129-521: Old Gods is the tenth and final studio album by New Zealand rock band Shihad , released on 8 October 2021. The album debuted at number one in New Zealand. Much of the album was inspired by Jon Toogood 's experiences after his conversion to Islam , before his marriage to Dana Salih in Sudan in 2014, and the band's disgust at the rise of Conservative politicians in the world. The song "Little Demons"
258-713: A Woroni writer, in September 1993, as an "industrial metal band" and "despite coming out of a country only recently introduced to colour TV, this is damn close to the cutting edge of a very interesting genre." In February 1994 they performed at the Big Day Out concert in Auckland – the first time the roving festival occurred in New Zealand. The group signed with Noise Records in August for European releases and toured there for two months. Their second album, Killjoy ,
387-496: A cover version of Sex Pistol's " Anarchy in the U.K. " but blew out the venue's PA . Duncan left soon after and following a succession of temporary musicians they were joined in 1989 by Hamish Laing on bass guitar. In 1990, Gerald Dwyer, the former frontman of local punk band Flesh-D-Vice became their talent manager. He also managed Shihad's then-support act, Head Like a Hole (HLAH). The line-up of Knight, Larkin, Laing and Toogood recorded their debut track, "Down Dance", which
516-627: A holy war across the known universe. Paul reveals that Jessica is the daughter of the Baron, a secret kept from her by the Bene Gesserit. Paul and Jessica traverse the desert in search of Fremen people. After being captured by a Fremen band, Paul and Jessica agree to teach the Fremen the Bene Gesserit fighting technique known to the Fremen as the " weirding way " and are accepted into the community of Sietch Tabr . Paul proves his manhood by killing
645-522: A narrative history recounting a mid-19th century conflict in the Caucasus between rugged caucasian Muslim tribes and the expanding Russian Empire . Language used on both sides of that conflict become terms in Herbert's world— chakobsa , a Caucasian hunting language, becomes a battle language of humans spread across the galaxy; kanly , a word for blood feud in the 19th century Caucasus, represents
774-695: A rock band formed in Wellington , New Zealand, in 1988. The band consists of founders Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), who were joined by Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals) in 1991. The band were known as Pacifier between 2002 and 2004. Six of Shihad's studio albums have peaked at number one– The General Electric (October 1999), Pacifier (September 2002), Beautiful Machine (April 2008), Ignite (September 2010), FVEY (August 2014) and Old Gods (October 2021). They share
903-471: A "bellows breath of cinnamon." This resembles the myth described by an unknown English poet in Beowulf , the compelling tale of a fearsome fire dragon who guarded a great treasure hoard in a lair under cliffs, at the edge of the sea. The desert of Frank Herbert's classic novel is a vast ocean of sand, with giant worms diving into the depths, the mysterious and unrevealed domain of Shai-hulud. Dune tops are like
1032-487: A Fremen man named Jamis in a ritualistic crysknife fight and chooses the Fremen name Muad'Dib, while Jessica opts to undergo a ritual to become a Reverend Mother by drinking the poisonous Water of Life . Pregnant with Leto's daughter, she inadvertently causes the unborn child, Alia , to become infused with the same powers in the womb. Paul takes a Fremen lover, Chani , who bears him a son he names Leto. Two years pass. Paul's powerful prescience manifests, which confirms for
1161-610: A Fremen outpost, killing many including young Leto, while Alia is captured and taken to the Emperor. Under cover of an electric storm, which shorts out the Sardaukar's defensive shields, Paul and the Fremen, riding giant sandworms, destroy the capital's natural rock fortifications with atomics and attack, while Alia assassinates the Baron and escapes. The Fremen quickly defeat both the Harkonnen and Sardaukar troops, killing Rabban in
1290-412: A bill with Magic Dirt and Pretty Violet Stain . Dede observed, "it's hard not to like Toogood, with his Bobby Gillespie rock-star looks (without the pretensions), and the passion and blistering ferocity of Trent Reznor . The boy's got charisma: he's got stage presence, and he was bounding all over the stage: he has energy." She felt, "their sound was hard and bangin', pulled in with anthemic overflow,
1419-602: A community". After the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962, science fiction writers began treating the subject of ecological change and its consequences. Dune responded in 1965 with its complex descriptions of Arrakis life, from giant sandworms (for whom water is deadly) to smaller, mouse-like life-forms adapted to live with limited water. Dune was followed in its creation of complex and unique ecologies by other science fiction books such as A Door into Ocean (1986) and Red Mars (1992). Environmentalists have pointed out that Dune 's popularity as
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#17327768568571548-657: A different track listing and included the track, "My Mind's Sedate" from The General Electric . Pacifier ' s third single, "Bullitproof", reached No. 27 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart – their only appearance on a US chart. Pacifier co-headlined the Kings of Rock Tour with Australian metallers Superheist . Sean Kemp of Oz Music Project caught their performance at Adelaide 's Le Rox, and noticed they, "are still bundles of energy and always make sure that each and every person in
1677-551: A disagreement with the band occurred after the release of the album. Following a 15-year period in which Coleman and Shihad did not communicate, Coleman made amends with the band members at a London, UK awards ceremony. Toogood explained in June 2014: Three years ago we were at the Metal Hammer awards. I hadn't talked to Jaz for ages. We'd had a falling out, I just didn't have time for him. Tom [Larkin] went and chatted to him and
1806-510: A feud between Dune's noble Houses; sietch and tabir are both words for camp borrowed from Ukrainian Cossacks (of the Pontic–Caspian steppe ). Herbert also borrowed some lines which Blanch stated were Caucasian proverbs. "To kill with the point lacked artistry" , used by Blanch to describe the Caucasus peoples' love of swordsmanship, becomes in Dune "Killing with the tip lacks artistry" ,
1935-491: A fictional planet instead. His son Brian said that "Readers would have too many preconceived ideas about that planet, due to the number of stories that had been written about it." Herbert dedicated his work "to the people whose labors go beyond ideas into the realm of 'real materials'—to the dry-land ecologists , wherever they may be, in whatever time they work, this effort at prediction is dedicated in humility and admiration." Duke Leto Atreides of House Atreides , ruler of
2064-415: A great record". Toogood explained that the entirety of the ninth album was recorded live-in-the-studio, while Coleman conducted, and the band members were forced to focus entirely on each song as they were recorded, without outside distractions, such as mobile phones. After a two-month recording period, Toogood referred to their time with Coleman as a "bootcamp" and explained that they "needed someone to crack
