Good news all you lovers of Melbourne-via-New Zealand heavy hitters Banks Arcade out there: 2023 is set to bring all of the neon-soaked rock and metalcore goodness with the band today announcing their Future Lovers Australian Tour in February 2023, as well as special guests Belle Haven and liveconformdie joining the fun across seven special nights. Fresh off releasing their debut album Future Lovers in late July, Banks Arcade have […]

“I think this album feels like a band that’s trying to find its identity and there’s awesome things in that…” From Release: Coming together over a shared love of music with a razor-sharp avant-garde aesthetic, Banks Arcade have always teetered on modernity, their gaze ever-fixed just beyond the horizon via their flourishing sonic wiles. From their 2018 debut EP Endnote […]

Following the release of their new EP is this what i look like? via UNFD last week, Sydney rising stars Yours Truly have today announced some special intimate performances this August, with three acoustic shows lined up to celebrate the new EP’s release. Already scoring acclaim at home and abroad with the likes of Kerrang!, Distorted Sound, Wall Of Sound, Hysteria Magazine and Heavy Magazine, is this […]

Japanese genre-blenders CROSSFAITH are thrilled to announce their return to Australian shores. That’s right, their Atlas Of Faith Would tour will be hitting the east coast in October with special guests DREGG. “We had so many great memories from festivals such as UNIFY, Soundwave and als supporting ‘The Amity Affliction’ to ‘Bring Me The Horizon’ and ‘In Hearts Wake’, but the only thing […]

Australian alternative bright lights Yours Truly have announced their brand new EP is this what i look like? which will be coming out 15th July 2022 via UNFD.  The band have also released a new song and video Hallucinate which features Josh Franceschi of You Me At Six. This will be the first full release from the band since their huge debut Self Care back in 2020, and also features a guest spot […]

Rapidly rising Australian act Yours Truly announce their 2022 summer headline tour today, fresh from landing a coveted ARIA nomination for their debut record Self Care. With support from Towns and Eat Your Heart Out, Yours Truly will play major cities around the country from January – March, woven in between the band’s festival appearances including Full Tilt and UNIFY. Meanwhile, Yours Truly […]

Sydney metallers, Northlane, announce the upcoming release of their fifth studio album, Alien, out August 2 via UNFD. For a band that have traditionally focused on wider issues in the outside world, Alien is easily the most personal statement of their career. “I was raised in hell but I made it out,” says Northlane vocalist Marcus Bridge. “Raised in a place I shouldn’t have been, and no child […]

Frank Iero has signed with UNFD and is readying his third solo album BARRIERS for release on May 31, 2019. Adopting the moniker, Frank Iero and the Future Violents, his latest band features longtime collaborator Evan Nestor, Matt Armstrong (ex-Murder by Death), Tucker Rule (Thursday) and Kayleigh Goldsworthy (Golds, Dave Hause, The Mermaid). “Super excited to be joining the UNFD family,” […]

Architects, the Brighton-based outfit Kerrang recently awards the title of “Best British Live Band” andThe Guardian said feature “gloriously crafted anthems of defiance,” return with their eighth album, Holy Hell, on Nov. 9 via UNFD. The band has simultaneously debuted the song and video for “Hereafter”, which was directed by Jeb Hardwick. Holy Hell marks the band’s first release since the untimely passing of Tom […]

triple j & 24HUNDRED PRESENT UNIFY GATHERING 2019 FRIDAY JANUARY 11 UNDERØATH [Exclusive Australian Performance] KARNIVOOL [First East Coast Show since 2016] IN HEARTS WAKE HELLIONS [Very special return set] OCEAN GROVE WHILE SHE SLEEPS [Exclusive Australian Performance] CROSSFAITH [Exclusive Australian Performance] DREAM ON DREAMER THE PLOT IN YOU [Exclusive Australian Performance] HAND OF MERCY [Exclusive Reunion Show] DREAM STATE [Exclusive Australian […]

triple j & 24HUNDRED PRESENT UNIFY GATHERING 2019 FRIDAY JANUARY 11 UNDERØATH [Exclusive Australian Performance] KARNIVOOL [First East Coast Show since 2016] IN HEARTS WAKE OCEAN GROVE WHILE SHE SLEEPS [Exclusive Australian Performance] CROSSFAITH [Exclusive Australian Performance] DREAM ON DREAMER THE PLOT IN YOU [Exclusive Australian Performance] HAND OF MERCY [Exclusive Reunion Show] DREAM STATE [Exclusive Australian Performance] DROWN THIS CITY OCEAN […]

Riding high from their most successful two-and-a-half years together yet – which included an ARIA Top 10 debut and three back-to-back sold out headline tours of Australia – Hands Like Houses return with -Anon., set for release on October 12 via UNFD. Their most determined release yet, the first taste of the album comes via the track “Overthinking”. Filmed in Los Feliz, Los […]

Trophy Eyes have announced an Australian headline tour. Kicking off on October 11 in Brisbane, Trophy Eyes will embark on their biggest national headline run to date in support of their new album, The American Dream, set for release on August 3 via Hopeless Records/UNIFIED. Last week, Trophy Eyes announced a low-key club show at the Workers Club in Melbourne to farewell some of their older material and tickets […]

I’ve been excited for this album for a while now, as watching the process of this band grow and evolve over the years through countless live shows that never disappoint, and music that delivers a message and a feeling is a treat. This album is in a way a new beginning for Tonight Alive as they move to a new […]

