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Amrap's AirIt :: Metal/Punk

Metal/Punk

Cutting edge and engaging music to separate your station from the pack!

Here you’ll find Metal & Punk tracks recommended by Amrap’s ‘Music Directors Alliance’. The MD Alliance includes proactive and influential MDs from stations including:

-2FBi & 2SER (NSW),
-3PBS & 3RRR (VIC),
-4ZZZ (QLD) & Three D and Radio Adelaide (SA)
-6RTR (WA) & Edge Radio (TAS).

You’ll also find tracks that have been getting great AirIt reviews and are climbing the AirIt charts. These tracks are gaining traction on community radio all around the country.

Tracks

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House Vs Hurricane - Blood Knuckles     Metal/Punk, Hardcore, Metal 18/05/2012
Melbourne's House Vs Hurricane will release their second album, Crooked Teeth on July 13, 2012. The album is their first with new frontman, Dan Casey who joined late 2011.
"Blood Knuckles" is the first single from the album and it was launched exclusively on triple j's "Short. Fast. Loud" program and was officially added to Triple J rotation as of May 16! The song is available over at UNFD's YouTube Channel and iTunes.

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Skyways Are Highways - If You Get Caught We Never Met     Pop, Punk, Rock 17/05/2012
Melbourne based punk drenched, 60s inspired sunshine pop band from Byron Bay.
A sunbeam blast of classic pop, dancing with punk angst energy

Other tracks by Skyways Are Highways:  Bird
Resist The Thought - Extermination     Metal/Punk, Hardcore 14/05/2012
Sydney's newest and best hardcore band boasts metal anthems; a cacophony of extreme riffing, rapid fire drumming and a relentless vocal attack.
New music from one of Australia's most promising up and coming metal/hardcore acts Resist The Thought. With crisp production and brutal vocals akin to peers Parkway Drive, this track - along with a blistering live show- should propel the four-piece into next level hardcore notoriety.

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Idylls - Bastardized Harvest/Spring in the Badlands     Metal/Punk, Hardcore, Experimental, Jazz 10/05/2012
Idylls are a brutally intense 4 piece from Brisbane playing tight and technical hardcore punk.
This is the big epic side of Idylls, slowly dissolving into fast and furious hardcore. It's a race to the end of the world.

ON TOUR:
JUNE/JULY
ACT/SA/VIC/NSW/QLD

Buried In Verona - Four Years     Metal/Punk, Hardcore 27/04/2012
Sydney band, Buried In Verona will release their third studio album "Notorious" via UNFD on June 1. 2012.
The first track taken off the forthcoming new album, "Notorious" is called 'Four Years'.

Hira Hira - Bugs     Rock, Punk, Pop, Hardcore 20/04/2012
Hira Hira are five Sydney boys that like to complain about their lives over the sound of hostile, catchy-punk music.
Bugs is the lead track on the forthcoming album 'Now Here Nowhere'. It's about stink.

Other tracks by Hira Hira:  Perpetrator
Dead - You Just Lost My Appetite     Metal/Punk 19/04/2012
Dead are unbelievable. Listening to them will probably change your life. They are really, really, really heavy, man!
A short and sharp burst of dirty punk.

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Other tracks by Dead:  Prick Rodeo  -  The Cat Who Breathed Colours
Gideon Gardiner - Triumph Of God     Indigenous 18/04/2012
Gideon Gardiner recorded by PAKAM's - this project features 48 original songs from remote Kimberly communities.
How a young man from the remote community of Yungngora could teach himself to play such awesome guitar is testament to his raw talent and love for music. This song is a soaring searing statement of Gideon’s journey.

Other tracks by Gideon Gardiner:  Falling in Love  -  Secret Place
DZ Deathrays - Dollar Chills     Metal/Punk, Rock 10/04/2012
We used to be called DZ now we are DZ DEATHRAYS.
2nd single from Bloodstreams, out now!

Other tracks by DZ Deathrays:  No Sleep
Damn Terran - Rebels     Rock, Punk 05/04/2012
Damn Terran are a post-punk group three-piece from Melbourne.
'Rebels' is typical of the raw insouciance that has become Damn Terran's calling card. High energy, blistering and enlivening, 'Rebels' is the first new music from Damn Terran since the release of their debut EP in 2010.