2193-573: A male Kwisatz Haderach. Their plan is to produce a male who can "possess complete racial memory, both male and female," and look into the black hole in the collective unconscious that they fear. A central theme of the book is the connection, in Jessica's son, of this female aspect with his male aspect. This aligns with concepts in Jungian psychology, which features conscious/unconscious and taking/giving roles associated with males and females, as well as
2322-567: A military capacity, Paul Atreides bears many similarities to the historical T. E. Lawrence . His 1962 biopic Lawrence of Arabia has also been identified as a potential influence. The Sabres of Paradise (1960) has also been identified as a potential influence upon Dune , with its depiction of Imam Shamil and the Islamic culture of the Caucasus inspiring some of the themes, characters, events and terminology of Dune . The environment of
2451-645: A novel depicting a planet as a complex—almost living—thing, in combination with the first images of Earth from space being published in the same time period, strongly influenced environmental movements such as the establishment of the international Earth Day . While the genre of climate fiction was popularized in the 2010s in response to real global climate change , Dune as well as other early science fiction works from authors like J. G. Ballard ( The Drowned World ) and Kim Stanley Robinson (the Mars trilogy ) have retroactively been considered pioneering examples of
2580-443: A piece of advice given to a young Paul during his training. "Polish comes from the city, wisdom from the hills" , a Caucasian aphorism , turns into a desert expression: "Polish comes from the cities, wisdom from the desert". Another significant source of inspiration for Dune was Herbert's experiences with psilocybin and his hobby of cultivating mushrooms, according to mycologist Paul Stamets 's account of meeting Herbert in
2709-560: A poison spur in his belt. Paul gains the upper hand and kills him. The Emperor reluctantly cedes the throne to Paul and promises his daughter Princess Irulan 's hand in marriage. As Paul takes control of the Empire, he realizes that while he has achieved his goal, he is no longer able to stop the Fremen jihad, as their belief in him is too powerful to restrain. The Dune series is a landmark of science fiction . Herbert deliberately suppressed technology in his Dune universe so he could address
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#17327768568572838-573: A problem with drinking and playing back then also. Stopping that was a big positive shift in my performing." The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965. The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
2967-497: A reputation for being just as violent and dangerous as Fremen men. Chani travels with Stilgar in his military party, armed like the others. After becoming Paul's concubine, she kills one of the men who comes to challenge him. Alia leads an attack against the Emperor's Sardaukar and kills Baron Harkonnen with a gom jabbar. Women also take on the role of religious leaders. Chani is a Sayyadina who presides over tribal rituals such as Paul's worm-riding test, and Reverend Mother Ramallo carries
3096-475: A sandstorm by the Harkonnens. Yueh replaces one of Leto's teeth with a poison gas capsule, hoping Leto can kill the Baron during their encounter. Piter kills Yueh, and the Baron narrowly avoids the gas (due to his defensive shield), which kills Leto, Piter, and the others in the room. The Baron forces Thufir to take over Piter's position by dosing him with a long-lasting, fatal poison and threatening to withhold
3225-476: A thrash metal beginning but as they've grown they've become more and more tuneful, bringing us really great anthems along the way. And we heard those tonight." Chris Familton of Doubtful Sounds caught their set at Sydney's The Metro Theatre in late November, which "began with 'Think You're So Free' from their most recent album FVEY and worked its way back, in chronological order to 'Factory' from their debut Churn . In November 2020 Shihad signed with UNIFIED,
3354-560: A touch of funk and electronica, and eloquent, gutsy lyrics. Bold and raw, yet pure poetry." Early in 2001 Shihad focused their attention on the US market and signed with an American-based management. They started work on their next album, Pacifier (September 2002) with Josh Abraham producing at Hollywood's Pulse Recording Studios. However before recording was completed the September 11 attacks had occurred. Their management convinced
3483-421: A type of androgynous Kwisatz Haderach, a male Reverend Mother. In a Bene Gesserit test early in the book, it is implied that people are generally "inhuman" in that they irrationally place desire over self-interest and reason. This applies Herbert's philosophy that humans are not created equal, while equal justice and equal opportunity are higher ideals than mental, physical, or moral equality. I am showing you
3612-469: A year, he published the much slower-paced five-part The Prophet of Dune in the January–May 1965 issues. The first serial became "Book One: Dune" in the final published Dune novel, and the second serial was divided into "Book Two: Muad'dib" and "Book Three: The Prophet". The serialized version was expanded, reworked, and submitted to more than twenty publishers, each of whom rejected it. The novel, Dune ,
3741-431: Is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange , or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. Melange is also necessary for space navigation, which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides. As melange can only be produced on Arrakis, control of the planet is a coveted and dangerous undertaking. The story explores
3870-465: Is compelled to obey the Emperor's orders anyway. Leto's concubine Lady Jessica is an acolyte of the Bene Gesserit , an exclusively female group that pursues mysterious political aims and wields seemingly superhuman physical and mental abilities, such as the ability to control their bodies down to the cellular level, and also decide the sex of their children. Though Jessica was instructed by
3999-467: Is hard, the anthropology and the psychic abilities are soft." Hard elements include the ecology of Arrakis, suspensor technology, weapon systems, and ornithopters, while soft elements include issues relating to religion, physical and mental training, cultures, politics, and psychology. Herbert said Paul's messiah figure was inspired by the Arthurian legend, and that the scarcity of water on Arrakis
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4128-446: Is likely Herbert relied on second-hand resources such as phrasebooks and desert adventure stories to find these Arabic words and phrases for the Fremen. They are meaningful and carefully chosen, and help create an "imagined desert culture that resonates with exotic sounds, enigmas, and pseudo-Islamic references" and has a distinctly Bedouin aesthetic. As a foreigner who adopts the ways of a desert-dwelling people and then leads them in
4257-481: Is not well supported by the Bene Gesserit doctrine in the story. Through the inspiration from The Sabres of Paradise , there are also allusions to the tsarist-era Russian nobility and Cossacks . Frank Herbert stated that bureaucracy that lasted long enough would become a hereditary nobility, and a significant theme behind the aristocratic families in Dune was "aristocratic bureaucracy" which he saw as analogous to
