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Usually, a metal bands’ bio starts off with "from the concrete streets of...." or “way down south where the murky waters and the devil combined...". But Dead End Kings aren’t that type of band. For too long ‘metal’ has been determined by tone or image or contacts, and its’ true meaning has been blurred by the so-called taste-makers of our time. Coming together in late 2008, in the often misrepresented city of Brisbane, DEK soon realised that they had created a sound and feel that had been missing from the music scene for too long. Musically, DEK combine the southern metal groove of bands like Down, to the straight out thrash of Anthrax and the wacky intricacies of Mastodon. The bands’ vocalist, Nick, has a distinctive style all of his own that has drawn comparisons to the grittiness of the late Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) and the rawness of ex-Pantera frontman, Phil Anselmo. Their onstage enthusiasm and energy is second to none and brings back the "power in music" mentality. DEK