After six years of worldwide touring and a long, strenuous legal battle with another band from Australia, also known as TAIPAN, manager and frontman Michael Black has made the decision to retire the band name. The members (Michael Black, Wes Sanders, Johnny Saldana) will continue to play shows in the future as MIKE BLACK AND THE HEART ATTACKS, aka MBATHA. TAIPAN “Official” will retire on a high note, with a successful European Tour in late 2019 under their belts, just before the world was struck by Covid-19.
TAIPAN “Official” will release their anthology on Halloween 2020 to chronicle their six years of success. “Mouthful Of Ashes” will contain both of their albums remastered, along with four new unreleased song
They will continue to play international shows as MBATHA once the world has begun to recover from the impact of Covid-19. The band will then release a double CD in 2021 as MBATHA, titled “Attack of The Black.” Guests from Machinehead, Tantric, Crazytown, Lion I am and Ill Nino join TAIPAN’s former members on this 20-track release, featuring an album of covers and an album of original songs.
TAIPAN’s roster of guests over the past six years reads like a “who’s who” of metal and they’ve been blessed to play with some of the biggest bands in the world like KISS, Slipknot, Slayer and Rammstein. Guests in TAIPAN “Official” over the past six years have included –
Aaron Rossi – PRONG / MINISTRY
Tony Campos – STATIC -X / SOULFLY
Jack Gibson – EXODUS
Tommy Gibbons – TANTRIC / FAREWELL TO FEAR
Chris Poland – MEGADETH / OHM
Mike Albert – MEGADETH
Dianne Van Giersbergen – XANDRIA
Ahrue Luster – ILL NINO / MACHINEHEAD
Jessie Sanchez – WARBRINGER / BONDED BY BLOOD
Marcus Claustro – CLAUSTROFOBIA
Ed Mowery – NOCTURNUS / TIWANAKU
Mike Guerrero – HIRAX / GRIM REAPER
Tyler Ruehl – LION I AM
Jerry Orie – DISQUIET
Martin Debourge – Guest Vocals
Angeli Anjali – Guests Vocals
Scott Moller – KILLING TYRANNY
DieTrich Thrall – LORDS OF ACID
TAIPAN “Official” has played shows and festivals with –
KISS, SLIKNOT, SLAYER, RAMMSTEIN, MEGADETH, BUSH, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, SNOT, ILL NINO, BEHEMOTH, MUSHROOMHEAD, ATTILA, NILE, GHOST, TWISTED SISTER, AMON AMARTH, SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, DRAGONFORCE, FEAR FACTORY, VOIVOD, DYING FETUS, ORIGIN, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, ABBATH, SUICIDE SILENCE, LAMB OF GOD, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, ALICE IN CHAINS and POD just to name a few.
The members will close this six-year chapter extremely proud of TAIPAN “Official” and their accomplishments. The band started in Russia in 2014 and will end in the U.S. six years later. 100+ performances and 20 musicians later, the band have simply stated that “Everything was amazing.”
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