4386-529: Is part of the Latin legal phrase quamdiu se bene gesserit "as long as he shall behave himself well" seen in grants of certain offices (such as judgeships) meaning that the appointee shall remain in office so long as he shall not be guilty of abusing it. Some critics miss the connotation of the phrase, misled by the Latin future perfect gesserit , taking it over-literally (and adding an unwarranted passive) to mean "it will have been well borne", an interpretation which
4515-429: Is similarly corrupt and materially indulgent. Gibbon's Decline and Fall partly blames the fall of Rome on the rise of Christianity. Gibbon claimed that this exotic import from a conquered province weakened the soldiers of Rome and left it open to attack. The Emperor's Sardaukar fighters are little match for the Fremen of Dune not only because of the Sardaukar's overconfidence and the fact that Jessica and Paul have trained
4644-469: Is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles . It is one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels. Dune is set in the distant future in a feudal interstellar society, descended from terrestrial humans, in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs . It tells the story of young Paul Atreides , whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis . While the planet
4773-607: The 2010 New Zealand Music Awards Shihad won the Legacy Award and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame . The group released a compilation album, The Meanest Hits , in October 2011, in two formats: a 20-track standard edition and a deluxe 38-track, two-disc edition. The standard version peaked in the top 10 in New Zealand. Also in October the band re-released their 1990 EP Devolve , for
4902-561: The Quileute reservation near Herbert's hometown. According to historian Daniel Immerwahr , Hansen regularly shared his writing with Herbert. " White men are eating the earth," Hansen told Herbert in 1958, after sharing a piece on the effect of logging on the Quileute reservation. "They're gonna turn this whole planet into a wasteland, just like North Africa ." The world could become a "big dune," Herbert responded in agreement. Herbert
5031-608: The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam . She subjects Paul to a deadly test. She holds a poisoned needle, the gom jabbar , to his neck, ready to strike should he withdraw his hand from a box which creates extreme pain by nerve induction but causes no physical damage. This is to test Paul's ability to endure the pain so as not to die on the tip of the needle; to confirm that his human strengths can overcome his animal instincts. Paul passes by enduring greater pain than any woman who has ever been subjected to
5160-477: The Soviet Union . Dune has been called the "first planetary ecology novel on a grand scale". Herbert hoped it would be seen as an " environmental awareness handbook" and said the title was meant to "echo the sound of 'doom'". It was reviewed in the best selling countercultural Whole Earth Catalog in 1968 as a "rich re-readable fantasy with clear portrayal of the fierce environment it takes to cohere
5289-555: The music of Australia . They commenced in 1987. Dune (novel) Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert , originally published as two separate serials (1963–64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune ) in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny 's This Immortal for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. It
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5418-611: The ocean world Caladan, is assigned by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV to serve as fief ruler of the planet Arrakis . Although Arrakis is a harsh and inhospitable desert planet , it is of enormous importance because it is the only planetary source of melange , or the "spice", a unique and incredibly valuable substance that extends human youth, vitality and lifespan. It is also through the consumption of spice that Spacing Guild Navigators are able to effect safe interstellar travel by having limited ability to see
5547-560: The "Kitab al-ibar" in Dune is a combination of a Fremen religious manual and a desert survival book. In addition to Arabic, Dune derives words and names from a variety of other languages, including Navajo , Latin , Dutch (" Landsraad "), Romani , Hebrew (" Kefitzat haderech ", in Hebrew "קפיצת הדרך", meaning contracting of the path), Serbo-Croatian , Nahuatl , Greek , Persian , Sanskrit ("prana bindu", "prajna"), Russian , Turkish , Finnish , and Old English . Bene Gesserit
5676-403: The 1960s, there were just these two colossal superpowers duking it out. Today we're living in a more feudal, corporatized world more akin to Herbert's universe of separate families, power centers and business interests, all interrelated and kept together by the one commodity necessary to all. But Dune has also been called a mix of soft and hard science fiction since "the attention to ecology
5805-574: The 1980s: Frank went on to tell me that much of the premise of Dune —the magic spice (spores) that allowed the bending of space ( tripping ), the giant sand worms ( maggots digesting mushrooms), the eyes of the Fremen (the cerulean blue of Psilocybe mushrooms ), the mysticism of the female spiritual warriors, the Bene Gesserits (influenced by the tales of Maria Sabina and the sacred mushroom cults of Mexico)—came from his perception of
5934-557: The 1996 New Zealand Music Awards they won four trophies, Album of the Year for Killjoy , Best Male Vocalist for Toogood, Best Group and International Achievement. Gerald Dwyer died of a morphine overdose just after Shihad's performance at the 1996 Big Day Out, in Auckland. They had found Dwyer's body in his motel room after returning from the gig. The group missed the Gold Coast concert to attend Dwyer's funeral and then re-joined
6063-624: The Australian radio station Triple J 's Jay and the Doctor and was claimed by a little known band from Tasmania , Theory of Everything. Shihad released Love Is the New Hate in May 2005, with the related tour beginning with a free concert in Auckland's Aotea Square and comprised an extensive tour of Australia and New Zealand. In July they took to the main stage at Byron Bay 's Splendour in
6192-597: The Bene Gesserit to bear a daughter as part of their breeding program , out of love for Leto she bore a son, Paul . From a young age, Paul is trained in warfare by Leto's aides, the elite soldiers Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck . Thufir Hawat , the Duke's Mentat (human computers, able to store vast amounts of data and perform advanced calculations on demand), has instructed Paul in the ways of political intrigue. Jessica has also trained her son in Bene Gesserit disciplines. Paul's prophetic dreams interest Jessica's superior,
6321-572: The Big Day Out tour in Sydney and continued to the other Australian venues. The group started work on their third studio album, Shihad , in June 1996 at Auckland's York Street Studios , co-produced by the group with Welsford, again. They also toured both New Zealand and Australia. The album's lead single, "La La Land" (October 1996), received "strong airplay support" on Australia's national youth radio station, Triple J . Shihad followed in
