UNFD (pronounced as an

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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 Frank Iero,

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, Silverstein, 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;

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Overview

UNFD's first release was Dream On, Dreamer's '' Heartbound'' on 5 August 2011. The album debuted at No. 38 on the

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Charts and was nominated for Best Heavy Rock Album of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards. In April 2013, the label released

Northlane Northlane are an Australian heavy metal band from Sydney, 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'' ( ...

's hit album '' Singularity'' via a marketing campaign that was critically acclaimed across Australian media. The album debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts. Shortly after, UNFD announced the signing of Gold Record artist

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, and also announced that The Amity Affliction's albums '' Youngbloods'' and '' Chasing Ghosts'' album had been certified gold in Australia. In August 2013, the label had major success with

' album '' The Catalyst Fire'' reaching No. 2 on the ARIA charts. Following from this success, the label announced the return of Bodyjar with a new album to be released 4 October. In July 2015, UNFD had its first #1 Australian album with the release of

's third studio album ''

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''. The label also had its first ever ARIA award win that same year, also with Northlane's ''Node''. That same year, the label had a total of 4 ARIA Award nominations: Northlane's ''Node'', Thy Art Is Murder's '' Holy War'', and In Hearts Wake's '' Skydancer'' all in the Hard Rock category, as well as Dead Letter Circus' ''

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'' in the Rock category. In 2017, the label released '' Mesmer'', the fourth album from Northlane, via a surprise release. The album debuted at #3 on the ARIA chart in a very competitive week and took the band's fans completely by surprise. The release was not only critically acclaimed, but the release process itself was covered heavily by the media. Northlane went on to win their second ARIA Award in the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal category. The label was nominated for Best Independent Label at the 2017 AIR Awards, and Hellions' ''Opera Oblivia'' was nominated for Best Hard Rock Album. Throughout 2017 and 2018, UNFD broadened its artist base, with artists such as Tonight Alive,

Dream State Dream State are a Welsh rock band from South Wales formed in 2014. They signed to Australian record label UNFD in 2017 and have released two EPs (their debut ''Consequences'' in 2015 and ''Recovery'' in 2018) as well as a studio album ''Primro ...

, Woes, Thornhill, LIMBS, Slowly Slowly and more. The label was again nominated for Best Independent Label at the 2018 AIR Awards. In March 2019, UNFD announced the worldwide signing of Frank Iero, former guitarist of My Chemical Romance, and his band The Future Violents. In September 2019, UNFD announced the worldwide signing of

Like Moths to Flames Like Moths to Flames is an American metalcore band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2010 by former members of various bands, including Emarosa, Agraceful, the Crimson Armada, and My Ticket Home. The band has released four studio albums and three E ...

Current Australian roster

*Banks Arcade (New Zealand originally, now in Australia) * Hellions * In Hearts Wake *Introvert * Ocean Grove *PhaseOne * Short Stack * Slowly Slowly * Thornhill * Void of Vision * Yours Truly

Current international roster

*Banks Arcade (New Zealand originally, now in Australia) * Crossfaith (Japan) *

(United States) * Frank Iero (United States) *Hollow Front (United States) * Invent Animate (United States) *

(United States) *LIMBS (United States) *Moodring (United States) *October Ends (United Kingdom) * Silent Planet (United States) * Silverstein (Canada) *

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(United States) *Vatican (United States)

Former artists

After Touch After Touch are an Australian punk band from Shellharbour, formed in 2014. Originally formed under the name Easy Life, the band comprises guitarists Jack Rankin and Jesse Mate-Gallo, bassist Marcus Conti, drummer Jordan Pranic, and vocalist ...

