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Get The Best Results When Recording Vocals Pt 2 : Blog

Here is Part 2 of Get The Best Results When Recording Vocals! Blog. Amazing singing teacher, multi-instrumentalist, recording producer and engineer Rients Vox and principal teacher - director of Vox Singing Academy Peter Vox discuss how to get the best vocal recording results in your home studio. Read part two of the blog here:

PETER: What’s your favorite drink Rients?

RIENTS: I love Gin and juice? I love the Tanqueray, apple juice freshly squeezed and organic lime?

PETER: Wow excellent, that’s a good one. Favorite colour Rients?

RIENTS: Blue and Green, I’m a fiery guy and I think inside and it chills me out.

PETER: Wow very good. Your favorite personal item Rients?

RIENTS: The most important object to me is my studio set up, my computer.

PETER: Wow good, favorite gadget you just can’t live without?

RIENTS: Again, I’ll have to say my computer. My interface, my mic… that’s what I really need the most in life when it comes to objects.

PETER: That’s great! What star signs are you Rients?

RIENTS: Aries.

PETER: Aries? So you just have your birthday then? Oh Happy birthday!

RIENTS: Awww, thank you.

PETER: We all know that Aries is a fire sign… what are they? They’re God of War, that’s meant to be the most powerful star sign. I didn’t know you were Aries Rients!

How about your idol?

RIENTS: I don’t really know enough about someone for them to be my idol, I would say Sia probably at the moment because I followed her little bit throughout her career and at the moment, she’s like at the top of like the food chain musically, like she’s releasing hits after hit and writing for the biggest artists. She’s great!

PETER: Rients, if you could have a dinner party and invite any two famous people, who would they be and why? I like these questions…

RIENTS: Yeah it’s so hard though! I find it hard to think of someone that would… I think I would just sit there and go…I don’t know. But I have to say Bjork and Sia probably.

PETER: Wow! There we go and maybe we could quickly just step into the studio for half an hour see what we can come up with. That would be amazing you three together.

RIENTS: (laughing) yeah and let’s see what happens.

PETER: Do you have a celebrity crush, Rients?

RIENTS: Back in the day it was probably Gwen Stefani. Just A Girl. That was such a cool film and I was like “Arrrgggh my Goooood” she’s a strong woman and singing about how ridiculous the saying “Just a Girl” is.

PETER: I heard that album is about breaking up with the member in her band as well too.

RIENTS: I am not sure…

PETER: But yeah that’s great. How about your favorite leisure activity or hobby besides singing?

RIENTS: I like going to the beach. I like beach and the bush, hanging out with friends in the beach and the bush,

PETER: Do you have a personal motto that you live by? And if so, what is it?

RIENTS: Just the usual, sort of like “follow your heart” and “do the things that are of most love” essentially. Ask yourself, “is that the most loving thing to do?” and sometimes it is the hardest thing to do but yeah, that sort of thing.

PETER: Your best or fondest memory?

RIENTS: I really have fond memories of growing up just after leaving home going into share-housing with some really amazing people over the years. So the old Hepburn house and 945 Park street and back in Caulfield as well, it just shaped me in such a good way with all ideas bouncing around… yeah those memories are really cool.

PETER: Your biggest life changing moment Rients?

RIENTS: Okay, definitely the birth of my son. Obviously.

PETER: Yeah it was a big thing for me too… having children. Your most embarrassing moment Rients?

RIENTS: I have kind of repressed that I guess? Because I can’t think of anything, when I think of that, I just can’t come up with anything. So like maybe young child walking into the wrong person’s house or… I don’t know.

PETER: Yeah, favorite travel destination? Philippines?

RIENTS: Philippines is amazing! Also into Fiji, Thailand and to Cambodia and all over Australia but you know as long as your with friends or with good family on the beach and the bush, good music, you know? One specific place I don’t know… it’s more about the people.

PETER: Yeah. Do you have a sport that you watch Rients?

RIENTS: No, not anymore. I used to watch 90’s NBA

PETER: is that American Basketball?

RIENTS: Yeah I used to watch that a lot back in Jordan Era but no longer.

PETER: Your opinion about the state of the world, Rients?

RIENTS: It’s spherical. I would say, it’s sort of a sphere… (laugh) I don’t know.

PETER: Are you optimistic about the future of the state of the world?

RIENTS: Yeah more than pessimistic, I am optimistic.