6450-559: The Emperor's ferocious Sardaukar troops in disguise. Leto is betrayed by his personal physician, the Suk doctor Wellington Yueh , who delivers a drugged Leto to the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and his twisted Mentat, Piter De Vries . Yueh, who performed the kidnapping of Leto under duress, arranges for Jessica and Paul to escape into the desert. Duncan is killed helping them flee, and they are subsequently presumed dead in
6579-457: The Fire" in August and "Empire Falling" on 7 October. The album was originally slated for release on 27 August, however the album was postponed due to the 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns in New Zealand, eventually released on 8 October. The album debuted at number one in New Zealand , scoring the band the record for New Zealand band with the most number one albums in history. The band intended to tour
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#17327768568576708-709: The Fremen housekeeper, the Shadout Mapes, is borrowed from the Arabic : شادوف , romanized : šādūf , the Egyptian term for a device used to raise water . In particular, words related to the messianic religion of the Fremen, first implanted by the Bene Gesserit, are taken from Arabic, including Muad'Dib (from Arabic : مؤدب , romanized : muʾaddib , lit. 'educator'), Lisan al-Gaib (from Arabic : لسان الغيب , romanized : lisān al-ġayb , lit. 'voice of
6837-408: The Fremen in their battle tactics, but because of the Fremen's capacity for self-sacrifice. The Fremen put the community before themselves in every instance, while the world outside wallows in luxury at the expense of others. The decline and long peace of the Empire sets the stage for revolution and renewal by genetic mixing of successful and unsuccessful groups through war, a process culminating in
6966-573: The Fremen that he is their prophesied "Lisan al-Gaib" messiah , a legend planted by the Bene Gesserit's Missionaria Protectiva . Paul embraces his father's belief that the Fremen could be a powerful fighting force to take back Arrakis, but also sees that if he does not control them, their jihad could consume the entire universe. Word of the new Fremen leader reaches both the Baron and the Emperor as spice production falls due to their increasingly destructive raids. The Baron encourages his brutish nephew Glossu "Beast" Rabban to rule with an iron fist, hoping
7095-607: The Grass , in front of an audience of 20,000. Love Is the New Hate reached No. 2 in New Zealand and No. 11 in Australia. It provided five singles but only "Alive" (January 2005) had any chart success, which peaked at No. 5 in New Zealand and top 40 in Australia. The band also toured with Cog , the Datsuns , and opened for Evanescence on part of their 2006 to 2007 world tour. During February and March 2008
7224-466: The Harkonnen coup and became a smuggler, reunites with Paul and Jessica after a Fremen raid on his harvester. Believing Jessica to be a traitor, Gurney threatens to kill her but is stopped by Paul. Paul did not foresee Gurney's attack and concludes he must increase his prescience by drinking the Water of Life, which is traditionally fatal to males. Paul falls into unconsciousness for three weeks after drinking
7353-551: The Imperium, the Bene Gesserit can control bloodlines across generations through their secret breeding program. Even within the male-dominated Imperium, then, the Bene Gesserit wield reproductive power and choose which genetic markers to continue into the future. Reverend Mother Mohiam uses skills in Truthsaying to act as the Emperor's official Truthsayer and advisor. Her role can be considered similar to that of abbesses in
7482-511: The Jihad led by Paul Atreides, described by Frank Herbert as depicting "war as a collective orgasm" (drawing on Norman Walter's 1950 The Sexual Cycle of Human Warfare ), themes that would reappear in God Emperor of Dune 's Scattering and Leto II's all-female Fish Speaker army. Gender dynamics are complex in Dune . Herbert offers a multi-layered portrayal of gender roles within
7611-674: The Machine , Chevelle , Red Hot Chili Peppers ). It is their first number-one album on the New Zealand charts and also reached the top 30 in Australia. Nimmervoll felt they "welded the melody and harmony they had discovered on the self-titled album with multi-tracking experimentation and the hard edge in keeping with [their] live sound." While Sedate ' s Brannavan Gnanalingam wrote, "another classic album – tighter and more focused... [they] felt settled and creative, and experienced one of their most productive periods." The album's lead single, "My Mind's Sedate" (September 1999), reached
7740-434: The New Zealand albums chart. According to music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll , "their sound had grown more industrial under the influence of [Coleman]." Herlihy noticed their sonation "had evolved to be more mature; a fuller sound and slightly more melodic approach." The album provided their highest charting single, "I Only Said", which peaked at No. 3. They toured both New Zealand and Australia. They were described by
7869-402: The New Zealand top 10. Australian radio station, Double J 's programme Classic Albums revisited the album in September 2019 and its reviewer responded, "[it] roars out of the blocks with an onslaught of vitriol in the song 'My Mind's Sedate'... [they] waste no time getting to one of many truths on their fourth album." Another popular track from the album, "Pacifier", was issued in 2000 as
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#17327768568577998-592: The Sea was published in 1957, Herbert traveled to Florence, Oregon , at the north end of the Oregon Dunes . Here, the United States Department of Agriculture was attempting to use poverty grasses to stabilize the sand dunes . Herbert claimed in a letter to his literary agent, Lurton Blassingame , that the moving dunes could "swallow whole cities, lakes, rivers, highways." Herbert's article on
8127-676: The accompanying article by John Russell describing their support slot for AC/DC's Ballbreaker World Tour in Auckland in November 1996. Russell noticed, "[they] battled for almost half an hour against audience indifference and the most horrid guitar sound I think they've ever had." From February 1997 they supported the European release of their album with concerts in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom. Along
8256-509: The album in Australia with a seven-date tour in October, and a planned five date tour of New Zealand in November, however both were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions in the countries. Shihad held their This Is the Sound of an Empire Falling tour in New Zealand, performing four dates in September and October 2022. All tracks are written by Jon Toogood , Karl Kippenberger , Phil Knight and Tom Larkin Shihad Shihad are
8385-480: The album's third single. Double J's reviewer continued, "whilst tracks like 'Wait and See' and 'Pacifier' deliver a heavy dose of exhilaration as they swoop and soar. But, at their core, these songs are all born and bound together by a focused emotional, social and culturally rooted vision of the world at large." Oz Music Project ' s Delilah Dede caught their performance at The Playroom, Brisbane in March 2000 on
