King Parrot is a five piece band from Melbourne, Australia. King Parrot specializes in in grind core,

thrash metal and punk rock genre’s and have been operational since 2010.
The band consists of Matthew Young on vocals, Ari White on guitar, Andrew Squires on guitar,

Wayne Slattery on bass and Todd Hansen on drums.

The five members of King Parrot are accomplished musicians on the Australian scene and have
toured internationally since 2014, completing 18 tours overseas in North America, Europe and Asia.
In 2011 King Parrot recorded and released their debut EP, “The Stench of Hardcore Pub Trash” in
Australia through Impedance Records and Rocket distribution. The band began touring nationally and
were building a strong following through their energetic and entertaining live show and relentless work

ethic.

In 2012 the debut album “Bite Your Head Off“ was released in Australia through Impedance Records
and Rocket Distribution before the band was signed internationally to Candlelight Records in the UK.
This worldwide deal bought the band international recognition and the video’s for the songs, “Shit On
the Liver”, “Dead End” and “Bozo” bought the band further attention as they continued to tour in
Australia and in 2013 began supporting bands like Thy Art is Murder, Cattle Decapitation, and
Psycroptic as well as becoming a headliner in their own right. The band did their first international tour
to Indonesia and appeared at the Obscene Extreme Festival in Jakarta while also playing the

Melbourne Soundwave Festival to an enthusiastic hometown crowd.

They toured the US and Canada throughout 2014 as their fanbase and audience grew exponentially.
Their own headlining tour along with extensive tours with the likes of Origin, Cattle Decapitation,
Vatnett Viskar, Down, and Orange Goblin lead to them signing with US based Housecore Records for
North America, Agonia Records for Europe and the UK, and EVP Recordings in Australia.
The second King Parrot record Dead Set was written and recorded in the US throughout 2014 as the
band was touring and spending most of its time in the US. After completing their touring for the year
December 2014, the band headed to Philip Anselmo’s Nodferatu’s Lair studios in Louisiana to record.
Upon return the band landed a spot on the Soundwave tour in summer of 2015 and played large

festival shows throughout Australia.

The band proceeded to tour in Europe, the UK and then in North America with US act Weedeater,

before returning to Australia to launch their new album in May 2015.

During this North American tour vocalist Matthew Young became involved with popular US band
Soulfly. Lead vocalist of Soulfly, Max Cavalera and Matthew collaborated and performed on a track
together for the new Soulfly album “Archangel”. The song was entitled “Live Life Hard” and was
recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde. “Archangel” was released
late 2015 on Nuclear Blast Records and led to King Parrot being offered a support slot on the Soulfly

2016 European and UK tour.

A full-scale national tour for the Dead Set album took place in Australia throughout May 2015 before
the band returned to the US to tour alongside Housecore Records label mates Superjoint and Child

Bite in July of 2015.

The band completed further touring of Australia in 2015 establishing their now long running “Regional
Rampage” series where they visit many regional towns off the beaten track.