PETER: Things have changed a lot Rients in the last 10 years. Especially with technology… the last 10 years has been crazy with what’s going to happen in the world.

Okay! One thing that you think that you can make the world a better place?

RIENTS: Empathy. It’s thinking about putting yourself in other people’s shoes. It’s not actually feeling other people’s pain but just thinking about “where is this person from? Why are they saying this?” “ok, this probably might have happened to them, alright so this is why they have this world view. Instead of “Oh, they’re wrong, they’re terrible and hating them”. Just loving each other and just trying to work out why they are saying something you didn’t agree with.

PETER: That’s a very difficult thing though Rients but it’s a great thing because everyone has got their own journey and they’ve been through whatever they’ve been and you don’t know what they’ve been through, you don’t know what their journey is. So, it’s a tough one.

RIENTS: With empathy then you have a small amount of chance of combining with someone and maybe together, coming to more of an understanding but with hate, you just get separated.

PETER: Do you have a charity or an organization or something that is close to your heart that you would like to mention or plug?

RIENTS: No, I don’t feel rich enough to think about charities at the moment but you know, if someone needs help, help them.

PETER: Anything else? Any last words you would like to share to the viewers, Rients?

RIENTS: I should just probably say that, a bit recently and generally throughout classes I’ve been hearing a lot of people are saying “Oh, I wish I would have done this” years ago, or you know, decades ago. I thought I should bring that up and say, you know I felt the same way when I started with Vox Music. I was like, why didn’t I do this when I first saw the posters.

So I urge people to go and do whatever they have been thinking that they want to do.

PETER: It doesn’t matter how old you are

RIENTS: it doesn’t matter what it is or how old you are

PETER: Yeah just go and chase your dreams and be happy whatever you’re doing even if it’s not going to make money or whatever it is, as long as you’re happy doing it.

How To Sing Higher In True voice! Blog

One of the most commonly asked questions so far is “I want to sing higher in my true voice, not in falsetto. I can sing high in falsetto but not in my true voice”.

Here are some hints to help you sing up high in true voice

The one big secret that you need to do is…….CRY!

You need to cry – You’ve heard a lot of your favourite singers “cry” whoever they may be. (E.g. Adele, Freddie Mercury, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Bruno Mars). These artists are using a “crying technique or a sobbing sound within the scales and songs when singing higher” to sing very high in true voice not in falsetto and not “Belt”.

There are two ways that you can sing up high… You can “Belt” or you can “Cry”.

Belting is basically a nice word for yelling. Belting is a dry sound that rock singers use a lot, there’s actually nothing wrong with it if you like the sound and as long as you’re not hurting your voice.

Sob/Crying is to sing up high in true voice with less energy but with more technique. This is the technique that you have to use to sing up higher… so start to sob. (please refer to the scale that is demonstrated and played Peter Vox on our YouTube channel The 5 Minute Singer with the same title as this blog)

Singing up higher or using this crying technique is a slightly more risky or a dangerous way of singing (but a lot safer then belting) then singing comfortably in the middle or lower of your range. Crying or singing up higher in your high range is equivalent to sprinting as a runner.Please make sure that when you were doing this crying technique within scales and songs that you are raising up or sliding to the first note and not attacking the note. If you attack the first note you may hurt your voice or cause vocal damage.

Take a proper diaphragmatic breath – firm up your diaphragm and tight it up about 60% on this first very top note that you’re going to hit. Keep your neck relaxed and smile a little. Keep your sounds coming forward. It is also a good idea that when you're singing up higher in your register to aim your sounds to the lower front teeth so that you do not sound nasally.

If you get this technique down with proper diaphragmatic breathing whatever voice range you have, (Base, Tenor, Baritone, Soprano, Contralto or Alto) you will be able to sing up higher with greater ease. I guarantee you, if you use this “crying technique” you will be able to sing an octave higher than what you can currently now in true voice.

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VSA’s March newsletter! Read Up On Everything Regarding Singing!

Hi Singers,
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The Touring Singers Survival Guide Blog

SINGERS TOURING PREPERATION & SURVIVAL GUIDE!!

There is nothing more exciting than a bands the first real tour. Packing the van, car or plane with all your equipment and hitting the road.