8514-508: The announcement coincided with the release of the group's cover version of Split Enz 's " I Got You ", the lead single from a tribute album by various artists, True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz , due in February 2021. Throughout the first months of 2021 the band have been regularly updating Facebook with the progress of their 10th studio album, which is being produced by Birds of Tokyo 's Adam Spark. "Tear Down Those Names"
8643-564: The artist's album, 30:30 Hindsight (August 2014). Shihad performed their second album, Killjoy , to support its re-release as a remastered version at The Powerhouse, Auckland in May 2015. Together with Carl Cox they co-headlined the 2015 Rhythm & Alps festival at Cardrona Valley , Wānaka on New Years Eve. The band celebrated their 30th anniversary with tours in New Zealand and Australia during 2018. Ambient Light ' s Tim Gruar attended their show in October at The Waterfront's Shed 6, Wellington, and felt, "[they] have come from
8772-666: The band completed their One Will Hear The Other Tour, along Australia's east coast, playing 30 shows. "One Will Hear the Other" (January 2008) was released ahead of their seventh studio album, Beautiful Machine (April 2008), co-produced by the group with Alan Moulder ( Nine Inch Nails , The Killers , Billy Corgan ) and Scott Horscroft ( the Sleepy Jackson , the Presets , the Panics ) at Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios. In
8901-718: The band performed in Gisborne , followed by shows later in January at the Coroglen Tavern and the Lake Hāwea Motor Inn. Shihad supported AC/DC for the New Zealand leg of that group's Black Ice World Tour in January and February 2010. Also in January Shihad's new single "Cold Heart" was released, and was followed by "Sleepeater" (April) and "Lead or Follow" (July). "Sleepeater" is the only one to reach
9030-479: The band to change their name due to the similarity between Shihad and the Arabic word jihad , which was now a sensitive term in the US. In January 2002 Shihad announced their intention to change their name, and at the 2002 Big Day Out concert in Auckland they sold T-shirts with Shihad and Remote printed below, indicating Remote was the new name. However due to Remote already being used, they settled on Pacifier, after
9159-431: The book all over again, focusing on an entirely different layer. At the end of the book, he intentionally left loose ends and said he did this to send the readers spinning out of the story with bits and pieces of it still clinging to them, so that they would want to go back and read it again." Due to the similarities between some of Herbert's terms and ideas and actual words and concepts in the Arabic language , as well as
9288-503: The book characters of his imagination are not so different from people familiar to us. Each chapter of Dune begins with an epigraph excerpted from the fictional writings of the character Princess Irulan. In forms such as diary entries, historical commentary, biography, quotations and philosophy, these writings set tone and provide exposition, context and other details intended to enhance understanding of Herbert's complex fictional universe and themes. They act as foreshadowing and invite
9417-584: The box office, although it later developed a cult following . The book was also adapted into the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and its 2003 sequel, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (the latter of which combines the events of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune ). A second film adaptation , directed by Denis Villeneuve , was released on October 21, 2021, to positive reviews. It grossed $ 434 million worldwide and went on to be nominated for ten Academy Awards , including Best Picture , ultimately winning six. Villeneuve's film covers roughly
9546-682: The concept of a standing in front of a microphone, headphones on, singing directly into it a disconnected and awkward" so he cleared the room like a stage, "giving her a simple handheld vocal mic and standing back as she cut loose, punching the walls, dropping to her knees screaming and delivering vocal takes that were brutal, unrepeatable and amazing to behold." Toogood has collaborated with New Zealand artists, outside his work with Shihad, since 2009. He worked with Shayne Carter ( Dimmer ), Julia Deans ( Fur Patrol ), Ladi6 , Anika Moa , Ruban and Kody Neilson (the Mint Chicks), and Tiki Taane . In
9675-641: The constraints of their environment. Their training in prana-bindu allows them to exert control over their minds and bodies, including over pregnancy, and they are skilled in hand-to-hand combat and use of the Voice to command others. Jessica's disobedience in bearing a son instead of daughter and training him in the Bene Gesserit Way is a major plot point that sets in motion the events of the novel. By setting up certain women with leaders of certain Houses in
9804-563: The context of a feudal, hierarchical society, particularly through the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. Although the Bene Gesserit tend to hold roles that are traditionally associated with women, such as wives, concubines, and mothers, their characters transcend stereotypes as they play politics and pursue long-term strategic goals. Full gender equality is not depicted in Dune , but the Bene Gesserit use specialized training and access to high-ranking men to gain agency and power within
9933-458: The contrast with his shrewder nephew Feyd-Rautha will make the latter popular among the people of Arrakis when he eventually replaces Rabban. The Emperor, suspecting the Baron of trying to create troops more powerful than the Sardaukar to seize power, sends spies to monitor activity on Arrakis. Thufir uses the opportunity to sow seeds of doubt in the Baron about the Emperor's true plans, putting further strain on their alliance. Gurney, who survived
10062-534: The crests of waves, and there are powerful sandstorms out there, creating extreme danger. On Arrakis, life is said to emanate from the Maker (Shai-hulud) in the desert-sea; similarly all life on Earth is believed to have evolved from our oceans. Frank Herbert drew parallels, used spectacular metaphors, and extrapolated present conditions into world systems that seem entirely alien at first blush. But close examination reveals they aren't so different from systems we know … and
10191-862: The desert planet Arrakis was primarily inspired by the environments of the Middle East . Similarly Arrakis as a bioregion is presented as a particular kind of political site. Herbert has made it resemble a desertified petrostate area. The Fremen people of Arrakis were influenced by the Bedouin tribes of Arabia , and the Mahdi prophecy originates from Islamic eschatology . Inspiration is also adopted from medieval historian Ibn Khaldun 's cyclical history and his dynastic concept in North Africa , hinted at by Herbert's reference to Khaldun's book Kitāb al-ʿibar ("The Book of Lessons"). The fictionalized version of
10320-580: The dunes, "They Stopped the Moving Sands", was never completed (and only published decades later in The Road to Dune ), but its research sparked Herbert's interest in ecology and deserts. Herbert further drew inspiration from Native American mentors like "Indian Henry" (as Herbert referred to the man to his son; likely a Henry Martin of the Hoh tribe ) and Howard Hansen. Both Martin and Hansen grew up on