Melbourne Saturday March 24, 2018  Flemington Racecourse Optus Perks Presale: 9am (AEDT), Monday 13 November – 9am (AEDT), Tuesday 14 November GP On Sale: 9am (AEDT), Thursday 16 November www.downloadfestival.com.au  Download is an 18+ fully licensed event Korn (Only Australian Show)  Prophets of Rage | Limp Bizkit Mastodon | Good Charlotte | NOFX Suicidal Tendencies | Gojira | Amon Amarth Arch Enemy | Falling In Reverse | Neck Deep | Sabaton Hot […]

Tonight Alive have released “Without You”: the third single from Spawn (Again): A Tribute To Silverchair, set for release on November 17 via UNFD. Created with the blessing of Silverchair’s team, Tonight Alive join acts like The Amity Affliction, Northlane, In Hearts Wake and Ocean Grove putting their spin on classic Silverchair hits from their stellar discography.  Tonight Alive frontwoman Jenna McDougall says it was an honour to record “Without You”, as Dioramahas […]

Tonight Alive has announced their upcoming album Underworld, due out January 12, 2018 via UNFD.Underworld musically symbolises the totality of the band’s life coming full circle after experiencing their highest highs and lowest lows. They share an emotional journey into their personal shadows of the underworld, something they feel strongly we all possess within us. Singer Jenna McDougall artfully awoke the feelings that she had repressed and used them […]

“Now I feel it’s not even about being a teenager it’s about being a child and it’s like lets run wild, what would a kid do? Definitely being a lot more experimental which is something I’ve always wanted to do and the direction I want to take Tonight Alive in from here on.” From Tour Release: Sydney’s own Tonight Alive […]

Sydney’s own TONIGHT ALIVE are heading home and to celebrate they’ve announced a very special Australian headline tour. Kicking off on October 31 at The Basement in Canberra, this run of dates will see Tonight Alive go back to where it all began and revisit all the rooms they used to play when they first started. Joining Tonight Alive upon their return will be their new […]

Byron Bay’s In Hearts Wake have been changing minds and lives since 2012 and with fourth albumArk they are looking to inspire change like never before. Set for release on May 26 via UNFD, Ark pays homage to the past as much as it signals a bright new future for conscious heavy music with the band partnering up with Tangaroa Blue for We […]

The godfathers of pop punk NEW FOUND GLORY will be heading to Australia this August for a very special 20 Years of Pop Punk Anniversary Tour. To celebrate two decades as a band, New Found Glory will be playing two classic albums in full each night for an evening of nostalgia and infectious punk anthems. Back in the country for the […]

Melbourne Death Pop crew Storm The Sky have revealed the brand new video for “Wake Up Sleeping”, the third and final part of their music video trilogy, You Do This To Me, which includes “Lilac” and “Medicine”. You Do This To Me video trilogy is an intense and striking snapshot into a life spiralling out of control, in which he […]

Taking Back Sunday have unleashed “You Can’t Look Back”, the second single and video from their seventh album Tidal Wave to be released on September 16 via Hopeless Records/Unified. The band have also announced they will be heading back to Australia in March 2017 for a massive headline tour. A contrast to performance footage of their previous video “Tidal Wave”, “You Can’t Look Back” is […]

The inimitable Crossfaith have dropped a surprise mini-EP on the world called New Age Warriors, released today via UNFD. Leading the charge is the pulverising new single “Rx Overdrive”, which possess a chorus as big as the skyscrapers in the video below. Frontman Kenta Koie says the future of Crossfaith is now, so prepare yourselves because there’s more surprises in store from Japan’s […]

Canberra’s most famous alt rock exports Hands Like Houses have kept the momentum rolling and dropped by the triple j studios last week as part of the coveted Like A Version segment. The past year has easily been one of the most successful on record for Hands Like Houses. In February they released their critically acclaimed brilliant third album Dissonants, which impressively debuted at […]

triple j, Hysteria and UNFD Present UNIFY 2016 A HEAVY MUSIC GATHERING FEATURING: ALEXISONFIRE VIOLENT SOHO NORTHLANE EVERY TIME I DIE THE GETAWAY PLAN [playing Other Voices Other Rooms] LETLIVE. THY ART IS MURDER LUCA BRASI HOUSE VS HURRICANE I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN [playing Music For The Recently Deceased] MOOSE BLOOD STORM THE SKY COUNTERPARTS DEEZ NUTS TROPHY EYES […]

Dead Letter Circus have announced they will be hitting the road this August for a 11-date national tour in support of their brand new single, ‘The Burning Number’. Joining Dead Letter Circus will be Clint Boge (The Butterfly Effect) and Rival Fire. On Board With Sea Shepherd Dead Letter Circus will donate one dollar from every ticket sold on the Burning […]

ENTER SHIKARI will return to Australia this September to sweep your mind and assault your senses on a five-date tour around the country with support from fellow UK bandHacktivist and Sydney’s Stories. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 11am this Thursday, May 5. Pre-sale tickets will be available through entershikari.com from 10am tomorrow, May 4. My Live Nation […]

BAYSIDE, the NYC-based rock band whose most recent album, Cult, debuted in the Top 25 on Billboard’s Album Chart, return with their seventh album, Vacancy, on Aug. 19 via Hopeless Records/Unified. Pre-orders are available now via http://smarturl.it/BaysidePreorder. Where Bayside’s last album, Cult, dealt with singer/guitar player Anthony Raneri’s move to Nashville, his recent marriage and impending fatherhood, Vacancy tells the […]

“I hope it will do well, honestly I have some high expectations after Soundwave, but this is gonna be great and were gonna try to party every day with everyone on stage and a lot of craziness, a lot of crazy stuff.” From release: French pop-punkers Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! will be returning to our shores for their first headline tour of […]