You might only just be hearing them, but Tasmania’s Taberah have been a staple act on the national pub circuit for half a decade now.
Since their debut show in 2006, when founding members Jonathon Barwick and Tom Brockman were just 16 years of age, Taberah have turned heads .
The band released their first album The Light Of Which I Dream in 2011, completed an extensive Australian tour and then headed straight back into the studio to record Necromancer.
The first thing you hear is pumping drums and bass (a Rickenbacker, no less) as the band goes crashing into the opener ‘2012’. Barwick knows his vocal limits and works within them perfectly. His roots in the blues are apparent even when singing a monster track like this.
After the epically arranged opener we’re met with ‘Dying Wish’, a dark thrasher obviously influenced by Firewind and Grave Digger. Honourable mention goes to Myles ‘Flash’ Flood for some tasty lead guitar work in the middle.
The next three songs – ‘Burning In The Moonlight’, ‘Necromancer’ and ‘Warlord’ – are a 1-2-3 punch of heavy rock & roll with BIG, big hooks and more delicious guitar work from the team of Barwick and Flood.
Just like ‘The Ballad Of Ruby Joy’ on their debut, Necromancer also features a heartfelt love song in ‘Don’t Say You’ll Love Me Forever’. Think ‘Lost In The Ozone’ by Motorhead, but with Queen writing the hooks and guitar solo.
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Taberah have finally come close to capturing their live energy on record with Necromancer. The kind of energy that reminds us of when rock & roll was dangerous.
Big things are inevitable as they establish themselves as a heavyweight name and become one of the world’s premier live bands, one pub at a time.
