After six years, two EPs, one single and a commanding presence in the Melbourne live music scene, 2020 sees the release of a debut album from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures. On Operating In Unsafe Mode, the band’s distinctive take on melodic alternative metal is familiar, but violently ramps the intensity up in a significant way. With equal parts soaring melodies, blistering riffs and rage, their Alternative rock and metal influences are all unabashedly on display with a subtle but noticeable peppering of prog to keep the more refined local gig-going connoisseurs coming back for seconds. 

On the release of 2017’s Chronos, Metal Hammer UK had painted Figures as:
“...one of the most promising bands leading the charge, boasting a sound that's a muscular prog amalgamation of churning, drop-tuned riffs, scintillating melodies and multi-layered density...”

With a live resumé featuring an LA showcase, opening for international acts Hed (p.e.) and Pop Evil,  local legends Mammal, Voyager and Twelve Foot Ninja, as well as being PROGFEST regulars and headlining 2018’s AMPED Festival, the band has distinguished themselves as leaders in a new wave of heavy Aussie exports. You can experience the new sound of the Melbourne underground together with Figures on stage as the band ambitiously tours Operating In Unsafe Mode to the nation in 2021.

Sound artist, modular synth enthusiast, composer and improvisor experimenting in the fields of ambient and drone, noise, concrete, and generative music, but not exclusively. My solo works are diverse and my collaborations more so.
This page is a place for demos, works in progress, teasers and other sonic snippets I wish to share that aren't official releases, yet worthy for public consumption as research materials and oddities.
Ringleader of exquisite corpse collab project Little Songs of the Mutilated.
Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer in the band Glasfrosch.
Co-curator and MC for Melbourne improvised music event Make It Up Club.

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A State of Flux is a band determined to push the boundaries of modern alternative rock.

Their musical style is original, intense, progressive and brooding, falling somewhere in the vast musical landscape between bands such as Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, and Dead Can Dance.

2010 sees A State of Flux fresh off the successful release and subsequent interstate tour of their debut self-titled EP. Produced, engineered and mixed by Red Black at Red Lodge and Studio 52 in Melbourne, and mastered by Joseph Carra at Crystal Mastering, the EP was launched at Melbourne’s Evelyn Hotel in April, 2009. It represents a staggering musical and production achievement for the band. Roni Shewan’s powerful jazz-inspired vocals are contrasted against searing and creative rock guitar and bass. Blazing drums meld seamlessly into innovative electronics and progressive elements are explored fearlessly.

2010 will also see the release and launch of A State of Flux’s first full-length release Reflux. A highly ambitious and exciting project, Reflux contains remixes and re-interpretations of songs off the self-titled EP performed by some of Melbourne’s most talented electronic and experimental artists. The band look forward to touring the album throughout Australia in June/July of 2010. 

A State of Flux is a band with definite artistic and musical goals and the drive and fearless creativity needed to achieve them. Original and genre-defying with one eye firmly on the future, they look forward to delivering their unique musical message to the world for many years to come . . .


Battlesick is a 3-piece Melbourne based Electro Grunge band.
Two Bass players and one Vocalist layered over catchy industrial beats.

Visual art is a massive part of any Battlesick show.
Collections of hoarded vintage film is cut and spliced together for each beat then projected as part of a light performance that makes watching a Battlesick show like being part of a live movie soundtrack.
Battlesick, it's maximum visual sound with minimal members.

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