I Killed the Prom Queen were an Australian metalcore band from Adelaide, formed in 2000. They were prominent in the Australian live music scene and toured the US, Japan and parts of Europe several times. They issued three studio albums: When Goodbye Means Forever... (2003), Music for the Recently Deceased (2006) and Beloved (2014). The latter two albums peaked at #27 and #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart respectively.
Michael Crafter is an Australian singer, songwriter and entertainment manager. His music career began as lead vocalist for I Killed the Prom Queen.
Leaton John Rose is an Australian musician who has played bass guitar for Adelaide-based Metalcore band, I Killed the Prom Queen and alternative rock band, the Hot Lies.
Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You is the second EP released by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen in 2005. It is also the last album to feature Michael Crafter on vocals, besides the re-issue of Music for the Recently Deceased. The EP features a reworked version of "To Be Sleeping While Still Standing" which was originally done by an earlier band including Crafter and Weinhofen called The Fall of Troy. It also includes three tracks form their first EP, Choose to Love, Live or Die, along with two new songs, "Never Never Land" and "You're Not Worth Saving". Some of its tracks appear on the group's live album CD/DVD, Sleepless Nights and City Lights, which was issued in November 2008.
Music for the Recently Deceased is the second studio album by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen that was released on 14 November 2006.
Jona Weinhofen is an Australian musician. He was the lead guitarist for metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen, and was the rhythm guitarist for British band Bring Me the Horizon, from 2009 to 2013 and the guitarist for Californian band Bleeding Through from 2007 to 2009. In September 2021, he joined Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows alongside Craig Owens.
The Red Shore are an Australian deathcore band from Geelong, Victoria, formed in 2004. They signed to Big Phat Adelaide Records and Modern Music in 2006 and released their first EP, Salvaging What's Left. on March 27, 2006, the band raised national headlines when they were involved in a fatal bus crash while on tour, claiming the lives of vocalist Damien Morris and roadie Andy Milner.
The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland, formed in 2003. The band's current line-up consists of Joel Birch, Dan Brown (guitar) and Joe Longobardi (drums). The Amity Affliction has released eight studio albums including Severed Ties (2008), Youngbloods (2010), Chasing Ghosts (2012), Let the Ocean Take Me (2014), This Could Be Heartbreak (2016), Misery (2018) and Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them (2020). They are known for their highly personal songs, often dealing with depression, anxiety, death, substance abuse, and suicide, many lyrics stemming from vocalist Joel Birch's past struggles. The Amity Affliction released their latest album, Not Without My Ghosts, on 12 May 2023.
Severed Ties is the debut studio album by Australian post-hardcore band the Amity Affliction. It was released on 4 October 2008 through Boomtown Records, which debuted at No. 26 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and No. 6 on the related Australian Artists Albums Chart.
Stay True is the debut album by Deez Nuts. It was released on October 4, 2008, by Stomp Entertainment. All of the album's instruments and lead vocals were done by JJ Peters. Guest vocals performed by Jamie Hope of ex-The Red Shore, Joel Birch and Ahren Stringer of The Amity Affliction, and Louie Knuxx.
Sleepless Nights and City Lights is a live compilation album and DVD by Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen, released through Stomp Entertainment on 22 November 2008. The album featured the first live tracks released by I Killed the Prom Queen, excluding the bonus tracks available on the tour edition of Music for the Recently Deceased.
Confession are an Australian metalcore band from Melbourne. The band was formed in 2008 by frontman Michael Crafter, who is best known as the former lead vocalist of metalcore bands I Killed the Prom Queen, Carpathian and Bury Your Dead. They have released one EP titled Can't Live, Can't Breathe and three albums: Cancer, The Long Way Home and Life and Death.
Buried in Verona were an Australian metalcore band from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, formed in 2007. They have released five albums, the most recent being Vultures Above, Lions Below, released in August 2015. In August 2016, UNFD, their signed record company, announced on their Facebook page that the band was breaking up.
This One's for You is Deez Nuts' second studio album. It was released in April 2010, by Roadrunner Records. All of the instruments and lead vocals were done by JJ Peters, except for a few guest appearances on various tracks. Guest performers on the album are Ben Dunn, Louie Knuxx, Ty Alexander, Stu Callinan, Oli Sykes, Jona Weinhofen, Lee Malia and Roman Koester.
I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive or Split CD is a four-track split extended play released by Australian metalcore bands Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen in May 2003 on Final Prayer Records. The two tracks by Parkway Drive were later re-released as bonus tracks on the reissue version of their solo EP, Don't Close Your Eyes, in 2006. Split CD was Parkway Drive's first release, and I Killed the Prom Queen's second.
Mary Jane Kelly is an Australian hardcore band out of Wollongong New South Wales that formed in 2005. The band shares its name with the last known victim of Jack The Ripper. Mary Jane Kelly have released 2 EP's the first was released in 2007 entitled Marionettes. Their second entitled Our Streets Turn White was released on 11 October 2008 through Trial and Error Records.
Skarhead is an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded and fronted by Lord Ezec a.k.a. Danny Diablo. The group is considered the originators of thugcore music, a subgenre of hardcore punk "full of relentless breakdowns and throwdown-ready posturing". They have toured with Gwar, Hatebreed, and Earth Crisis. They have been cited as an influence by Deez Nuts and Fucked Up.
Heart in Hand were an English band from Bournemouth and Southampton, formed in 2008. Their musical style was a melodic blend of hardcore punk with heavy metal influences, described as both melodic hardcore and metalcore by reviewers. Their first release was the Heart in Hand EP in 2009, followed by 3 studio albums. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Charlie Holmes, guitarists Ed Hartwell and Ollie Wilson, bassist Gavin Thane and drummer Sam Brennan.
An Evening at Elmwood were an Australian post-hardcore band from Perth, Western Australia formed in January 2007. The band's most notable line-up consisted of Steve Caniglia (vocals), Jamie Calabrese, Michael Chewter, John Horner (bass), Colyn Prater (guitar) and Ben Broadley (guitar). An Evening at Elmwood released a demo and 2 Independent Releases, An Evening at Elmwood (demo), released in 2007, Can You Keep A Secret in 2007 which propelled the band to the top unsigned artist on Myspace Music for 7 consecutive months, and Learn To Breathe in 2008 which was released shortly before disbanding. The band were known for energetic, explosive performances in addition to humorous antics on and off the stage. "this six-piece band with two vocalists managed not to get hurt while working the stage despite the throwing around of guitars, body parts and a backflip".
Binge & Purgatory is the fifth studio album by Australian hardcore band Deez Nuts. It was released on April 7, 2017 through Century Media and Sony Music Entertainment. The album debuted at number 46 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