Gallucci - Song for D. Boon to Sing     Rock, Punk 29/03/2012
Two idiot brothers, wandering aimlessly in all-age econo punk rock....
A tribute to Minutemen singer D. Boon
Feat. Funhouse saxman Steve Mackay on Tenor.

Other tracks by Gallucci:  DisAAster  -  BrothersSinceBirth
Arkayan - Drapetomania     Rock, Grunge, Metal, Garage 29/03/2012
Arkayan: It's like being beaten up underwater with a whiffle bat made of hard cheese
Drapetomania was a condition diagnosed in 1851 that caused African American slaves to flee captivity. We have used the name the name to illustrate the theme of being trapped while being told it is normal.

Other tracks by Arkayan:  Scarecrow  -  The Montauk Chair
I am Duckeye - I Gotta Cotton     Rock, Comedy, Grunge, Metal 14/03/2012
I Am Duckeye are an Australian train wreck rock band that are making massive amounts of minus-money in the music industry since 2008.
This song is best experienced in the live format due to its excessive choreography, something that I am Duckeye lacks in the radio department... although our girlfriends say "It's adequate"

Other tracks by I am Duckeye:  Die  -  Stupiddy Dee
The Side-Tracked Fiasco - High And Mighties     Rock, Hip Hop, Punk, Hardcore 02/03/2012
The SideTracked Fiasco are a Sydney based band known for their original and infectious blend of funk, punk, hip-hop, reggae, ska, progressive and straight up heavy rock.
High & Mighties is a song that examines the wickedness that lies just beneath the surface of society albeit with tongue firmly placed in cheek. Taken off the band’s 2nd E.P

ON TOUR:
MAR/APR/MAY
ACT/SA/VIC/NSW/QLD

Other tracks by The Side-Tracked Fiasco:  547
Super Best Friends - No Logo Is A Joke     Rock, Punk 29/02/2012
‘You Want It’: a self-deprecating reflection on Johnny’s social media addiction. leading to lots of useless opinion and info about the time they walked to the shops to buy milk.
'No Logo Is A Joke' is the new single from Super Best Friends and the opening track on Handshake. It’s about how much money the band members - except Matt (bass) - spend on brand name clothes and products, when they’re probably made by cheap labour in overseas factories.

Other tracks by Super Best Friends:  You Want It
Between The Devil And The Deep - The Bridgeburners     Metal/Punk, Rock, Hardcore 28/02/2012
Sydney's BTDATD are earnest post hardcore in the realm of Refused, ATDI, Fugazi and Defeater, Paper Spine is their debut album
Caustic vocals, guitars darting between heavy riffs and angular intertwining melodies and a cathartic, driven sound

Other tracks by Between The Devil And The Deep:  Ballast  -  Paper Spine
10BA - Words: Carved Out of Metal     Rock, Metal, Punk, Psychedelic 21/02/2012
Surreal, crazed, impassioned and fiery rock here.
A portentous, staggering journey through primal consciousness.

"Like a ball from a schizophrenic cannon".

Other tracks by 10BA:  Dr Needle Dances The Groove  -  Keep Silent orTell Lies
Cave Of The Swallows - We're here, Where the fuck are you?     Metal/Punk, Metal, Rock, Grunge 10/02/2012
Cave of the Swallows are set to release their debut EP, Dead Upon Your Feet on March 16, 2012. Were here, where the fuck are you? Get on board...
Brutal riffs combined with raw anger and frustration. We're here, Where the fuck are you?

Other tracks by Cave Of The Swallows:  Damned the life you lead  -  I Hate You
The Watched - Circles     Rock, Metal, Punk 08/02/2012
The Watched are a dynamic trio based in NSW. Jeff Adams, Kile Nelson and Josh Hayes pull together a unique yet commercial sound fueled by a wide variety of influences.
Circles is a bittersweet song that discusses love,loss and accepting reality.

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Other tracks by The Watched:  No One  -  Universe
The Never Ever - Love's Got Me Tipsy     Pop, Dance 02/02/2012
The Never Ever - five energetic young people playing pop music. Dylan - guitar & voice Lani - synth Bradlee - guitar Pat - bass Jess - skins
High energy fun dance pop song with a feel good vibe.

ON TOUR:
APR
SA/VIC/NSW/QLD/WA

Other tracks by The Never Ever:  Sixes & Sevens  -  Glow (Follow Me)