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The Omen

After a tumultuous year in 2009, The Omen return with a new line up, new music and a renewed vigour to play thrash in 2010. Joining Rory, Joel and Coops are the newly relocated Reece from Stand Defiant on Guitar, and Craigos from Seduction/In Name and Blood on vocals.
Together the group play a unique blend of flat stick thrash influenced from their love of Punk and Hardcore.
The Band have just released a 7inch record consiting 3 songs recorded live to the digital format by the band themselves, in the room where the band rehearse at Melbournes Three Phase studios.

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Hirax

Hirax is an American band from Buena Park, California. Starting in 1984 under the leadership of vocalist Katon W. De Pena, the band played in Los Angeles and San Francisco with the other new thrash metal bands of the area such as Metallica, Exodus and Slayer. The band was a clear example of the thrash/speed metal/crossover genre. After releasing some demos, Hirax signed with Metal Blade and debuted with their first full-length, "Raging Violence" in 1985. The band was composed of Katon W. De Pena (vocals), Scott Owen (guitar), Gary Monardo (bass) and John Tabares (drums).

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Dirge

There are six bands called Dirge : 1. Dirge is a French band formed in 1994 in Paris, France. From the genre that exploded in the first part of the 90s, the band slowly evolved toward a more atmospheric and progressive form of metal, related to bands such as Neurosis, Isis, and Cult of Luna. The original band members were Marc T. (guitars, programming) and Laurent P. (vocals, programming). In the genre of bands like Godflesh and Pitchshifter, the duo's music was a hybrid of corrosive guitars, robotic hammerings, and scratching samples.

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Repulsion

Repulsion are a legendary band hailed as being one of the biggest influences on the genre, despite only releasing one official full length album entitled "Horrified" in 1989 (recorded in 1986). The band formed in 1984 under the name Genocide, releasing three demos with this name. Later, they changed the name to the more "fitting name" for their style of music and lyrical content, which is Repulsion.

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Face Value

Face Value was formed in June 1989 from the ashes of goofy punk/crossover band The Bagmen after singer Don Foose (currently in Run Devil Run) left to sing for Chris Andrew's SPUDMONSTERS. The band recruited local HC scenester Tony Erba who had just seen his previous band LEK fizzle out.Erba joined, changed the name from the Bagmen to Face Value and guitarist 'Downtown' Brown joined as well and the band remade itself into a posi-HC band inspired by Erba's love of fast,youthful HC ala 7 Seconds, Negative Approach, Minor Threat and DYS.

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Poison Idea

Poison Idea was formed in 1980 in Portland, OR by vocalist Jerry A. (aka Jerry Lang). The initial lineup consisted of Jerry A., Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts (guitar), Glen Estes (bass), and Dean Johnson (drums). Inspired by Black Flag and other early Southern California hardcore acts, they were further influenced by Discharge and Los Angeles's the Germs. Germs singer Darby Crash was a strong influence on singer Jerry A.—vocally, lyrically, and philosophically—was monumental, and Poison Idea followed the Germs’ extremist punk ethic.

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SSS

The band SSS, which stands for Short Sharp Shock, hails from Liverpool, UK and plays hardcore influenced thrash metal (also called crossover thrash). The band is currently signed to Earache. They were founded in 2005 and are still active today. The band released a six track demo in May 2005, a four track EP the next year and their debut album Short Sharp Shock soon thereafter. Their label at the time was Thrashgig / Dead & Gone Records. Their switch to Earache Records meant the album was re-issued in early 2007 with bonus tracks.

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