10449-628: The fall of Ancient Rome . In "The Articulation of Imperial Decadence and Decline in Epic Science Fiction" (2007), DiTommaso outlines similarities between the two works by highlighting the excesses of the Emperor on his home planet of Kaitain and of the Baron Harkonnen in his palace. The Emperor loses his effectiveness as a ruler through an excess of ceremony and pomp. The hairdressers and attendants he brings with him to Arrakis are even referred to as "parasites". The Baron Harkonnen
10578-478: The first half of the original novel; a sequel , which covers the second half of the story, was released on March 1, 2024, to critical acclaim and has grossed $ 711 million worldwide. The series has also been used as the basis for several board, role-playing, and video games . Since 2009, the names of planets from the Dune novels have been adopted for the real-life nomenclature of plains and other features on Saturn 's moon Titan . After his novel The Dragon in
10707-467: The first time in digital form on iTunes , and their entire singles and B-sides back catalogue, also on iTunes. On the second disc of the Australian version of The Meanest Hits , "Down Dance" was replaced with "Right Outta Nowhere", which does not appear on the New Zealand version. For the production of their ninth studio album, Shihad worked with Jaz Coleman , of English post-punk band Killing Joke . Coleman produced Shihad's debut album, Churn , but
10836-493: The following year they formed the Adults as a rock supergroup, which released a self-titled album in June 2011. He has undertaken solo performances from 2015. Knight created a podcast series, What's Phil Worried About Today? He started the podcast series to help other people after he had experienced acute anxiety disorder and associated alcohol addiction. His alcohol addiction had affected his early years with Shihad, "I had
10965-401: The fungal life cycle, and his imagination was stimulated through his experiences with the use of magic mushrooms . Herbert spent the next five years researching, writing, and revising. He published a three-part serial Dune World in the monthly Analog , from December 1963 to February 1964. The serial was accompanied by several illustrations that were not published again. After an interval of
11094-513: The future. The Emperor is jealous of the Duke's rising popularity in the Landsraad , the council of Great Houses, and sees House Atreides as a potential future rival and threat. He conspires with House Harkonnen , the former stewards of Arrakis and the longstanding enemies of the Atreides, to destroy Leto and his family after their arrival. Leto is aware his assignment is a trap of some kind but
11223-701: The genre. The Imperium in Dune contains features of various empires in Europe and the Near East , including the Roman Empire , Holy Roman Empire , and Ottoman Empire . Lorenzo DiTommaso compared Dune 's portrayal of the downfall of a galactic empire to Edward Gibbon 's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , which argues that Christianity allied with the profligacy of the Roman elite led to
11352-413: The group had the most Top 40 New Zealand chart singles for any local artist, with 25. The first single, "Think You're So Free", which was described by Double J's writer as sounding "more furious now than they ever have." Its music video was published on YouTube on 5 July 2014. Prior to the release of the album, Toogood explained that anger towards social injustice was a primary motivation during
11481-441: The group was a support slot to AC/DC at Athletic Park, Wellington in front of an audience of 20,000. During 1992 Larkin and Toogood collaborated with Nigel Regan (of HLAH) on guitar in the side-project, SML, which later issued an album, Is That It? , in 1995. Shihad signed with Wildside Records to release their debut studio album, Churn (1993), which was produced by Jaz Coleman (of Killing Joke). It reached No. 9 on
11610-723: The honour for most number-one records for any New Zealand artist with Hayley Westenra . As of 2014 Shihad had the most Top 40 New Zealand chart singles for any local artist, with 25; three of these reached the top ten. The singles "Home Again", "Pacifier", and "Bitter" are listed at No. 30, 60 and 83, respectively, in the Nature's Best compilation, an official collection of New Zealand's top 100 songs. Tom Larkin and Jon Toogood formed Exit in 1985 in Wellington with various short-term fellow school members. Larkin and Toogood had met at Wellington High School , and shared an interest in heavy metal. They were generally found in
11739-465: The idea of the collective unconscious. Paul's approach to power consistently requires his upbringing under the matriarchal Bene Gesserit, who operate as a long-dominating shadow government behind all of the great houses and their marriages or divisions. He is trained by Jessica in the Bene Gesserit Way, which includes prana-bindu training in nerve and muscle control and precise perception. Paul also receives Mentat training, thus helping prepare him to be
11868-476: The local top 50. The singles appeared ahead of their eighth studio album, Ignite (24 September 2010) via Roadrunner Records /WEA, which was produced by the group. It debuted at number one in New Zealand, their fourth number-one studio album, and eventually achieved a gold certification. In Australia it peaked in the top 50. The band toured New Zealand in August 2010 performing their earlier albums Killjoy and The General Electric in full. At
11997-424: The medieval Church. Before Princess Irulan appears as a character who agrees to a political marriage with Paul, she acts as a historian who shapes the reader's interpretation of the story and Paul's legacy due to the excerpts from her writing that frame each chapter. Among the Fremen, women have roles as mothers and wives and also exercise agency through combat and religious authority. Fremen women and children have
12126-468: The movie and the end battle is a Jihad. We were stupid and thought it'd be a great name for a band so we called ourselves Shihad cause we couldn't even spell it." The group's influences were Metallica and Slayer , and later included Pink Floyd , AC/DC and Led Zeppelin . The group began performing in local pubs, even though they were under-age and performed cover versions of Metallica and Motörhead tracks. At Shihad's debut performance they provided
12255-444: The multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of Arrakis and its spice. Herbert wrote five sequels : Dune Messiah , Children of Dune , God Emperor of Dune , Heretics of Dune , and Chapterhouse: Dune . Following Herbert's death in 1986, his son Brian Herbert and author Kevin J. Anderson continued
12384-541: The next month and peaked at No. 11 in New Zealand but did not reach in the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart . Nimmervoll observed, "[it] marked a shift towards a more melodic sound." Jody Scott and Iain Shedden of The Australian felt they were their country's "most popular band" and the album "is bound to earn them universal favour." They appeared on the front cover of Rip It Up Magazine , with
