Void of Vision

Void of Vision was formed in April 2013 by James McKendrick on lead guitar, Mitch Fairlie on rhythm guitar, George Murphy on drums, Matt Thompson on bass and Jack Bergin on vocals. In May of that year the band released a debut self-published two-track Reflect // Revolt on Bandcamp.[1]

In 2014, the band caught the public's attention when they released the music video for their first single "Life//Blood" on 16 April.[2] By the end of the year Void of Vision had performed three national tours.[3] Their debut EP, Broken // