The Autumn League

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The Autumn League
Origin Sydney, Australia
Genres Post-metal, black metal, [1] death metal, [1] Christian metal [2]
Years active2012-present
Labels Rottweiler, SkyBurnsBlack
Website The Autumn League on Facebook
MembersPJ Somers

The Autumn League is a one-man metal project that originated in 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The project is signed to Rottweiler Records and SkyBurnsBlack Records.

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Background

The Autumn League started as a project in 2012 with founder PJ Somers aka Matt Hudson. [3] The Autumn League has a debut album, Concept of Irony [4] and a single, "Lament". [5] As of 2019, the band is currently active and are working on a new release, but are not putting a timetable on a release date.

Discography

Studio albums
Single

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