Life of 2017 Wow looking back, we had a busy year. Day one of the New year, we kicked it into gear with the release of our single and music video for Mr Dominant. It was game on and we set ourselves some big challenges for the year ahead. The next few months saw our Rock under Construction tour take us to Hamilton, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christchurch playing some amazing venues and meeting awesome people along the way. While we were in Hamilton we took the

We are grateful to those who can take the time to review us. This is our little way of creating awareness for their work. Thank you everyone for your time. Rogue Inc - Kris Peters The music itself breezes from aggressive rock/metal to almost glam metal at times with a subtle mix of soulful passion that shows that Merrin are still experimenting with their sound while at the same time have mastered their craft... MORE HERE Libel - Gray Vickers While Mr Dominant has a sexy, d

"Ode to the Homicidal Trash Queen" or "OTTHTQ" Karl turned around to me one day and said...I want you to write a song that has these words in it "I'm a trash queen and I don't even give a fuck!" I was sold. Instantly it was like my tragic princess switched on, bad make up sassy bitch hair, tragic outfit and here I was imagination city. This song is all kinds of "HELL YES", it's so fun. We haven't played it out yet. Can't wait to though ;) Haha bring on the horrific killer

"Durty Little Secret" Yes it's spelt wrong, great observation... but for good reason. I'm a trash queen and I don't really give a fuck, so my theme stands. XD. This song has been enjoyed at many a gig. It's one of those songs that we've changed slightly several times and no one ever notices all because they are too busy enjoying the feel. Well guess what, we've changed it slightly again but for the last time on this album...aye Angelo *Cracksup "War Within", I never real

Bass tracks started Monday. Karl picked up Logan and here he was, sick as anything. For those that know us we usually beg for people to stay away if they are sick but this time we've decided it's crucial to get this done. Lucky it is the school holidays! Logan is fighting with time to get everything done before he goes away training on a cadet camp next week. So we all decided that it's better that he comes over if he's up for it to get his parts recorded regardless. Ka

After my last blog I decided enough was enough. Our home was constantly in a state, I couldn’t find things anymore so I needed to sort it out. Win, I got my house clean, yass bitches! I even had a hot bath which I haven’t been able to do in months. Then I decided to chill out with a glass of whiskey on ice and listen to my raw vocal tracks for any inconsistencies. We have been busy since the start of the year. Some of the equipment we were hoping to set up for some of this

It's Monday... I'm listening to the tracking from over the weekend. Even though they are not there, I can still hear the click tracks playing in my mind. The tracks are pretty much in raw form at this stage and I'm flooded with the feeling that we finally have that balance between rocking aggression and passion. We know what we want to achieve, we know how and why we want to achieve things too. To say our focus and beliefs have changed is an understatement. I imagine Mer

Feeling exhausted, slightly insane even... BUT THE SOUND>>>IT'S ALIVE!!! Oh my lord, what a weekend it's been. To top it off, we still have another week at this point of tracking to do. Our guys did a fantastic job between instruments and group vocal tracks. They all have work tomorrow so I hope they sleep well tonight. I have a big day ahead as well. Listening to the flow of the music and making sure all the vocal parts from my haystack of a brain, still sit. I'm tra

Oh sad but true😂 Well we've been working hard all day...So...how did this sadistic queen who was supposed to keep her reckless hounds from hell focussed, end up laxing in her favourite sleeping bag?! I must have run them raggid...yip that must have been it 😂 Hey, there must be some simple pleasures right? #realtalk I stole that bag from Karl ages ago. In fact many people who have experienced this sleeping bag, love the damn thing. It's addictive! Dammit, focus Charlie..

FAROUT FACT:  4 years ago today... was the last time our old 5 piece Merrin went in to Matrix Digital to track.  Whoah couldn't believe it when I was reminded this morning. It's Friday here in little, loud but proud New Zealand.  It's getting cold.  It's winter.  The guys are setting up their equipment in the studio tonight.  Some of us are used to being in studio, others of us aren't, so we are hoping for this to be a positive experience for everyone involved.  First and for

I woke up, bolt upright at 5:30am. I'm now very excited about this weekend. The guys have been working insanely hard in among trying to keep a semi normal daily life. Now as far as building an album is concerned, I'm not saying it's the right way but at the moment this is what we've got. When it became an obvious move, I asked myself some serious questions: Will this make us attempt to kill each other in the end? NO! It's probably going to bring us closer together. W

It was 2am when I wrote this so please forgive me if things don't make sense. I felt a sudden desire to track what has fast become an "all cylinders firing' experience for us. Some interesting opportunities have crossed our path recently...let's be real, like a month ago, which gave us a passionate kickstart to feel in a great place to create an album. Yes, this team has been together less than a year and yes we may still be seen as in the "gelling together" phase and ofco