Coerce (band) explained

Coerce
Origin:	Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
Genre:	Post-hardcore
Label:	Capitalgames
Current Members:	Mike Deslandes Matthew Adey Karl Roberts Justin Bond

Coerce is a post-hardcore band originally from Adelaide, South Australia, and now reside in Melbourne, Victoria. In 2009 Coerce released their debut album Silver Tongued Life Licker and were a Triple J Next Crop artist.

Their second album, Ethereal Surrogate Saviour, was nominated for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011.The band toured Australia extensively during the most active years of 2009-2012 supporting Russian Circles, Graf Orlock, Dangers, Robotosaurus and played the Big Day Out in Adelaide in 2010.

Band members

• Mike Deslandes
• Matthew Adey
• Karl Roberts
• Justin Bond

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
Silver Tongued Life Licker	Released: June 2009^[1] Label: Capitalgames (CGC03) Format: CD, LP, digital download
Ethereal Surrogate Saviour	Released: June 2011^[2] Label: Capitalgames (CGC013) Format: CD, digital download

Extended plays

Title	Details
Self titled EP	Released: 2008 Label: Capitalgames (CGC02) Format: CD, digital download
Coerce/Robotosaurus split	Released: August 2010 Label: Capitalgames Format: digital download
Genome	Released: October 2012 Label: Capitalgames (CGC016) Format: LP

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Coerce have been nominated for one award.^[3]

|-| 2011| Ethereal Surrogate Saviour| Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album| |-

Fowler's Live Music Awards

The Fowler's Live Music Awards took place from 2012 to 2014 to "recognise success and achievement over the past 12 months [and] celebrate the great diversity of original live music" in South Australia. Since 2015 they're known as the South Australian Music Awards.^[4]

|-| 2012| Coerce| Best Punk Artist | |-

External links

• Band Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silver Tongued Life Licker. Apple Music. June 2009. 3 April 2021.
2. Web site: Ethereal Surrogate Saviour. Apple Music. June 2011. 3 April 2021.
3. Web site: The Audreys ARIA History. ARIA Awards. 31 March 2021.
4. Web site: Past Winners . South Australian Music Awards . 29 March 2021 . 14 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220314205854/https://southaustralianmusicawards.com.au/about/past-winners/ . dead .