Australian collective Grey Daturas specialize in abstract instrumental noise droning rock.
Grey Daturas (Black Mountain, 2002) ran the gamut from extended guitar
workouts to wildly acid garage-rock, mostly in the tradition of
Dead C.
Live At The Rob Roy Hotel (2002) collects live performances of 2002.
Dead In The Woods (Crashing Jets, 2004 -
Crucial Blast, 2007)
improved both horizontally
and vertically, offering a broader spectrum of styles and a more manic intensity.
Copper Silver (2005) was a (mediocre) collaboration with Oregon's
Yellow Swans, followed by the EPs All I See Is Nothing (Black Mountain, 2006) and Blood Trail (Heathen Skulls, 2006),
and by The Black Plague (2006), a split with Wolf Eyes.
The 39-minute EP Path Of Niners (Heathen Skulls, 2006 -
Rocket Recordings, 2007)
marked a relative change in direction, towards a less chaotic sound.
Dawn Of The Catalyst (20 Buck Spin, 2007) is a collaboration with
French doom-metal band Monarch.
The EP Owly Claw Hammer (Emperor Jones, 2008) contains two lengthy ambient psychedelic jams.
Return to Disruption (Neurot, 2008) continues to refine the border
between doom-metal and free-form noise.
Black Widow was the side-project of Grey Daturas' Rob MacManus that released
Night Of The Raven (Heathen Skulls, 2008).
