Filipino-Indian band Maticrust selected for Warsore tribute album

Filipino-Indian band Maticrust selected for Warsore tribute album

by rick olivares

Filipino-Indian crust band Maticrust which is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has been selected to be a part of a tribute album to defunct Australian crust band Warsore.

Mati Crust will be one of 39 international bands who will be featured in the 10-inch tribute album. 

In the Aussie band’s 17-year career (Warsore split up in 2012), they never released any solo album. Instead, they appeared on 19 split records, extended play singles, and compilation albums. They did have one EP that was released in 2003 titled Brutal Reprisal. The band however influenced many other crews across the world. 

Crust is a fusion of abrasive hardcore and extreme metal. Maticrust is composed of two Filipinos and two Indians who both live and work in Dubai. The band – Don Collado on vocals and Dennis Tana on guitars are both Filipino while Nishit Ramesh on bass and Rippon Madtha on drums are Indian – was formed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2013 where all four are now based. Collado makes a living as a graphic designer. Tana is an estimator who handles data. Ramesh is a sales team leader while Madtha works with an external affairs department of a company handling public relations and communications.

Aside from the Middle East, Maticrust has performed in Eastern Europe and made their triumphant debut in Manila two years ago.

“It is an honor to be selected to be one of the bands in this tribute album,” ventured Collado. “We hope we did Warsore justice.”

The Tribute to Warsore was a collaborative effort between Power-It-Up, Grindfather Production, and Extreme Terror Production and only 500 copies will be pressed. Each 10”-inch record – in white or black vinyl -- will come with a 16-page booklet and poster. 

This record will be made available in the Philippines through a Filipino distro based in Australia by July of this year.