A tour means that you're going to play more than three shows in a row. In Australia this could mean just playing the five or 6 major cities. Though if you are also going to include a rural tour this could make it a 30 date tour. Beyond that it is every bands dream to do a North American or a European tour which could easily include 40 to 200 dates. With the bulk of these dates done back-to-back. I am going give you a few helpful hints to survive the rigours of touring because most of the time it is very hard, gruelling and tiring work and not all just performing and partying which the common misconception.

Your Fitness regimen.

A full two months before a long tour begins you should start preparing your voice, body and mind. Your fitness and cardiovascular regime should consistent of some situps, crutches or bridges and also any physical activity that will get your lungs working a few times a week e.g. Jogging, swimming, martial arts.

Your Vocal Fitness regimen.

Over the next two months you should be gradually building up your scales and song practice and rehearsal to build strength and stamina before the tour starts.

Starting off from scratch I would recommend doing 15 minutes worth of scales and then 15 minutes worth of singing every day for the first week. Then increase both of these by five minute increments for the next 7 weeks. For the last two weeks before the tour starts you should be singing through your whole entire set.

Three days before you start touring you want to bring your scales and songs work out down to about half of that (roughly 15-20 minutes of scales and songs) so that you are fresh for the start of your tour.

Eat well and get good amounts of rest during this time so that you are at your peak vocal, mental and physical plateau at the start of your tour.

Rehearsal preparation.

2 Months before a full length performance you should be rehearsing EVERYTHING that you are going to be performing on stage!

Everything from the very moment you walk on stage until you walk off stage. Practice everything from what you’re going to say to the audience, your movements, stage presentation, crowd interaction, audio visuals, guitar changes, sound and lighting all needs to be rehearsed so they are seamless. Once you have everything nailed down, it is up to you to maintain this high professional high level of rehearsing until your tour begins.

The day of your performance.

It’s always a good idea to try to get to the venue an hour or 2 before show time.To find where you can park, where the stage entrance and backstage areas are. Give yourself plenty of time to set up, do your vocal warm ups and be in the right state of mind before your performance

I usually try to have of light meal containing complex carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, or grains, along with a salad 3 to 4 hours before my performance. This type of meal will give you a lasting energy that kicks in within 2-4 hours, right when you need it on stage. I also try to stay well hydrated the entire day of the show by regularly drinking room temperature water. If I’m feeling a bit hungry just before a performance I generally snack on a piece of fruit or a light sandwich. Avoid eating anything too heavy or spicy as you don’t want to inhibit your breathing or irritate your throat during your performance.

The 1 to 2 hours before the show.

We're now at the business end and everything that you have worked so hard for. Is time to get in the right mental state and start preparing for the performance. Everyone has their own way of doing this. About 1 hour before the show I would try to find your own space.

I would do scales to warm up specific parts of the voice that I will be using in my performance. For instance if you were the lead singer of Coldplay you would warm up the lower to middle part of your true voice and your falsetto voice or if you were the lead singer of Metallica you would warmup your entire range but finish up your scales warmup by doing some husky scales.

Personally, I don’t do any scales or singing on the day of a performance as I want to keep my voice as fresh as I can until the very last note I’ll sing on stage. However, if you are a bigger touring band, you’ll most likely need to warm up before sound check in the afternoon. Again, try not to do too much during sound check as you want to save your voice for the real thing.

10 minutes before I go on stage I would do a light limbering and stretching of my body. Then, and this is very important, I would proceed to sing the first half of the first song that I am going to perform so that I will have complete confidence in what I am about to do in a few minutes when I am on stage.

Now, it’s time to get on stage and have some fun. In the end THAT’S what it’s all about! Having fun, sharing your talents and art and enjoying what you’re doing.

Immediately after the show, do a light body stretch, vocal cool down and drink plenty of water. From there you can proceed to eat and do whatever you wish! However, If you have continuous shows or a show the next night it would be best to go home, take it easy, and get some vocal rest. Again vocal rest can be a challenge for touring bands as you may have a pre or post show meet and greets, media interviews/ Radio performances, in store signings and performances or after the show parties.

The four main points to always remember when touring

1.Try to get good amount of rest and sleep.(Do not party too much LOL)

2. Be sure to eat and drink well.

3. Try to do some physical exercise whenever you can, even if it is just a brisk walk through town.

4. Always warm up and cool down correctly before and after your sound check and your performance.

By Peter Vox

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VSA Video Podcast #8 - How To Take Your Singing From The Bedroom To The Stage, FAST!

