We will be playing out first gig in four years this August. I decided to use the occasion of my 40th birthday to put on a show at Swan Basement in North Fremantle. The date Saturday August 4th and doors open at 8pm. Entry is $5 and we will be joined by local bands The Underdogs, Dying Degree and Tumultum. It should be a great night, so if you're a Perth local, feel free to head down and check out the show!

Hi all, Vaughan here with a major Grave Forsaken update. We are very pleased to let you know that Tim Steadman, our original drummer, has returned to the Grave Forsaken lineup! Tim left the band in 2008 but we have stayed in touch in the intervening years. With the recently announced departure of Luke and Joshua, circumstances made Tim's return a logical possibility. I was over the moon when Tim accepted the offer to return. Tim was a key member of the band when we started, co-writing many of our early songs and performing on on our first 3 albums. He was the one who came up with the band name, as well as our first two album titles. The four of us were a strong team, and it is great to have that team back together.

We have had a few rehearsals with Tim and the vibe has been great. We are looking forward to getting out there and playing live again in the near future. We are rehearsing songs from all our albums, not just the ones Tim played on, so our future setlists will cover the entire history of the band. As well as that, there will be brand new material written and performed. We can't wait to continue to metal mission with the original lineup. Welcome back Tim!

God Bless and Rock On!

Vaughan

Hi everyone, Vaughan here with some important Grave Forsaken news. After 7 years, Luke Gallagher is leaving the band. Luke joined the band in 2011 as our live drummer and did a great job over a number of years. As well as live drumming, Luke played lead and rhythm guitar on our last two studio albums. Luke has made an enormous contribution to the band, writing a large proportion of the music during his time in the band. Luke is leaving due to his commitment to other music projects. I can’t thank Luke enough for his years with the band. It has been a true blessing, and the music we recorded with him is testament to that. 

During Luke’s time with the band, we enlisted his brother Joshua to produce and play drums on the last two albums. Joshua has recently moved to Canada to further pursue his music career, meaning he will also no longer be involved with band. Joshua was the driving force behind our last two albums and we simply couldn’t have done those albums without his influence and attention to detail. We will really miss working with him. I worked closely with Joshua on those albums and I really enjoyed the recording process. 

The two albums we recorded with Luke and Joshua were “The Fight Goes On” and “It Has Begun”. Both albums were well-received by our supporters and we were very happy with how they came out. The band will have to readjust now that Luke and Joshua aren’t involved, they made an enormous contribution. Thanks so much fellas!

Hi everyone, Vaughan here. I've been relatively quiet for the last few months but I have been plugging away on my current album project. Elias has started tracking his guitar parts and he has now recorded four songs. Tim and I have been trying to co-ordinate a time for him to come in and record his vocal parts. Long term supporters of Grave Forsaken will recall that Tim used to perform vocals on quite a few of our early songs. It will be great to have his voice on this album. Matt will also be contributing some vocal parts to the album a bit later on.

Production wise, this album is more in the style of our original EP, "Plugged Into The System" and "Fundamental Principles". All three of those releases were recorded with a very basic home studio setup. I really enjoy that simple approach to recording and this project will reflect that. Musically it reminds me of our first three albums with a bit of the rock vibe of "Plugged Into The System" and "Fundamental Principles" thrown in. For example Songs like  "One True Way", "I Think It's Time", "The Ruskin Arms" and "Calm In The Storm" would fit right into "Plugged Into The System". Other tracks like "Win The Day" and "Warriors Of The Cross" have more of a thrash vibe that fits with our heavier material. I think it's a good mix of everything I've done over the years.

I'll keep you updated as work progresses on the album.

Hi all, I've been steadily plugging away on the album I'm currently working on. Tonight I've been editing the track "One True Way". I have my guitar, Matt's bass and Tim's drums recorded so far. I'm going to focus in on finishing this track before continuing with the others nine tracks.

Hi all. Today will be my last daily update before taking a pause during December and January. I will still be posting during that time, just not every day. I have really an effort to post each day for many months now, I find it is very motivating and it helps to keep projects rolling. Tomorrow I'm planning to work on my solo project and I expect to make some decent progress. Elias has heard the material now so I will arrange a dedicated recording session with him, maybe even this weekend.

Thanks for following these daily updates. I'll post again soon!

God Bless and Rock On!
Vaughan 

Looking forward to catching up with Luke tonight. It's always good to have a chat about music, Star Wars and life! It's been a busy week so far so I haven't had much of a chance to work on my project for a couple of days. Hopefully I'll get a chance over the remainder of the week to get some more done.

God Bless and Rock On!
Vaughan

Just a reminder that I'm going to be pausing my daily updates and daily dose during December and January. December and January gets very busy at my work,  not to mention all the Christmas and new year activities. I will still provide updates, just not every day!

God Bless and Rock On!
Vaughan

I had a good jamming with Elias last night. I previewed my most of my solo project to him and we're going to get recording his parts very soon. By the time we had rehearsed some tracks it was getting too late to record actual takes. Still, it was a great time hanging out.

God Bless and Rock On!
Vaughan

Elias is heading over tonight. We will jam through some material and I'm also hoping we can record some tracks for my solo project. It's always good to catch, so I'm looking forward to seeing what we get done.

God Bless and Rock On!
Vaughan