12513-491: The novel a universal and timeless reflection of "the human condition and its moral dilemmas", and said: A lot of people refer to Dune as science fiction. I never do. I consider it an epic adventure in the classic storytelling tradition, a story of myth and legend not unlike the Morte d'Arthur or any messiah story. It just happens to be set in the future ... The story is actually more relevant today than when Herbert wrote it. In
12642-475: The poison, but when he wakes, he has clairvoyance across time and space: he is the Kwisatz Haderach , the ultimate goal of the Bene Gesserit breeding program. Paul senses the Emperor and the Baron are amassing fleets around Arrakis to quell the Fremen rebellion, and prepares the Fremen for a major offensive against the Harkonnen troops. The Emperor arrives with the Baron on Arrakis. The Sardaukar seize
12771-474: The politics of humanity, rather than the future of humanity's technology. For example, a key pre-history event to the novel's present is the "Butlerian Jihad", in which all robots and computers were destroyed, eliminating these common elements to science fiction from the novel as to allow focus on humanity. Dune considers the way humans and their institutions might change over time. Director John Harrison , who adapted Dune for Syfy 's 2000 miniseries , called
12900-518: The process. Thufir is coerced to assassinate Paul, who, out of gratitude for the Mentat's service, gives him the opportunity to take anything that Thufir wishes of him. Thufir chooses to succumb to the poison instead. Paul faces the Emperor, threatening to destroy spice production forever unless Shaddam abdicates the throne. Feyd-Rautha attempts to stop Paul by challenging him to a ritualistic knife fight, during which he attempts to cheat and kill Paul with
13029-436: The reader to keep reading to close the gap between what the epigraph says and what is happening in the main narrative. The epigraphs also give the reader the feeling that the world they are reading about is epically distanced, since Irulan writes about an idealized image of Paul as if he had already passed into memory. Brian Herbert wrote: "Dad told me that you could follow any of the novel's layers as you read it, and then start
13158-418: The regular antidote doses unless he obeys. While he follows the Baron's orders, Thufir works secretly to undermine the Harkonnens. Having fled into the desert, Paul is exposed to high concentrations of spice and has visions through which he realizes he has significant powers (as a result of the Bene Gesserit breeding scheme). He foresees potential futures in which he lives among the Fremen before leading them on
13287-455: The school's music room, as Toogood later recalled, "That's where we learnt to be a band – it had amps and a guitar and a drum-kit – that's what kept us at school." During their Year 11 school ball, having no one to dance with, they spray-painted graffiti in the toilets, including "AC/DC Rules", and were suspended from school. Exit were renamed Shihad in mid-1988 when Geoff Duncan on bass guitar and Phil Knight on guitar joined. The new name
13416-570: The second half of the year they toured New Zealand on the Beautiful Machine Tour promoting the album, which reached No. 1 in New Zealand and No 11 in Australia. For the tour they played medium-sized venues including Wellington Town Hall , with support from the Mint Chicks and Luger Boa. Shihad also toured with Gyroscope around Australia for that group's Australia Tour during that year. For New Year's Eve 2008/2009
13545-461: The series in over a dozen additional novels since 1999. Adaptations of the novel to cinema have been notoriously difficult and complicated. In the 1970s, cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky attempted to make a film based on the novel. After three years of development, the project was canceled due to a constantly growing budget. In 1984, a film adaptation directed by David Lynch was released to mostly negative responses from critics and failure at
13674-557: The series' " Islamic undertones " and themes, a Middle-Eastern influence on Herbert's works has been noted repeatedly. In his descriptions of the Fremen culture and language, Herbert uses both authentic Arabic words and Arabic-sounding words. For example, one of the names for the sandworm, Shai-hulud, is derived from Arabic : شيء خلود , romanized : šayʾ ḫulūd , lit. 'immortal thing' or Arabic : شيخ خلود , romanized : šayḫ ḫulūd , lit. 'old man of eternity'. The title of
13803-521: The sessions the band announced they would change their name back to Shihad, "The events surrounding the name change and our choice to be known as Pacifier are well documented. As much as we believed in what we were doing, and the reasons for doing it at the time – the truth is we were wrong." In August 2005 Toogood expanded on why they had returned to Shihad: We were in America while it invaded Iraq and had to play at festivals that were supposedly 'support
13932-537: The single from The General Electric . In mid-February their first performance as Pacifier occurred at the Viper Room , Los Angeles. Some of their Australasian fan base was disappointed by the name change and protested with claims of the band selling out . Nevertheless the album reached number one in New Zealand and was their highest charting in Australia at No. 8. They had signed with US label, Arista Records for its North American release, which had
14061-423: The songwriting process, "I don't have any answers but just as a concerned citizen, I'm going, 'This is bullshit'. The music's how we feel about that. It's fucking frustrating." Musically, the band chose a heavier sound, signifying a return to the first album, which the band found most enjoyable to play during their greatest hits tour. Shihad were featured on a new version of Jimmy Barnes ' track, "Love and Hate", for
14190-509: The stage was a paintball gun alley where kids were lining up to shoot effigies of Saddam Hussein , Osama bin Laden and (French president) Jacques Chirac . That was the weirdest one. The amount of times I actually pointed out to Americans the fact that their Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French and they were supposed to be mates. The band's former name, Pacifier, was raffled off by
14319-428: The test. Paul and his parents travel with their household to occupy Arrakeen , the capital on Arrakis formerly held by House Harkonnen. Leto learns of the dangers involved in harvesting the spice, which is protected by giant sandworms , and seeks to negotiate with the planet's indigenous Fremen people, seeing them as a valuable ally rather than foes. Soon after the Atreides' arrival, Harkonnen forces attack, joined by
14448-429: The time. Chilton considered the publication of Dune a write-off and Lanier was fired. Over the course of time, the book gained critical acclaim, and its popularity spread by word-of-mouth to allow Herbert to start working full time on developing the sequels to Dune , elements of which were already written alongside Dune . At first Herbert considered using Mars as setting for his novel, but eventually decided to use
14577-496: The tribe's memories and passes them along to Jessica through the Water of Life ceremony. Within the male-led sietches, Fremen women find different avenues of authority. The gom jabbar test of humanity is administered by the female Bene Gesserit order but rarely to males. The Bene Gesserit have seemingly mastered the unconscious and can play on the unconscious weaknesses of others using the Voice, yet their breeding program seeks after
