Defryme are an Australian band from

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. They formed in 1989 in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. Their album ''Purekiller'' reached #4 on the Australian

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album charts in June 1994. They had four charting singles in Australia, "God Inside A Man" (#51Australian (

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) peaks: *Top 50 peaks: *Top 100 peaks: *"Pure Killer" (single): *"Sanity": ), "Pure Killer" (#70), their cover of

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" (#38), and "Sanity" (#70). Defryme reformed in 2010 with the release of the single "Sup?" and a handful of shows. In 2014 Defryme re-emerged in 2014 with a string of live shows in Melbourne and Sydney performing the ''Purekiller'' album in entirety and released another single "Audrey". In 2021, the lineup of Defryme changed and they released "The Snake". In March 2024, they released the EP ''Starkiller''.

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