UNFD
UNFD is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. The label is home to a number of Australian artists including Northlane, Ocean Grove, Hellions and In Hearts Wake, and international artists Frank Iero, Architects, Beartooth, Silverstein, and more. The label has offices in London and Los Angeles.
UNFD is part of the UNIFIED Music Group, owned by Jaddan Comerford.
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. 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 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 Dead Letter Circus' 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 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, 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. 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, 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.
Current Australian roster
- After Touch
- Bodyjar
- The Brave
- Columbus
- Cursed Earth
- Drown This City
- Hands Like Houses
- Hellions
- House Vs. Hurricane
- In Hearts Wake
- Introvert
- Northlane
- Ocean Grove
- Sleep Talk
- Slowly Slowly
- Thornhill
- Tonight Alive
- Void of Vision
- Yours Truly
Current international roster
- Architects
- Beartooth
- Crossfaith
- Dream State
- Frank Iero
- Hacktivist
- Like Moths to Flames
- LIMBS
- Silent Planet
- Silverstein
- Stray from the Path
- While She Sleeps
- Woes
Former artists
- Antagonist A.D.
- The Amity Affliction
- Balance and Composure
- The Bride
- Buried in Verona
- Dead Letter Circus
- D at Sea
- Deez Nuts
- Dream On, Dreamer
- The Getaway Plan
- Hand of Mercy
- I Am Zero
- I Killed the Prom Queen
- Make Believe Me
- Saviour
- Stories
- Storm the Sky
- Thy Art Is Murder
- Trade Wind
Discography
- Dream On, Dreamer - Heartbound
- The Getaway Plan - Other Voices, Other Rooms
- The Amity Affliction - Youngbloods
- I Killed the Prom Queen - Music for the Recently Deceased
- We Came as Romans - Understanding What We've Grown to Be
- The Summer Set - Everything's Fine
- The Bride - President Rd
- The Getaway Plan - Requiem
- Northlane - Discoveries
- Deez Nuts - Fuck the World
- Buried in Verona - Notorious
- House Vs. Hurricane - Crooked Teeth
- Hand of Mercy - Last Lights
- In Hearts Wake - Divination
- The Amity Affliction - Chasing Ghosts
- Dream On, Dreamer - Heartbound
- Deez Nuts - "Band of Brothers"/"Shot After Shot"
- D at Sea - Unconscious
- Northlane - Singularity
- Deez Nuts - Bout It!
- Buried in Verona - Notorious: Reloaded
- Dream On, Dreamer - Loveless
- Misery Signals - Absent Light
- Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire
- Hellions - Die Young
- Saviour - First Light to My Death Bed
- Bodyjar - Role Model
- Make Believe Me - Where the Heart Is
- Hacktivist - Hacktivist
- Stories - "Dreamwork"
- Make Believe Me - Disconnect
- Buried in Verona - Faceless
- Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
- In Hearts Wake - Earthwalker
- Northlane - Singularity
- Trade Wind - Suffer Just to Believe
- Beartooth - Disgusting
- I Am Zero - "The Winter Sun"
- D at Sea - Anchors & Diamonds
- Anberlin - lowborn
- The One Hundred - Subculture
- Dead Letter Circus - Stand Apart
- Hand of Mercy - Resolve
- Storm the Sky - Permanence
- Hellions - Indian Summer
- Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
- In Hearts Wake - Skydancer
- Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War
- Northlane - Node
- Stray from the Path - Subliminal Criminals
- Stories - The Youth to Become
- Buried in Verona - Vultures Above, Lions Below
- Dead Letter Circus - Aesthesis
- Crossfaith - Xeno
- Hands Like Houses - Dissonants
- Hacktivist - Outside the Box
- Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
- Northlane & In Hearts Wake - Equinox
- Beartooth - Aggressive
- Trade Wind - You Make Everything Disappear
- Hellions - Opera Oblivia
- The Brave - Epoch
- Storm the Sky - Sin Will Find You
- Columbus - Spring Forever
- Balance and Composure - Light We Made
- Void of Vision - Children of Chrome
- Saviour - Let Me Leave
- Ocean Grove - The Rhapsody Tapes
- Crossfaith - "New Age Warriors"
- Northlane - Mesmer
- Columbus - Next to Me
- While She Sleeps - You Are We
- In Hearts Wake - Ark
- House Vs. Hurricane - Filth
- Cursed Earth - Cycles of Grief Volume I: Growth
- Crossfaith - Freedom
- Stray from the Path - Only Death Is Real
- Cursed Earth - Cycles of Grief Volume II: Decay
- Easy Life - There Can't Be This Much Water in the Sky
- Bodyjar - Terra Firma
- Introvert - December
- Cursed Earth - Cycles of Grief: Complete Collection
- Void of Vision - Disturbia
- Saviour - Empty Skies
- Various Artists -
- Dream State - White Lies
- Tonight Alive - Underworld
- Crossfaith - Wipeout
- In Hearts Wake - Ark Prevails
- Hellions - "X "
- Thornhill - Butterfly
- Northlane - Analog Future
- LIMBS - Father's Son
- Woes - Self Help
- Slowly Slowly - St. Leonards
- Dream State - Recovery
- Columbus - A Hot Take on Heartbreak
- In Hearts Wake - Ark
- Northlane - "Vultures"
- Crossfaith - EX_MACHINA
- After Touch - "You Wish This Was About You"
- Beartooth - Disease
- Hands Like Houses - Anon
- Hellions - "Rue"
- Silent Planet - "When the End Began"
- Architects - Holy Hell
- Void of Vision - "Kill All My Friends"
- Ocean Grove - "Glass Gloss"
- Crossfaith - "Soul Seeker"
- Ocean Grove - "Ask for the Anthem"
- While She Sleeps - So What?
- Dream State - "Hand in Hand"
- LIMBS - "Abandoned"
- Thornhill - "Coven"
- The Brave - Aura
- Woes - "Suburbs"
- Hacktivist - "Reprogram"
- Yours Truly - "Afterglow"
- Slowly Slowly - "Jellyfish"
- Sleep Talk - "Everything in Colour"
- Cursed Earth - "The Deathbed Sessions"
- Frank Iero and the Future Violents - "Barriers"
- Northlane - Alien
- Void of Vision - Hyperdaze
- Dream State - Primrose Path
- Thornhill - The Dark Pool
- Stray from the Path - Internal Atomics
- Like Moths to Flames - Where the Light Refuses to Go