14706-579: The troops festivals' when we didn't believe in the war at all. That's what the song "All the Young Fascists " is about – the day we played Miami in front of 30,000 kids at this festival that was originally just a rock festival. A week out, just because of the timing, it was turned into the support the troops show and it was being simulcast live to Iraq. We were on this bill with these really ugly – what we call WWF – metal bands, and we were shitting ourselves. I just wanted to get out of there. Beside
14835-499: The unseen') Usul (from Arabic : أصول , romanized : ʾuṣūl , lit. 'fundamental principles'), Shari-a (from Arabic : شريعة , romanized : šarīʿa , lit. ' sharia ; path'), Shaitan (from Arabic : شيطان , romanized : šayṭān , lit. ' Shaitan ; devil; fiend'), and jinn (from Arabic : جن , romanized : ǧinn , lit. ' jinn ; spirit; demon; mythical being'). It
14964-460: The venue are getting into the sounds they create." While his "favourite Pacifier 'pop' song (according to Jon, this was a Heavy Metal night) a ditty called 'Bulletproof' [ sic ]." The group also issued a live album, Pacifier Live (November 2003), which had been recorded during their New Zealand tour earlier that year. In Vancouver in September 2004, they started recording their sixth studio album, with Richardson co-producing. During
15093-434: The way the group had briefly performed alongside Australian band Silverchair , who were on their first European tour. After that tour Shihad relocated to Melbourne as their base by 1998 and negotiated a contract with Warner Music Australasia . At Vancouver 's Factory Studios in mid-1999 they recorded their fourth studio album, The General Electric (October 1999) with Canadian producer Garth Richardson ( Rage Against
15222-459: The whip" and he felt "purged" afterwards, "It's great to hang around guys you've been hanging around with since you were 18." FVEY , the band's ninth album was released on 8 August 2014 via Warner Music New Zealand, and Toogood referred to FVEY as Shihad's best album in 15 years. It is their fifth number-one album, and they share the honour for most number-one records for any New Zealand artist with Hayley Westenra . As from August 2014
15351-500: Was a metaphor for oil , as well as air and water itself, and for the shortages of resources caused by overpopulation . Novelist Brian Herbert , his son and biographer, wrote: Dune is a modern-day conglomeration of familiar myths, a tale in which great sandworms guard a precious treasure of melange, the geriatric spice that represents, among other things, the finite resource of oil. The planet Arrakis features immense, ferocious worms that are like dragons of lore, with "great teeth" and
15480-524: Was a misspelling of jihad ( Arabic for "striving" or "struggling") as used in Frank Herbert's science-fiction novel, Dune (1965). They had heard the term when watching David Lynch 's 1984 film of the same name . Larkin later told John Grayson of Opus ( University of Newcastle, Australia ), "Well, see that's the biggest cock-up out. When we were 15 we were all into this sci-fi movie Dune . See, Dune uses all these Arabic words throughout
15609-489: Was also interested in the idea of the superhero mystique and messiahs . He believed that feudalism was a natural condition humans fell into, where some led and others gave up the responsibility of making decisions and just followed orders. He found that desert environments have historically given birth to several major religions with messianic impulses. He decided to join his interests together so he could play religious and ecological ideas against each other. In addition, he
15738-448: Was finally accepted and published in August 1965 by Chilton Books , a printing house better known for publishing auto repair manuals. Sterling Lanier , an editor at Chilton, had seen Herbert's manuscript and had urged his company to take a risk in publishing the book. However, the first printing, priced at $ 5.95 (equivalent to $ 57.53 in 2023), did not sell well and was poorly received by critics as being atypical of science fiction at
15867-534: Was influenced by the story of T. E. Lawrence and the "messianic overtones" in Lawrence's involvement in the Arab Revolt during World War I . In an early version of Dune , the hero was actually very similar to Lawrence of Arabia, but Herbert decided the plot was too straightforward and added more layers to his story. Herbert drew heavy inspiration also from Lesley Blanch 's The Sabres of Paradise (1960),
15996-577: Was issued in August 1990 as a B-side of a split single with the A-side, " Dogs Are Talking " by Australian group, the Angels . The other B-side, "Live It Up", was by Auckland band, Nine Livez. Both Shihad and Nine Livez supported the Angels at their New Zealand shows during 1990. Shihad supported tours by international visitors, Faith No More and Motörhead. "Down Dance" also appeared on their first extended play, Devolve (1990) via Pagan Records, which
16125-420: Was like, "come over and talk to him". I was like, "Fuck that guy". But he was softer—he doesn't drink alcohol anymore. He's still gnarly and idealistic and brutal but minus the alcohol that makes him this focused machine. It was just the perfect meeting of what we wanted to do and having the right guy to do it with. Prior to the recording process, Coleman informed the band, "I'm going to work you until you've made
16254-423: Was one of the first songs written for the album, inspired by a televised Australian political debate where a Liberal Party of Australia told an Aboriginal Australian woman to call the police when she experiences racist threats. The album was announced on 8 July 2021, at the same time when the first single from Old Gods was released, "Tear Down Those Names". This was followed by "Little Demons" on 30 July, "Feel
16383-507: Was re-released in mid-1991 and reached the New Zealand singles chart top 20 in July. Another EP track, " The Wizard ", was a cover version of Black Sabbath's 1970 work. Bridget Herlihy of Ambient Light described the EP as a "thrash-metal affair" with "four hard and fast tracks." In August 1991 Laing left and was replaced on bass guitar by Karl Kippenberger . Kippenberger's second gig with
16512-953: Was released in May 1995 and was co-produced by the group with Malcolm Welsford . It reached No. 4 and they followed with a tour of Western Europe supporting Faith No More for seven weeks. They remained in Europe for four months attending various festivals, Dynamo in Holland, the Phoenix Festival in Britain, and the Roskilde in Denmark. From September of that year they worked in the United States for three months including appearing at Foundations Forum alongside Motörhead, and at gigs in Los Angeles and New York City. At
16641-667: Was released to streaming services, the lead single to the band's tenth studio album, entitled Old Gods . Shihad's members have pursued side projects or solo work. Larkin had established his own recording studio in Melbourne in 2008 as The Studio's in the City, which became Homesurgery Recordings in 2018. With fellow producers he worked on material by the Getaway Plan , Northeast Party House , and High Tension . Larkin recalled working with Karina Utomo of High Tension, "[who] found
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