* Antagonist A.D. (on Greyscale Records) *

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(on

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) * The Amity Affliction (on Pure Noise Records) * Balance and Composure (inactive) * Beartooth (on Red Bull Records) * Bodyjar (on Pile of Sand Records) * The Brave *The Bride (inactive) * Buried in Verona (disbanded) *Columbus *Cursed Earth *

(on Warner Music Australia) *D at Sea * Deez Nuts * Dream On, Dreamer *

*Drown This City (disbanded) * The Getaway Plan * Hacktivist * Hand of Mercy (disbanded) * Hands Like Houses * House Vs. Hurricane *I Am Zero (inactive) *

I Killed the Prom Queen I Killed the Prom Queen were an Australian metalcore band from Adelaide, formed in 2000. They were prominent in the Australian live music scene and toured the US, Japan and parts of Europe several times. They issued three studio albums: ''When ...

(disbanded) *Make Believe Me *

(Independent) *Saviour (on Greyscale Records) *Sleep Talk *Sleep Waker (disbanded) *Stories (disbanded) *

Storm the Sky Storm the Sky were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne. History The band was formed in Melbourne in 2011 and consisted of vocalists Daniel Breen and William Jarratt, the guitarists Andy Szetho and Billy Green, as well as bassist Krist ...

(disbanded) * Thy Art Is Murder (on Nuclear Blast Records) * Tonight Alive *Trade Wind *Up Late * While She Sleeps (on Sleeps Brothers) *Woes

Discography

* Dream On, Dreamer - '' Heartbound'' (5 August 2011) * The Getaway Plan - '' Other Voices, Other Rooms'' (9 February 2008) * The Amity Affliction - '' Youngbloods'' (deluxe edition) (30 September 2011) *

- ''

Music for the Recently Deceased ''Music for the Recently Deceased'' is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen that was released on 14 November 2006. In August 2005, I Killed the Prom Queen flew to Sweden to record their follow-up album, ...

'' (deluxe edition) (1 May 2011) *

We Came as Romans We Came as Romans (sometimes abbreviated as WCAR) is an American metalcore band from Troy, Michigan. Formed in 2005, the band has gone through one name change and multiple line-up changes, and signed to SharpTone Records in 2016 after having ...

- ''

Understanding What We've Grown to Be ''Understanding What We've Grown to Be'' is the second studio album by American metalcore band We Came as Romans. It was released on September 13, 2011 through Equal Vision Records. It debuted and peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200 th ...

'' (Sept 30, 2011) * The Summer Set - '' Everything's Fine'' (October, 2011) * The Bride - ''President Rd'' (28 October 2011) * The Getaway Plan - ''

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'' (4 November 2011) *

- '' Discoveries'' (11 November 2011) * Deez Nuts - ''Fuck the World'' (20 March 2012) * Buried in Verona - ''

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'' (1 June 2012) * House Vs. Hurricane - ''Crooked Teeth'' (13 July 2012) * Hand of Mercy - ''Last Lights'' (17 August 2012) * In Hearts Wake - '' Divination'' (31 August 2012) * The Amity Affliction - '' Chasing Ghosts'' (7 September 2012) * Dream On, Dreamer - '' Heartbound'' (deluxe edition) (CD/DVD) (30 November 2012) * Deez Nuts - "Band of Brothers"/"Shot After Shot" (9 January 2013) * D at Sea - ''Unconscious'' (8 March 2013) *

- '' Singularity'' (22 March 2013) * Deez Nuts - '' Bout It!'' (29 March 2013) * Buried in Verona - '' Notorious: Reloaded'' (14 June 2013) * Dream On, Dreamer - ''Loveless'' (28 June 2013) * Misery Signals - '' Absent Light'' (26 July 2013) *

- '' The Catalyst Fire'' (9 August 2013) * Hellions - ''Die Young'' (20 September 2013) * Saviour - ''First Light to My Death Bed'' (4 October 2013) * Bodyjar - ''

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'' (18 October 2013) * Make Believe Me - ''Where the Heart Is'' (18 October 2013) * Hacktivist - '' Hacktivist'' (EP) (8 November 2013) * Stories - "Dreamwork" (single) (30 January 2014) * Make Believe Me - ''Disconnect'' (EP) (21 February 2014) * Buried in Verona - ''

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'' (7 March 2014) *

- '' Lost Forever // Lost Together'' (14 March 2014) * In Hearts Wake - ''

Earthwalker ''Earthwalker'' is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band In Hearts Wake. It was released on 2 May 2014 through UNFD and Rise Records. It was produced by Josh Schroeder, Dan Brown and Troy Brady. The album peaked at No. 5 at offici ...

