BAND OF THE DAY: MICHAEL CRAFTER

Seemingly created entirely to bait the Australian metalcore personality of the same name – former I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian, Bury Your Dead vocalist, 'Big Brother' wannabe and egotistical, delusional dick jar – Sydney suburbanites Michael Crafter quickly evolved beyond that basic premise, leaving sixteen songs of parody on their clattery riot of an initial tape demo/album, 'Winston​.​.​. This One's For You' (I'm proud to say I contributed one title back when I was relevant; 'I've Quit a Band LOL', based on a MySpace exchange with the aforementioned hate figure.)

2010's 'DY or Die' (stream AND/OR download for fuck all) was a more measured assault, hefty production and good songs – it's an absolute riot of tight, fast hardcore – and the same period is captured on 'Live @ Hot Damn'. Shortly after that they drove their tinny-filled yute right off the reservation for a super limited doom cassette, 'Double Doomin' (sorry, gotta buy this one but you can stream it), which has unbelievably bad artwork and surprisingly engrossing atmospheric sludge. Maybe the artwork lowers expectations to the point where you're expecting some parodic wailing and My Dying Bride-style GCSE English lyrics that rhyme 'sad' with 'bad', and 'woes' with 'rose.

This duo don't stop, there's a new 7” out on April 17 through Tenzenmen Records, from which the following track has been plucked like an overripe berry: