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UNFD Albums
UNFD (pronounced as an initialism Help:IPA">/ˈjuːˈenˈefˈdiː/ is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. The label is home to a number of Australian artists including Thornhill, Ocean Grove, Hellions and In Hearts Wake, and international artists ERRA, Stray From the Path, Silverstein, Invent Animate, and more. The label has offices in London and Los Angeles. UNFD is part of the UNIFIED Music Group, owned by Jaddan Comerford. Genres that the label lean towards include, but are not limited to; metalcore, electronicore, progressive metal and djent. Overview UNFD's first release was Dream On, Dreamer's '' Heartbound'' on 5 August 2011. The album debuted at No. 38 on the ARIA Charts and was nominated for Best Heavy Rock Album of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards. In April 2013, the label released Northlane's hit album '' Singularity'' via a marketing campaign that was critically acclaimed across Australian media. The album debuted at No. 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNIFIED Music Group
Unified Music Group (stylized as UNIFIED) is an independently owned, Australian music company. It was founded in 2011. The company operates in Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and Toronto Activities UNIFIED Music Group manages the record label UNFD, the merchandise store 24Hundred, and music festivals such as UNIFY—A Heavy Music Festival and The Hills Are Alive. The artist management division represents artists such as Vance Joy, Violent Soho, and The Amity Affliction. As of March 2018, UNIFIED's labels — UNFD, ONETWO, NLV Records, Exist. Recordings, THAA Records, and DOMESTIC LA LA — are distributed globally through Sony Music Australia. Divisions UNIFIED Music Group has four divisions that oversee various artists and music services. Recorded music UNIFIED Music Group also runs a publishing service in collaboration with Mushroom Publishing, formed in 2011. Artist management UNIFIED Music Group's current roster includes Vance Joy, Violent Soh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metalcore
Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined with Breakdown (music), breakdowns – which are slow, intense passages conducive to moshing. Other defining traits are low-tuned, percussive guitar riffs, double bass drumming, and polished production. Vocalists typically switch between roaring or Screaming (music), screaming and clean, melodic, emotional singing. Lyrics are often personal, introspective and emotive. In the late 1980s to early 1990s, pioneering bands were founded such as Integrity (band), Integrity, Earth Crisis and Converge (band), Converge, whose hardcore punk-leaning style is sometimes referred to as metallic hardcore. These bands took influence from a range of styles and genres such as hardcore punk, thrash metal and death metal. During the decade, the genre diversifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Catalyst Fire
''The Catalyst Fire'' is the second studio album by Australian progressive rock band Dead Letter Circus. It featured new band members Tom Skerlj and Clint Vincent after founding member and guitarist Rob Maric left the band at the end of 2012. History In 2011, Tom Skerlj was added to the band as a second guitarist and keyboardist and the band began working on writing new material, hinting that they would follow a similar process to the preceding album in that completion of the songwriting would occur while the band was recording the album; "We don't ever write whole songs before we go into the studio. We generally take the seeds of songs," Benzie explained in mid-2011. The band continued to tour in 2011 and played a limited number of shows in 2012, with guitarist Rob Maric spending time away from the band to deal with personal issues for the majority of the year. Clint Vincent of fellow Brisbane band Melodyssey was announced as his touring replacement. Maric announced in January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasing Ghosts (album)
''Chasing Ghosts'' is the third studio album by Australian post-hardcore band the Amity Affliction. It was released on 7 September 2012 worldwide. Roadrunner Records handled the release worldwide. The theme of death and suicide is a centerpiece of the album. The album was influenced by Finch's '' What It Is to Burn'' (2002). ''Chasing Ghosts'' debuted at No. 1 on the Australian albums chart with 12,911 first week sales, becoming the band's first No. 1 on the chart and being one of the very few rock bands to achieve that position in Australia. ''Chasing Ghosts'' was certified Gold by the ARIA for 35,000 shipments in 2013. It is their only record to feature guitarist Imran Siddiqi and the first without keyboardist Trad Nathan. The title-track and first single from ''Chasing Ghosts'' premiered on ''Alternative Press'' on 4 July 2012. Commenting on the song, frontman Joel Birch stated, "I wrote Chasing Ghosts as a narrative based wholly around someone that has committed suicide and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youngbloods (album)
''Youngbloods'' is the second studio album by Australian post-hardcore band the Amity Affliction. It was released on 18 June 2010 through Boomtown Records. It debuted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts. Grammy-nominated producer Machine produced ''Youngbloods''. The drums were recorded at Breakwater Music Studio in Hazlet, NJ. All other tracks were recorded at the Machine Shop in Weehawken, NJ. This is the first and the only record to feature guitarist Clint Owen Ellis (Splattering), where Troy Brady temporarily switched to rhythm guitar for Ellis to take the lead. This was also the last record that features keyboardist Trad Nathan. US pop punk band Four Year Strong contribute to the gang vocals on "I Hate Hartley". Helmet Roberts does guest vocals on "Fuck the Yankees". "15 Pieces of Flare" is a bonus track that comes with the iTunes download of the album. Prior to the release of ''Youngbloods'', the band updated their website with updates on their writing and recording process with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland, formed in 2003. The band's current line-up consists of Joel Birch (lead vocals), Dan Brown (guitar), Jonathan Reeves (bass, vocals) and Joe Longobardi (drums). The Amity Affliction has released eight studio albums including ''Severed Ties'' (2008), ''Youngbloods (album), Youngbloods'' (2010), ''Chasing Ghosts (album), Chasing Ghosts'' (2012), ''Let the Ocean Take Me'' (2014), ''This Could Be Heartbreak'' (2016), ''Misery (album), Misery'' (2018) and ''Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them'' (2020). They are known for their highly personal songs, often dealing with depression, anxiety, death, substance abuse, and suicide, many lyrics stemming from vocalist Joel Birch's past struggles. The Amity Affliction released their latest album, ''Not Without My Ghosts'', in 2023. History Formation and early releases (2003–2008) The Amity Affliction formed in Gympie, a South-East Queensland town in Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Letter Circus
