Temtris: Forging Metal’s Wild Frontier
Late ’90s, Australia’s South Coast: A young firebrand with a voice that could shatter stadiums (Genevieve Rodda) and a guitarist (Anthony “Fox” Roberts) who treated riffs like a mad scientist. Their band, Labyrinth, was all guts, no formula, until it wasn’t enough. “Safe? Boring?” Fox scoffs. “We wanted emotion, not rulebooks.” So, in 2003, Temtris erupted: raw, hungry, and allergic to genre chains.
Their debut Threshold? Recorded as an EP, but ambition laughed. Oops, they birthed a full album instead. Battlegod Productions later dialed up the shadows with Masquerade (2008), while Shallow Grave (2014) spat anthems like “Slave to the System” into global rotations. Crowds swelled. By 2016’s Enter the Asylum, they’d strapped listeners into a twisted carnival: each track a room, each riff a padded wall.
But Temtris doesn’t do pauses. Rapture (2018) snagged “Australian Metal Album of the Year,” and their live shows? Pure voltage. They’ve shared stages with Ensiferum, Loudness, even Stryper’s Michael Sweet, no big deal. Then came 2020: headlining New Zealand’s Smashfest, surviving lockdowns with Ritual Warfare, and livestreaming fury when stages went dark.
Now, 20 years deep, they’re dropping Khaos Divine, a dystopian saga with videos, tours, and a cheeky nod to Iron Maiden’s birthplace. “Queen of Crows (out 8/8/2025) isn’t just an album,” Fox grins. “It’s a mirror. Humanity’s mess? We’re all guilty.”
Temtris isn’t just surviving metal’s chaos: they’re conducting it. From sweaty pubs to global pits, they’ve turned rebellion into an art form. And that 8th album? Buckle up.
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