the line up, as a five piece act, but this didn't eventuate. While the band continued to rehearse and write new material, Dave Slave and Rok relentlessly pursued local publicity, while Rok also began his correspondence with key members of the then embryonic Norwegian and Swedish black metal scenes. Euronymous from Mayhem can be seen wearing one of the band's t-shirts in several photographs from the late 1980s and early 90s and Rok was also in regular contact with Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen, of Slayer magazine fame. Rok also had correspondence with Quorthon of Bathory and a number of other bands and identities who went on to become more well known. Unfortunately though, problems continued to plague the band and despite them being very close to playing live in Sydney several times from 1987 to 1989, one thing or another was always there to stop them. In March 1988 the band went into the studio to record The Magus album and once again, problem after problem delayed their progress. After countless delays and difficulties, The Magus album was finally released in June 1991 by the Sydney label Vampire Records. This year also marked the first live performances of the band in Sydney and Melbourne. Sandy had left the band soon after The Magus recording sessions and Rev. Kriss Hades had moved to Sydney and became a full time member in 1989. They very quickly established themselves as a formidable live act during 1991, with outrageous antics, onstage fighting, amps blowing up, crowd violence and generally absurd behaviour. All the while though, they took their music quite seriously and despite their appearance and manner, the incredibly fast and technically advanced songs were always at the heart of their shows and recordings. We Are Death In 1993, Sloth left the band (which he did several times over the years) soon after they had recorded most of the material their second album. Replacement drummer, Steve 'The Mechanik' Hoban played on one track, which was Astral Abortis. A demo tape featuring the core songs of the album was sent to French label Osmose Productions. Originally intended to be called 'Spiritual Dynamix', the words We Are Death... Fukk You! were printed on the demo tapes. This being a reaction to what they believed was constant misrepresentation as being labelled a black metal band. The label mistook these words to be the title of the album and