About
Bushwhacker
Label: N/A
since circa 2007
"Bushwhacker is a fucking trip. Heavy as fuck, but weirder than the members, and those guys are fucking weird." - Forde
"Dabbling in classic death metal with tinges of black, thrash and psychedelic throughout..." - Gord
"Sounds like old-ISIS and old-BARONESS having a threesome with DEATH and there's cum all over the sheets." - Adam
In an era of over-classified genre taxonomies, it's a breath of fresh air to find a metal band that just makes music. Vancouver's Bushwhacker is one such. Their sound combines influences from many decades, from traditional death and black metal genres to 60s and 70s British prog and psychedelia, and even further to jazz and darker 1800s-era classical. The result is a complex and thoughtful arrangement that both challenges and pleases the ear, defying classification.
August 2013 saw them in the studio at Rain City Recorders, putting the finishing touches on their newest work, a one-song, 20-minute EP called Fish Guy. A shining example of evolution done right, Fish Guy features all the passionate metal fury of their earlier works, while still boiling, now carefully honed into effective, driving riffs and passages, framed and punctuated by evocati...
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Available for Shows/Gigs
Past Events
22
Jul
2017
10:00
05
Mar
2016
10:00 14:00
24
Oct
2015
21:00 16:00
17
Jan
2015
21:30 01:00
14
Oct
2014
21:00 16:00
19
Sep
2014
21:00 16:00
08
Feb
2014
21:30 01:00
18
Jan
2014
21:00 13:00
23
Nov
2013
22:00 02:00
19
Oct
2013
21:00 16:00
05
Jul
2013
21:00 00:30
30
May
2013
21:00 13:00