A television-themed Death Metal band has become a hit on the Queensland Metal circuit.
The Brisbane-based ‘It’s Always Sunny in Killadelphia’ formed earlier this year, with songs inspired by their favourite It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes.
As frontman Dale Lachlan explained to Everyday News Staff Writers, “our previous Death Metal band ‘Acid Blood’ was going nowhere, so we decided to cheer ourselves up over Christmas break by getting on the beers and marathoning It’s Always Sunny. After a few hours, we decided, ‘why not start a Sunny-themed band?”
Renaming themselves ‘It’s Always Sunny in Killadelphia’, they started with a Death Metal version of ‘The Nightman Cometh’ episode, posting the videos on their YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.
The videos became popular among the Queensland Metal community, with IASIK playing their first live shows in February. They’ve spent the last few months playing every weekend at Metal clubs on Brisbane and the Gold Coast, mixing the ‘Nightman’ songs with original songs based on their favourite Sunny episodes.
”We were worried that the novelty would quickly wear off, but Death Metal and the narcissistic characters on the show work well together, the crowds love it, the gigs are heavy as fuck, and the new songs are coming together well!” said Dale.
IASIK have taken a small break to record their first album, ‘The Gang Goes Heavy’, which they hope to release late in 2022. While they are yet to be noticed by anyone from Sunny (despite regularly posting on social media), Dale’s hoping that changes once the first album is released.
”Our dream is to either have our music featured on the show or to appear on the show ourselves. That’d be badass!” said Dale.
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