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Halfmast started in 08 influenced by the Australian hardcore scene with aspirations to play music that they grew up on and combine it with the modern hardcore sounds they heard from around the country via the arthouse. Quickly the band had enough material for a demo recorded at complex studios with Roman from the red shore and the band started to do some traveling. By the time there first E.P. 'the weight lifted' was released (thanks to julz at legion studios) the band had traveled around Australia several times and had put out two crunching recordings and all independently. They decided to elevate the writing a bit and started dreaming of putting out a quality full length recording to stamp who the band had become. Now after much dedication and sacrifice the band has finally released the debut full length 'death of ignorance'. Recorded once again with now good friend Julian Renzo at legion studios and mastered by legend Alan Douches at west west side in new york the boys are more

Over the past few years, aesthetically unoffensive 4-piece punk rock outfit HALFMAST have been slowly gathering themselves a nifty reputation as being one of Tasmania's most enjoyable live acts. Their unique mix of mid 90's punk, Australian pub-style hard rock and post-hardcore has taken them far and wide across the island of Tasmania, energizing crowds across the state with their always entertaining and never dull stage-show. Rising from the bowels of the public school music system over 5 years ago, and after nearly going through more bassists than The Belchers does red cans, Halfmast have enjoyed success on many levels such as winning through to the state finals of both the College Rock Challenge, and the Jim Beam National Uni Campus Band Competetion. Along the way they have supported numerous high-profile interstate acts such as The GO Set, Stolen Youth and Ill Starred Captain, as well as supporting US punk-rock stalwarts NO USE FOR A NAME on the Tasmanian leg of their recent