UNFD

UNFD

Parent company	UNIFIED Music Group
Founded	2011
Founder	Jaddan Comerford
Distributor(s)	Warner Music (AU/NZ) Believe Digital (worldwide)
Genre	Metalcore, punk rock, progressive rock, alternative rock
Country of origin	Australia
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Official website	unfdcentral.com

UNFD (pronounced as an initialism [/ˈjuːˈenˈefˈdiː/]) is an independent, artist-focused record label based in Melbourne, Australia. Noted for its innovative work with a number of inspiring artists across a broad spectrum of heavy music, the label is home to a number of Australian artists including Northlane and In Hearts Wake, and international artists Architects, Beartooth, While She Sleeps and Crossfaith. The label is widely known as Australia's leading heavy music rand with a focus on developing heavy music around the world with offices in London and Los Angeles.

UNFD is part of the UNIFIED Music Group, owned by Jaddan Comerford.^[1]

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 ARIA Music Awards.

In April 2013, the label released Northlane's hit album Singularity via a marketing campaign that was critically acclaimed across Australian media.^[2] The album debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts.^[3] Shortly after, UNFD announced the signing of Gold Record artist Dead Letter Circus,^[4] and also announced that The Amity Affliction's Chasing Ghosts album had been certified gold in Australia.^[5]

In August 2013 the label had major success with Dead Letter Circus' album The Catalyst Fire reaching No. 2 on the ARIA charts.^[6] Following from this success, the label announced the return of Bodyjar with a new album to be released 4 October.^[7]

In July 2015 UNFD had its first #1 Australian album with the release of Northlane's magnum opus 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, 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' Aesthesis in the Rock category.

In 2017, the label took its renowned marketing to the next level - releasing 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.^[8] The release was not only critically acclaimed, but the release process itself was covered heavily by the media.

The label was nominated for Best Independent Label at the 2017 AIR Awards, and Hellions' Opera Oblivia was nominated for Best Hard Rock Album.

Current Australian roster

Bodyjar
The Brave
Columbus
Cursed Earth
Hands Like Houses
Hellions
House vs. Hurricane
In Hearts Wake
Northlane
Ocean Grove
Saviour
Storm The Sky
Tonight Alive
Void Of Vision

Current international roster

Former artists

Antagonist A.D.
The Amity Affliction (On Roadrunner Records)
The Bride (inactive)
Buried in Verona (Disbanded)
Dead Letter Circus (On Warner Music Australia)
D At Sea
Dream On, Dreamer
The Getaway Plan
Hand of Mercy (Disbanded)
I Am Zero (inactive)
I Killed the Prom Queen (On Epitaph Records)
Make Believe Me
Stories
Thy Art Is Murder (On Nuclear Blast Records)

Discography

Dream On, Dreamer - Heartbound (5 August 2011)
The Getaway Plan - Other Voices, Other Rooms (9 February 2008)
The Amity Affliction - Youngbloods: Deluxe (30 September 2011)
I Killed the Prom Queen - Music for the Recently Deceased: Deluxe (1 May 2011)
We Came as Romans - Understanding Is 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 - Requiem (4 November 2011)
Northlane - Discoveries (11 November 2011)
Deez Nuts - Fuck the World (20 March 2012)
Buried in Verona - Notorious (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 (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 - 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)
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)
Bodyjar - Role Model (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 - Faceless (7 March 2014)
Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together (14 March 2014)
In Hearts Wake - Earthwalker (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)

Storm The Sky - Permanence (16 January 2015)
Hellions - Indian Summer (30 January 2015)
Architects - 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)
Northlane - Node (24 July 2015)
Stray From The Path - 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 - Xeno (18 September 2015)
Hands Like Houses - Dissonants (26 February 2016)
Hacktivist - Outside The Box (4 March 2016)
Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (27 May 2016)
Northlane & In Hearts Wake - Equinox (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)
Storm The Sky - 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 Chrone (30 September 2016)
Saviour - Let Me Leave (13 January 2017)
Ocean Grove - The Rhapsody Tapes (3 February 2017)
Crossfaith - New Age Warriors Remix EP (10 February 2017)
Northlane - 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)
Stray From The Path - Only Death Is Real (8 September 2017)

References

↑ "Recorded Music – UNIFIED Music Group". www.unifiedmusicgroup.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
↑ http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/267629/the-mystery-behind-unfds-singularity-revealed.htm and http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/02/20/northlane-reveal-new-album-in-intricate-fashion/
↑ "UNFD". unfdcentral.com.
↑ "EXCLUSIVE Dead Letter Circus Sign Label Deal With UNFD ♫ theMusic.com.au - Australia’s Premier Music News & Reviews Website". theMusic.
↑ "UNFD". unfdcentral.com.
↑ http://www.newworldartists.net/news/496/dead-letter-circus-2nd-album-debuted-2-nationally/
↑ "BODYJAR - Fairytales". unfdcentral.com.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Northlane - Mesmer". www.australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.

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