February, traditionally known as the month of love is also the month that spawned the creature steeped in hatred, forged by criticism and an engine of entropy, the monster that is Architecture of Aggression!

16 years ago in a Pretoria suburban garage, the three miscreant school children Van & Anton Alberts and Brian Liebenberg got together and formed the fledgling idea, hoping but never knowing that it would stand the test of time.

Unfortunately line up changes were inevitable through the years.We added a vocalist (Gareth Den) and parted ways again, decided to do the vocals ourselves, We let Brian go, played as a two man band for approximately two years, added bassist Nardus de Lange(on loan from Shadow lord at that time), parted ways after a while and instated William “the Tempest” Bishop on bass duty.

Now an untold number of gigs, a 2 ½ year stint in the UK, quite a number of national tours, spreading the word to such exotic locations as Namibia and Botswana, organising and hosting the controversial Rock Against Religion, playing with such renowned bands as The Entombed and Carcass, destroying the stage at Oppikoppi 4 times in the last 5 years, releasing an Ep.(Manifest Destiny) and two full length albums(Democracy: Consent to Domination & Acts of God: 4000 years of Phallusy), printing the legendary and hyper controversial God Kill shirts(Fuck your Church, Burn your God), torn ligaments, a broken leg, stitches, burns and stolen equipment we are going stronger than ever.

This is our dream and we are living it.

Happy 16th birthday to The Death Metal Juggernaut that is AoA and eternal thanks to you, our fans that have driven us and supported us through it all and helped us to push not only our boundaries, but the boundaries of the moral majority of this country!