Vanquished Kingdom - Vanquished Kingdom (2018)

Release Date: November 3, 2018

Vanquished Kingdom is a 4-piece band from Sydney, Australia whose strongest influence is the joyous power-driven energy and dark didactic depth of the 1980s best heavy metal.

Formed in October 2016, Vanquished Kingdom play all original music - "meaningful Maiden-esque metal made modern."

Sometimes described as the unholy lovechild of the granddaughter of Iron Maiden and the nephew of Megadeth, Vanquished Kingdom is exactly what you get when you cross 80s metal with four deeply musical, charismatic, thoughtful, millennial Australians with songs to sing... and sometimes, with axes to grind. Vanquished Kingdom are primarily a performing band.



While 'This is NOT! Spinal Tap', Vanquished Kingdom like to balance the dark, didactic depths of their music by not taking themselves too seriously: “This band is purely and only about having fun, just having fun and nothing else… oh, and changing the world.” They try to keep their tongue in their cheeks, filled with humour and hope even as they rail against and wail about the corruption of humanity.

The other genres that have influenced the members of this band are rock, blues, folk, indie rock, classical, and funk. Other metal bands that have influenced the music apart from Iron Maiden and Megadeth include the other three members of the big 4 (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer) and especially Judas Priest as well as Black Sabbath. More recent bands like Lamb of God, Mastadon, Children of Bodom, Fenir, Dream Theatre are probably in there somewhere, too.



Zac Anderson – lead vocals and guitar
Nick Wilks – guitar
Siebe Pogson – bass guitar
Jessica Kesby – drums




Links:
Bandcamp:
https://vanquishedkingdom.bandcamp.com/album/vanquished-kingdom
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/vanquishedkingdom/
Event page for Saturday November 3:
https://www.stickytickets.com.au/76536/vanquished_kingdom.aspx