Welcome to Vox Singing Academy's video podcast Episode #8 hosted by Peter Vox & Emily Saaen Vox. Discussing everything regarding singing, vocals and much much more! In this episode Peter and Emily will be giving you the top steps and points to better singer & How To Take Your Singing From The Bedroom To The Stage. Plus many more vocal tips, hints, music insights and opinions.

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How To Get The Best Results When Recording Vocals Pt 1 Blog

PETER: Hi and welcome to another episode of the Vox Couch today! I am very proud to be interviewing Rients, one of our teachers who’s been with us for three years. How are you doing today Rients?

RIENTS: Great, excellent!

PETER: Great to have you here mate, let’s get straight into it. Tell us a little bit about your artistic self, just a brief run through of what has brought you to this point in your life artistically?

RIENTS: Okay, well I started at 14. I joined the school band, and then I’ve joined other bands…

PETER: How old are you now, can you give that away?

RIENTS: 37 years today,

PETER: Oh well preserved!

RIENTS: What I was going to say, I have been in bands since I was 16 years of age, and playing lots of different types of bands and I am a multi-instrumentalist so I play bass, drums, guitar and I dabble in a little bit of sound production demos and any preproduction we do. So yeah, I also sing (chuckle).

PETER: And Rients has a little recording studio as well too, so I want to plug that out for you Rients.

Artistically, I know you’ve been very busy over the last couple of years with your band Renelophus and you have some line up changes, what is the pipe works for Renelophus?

RIENTS: Okay so we are going to continue doing our own and gigs that we have been setting up otherwise we’re writing together now where as at the start, it was just me, mostly just me writing all the parts and now we’re going to come together and collaborate so that’s really exciting. We’re kind of like a

party band, mish mash sort of styles, so yeah I we are going to keep doing that, we’ve produced a couple of videos actually in the last year so go and check it out on Facebook and on YouTube. Also we’ve got professional recording coming up this year. An EP. We are going to mainly pour all our effort in to that.

PETER: That’s fantastic! So we’ve got some candid personal questions here…

If you won $20 million, what would you do and how would this change your life?

RIENTS: Yeah big time. I’ll build a castle actually with an underground studio. The roof would be a glass bottom pool. I would be underneath there, looking up and yeah I would get a pimped ot studio of course, otherwise buying

properties where I like setting up sharing houses maybe and I’d like to be probably going to kangaroo farming.

PETER: So, you wouldn’t just fully retire?

RIENTS: Nah, no way! I’ll be making music heaps.

PETER: Fantastic and you’d still be teaching singing lessons online as well too.

RIENTS: Oh yeah! That’d be more expensive though (chuckle).

PETER: Mate, if you have one year to live, what would you do?

RIENTS: If I had one year to live, I would work my butt off. Do my best to supply money for my family, honestly.

PETER: Fantastic, and if you have one week to live?

RIENTS: If I had one week to live I would… actually I am a registered nurse so I work in aged care as well so I’ve thought a lot about that sot of thing and a big thing is cleaning up stuff for my family. I don’t want to leave much stuff for my family like personal belongings and business stuff, that sort of stuff so I’ll work to do that and also have a big gig, a big huge kick butt gig.

PETER: Wow excellent fantastic. Your favorite singer Rients and why?

RIENTS: Probably, Michael Jackson. Just consistently a huge thing through my earlier life. The first Artist I really got into as a kid. Also watching the Jackson Five brings tears to my eyes which is amazing and not just because he’s so young but because he is so good.

PETER: Your favorite song Rients?

RIENTS: Okay, I think I will have to say the song I’ve played the most probably and I reckon, that’d be Regulate by Warren G ft. Nate Dogg. It’s just the G Funk, it’s smooth and Nate Dogg has definitely got such a smooth voice… he’s awesome.

PETER: Wow! Fantastic. Favorite album that you would take away in a desert island. If you have one album to take, what would it be and why?

RIENTS: I would have to say Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, it is so diverse. You know I love funk, I love rap, I love punk I love rock and it’s all in there, there’s ballads in there and I am very much into bass driven music and the song writing by John Frusciante, I just love that so I think that was a great album.

PETER: Your favorite song that you enjoy singing the most, Rients?

RIENTS: I would have to say Raspberry Putin, a Renelophus song.

PETER: Great plug Rients!

RIENTS: Well I just loved it. You know the harmony is great. I’ve been singing it lately with Ebony King who’s got such a beautiful smooth voice

PETER: Is there any video made for this song?