'' (2 May 2014) *

- '' Singularity'' (deluxe edition) (16 May 2014) * Trade Wind - ''Suffer Just to Believe'' (13 June 2014) * Beartooth - '' Disgusting'' (13 June 2014) * I Am Zero - "The Winter Sun" (single) (11 July 2014) * D at Sea - ''Anchors & Diamonds'' (11 July 2014) * Anberlin - '' lowborn'' (25 July 2014) * The One Hundred - ''Subculture'' (EP) (29 August 2014) *

- ''

Stand Apart ''Stand Apart'' is an acoustic and third overall EP by Australian alternative rock band Dead Letter Circus. It was exclusively released through iTunes on 29 August 2014 preceding four sold-out acoustic shows. The songs are re-imagined version ...

'' (EP) (29 August 2014) * Hand of Mercy - ''Resolve'' (31 October 2014) *

- ''Permanence'' (16 January 2015) * Hellions - ''Indian Summer'' (30 January 2015) *

- '' Lost Forever // Lost Together'' (deluxe edition) (27 March 2015) * In Hearts Wake - '' Skydancer'' (1 May 2015) * Thy Art Is Murder - '' Holy War'' (26 June 2015) *

- ''

'' (24 July 2015) *

- '' Subliminal Criminals'' (14 August 2015) * Stories - ''The Youth to Become'' (14 August 2015) * Buried in Verona - ''

Vultures Above, Lions Below ''Vultures Above, Lions Below'' is the fifth and final album by Australian metalcore band Buried in Verona. The album was released on 7 August 2015 through UNFD and Rise Records. This is the first album to feature Mark Harris on lead guitar, B ...

'' (7 August 2015) *

- ''Aesthesis'' (14 August 2015) * Crossfaith - ''

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'' (18 September 2015) * Hands Like Houses - '' Dissonants'' (26 February 2016) * Hacktivist - '' Outside the Box'' (4 March 2016) *

- '' All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us'' (27 May 2016) *

& In Hearts Wake - ''

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'' (EP) (20 April 2016) * Beartooth - '' Aggressive'' (3 June 2016) * Trade Wind - ''You Make Everything Disappear'' (15 July 2016) * Hellions - ''Opera Oblivia'' (29 July 2016) * The Brave - ''

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'' (5 August 2016) *

- ''Sin Will Find You'' (5 August 2016) * Columbus - ''Spring Forever'' (26 August 2016) * Balance and Composure - '' Light We Made'' (7 October 2016) * Void of Vision - ''

Children of Chrome ''Children of Chrome'' is the debut studio album by Australian metalcore band Void of Vision, released on 30 September 2016 by UNFD. It was produced by Ocean Grove's drummer Sam Bassal. It peaked in the top 60 of the ARIA Albums Chart. ...

'' (30 September 2016) * Saviour - ''Let Me Leave'' (13 January 2017) * Ocean Grove - ''

The Rhapsody Tapes ''The Rhapsody Tapes'' is the debut studio album by Australian nu metal band Ocean Grove. it was released on 3 February 2017 through UNFD Records. Their first single "These Boys Light Fires" was released on 1 December 2016. followed by another ...

'' (3 February 2017) * Crossfaith - "New Age Warriors" (remix) (10 February 2017) *

- '' Mesmer'' (24 March 2017) * Columbus - ''Next to Me'' (EP) (28 April 2017) * While She Sleeps - '' You Are We'' (21 April 2017) * In Hearts Wake - '' Ark'' (26 May 2017) * House Vs. Hurricane - ''Filth'' (2 June 2017) * Cursed Earth - ''Cycles of Grief Volume I: Growth'' (4 August 2017) * Crossfaith - ''Freedom'' (EP) (4 August 2017) *

