Coerce is a
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has bee ...
band originally from
Adelaide, South Australia and now reside in
Melbourne, Victoria. In 2009 Coerce released their debut album ''Silver Tongued Life Licker'' and were a
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad ...
Next Crop artist.
Their second album, ''Ethereal Surrogate Saviour'', was nominated for
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album at the
ARIA Music Awards of 2011
The 25th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2011 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fi ...
.
The band toured Australia extensively during the most active years of 2009-2012 supporting Russian Circles, Graf Orlock, Dangers, Robotosaurus and played the Big Day Out in Adelaide in 2010.
Band members
*Mike Deslandes
*Matthew Adey
*Karl Roberts
*Justin Bond
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The
ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions o ...
. Coerce have been nominated for one award.
, -
,
2011
, ''Ethereal Surrogate Saviour''
,
ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album
The ARIA Music Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Austral ...
,
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Fowler's Live Music Awards
The Fowler's Live Music Awards took place from 2012 to 2014 to "recognise success and achievement over the past 12 months
ndcelebrate the great diversity of original live music" in South Australia. Since 2015 they're known as the
South Australian Music Awards
The South Australian Music Awards, also known as SA Music Awards, commonly SAM Awards, formerly Fowler's Live Music Awards (FLMA), are annual awards that exist to recognise, promote and celebrate excellence in the South Australian contemporary mu ...
.
, -
, 2012
, Coerce
, Best Punk Artist
,
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References
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External links
Band Website
Musical groups from Melbourne
Musical groups from Adelaide
Australian post-hardcore musical groups
Musical quartets