Dead Letter Circus were an Australian alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland. Their 2010 debut album '' This Is the Warning'' debuted at No. 2 on the Australian album charts and spawned a number of singles that were played heavily on radio, and was later certified Gold and voted by listeners into triple j's ''Hottest 100 Albums of All Time'', at number 86. The band released a further three albums: 2013's ''The Catalyst Fire'', 2015's ''Aesthesis'' and 2018's ''Dead Letter Circus''. History 2004–2008: Formation and self-titled EP Three members of the defunct Brisbane band Ochre formed Dead Letter Circus in late 2004, releasing one self-titled EP, and the singles "Disconnect and Apply", " Next in Line" and " The Space on the Wall". "Disconnect and Apply" received significant radio play on Triple J, where it became one of their most played tracks. They performed at the Big Day Out, Come Together Music Festival in Sydney and the Over-Cranked Music Festival in Brisb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singularity (Northlane Album)
''Singularity'' is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band Northlane. It was released on 22 March 2013 through UNFD and Distort. This is the last album to feature vocalist Adrian Fitipaldes before his departure in September 2014. It was produced by Will Putney and recorded at The Machine Shop in Belleville, New Jersey. In 2014, a deluxe edition of ''Singularity'' was released, which contains instrumental versions of all songs. At the J Awards of 2013, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. Background After much speculation over the ambiguous viral campaign centered on singularity2013.com, many news sites were reporting the possibility of the music group We Are Unified running a new roster based festival. The website functioned simply as a countdown but had many acts signed to We Are Unified posting online about it. When the countdown hit midnight on the morning of 21 February 2013, it was revealed that ''Singularity'' was in fact the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northlane
Northlane are an Australian metalcore band from Blacktown, formed in 2009. The band comprises guitarists Jon Deiley and Josh Smith, drummer Nic Pettersen and vocalist Marcus Bridge. Northlane have released six studio albums: '' Discoveries'' (11 November 2011); '' Singularity'' (22 March 2013), which reached No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart; ''Node'' (24 July 2015), a number-one album; '' Mesmer'' (24 March 2017), '' Alien'' (2 August 2019) and ''Obsidian'' (22 April 2022). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 the group won the Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album category for their album ''Node''. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, the band won again with ''Mesmer''. The band won the Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album category for the third time at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 for their 2019 album ''Alien''. History Early years, line-up changes and ''Discoveries'' (2009–2012) Northlane were formed in 2009 as a metalcore band in Blacktown by Jon Deiley on lead guitar, Bren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The event has been held annually since 1987 and encompasses the general genre-specific and popular awards (these are what is usually being referred to as "the ARIA awards") as well as Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards (held separately from 2004), Achievement Awards and ARIA Hall of Fame – the latter were held separately from 2005 to 2010 but returned to the general ceremony in 2011. For 2010, ARIA introduced public voted awards for the first time. Winning, or even being nominated for, an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention and publicity on an artist, and usually increases recording sales several-fold, as well as chart significance – in 2005, for example, after Ben Lee won thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA
In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work. The typical context for arias is opera, but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas, or they can be stand-alone concert arias. The term was originally used to refer to any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. Etymology The Italian term ''aria'', which derives from the Greek ἀήρ and Latin ''aer'' (air), first appeared in relation to music in the 14th century when it simply signified a manner or style of singing or playing. By the end of the 16th century, the term 'aria' refers to an instrumental form (cf. Santino Garsi da Parma lute works, ('Aria del Gran Duca'). By the early 16th century, it was in common use as meaning a simple setting of strophe, strophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbound (album)
''Heartbound'' is the debut album by Australian post-hardcore band Dream On, Dreamer. It was released in Australia ( We Are Unified) on 5 August, in Japan (Triple Vision) on 3 August and in the US/Europe/ UK (Rise) on 9 August 2011. Background The album has spawned one single so far entitled, "Downfall". A music video has also been made to coincide with the song. A second song, "Come Home True Love", was posted on themusic.com.au the last week of July. Track listing Personnel Dream On, Dreamer * Marcel Gadacz - unclean vocals * Michael McLeod - bass guitar, clean vocals * Callan Orr - lead guitar * Luke Domic - rhythm guitar * Daniel Jungwirth - keyboards, synthesizers, piano, programming * Aaron Fiocca - drums Production Source: * Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Cameron Mizell Cameron Pierce Mizell is an American artist, songwriter, singer, record producer and owner of Chango Studios. He began producing music in 2003 & has worked with Billboard top ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
