Sadistik Exekution was an Australian extreme metal band from Sydney. The band formed in 1985, although their main active period was from 1986 until 2004. Known for their outrageous live show antics, notorious behaviour and non conformist attitude, Sadistik Exekution also wrote, recorded and performed their own extreme form of death metal. Throughout their career, the band members have firmly stated they should not at all be confused with or wrongly labelled as 'black metal'. Ironically however, the band was also quite influential on some of the early Scandinavian black metal bands, as well as other extreme metal bands from around the world. Their last official live show was in Sydney in 1999, although they did re-unite once more in November 2009, to perform as the main act at the first annual Australian Metal Awards in Sydney. History Early years The band first came together after bass player Dave Slave met vocalist Rok outside an Iron Maiden concert in Sydney in May 1985. For the remainder of that year and into the first half of 1986, Dave and Rok rehearsed with a number of different guitarists and drummers and began writing material. However, the problem of finding reliable musicians that were capable of playing this extreme form of metal seemed ongoing. Eventually, Dave Slave and Rok decided to try their luck by temporarily relocating to Melbourne through the middle of 1986. During this period, Slave had appeared on the talent-quest segment of the iconic Australian TV program Hey Hey It's Saturday and after playing a bass solo, he proceeded to throw his custom made American made BC Rich bass guitar to the floor, breaking it beyond repair. This was also around the time they met their future guitarist, the Rev. Kriss Hades. However, due to various factors, Slave and Rok eventually returned to Sydney in September 1986, leaving Hades behind. At the same time, former Slaughter Lord guitarist Sandy Vahdani had been rehearsing some new material with a drummer called Sloth. Interestingly, Sloth happened to be distantly related to Dave Slave and both Sandy and Dave had previously been in a small time local Sydney thrash band called Hammer's Thrust. By the end of September, the four officially united as Sadistik Exekution and began writing songs that would eventually be recorded on the band's debut album. Before the end of 1986 they had planned to include Rev. Kriss Hades in