Terrorust

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Terrorust
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s)	Deathgrind
Years active	2005–present
Associated acts	Damaged, Abominator, Sadistik Exekution, Abramelin, Destroyer 666, Walk the Earth
Website	www.terrorust.com
Members
Matt "Skitz" Sanders Dan O'Grady Dav Byrne Matt Storma
Former members
Jamie Ludbrook Dave Howells Andrew Gillon

Terrorust is a deathgrind band from Melbourne, Australia. The band is the current main musical concern for one of Australia's most prominent, influential and prolific metal drummers, Matt Sanders. The group has recorded one album that it chose to release independently in deference to signing to a record label. Despite having existed for only a short time, the band has already become one of the acts at the forefront of the Australian heavy metal music scene due primarily to the notoriety of its members^[1].

The band was formed in late 2005 by Sanders and vocalist Jamie Ludbrook with the original intention of reforming Damaged. Damaged was a grind and death band that had been one of the most popular acts on the domestic music scene during the 1990s, releasing three albums and enduring various periods of well-documented instability and turmoil^[2] ^[3]. Recruiting guitarist Dan "Fanza" O'Grady and bassist Dav Byrne, Sanders and Ludbrook opted for the name Terrorust instead and began work on a CD almost immediately. Apparently insisting on complete independence, the band recorded, produced and pressed the album itself. Post Mortal Archives was released in mid-2006 in a limited pressing of 500 hand-numbered copies. The album featured guest contributions from members of Blood Duster, Fuck... I'm Dead and Bestial Warlust.

Shortly after the release of the album, guitarist Dave Howells returned to the lineup subsequent to a communication fall out during the writing period. Howells' only writing contribution to the album was in fact the first riff of the song Post Mortal Archives. Terrorust made its first major live appearance at an event called the Festival of the Dead in Sydney that was headlined by Nevermore. Howells announced he was leaving the band the night previous to this show. The group was then booked to tour nationally with Deicide in early 2007 and Andrew Gillon, formerly of Abominator, stepped in. Immediately after this tour, Ludbrook acrimoniously parted ways with the band. Matt Storma had provided some backing vocals on the album and was brought in as Ludbrook's replacement. In May, the group appeared on some shows on the dual tour by US band Nile and Polish act Decapitated. And in June, the band played with Swiss legends Celtic Frost.