RIENTS: That’s the one I am planning to do it this year so where going to do

that one next.

PETER: Fantastic! The most memorable show or performance that you have witnessed? Maybe even change the way you look at music?

RIENTS: It was Regurgitator, in prpobably 99’. It was the Tuplang. Mostly that stuff.

PETER: Oh Wow, so early Regurgitator?

RIENTS: Yeah it was a really good show, and they’re amazing and then my friend Ben and I snuck backstage and got to meet ben and Quan. At that time I was like 17 or 18 and it was just so good to be where, we belong actually to back stage. On stage we’re actually… and ben shows us a little of bass effects and I was like blown away.

PETER: Alright! Let’s get into some things about your teaching here. Your favorite aspect about teaching singing for Vox Singing Academy?

RIENTS: Okay, it will definitely have to be when someone’s working on a technique and if they’re having trouble with that and then it kicks in and they do it well and it makes me just really happy and I get really excited.

PETER: So helping people achieve their vocal goals basically?

RIENTS: Yes.

PETER: Your strongest point as a singing teacher?

RIENTS: I think the strongest point as a singing teacher, It would have to be diagnosing the problem. So working out exactly what they need, I am good at finding out straightaway and fixing that problem and then doing that with tact and honesty at the same time. So I think I tend to make people very comfortable and yet tell them what they need to hear. To deliver it smoothly with love.

PETER: The most rewarding aspect about teaching singing?

RIENTS: You know I actually get a buzz when student says that they’re improving, they notice the improvement. That makes me feel good.

PETER: That’s one of my points as well too, just seeing improvements week by week.

Alright, just something a little bit more relaxed now Rients. Your favorite food or meal?

RIENTS: Tacos, which is funny because Ryan’s is nachos. Tacos has always been my fave, it’s messy and crunchy…

PETER: Yeah, what sort of tacos Rients?

RIENTS: Hard shell, pulled pork.

PETER: Yeah I like Mexican as well too! I’ve lived in States for quite a while and I’ve been to Mexico, numerous times and the Mexican in Australia is… I am going to come out and say this, is awful.

RIENTS: Controversial.

PETER: I have been to lots of Mexican restaurants, it is not awful. Its average compared to like the traditional Mexican is in Mexico.

RIENTS: I am not going there, I might get too fat… way too fat.

PETER: You don’t, because it’s a bit like… you know we have western Mexican over here if you know what I mean. Don’t have these huge meals and they also have salad as well too, on the side.

Look, if anyone can recommend the best Mexican in Australia, I am willing to try wherever it is but I think it’s just the lack of Mexicans in Australia, that’s the problem and that is my diagnosis.

Let’s move on!

END of Part 1

How To Correctly Warm Up Your Voice

In simple terms. Your instrument, your voice is a physical muscle, you are like an athlete, you use muscles to make a sound. Your vocal cords are two white tendons brought together, then when air is passes through them they vibrate together to make a sound. They oscillate approximately 440 times per second, that's 26,400 times per minute, and that's only when speaking, If singing in your higher vocal range the vocal cords can oscillate more than 1000 times per second. That is an amazing 60,000 plus times a minute.

We at Vox Singing Academy gets so many people coming in with incorrect technique and damaged vocal cords, which purely and simply could have been avoided by correct warmups, scales and breathing techniques that can be taught in a very short amount of time! This is why it is very important to warm up and cool down before and after you sing, perform or do scales. Just like you would stretch ,limber and warm up before and after you play sport, and the same thing should be done with you as a singer.

Stand up when singing or doing your scales workout in a relaxed posture. If you are sitting please try to keep your upper torso relatively straight and relaxed.
Let's start by taking a conversation sized breath into the V of the rib cage or what’s known as the diaphragm area. If you feel this area move out slightly that is fantastic, but if its not moving that’s fine as well. As we will be covering breathing techniques in depth in next months column. It will greatly help you out if you can look into a mirror when you're doing your singing, scaling and breathing to see and monitor what you are doing.

Stay hydrated, drink room temperature water before, during and after scales and singing. Room temperature water will keep your vocal chords lubricated as we have already spoken about, they will be vibrating together at an extraordinary rate.

