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UNFD

{{Short description|Australian music label}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}

{{infobox record label

| name = UNFD

| image = UNFDlogo.jpg

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| parent = UNIFIED Music Group

| founded = 2011

| founder = Jaddan Comerford

| distributor = The Orchard

| genre = Metalcore, punk rock, progressive metal, {{nowrap|alternative rock}}

| country = Australia

| location = Melbourne, Victoria

| url = {{url|http://unfdcentral.com/}}

}}

UNFD (pronounced as an initialism [ /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 ERRA, Stray From the Path, Silverstein, Invent Animate, and more. The label has offices in London and Los Angeles.

UNFD is part of the UNIFIED Music Group, owned by Jaddan Comerford.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unifiedmusicgroup.com/recorded-music/|title=Recorded Music – UNIFIED Music Group|website=unifiedmusicgroup.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-02}} Genres that the label lean towards include, but are not limited to; metalcore, 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 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.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/ The album debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts.{{cite web|url=http://unfdcentral.com/archives/2819|title=UNFD|work=unfdcentral.com}} Shortly after, UNFD announced the signing of Gold Record artist Dead Letter Circus,{{cite web|url=http://www.themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/04/23/exclusive-dead-letter-circus-sign-label-deal-with-unfd/|title=EXCLUSIVE Dead Letter Circus Sign Label Deal With UNFD ♫ theMusic.com.au - Australia's Premier Music News & Reviews Website|work=theMusic}} and also announced that The Amity Affliction's albums Youngbloods and Chasing Ghosts album had been certified gold in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://unfdcentral.com/archives/2940|title=UNFD|work=unfdcentral.com}}

In August 2013, the label had major success with Dead Letter Circus' album The Catalyst Fire reaching No. 2 on the ARIA charts.{{cite web |url=http://www.newworldartists.net/news/496/dead-letter-circus-2nd-album-debuted-2-nationally/ |title=Concert & Festival Tickets {{!}} Live Music Gig Guides |website=www.newworldartists.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221750/http://www.newworldartists.net/news/496/dead-letter-circus-2nd-album-debuted-2-nationally/ |archive-date=2013-12-02}} Following from this success, the label announced the return of Bodyjar with a new album to be released 4 October.{{cite web|url=http://unfdcentral.com/fairytales/|title=BODYJAR - Fairytales|work=unfdcentral.com}}

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 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Northlane&titel=Mesmer&cat=a|title=australian-charts.com - Northlane - Mesmer|last=Hung|first=Steffen|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=2017-08-02}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/|title=ARIA Awards Winners|website=www.aria.com.au}}

The label was nominated for Best Independent Label at the 2017 AIR Awards, and Hellions' Opera Oblivia was nominated for Best Hard Rock Album.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

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.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In March 2019, UNFD announced the worldwide signing of Frank Iero, former guitarist of My Chemical Romance, and his band The Future Violents.{{Cite web|url=https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/editorial/frank-iero-announces-new-album-unfd/|title=Frank Iero announces new album 'Barriers', signs to UNFD|date=19 March 2019}}

In September 2019, UNFD announced the worldwide signing of Like Moths to Flames.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

Current artist roster

Former artists

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Category:Record labels based in Melbourne

Category:Record labels established in 2011

Category:Heavy metal record labels