- '' Only Death Is Real'' (8 September 2017) * Cursed Earth - ''Cycles of Grief Volume II: Decay'' (22 September 2017) * Easy Life - ''There Can't Be This Much Water in the Sky'' (29 September 2017) * Bodyjar - ''Terra Firma'' (EP) (13 October 2017) * Introvert - ''December'' (19 October 2017) * Cursed Earth - ''Cycles of Grief: Complete Collection'' (20 October 2017) * Void of Vision - '' Disturbia'' (EP) (10 November 2017) * Saviour - ''Empty Skies'' (14 November 2017) * Various Artists - '' Spawn (Again): A Tribute to Silverchair'' (17 November 2017) *

- ''White Lies'' (1 December 2017) * Tonight Alive - ''

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'' (12 January 2018) * Crossfaith - ''Wipeout'' (EP) (26 January 2018) * In Hearts Wake - ''Ark Prevails'' (EP) (2 February 2018) * Hellions - "X (Mwah)" (6 February 2018) * Thornhill - ''Butterfly'' (16 February 2018) *

- ''

Analog Future ''Analog Future'' (stylised as ''ANALOG_FUTURE'') is the first live album by Australian heavy metal band Northlane. It was released on 16 March 2018 through UNFD. It was recorded between August–December 2017, during their ''Mesmer'' World ...

'' (live) (16 March 2018) * LIMBS - ''Father's Son'' (27 April 2018) * Woes - ''Self Help'' (4 May 2018) * Slowly Slowly - ''St. Leonards'' (11 May 2018) *

- ''Recovery'' (EP) (18 May 2018) * Columbus - ''A Hot Take on Heartbreak'' (25 May 2018) * In Hearts Wake - '' Ark'' (deluxe edition) (8 June 2018) *

- "Vultures" (13 July 2018) * Crossfaith - ''EX_MACHINA'' (3 August 2018)unfdcentral.com/music *

- "You Wish This Was About You" (7 September 2018) * Beartooth - ''

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'' (28 September 2018) * Hands Like Houses - ''Anon'' (12 October 2018) * Hellions - "Rue" (19 October 2018) * Silent Planet - "When the End Began" (2 November 2018) *

- '' Holy Hell'' (9 November 2018) * Void of Vision - "Kill All My Friends" (single) (28 November 2018) * Ocean Grove - "Glass Gloss" (single) (14 December 2018) * Crossfaith - "Soul Seeker" (single) (14 December 2018) * Ocean Grove - "Ask for the Anthem" (single) (6 February 2019) * While She Sleeps - '' So What?'' (1 March 2019) *

- "Hand in Hand" (single) (6 March 2019) * LIMBS - "Abandoned" (single) (29 March 2019) * Thornhill - "Coven" (single) (4 April 2019) * The Brave - ''

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'' (5 April 2019) * Woes - "Suburbs" (single) (9 April 2019) * Hacktivist - "Reprogram" (single) (10 April 2019) * Yours Truly - "Afterglow" (12 April 2019) * Slowly Slowly - "Jellyfish" (16 April 2019) * Sleep Talk - "Everything in Colour" (3 May 2019) * Cursed Earth - "The Deathbed Sessions" (31 May 2019) * Frank Iero and the Future Violents - "Barriers" (31 May 2019) *

- '' Alien'' (2 August 2019) * Void of Vision - '' Hyperdaze'' (13 September 2019) *

- ''Primrose Path'' (18 October 2019) * Thornhill - ''The Dark Pool'' (25 October 2019) *

- ''Internal Atomics'' (1 November 2019) *

- ''Where the Light Refuses to Go'' (13 November 2019) *

- ''Enemy of the Night'' (single) (20 May 2020) *

- '' Alien'' (Deluxe Edition) (31 July 2020) * Like Moths to Flames - ''

No Eternity in Gold ''No Eternity in Gold'' is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Like Moths to Flames. It was released on October 30, 2020, through UNFD. The album was produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland. It is the band's first studio releas ...

'' (30 October 2020) *

- ''

'' (19 March 2021) * Sleep Waker - ''Alias'' (23 July 2021) * Sleep Waker - "Distance (ReImagined)" (single) (2 December 2021)

References

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