For beginners and intermediates i recommend warming your voice by gently humming with the lips closed. Personally in my classes I would do this with a major 5th scale and start at the lowest point of the students range and work my way all the way through to the very highest falsetto (false voice) until the voice naturally stops. If you do not have access to a piano, guitar, teacher or a program that can play this, I recommend that you hum at the lowest point of your voice and begin raising & sliding up slowly towards the top of your for vocal range then come back down your range again in a circular motion. This circular motion is also called in singing in terms "sirening". Please keep the sound very light and pure. Do not force the sound down or onto the throat. As you go higher gradually tighten your stomach a little bit to support the sound and let the sound resonate (vibrate) to the back of the head or in between the ears as you are going higher.

Please do this for 2 to 5 min. After you do this you should feel that your voice is warmed up, invigorated and stretched out, as you would feel if you stretched are and limbered your body for playing sport. After this I would highly recommend doing some open mouth vowel scales, such as Art, See or Soul. Again on a major 5th or a triad down (5,3,1 scale). Do this until you feel YOUR voice is warmed up. After you feel your voice is warmed up, eased into a song.

For my Advanced/ professional students I recommend that you spend 5 minutes doing some mild stretching and limbering up of the body. As we are going to be using most of the muscles in the body when performing. The stretching will consist of some light stretching of every major muscle in the body, but let's spend a little more time stretching the abdominal and core muscles and loosening up and stretching the neck and shoulder area.

Then I would start with the Ung warmup exercise for as long as is necessary and until your voice feels limbered, flexible and warmed up. The Ung exercise is the same as the humming exercise except we will block off the back of the uvula (throat) with the tongue to make a light Ung sound. This exercise resonates and circulates warm air around the most important parts of the vocal cords which are the true and false vocal cords.

Then you would continue to do some scales that are going to warm up the specific parts of the voice that I'm about to use in my performance. E.g. if you are going to use a lot of falsetto , do more falsetto exercises, if you're mainly singing in your higher register, use some higher range scales like crying scales, if you are mainly singing down lower, do some lower range scales, if you're screaming, do some screaming scales. Warmup what you were going to use.

Then 10 min before I go on stage would have another light limber and stretch of my body, then very importantly i would proceed to sing the 1st half of the 1st song I am about to sing on stage so that I know I have complete confidence in what I am about to do in 5 min. Then the bottom line is get up on stage and have some fun. That's what it's all about in the end, is just having some fun and enjoying what you're doing.

After the show I recommend a light body stretch and vocal cool down with the hum or Ung vocal exercise, with plenty of water.

If you have any suggestions for subject matter that you would like to know more about for write-ups or any questions regarding singing please have no hesitation to contact me at peter@voxsingingacademy.com

“Have fun singing"

VSA Student Concert!

Sunday the 24th March
1:00 PM Start

The Palace Hotel
893 Burke Road, Camberwell
03 9813 3566

$10 entry

VSA student concerts are a great way to gain valuable stage experience in a professional environment, using professional sound equipment, lighting and staging with an audience of your fellow students, family and friends cheering you on!

Fantastic food and drinks are also available. Families are encouraged to book a table if there are more than 4 people attending. Everyone welcome! Free parking at the rear of the venue.

Prizes, giveaways, Vox Singing Academy gift vouchers and free lessons, Palace Hotel food and beverage gift vouchers will be given away at the end of the show as encouragement awards! So it's best to hang around until the end and support your fellow singers!

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HELLIONS - UNFD Records

Hellions started as a punk band from Sydney, formed in 2013 after the break up of The Bride, in which drummer Anthony Caruso, bassist turned vocalist Dre Faivre and guitarist/vocalist & VSA student Matt Gravolin continued under a different moniker. They have released four studio albums; their third, Opera Oblivia, was nominated for the 2016 ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album. Rue their fourth studio album was released on 19 October 2018 via UNFD Records.

Rue builds upon the marriage of theatrical dynamics and thoughtful lyricism that defined the genre-melding Australian quartet’s critically acclaimed previous offering, 2016’s third collection Opera Oblivia. The resulting record is deeper and darker, with melodies that are more beautiful, and riffs that are more seismic.Rue is a timely record that calls for an end to complacency. Whether it’s for its remarkable music, or its powerful messages – it needs to be heard.

Hellions – Smile [Official Music Video]

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Hellions have played with and supported some of the biggest bands from around the world. 2019 is set to be huge for Hellions as they have just come off the huge UNFD festival tour and will embark on a national Australian tour followed by at European and American tour in support of their new album Rue. Don’t miss this exciting band when they are in town next.