The Cutting Edge Of Metal With JAMIE SAINT MERAT From ULCERATE

The Cutting Edge Of Metal With JAMIE SAINT MERAT From ULCERATE

Author: HEAVY Magazine April 18, 2026 Duration: 9:19
Interview by Kris Peters
After triumphantly casting off the shackles of claustrophobic dissonance on 2020's lauded Stare Into Death and Be Still, New Zealand unorthodox death metal legends ULCERATE up the ante even further with mind-bending 7th album Cutting the Throat of God. 
An acknowledgement that the band's most powerful and affecting material leans to the melodic side, this refined and hook-laden new record is a self-sufficient universe unto itself, a conflagration of inventively visceral death/black metal where dizzying experimentation meets head-nodding abandon - obscenely twisted and addictive, heart-stopping in its depth of feeling.
To complete the touring cycle for Cutting…, ULCERATE will undertake seven Australasian headlining dates starting in Christchurch this Saturday, with Australian support from The Amenta - who will be performing their debut album Occasus in full - plus New Zealand black/death metal outfit Vicissitude for the home shows.
HEAVY sat down with Ulcerate drummer Jamie Saint Merat to find out more.
ULCERATE with guests THE AMENTA and VICISSITUDE performing at:
April 18th – Christchurch, Loons + 
April 25th – Auckland, Double Whammy +
May 2nd – Wellington, San Fran +
May 7th – Adelaide, Ed Castle* w/ Lumen Ad Mortem 
May 8th – Melbourne, Max Watts* w/ Munt 
May 9th – Sydney, Crowbar* w/ Sorathian Dawn
May 10th – Brisbane, Crowbar* w/ Hebephrenique 
+Vicissitude New Zealand only, no local supports
*The Amenta Australia only


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