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

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, ERRA,

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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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, 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

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. 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 on the ARIA Charts. Shortly after, UNFD announced the signing of Gold Record artist Dead Letter Circus, and also announced that

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's albums '' Youngbloods'' and '' Chasing Ghosts'' album had been certified gold in Australia. In August 2013, the label had major success with Dead Letter Circus' album '' The Catalyst Fire'' reaching No. 2 on the ARIA charts. Following from this success, the label announced the return of

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with a new album to be released 4 October. In July 2015, UNFD had its first #1 Australian album with the release of Northlane's third studio album '' Node''. 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'',

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'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

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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

, former guitarist of My Chemical Romance, and his band The Future Violents. In September 2019, UNFD announced the worldwide signing of

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Current Australian roster

*Banks Arcade (New Zealand originally, now in Australia) * Hellions * In Hearts Wake *Introvert * Ocean Grove *PhaseOne *

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* Slowly Slowly * Thornhill *

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* Yours Truly

Current international roster

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

(United States) *Hollow Front (United States) *

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

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) *

(on Pure Noise Records) * Balance and Composure (inactive) * Beartooth (on

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(on Pile of Sand Records) * The Brave *The Bride (inactive) * Buried in Verona (disbanded) *Columbus *Cursed Earth * Dead Letter Circus (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 *

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*I Am Zero (inactive) *

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(disbanded) *Make Believe Me * Northlane (Independent) *Saviour (on Greyscale Records) *Sleep Talk *Sleep Waker (disbanded) *Stories (disbanded) *

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(disbanded) *

(on

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*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) *

- '' Youngbloods'' (deluxe edition) (30 September 2011) *

- ''

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'' (deluxe edition) (1 May 2011) * We Came as Romans - '' Understanding What We've Grown to Be'' (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) * Northlane - '' Discoveries'' (11 November 2011) * Deez Nuts - ''Fuck the World'' (20 March 2012) * Buried in Verona - ''

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'' (1 June 2012) *

- ''Crooked Teeth'' (13 July 2012) * Hand of Mercy - ''Last Lights'' (17 August 2012) * In Hearts Wake - ''

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'' (31 August 2012) *

- '' 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) * Northlane - '' Singularity'' (22 March 2013) * Deez Nuts - ''

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'' (29 March 2013) * Buried in Verona - '' Notorious: Reloaded'' (14 June 2013) * Dream On, Dreamer - ''Loveless'' (28 June 2013) *

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- '' Absent Light'' (26 July 2013) * Dead Letter Circus - '' The Catalyst Fire'' (9 August 2013) * Hellions - ''Die Young'' (20 September 2013) * Saviour - ''First Light to My Death Bed'' (4 October 2013) *

- ''

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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) * Architects - ''

Lost Forever // Lost Together ''Lost Forever // Lost Together'' is the sixth studio album by British metalcore band Architects. It was released on 11 March 2014 globally through Epitaph Records; with the exception of UNFD in Australia and New Damage in Canada. ''Lost Fore ...

'' (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) * Northlane - '' 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) * Dead Letter Circus - '' Stand Apart'' (EP) (29 August 2014) * Hand of Mercy - ''Resolve'' (31 October 2014) *

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

'' (deluxe edition) (27 March 2015) * In Hearts Wake - '' Skydancer'' (1 May 2015) *

- '' Holy War'' (26 June 2015) * Northlane - '' Node'' (24 July 2015) *

- '' Subliminal Criminals'' (14 August 2015) * Stories - ''The Youth to Become'' (14 August 2015) * Buried in Verona - '' Vultures Above, Lions Below'' (7 August 2015) * Dead Letter Circus - ''Aesthesis'' (14 August 2015) * Crossfaith - ''

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'' (18 September 2015) * Hands Like Houses - ''

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'' (26 February 2016) * Hacktivist - '' Outside the Box'' (4 March 2016) * Architects - ''

All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us ''All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us'' is the seventh studio album by British metalcore band Architects. It was released on 27 May 2016 globally through Epitaph Records; with the exception of UNFD in Australia and New Damage in Canada. The album pea ...

'' (27 May 2016) * Northlane & In Hearts Wake - '' Equinox'' (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 - '' Epoch'' (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) *

- '' Children of Chrome'' (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) * Northlane - '' Mesmer'' (24 March 2017) * Columbus - ''Next to Me'' (EP) (28 April 2017) * While She Sleeps - ''

You Are We ''You Are We'' is the third studio album by British metalcore band While She Sleeps. The band decided to release it through their independent label Sleeps Brothers, and funded the album through PledgeMusic. It was released on 21 April 2017 in c ...

'' (21 April 2017) * In Hearts Wake - ''

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'' (26 May 2017) *

- ''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) *

- ''Terra Firma'' (EP) (13 October 2017) * Introvert - ''December'' (19 October 2017) * Cursed Earth - ''Cycles of Grief: Complete Collection'' (20 October 2017) *

- '' 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) *

- '' Underworld'' (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) * Northlane - ''

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 - ''

'' (deluxe edition) (8 June 2018) * Northlane - "Vultures" (13 July 2018) * Crossfaith - ''EX_MACHINA'' (3 August 2018)unfdcentral.com/music * After Touch - "You Wish This Was About You" (7 September 2018) * Beartooth - '' Disease'' (28 September 2018) * Hands Like Houses - ''Anon'' (12 October 2018) * Hellions - "Rue" (19 October 2018) * Silent Planet - "When the End Began" (2 November 2018) * Architects - '' Holy Hell'' (9 November 2018) *

- "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 - ''

Aura Aura most commonly refers to: * Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object * Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure Aura may also refer to: Places Extraterrestrial * 1488 ...

'' (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) *

and the Future Violents - "Barriers" (31 May 2019) * Northlane - ''

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'' (2 August 2019) *

- ''

Hyperdaze ''Hyperdaze'' is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band Void of Vision. It was released on 13 September 2019 by UNFD. It was produced by Northlane guitarist Jon Deiley and Lance Prenc, and recorded at Prenc's home studio in Kingla ...

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

'' (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 relea ...

'' (30 October 2020) * ERRA - '' ERRA'' (19 March 2021) * Sleep Waker - ''Alias'' (23 July 2021) * Sleep Waker - "Distance (ReImagined)" (single) (2 December 2021)

References

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