BAND HISTORY
Abortus (Now Known as HERRATIK) started out in mid 1998 & introduced a new brand of Death/Thrash Metal into the Sydney Metal Scene.
From mid 98 to Early 99, the band recorded some Demo's, went through line up changes, & then in Early 99 Abortus was ready to play live, with a tight & secure line-up. Throughout early 1999 the band built up a strong following & the fans were demanding an official release. So in mid 1999 Abortus recorded their Debut CD Judge Me Not, & released it in August 1999.
After the release of Judge Me Not, Abortus Continued to headline many shows around the Sydney Metal Scene, until May 2000 when the original drummer left the band. While Abortus were searching for a new drummer, they did not lay down. They continued to write new material for a second CD.
In August 2000, Abortus found the drummer they needed. Mike came into the band. He was given the new material & had until November 2000 to be ready to start pre-production for the second CD titled Process Of Elimination The 2nd full length CD was recorded in January, 2001 & released through Italian Label Code666 in October 2001.
FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR - PLUS OTHER TOURS
Only two months later, Abortus hopped on a plane & headed off for their debut European tour, supporting Ancient Rites & Mystic Circle in December 2001. The tour consisted of about 20 shows across Germany, Holland, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Austria & Switzerland. After going home, Abortus planned, booked & promoted their own headline Tour of Australia. This tour consisted of over 20 shows over the space of 8 months. It started in April & finished in November 2002. It went across all the major cities & towns across Australia.
After this tour, Abortus became a headliner act across the whole country. After the Australian tour, Mike left the band & Abortus were drummer-less again. Abortus received the services of temporary fill in drummer Dave Upston, & continued to play Headlining shows in 2003, while writing the new material for a third full length release.
In September-October 2003, Abortus supported Mystic Circle on Mystic Circle's debut Australian Headline Tour. This tour was once again arranged, organised & promoted by Abortus them self. After the Tour, Abortus employed their long awaited 2nd guitarist. The band has been looking for a 2nd guitarist since the first & original rhythm guitarist was fired back in 1998. But prior to hiring Wader, Abortus decided to change the name of the band to HERRATIK - being the word HERETIC.
HERRATIK BEGINS!!!!!
Soon after Wader joined the band Herratik started pre-production work on the new material. 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 at AMETHYST STUDIOS. It has been Engineered, mixed & Produced by former DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist ASTENNU. The CD, has also been mastered by Australia's best & most Experienced Mastering Engineer, Steve Smart at Australia's 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 & professional Session Drummer. His name is "NECRODEMON" From one of Germany's leading Black/Death metal bands: "Mystic Circle".
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