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| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Years active | 1993–2004 2016–present |
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Superheist is an Australian nu metal band formed in 1993. They have released two EPs, thirteen singles, one compilation/live album and five studio albums, two of which, 2001's The Prize Recruit and 2002's Identical Remote Controlled Reactions, reached the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart. After a twelve-year hiatus, their 2016 comeback album "Ghosts of the Social Dead" reached No. 3 on the AIR Charts and remained in the Top 10 for four weeks.
Four of the group's singles, "Crank the System" (November 2000), "Bullet" (March 2001), "7 Years" (May 2002) and "A Dignified Rage" (September 2002), each peaked in the Top 50 on the related ARIA Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 Kalju Tonuma was nominated for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year[citation needed] for his work on The Prize Recruit. The following year at the 2002 ceremony, "A Dignified Rage" was nominated for Engineer of the Year for Norton and Adam Rhodes. The group disbanded by February 2004 and issued a posthumous album, New, Rare, Live in November of that year. In August 2016 it was announced that the band had reformed and they subsequently released a new album, Ghosts of the Social Dead, on 28 October 2016.[3] Following another lineup change in 2017, Superheist released their fourth album Sidewinder on 3 May 2019, and their fifth album MMXX on 1 July 2022.
- ^ Giffin, Brian (4 May 2015). Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780994320612.
- ^ a b "Review: Superheist - 'Raise Hell'". Killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Premiere: Superheist Sound As Huge As Ever On Their Long-Awaited Return 'Hands Up High'". Tonedeaf.thebrag.com. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.