Described as the sound of a 44 Magnum smashing your collar bone, these lads know how to stoke the rock n’ roll fire.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Lamont/Cullimore/Steenhart/Johnston/Laban) © 2011 Suede Arcade the upcoming debut album 

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SUEDE ARCADE - Over (Flat Out)

Wailing dual guitars and sliding power riffs from 90’s influenced ‘earworm’ alt rock quartet take us back to a world where it all began…

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Freeman) © 2011 Lupus Lunar from their upcoming debut album 

lupuslunar.bandcamp.com
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LUPUS LUNAR - Back To The Ocean

Inspired blues roots rock from 2010’s best uni band, energy and attitude to burn.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Noster/Fleming/O’Connor/Cameron/Smith) © 2011 Von Voin Strum from the debut EP ‘Von Voin Strum‘ 

vonvoinstrum.bandcamp.com
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VON VOIN STRUM -Cotton Wool

College influenced pop punk funsters show a more serious side.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Lovell/Chambers-Watson/Rossiter) © 2010 Broken Hill Records from the album ‘Don’t Be That Guy’ 

flyingsolo.co.nz
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FLYING SOLO - Forget Me Not

Hardcore punk heroes keep it real with fuzzed out chainsaw guitars and a frontman who can scream it with the best of them.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Wheeler/Wheeler/Day/Waugh) © 2009 None Left Standing from the album ‘Time Is Now’ 

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NONE LEFT STANDING - Time Is Now

Fierce, unrelenting and visceral, ChCh’s leading metal act fresh from supporting Iron Maiden and Metallica step forward with a brutal taster to their 3rd studio album.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Facoory/McCurrie/Baxter/Skinner/Jenkins) © 2011 MFT Records from their upcoming 3rd album 

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TAINTED - Worthless

Forging a forceful blend of blackened thrash, reminiscent of the raw early days of the genre, Dissolution's twin lead guitars incorporate progressive and technical influences.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Skinner/McKersey) © 2010 Dissolution from the album Plague Of Violence 

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DISSOLUTION - Thrash Hammer

Brace yourself for some progressive melodic technical death metal from this internationally produced five piece.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Mulholland/King/Black/Lewis/Bain/Read) © 2011 Zerstiren from the album ‘Ave Pangenitor’ 

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ZERSTIREN - Ley Lines

Grindcore death metal stalwarts raise the cadavers and explore the dark city’s depths.

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Spatcher-Harrison, Kissel, Richardson, Brewster) © Dead Guy Music 2009 from the album ‘Cadaver Academy’ 

human-metal.com
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HUMAN - Blasting Through The Foreheads Of The Dead

Rolling slabs of Sabbath-like riffs make for an essential head thrasher.
credits

from CHARTDISC Vol 5 (hard rock metal), track released 18 August 2011 
(Hunt/Hunt/Southee/McGillivray) © 2011 Stonehurst from the upcoming debut album ‘Stonehurst’ 

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STONEHURST - Criminal  Bonding

Glamour sleaze dance rock from the axe-weilding elder statesmen of ChCh music’s dark past. Oh, and the lead singer works as a butcher as well.

From CHARTDISC Vol 4 (new school vs old school), released 23 September 2010
(Banfield/Imlay/Mulcahy/Whyte) © 2010 Sexy Animals from the EP ‘Hold Hands’
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SEXY ANIMALS - Up the...

Dance punk with attitude. Just the kind of musical noise that comes out of the club you're pretty sure you aren't cool enough to get into.

From CHARTDISC Vol 4 (new school vs old school), released 23 September 2010
(Doney/Ryder/Sullivan/Worsely/Native Tongue Music Publishing) © 2009 Bang Bang Eche from the EP ‘Sonic Death Cuntttt‘ 
bangbangeche.com 

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BANG BANG ECHE - Fist Full Of Dollars

Stripped back, slick beats with haunting vocals from Christchurch’s leading international dubstep trailblazers.

From CHARTDISC Vol 3 (downbeat chill), track released 05 January 2010
(Fernandez/Roake/Van Uden) © 2010 Truth
www.myspace.com/truthdubstep 

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TRUTH - Don’t Leave

Shea Dawson aka Mr Squatch, Christchurch’s outdoor festival stalwart brings us home with some ethereal spacious techno with underlying dubstep urgency.

From CHARTDISC Vol 3 (downbeat chill), track released 05 January 2010
(Dawson) © 2010 Delicious Music
www.deliciousmusic.co.nz/artists/MrSquatch 

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MR SQUATCH - The Truth

Flying Nun heroes The Bats delve into the beautiful audio agricultural heartland in the masterful remixing hands of Jody Lloyd

From CHARTDISC Vol 2 (alt-country), track released 09 August 2009
(Scott/Kean/Woodward/Grant/Mushroom Music Publishing) © 2007 She’ll Be Right Records from Trillion’s album Audio Agriculture in the 21st Century‘
www.thebats.co.nz www.trillion.co.nz 

http://chchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/chartdisc-vol-2-alt-country

THE BATS - Up To The Sky (Trillion Remix)

Mark Roberts is a perfectionist. His catchy, delicately balanced songs feature intricately woven synth lines; dynamic, flowing guitar and hushed plantitive vocals.

From CHARTDISC Vol 1 (indie rock), track released 04 January 2009
(Roberts) © 2008 The Enright House from the album ‘A Maze And Amazement’ (A Low Hum) www.theenrighthouse.com 

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THE ENRIGHT HOUSE - Scattering the Sun like Gunshot

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