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Hailing from the city of Adelaide, South Australia, Värs is a powerful and brooding five piece band presenting its own distinctive take on heavy music. Formed in 2003 and following a number of line-up changes, Värs has consolidated and grown, producing a big sound which incorporates elements of indie, hardcore, metal and even stoner rock. Värs' music represents a unique synergy between five strong and differing personalities, presenting a sound that is 'familiar yet very different'. Värs musical influences span artists as diverese as Eyehategod, Shellac, Mogwai, Tool, Kyuss and Killing joke. This diversity is well showcased by the band's debut self titled EP, presenting five tracks of melodic guitars juxtaposed with sludge ridden walls of noise. The Värs live experience is characterised by a blood-in-the-mouth determination to play each show as if it were the last. Playing with energy and passion, audiences can expect walls of guitar slashed with a manic vocal performance, all