It was December 2006 when Adriano De Melo and Allan McLachlan met at the Auckland Hospital – walking among the lost and the sick. As these creatures recognized each other as “worshippers of the distorted art”, they decided to get together for a jam which happened soon after that. These jams then turned into a constant meeting to produce “unsound sounds” and from those “black pearls” were born!
That’s when they met Josh Hughes (Bloodletting, ex-8 Foot Sativa) who was their first man of the 4-strings until Dave Grinder (Damned Age) took over the position. In early 2007 they did an experimental gig opening for Bloodletting at the Masonic Tavern – with no vocals.
The first voice of desolation was Lee Fowler (Under the Covers). But as Lee was pursuing a different musical direction for the vocal lines, he decided to leave the band. That’s when Raj “BlackBong”(Exordium Mors) joined and stayed for a short but awesome time, in which he added a mix of old school German Thrash with Black Metal vocals that sounded like the most pure “chaotic devastation”, one’s little mind could think of! But as Raj was already playing in 2 other bands, they concluded that although his vocal styles were fucking mean, he wouldn’t have the time needed to help establish NULLIFIER. As Raj left, Andy Insanity (Gate 13) became their front man. About the same time James Erceg (ex-Brutal Panda) took over the lead guitars. And as Mr Grinder (Dave) moved to Wellington with Damned Age, Lee Steele (Just One Fix & Gate 13) grabbed NULLIFIER’s 4-strings! They played some memorable gigs with this line up throughout 2007 with some of the most fucking amazing bands like Upraw, Anabyss, Bloodletting, West of Hell, Demon Fetal Harvest, Never Repent, Black Tooth, Metal Tower and Gate 13. After their first 10 gigs they departed ways with Lee Steele who would then join Just One Fix and Gate 13. And as NULLIFIER started auditioning for the bass position, they crossed paths with Nick Milat who after the first jam secured the position and has since then added a huge lot to the solidification of the band.