Formerly known as Abortus, Herratik started out in mid 1998 and introduced a new brand of Death/Thrash Metal into the Sydney Metal Scene. The band recorded some demos, went through line up changes, and then in Early 99 Abortus was ready to play live, with a tight and secure line-up. Throughout early 1999 the band built up a strong following and the fans were demanding an official release. Abortus recorded their debut CD “Judge Me Not”, and released it in August 1999.
In November 2000 pre-production began for the second CD titled “Process Of Elimination” which was released through Italian label CODE 666 (Ephel Duath, Unmoored, Bloodshed etc) in October 2001. Only two months later, Abortus hopped on a plane and headed off for their debut European tour, supporting Ancient Rites and Mystic Circle, and taking the band to places across Germany, Holland, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland. In September-October 2003, Abortus again supported Mystic Circle this time opn their debut Australian Headline Tour, after which the decision was made to change the name of the band to Herratik.
THE NEW MATERIAL
The album is titled “Wrath Divine”
This new Album contains 10 new tracks, plus 4 more re-recorded older songs from the previous two CD’s in recognition of the Abortus days. It was recorded in October of 2004, at Amethyst Studios, and engineered, mixed and produced by former Dimmu Borgir Guitarist Astennu. The album has also been mastered by Australia’s best and most experienced mastering engineer, Steve Smart at leading mastering studio; 301 Studios in Sydney.
Herratik also hired a session drummer to complete this recording. The reason being, that the band was sick of waiting around for so called “good drummers” to get their act together. So the band decided to use a reliable and professional session drummer, and for this they found Necrodemon from the Black/Death metal band Mystic Circle. |
