HIDDEN INTENT - AUSTRALIA

Walking Through Hell - 2013 - Punishment 18
Fear, Prey, Demise - 2018 - Scarlet

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Members
Vocals
Abyzmal>>CHRIS MCEWEN

Guitar
Desert Eagle, Queen Of The Rock>>PHIL BENNETT>>Queen Of The Rock

Bass
Abyzmal, Beyond Mortal Dreams, Beyond The Oblivion, Troops Of Doom, Shadow Realm, Obsidian Aspect>>CHRIS MCEWEN>>Troops Of Doom, Shadow Realm, Obsidian Aspect

Drum
Blood Mason>>Jay Rahaley - Death's Boundaries, Tidal, Hawkai, Queen Of The Rock>>PAUL LEWIS>>Queen Of The Rock




History & Biography
The groovy thrashy band was founded by guitarist Bennett and singer/bassist McEwen in 2011. Chris and Phil met when the former was going to be the replacement bassist in Phil’s hard rock band Desert Eagle, but that all fell through and they instead proceeded to initiate their own band.

Demo 2012 was followed by a CD of a song called Walking Through Hell in advance of a South East Asia tour. The trio also appeared at the Bangkok Thrash Festival. The full-length demo Walking Through Hell followed. Punishment 18 Records quickly re-released things. The band next toured China with Artillery in the spring of 2015. Drummer Jay Rahaley departed after falling out with the music. Paul Lewis of mallcorers Tidal joined. Fear, Prey, Demise was the next album, which again was a rerelease of a demo. Since labels do not pay for studio time or promote bands or distribute products all they can do is swoop in and compete for existing demo rereleases. The band and Lich King toured extensively in 2018. Dead End Destiny was a 2021 demo and the band ran a Patreon page.

The band started 2023 being the backing band for Mat Maurer of Mortal Sin. Maurer sang with Hidden Intent in 2023. Mat Maurer was singing a set of Mortal Sin songs with the help of Hidden Intent at Adelaide's Churches of Steel Open Air festival.

The group also flew to the UK and opened for Sacred Reich and Vio-lence. The group ended 2023 with Deprivation, Depravity and Sepultura in Australia. The band, Angelus Apatrida and End All were booked for Tokyo, Japan in early 2024. The band was also playing with Angelus Apatrida in Australia and New Zealand. Terrorform was the name for a 2025 demo. The band, Killrazer and Metreya opened for Mortal Sin in Australia in 2026.

Queen Of The Rock is a female fronted covers’ band. Troops Of Doom is a Sepultura cover act.


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