolation in Australia didn’t match the sources of a badly funded self-employed record company located in Europe, so when Hobbs dropped out along with his support musicians, business lead guitarist Tag Woolley, bassist Philip Gresik, and drummer Darren McMaster-Smith, the complete enterprise dropped abruptly silent — at least until 1995, when Hobbs recruited a completely new lineup comprising Nick Maltezos (business lead acoustic guitar), Dave Frew (bass), and Bruno Canziani (drums), and surfaced from your darkness having a badly created second Hobbs’ Angel of Loss of life LP, merely entitled Inheritance. Extremely difficult to obtain a duplicate of outside Australia, this record as well was accompanied by an extended hiatus, and another unexpected return with just one more staff of support music artists via 2003’s Hobbs’ Satan’s Crusade. This record was supported with a few Australian concert schedules to get German thrashers Devastation and Norwegian dark metallers Mayhem, nonetheless it continues to be to be observed whether Hobbs’ Angel of Loss of life will rise in the grave once more.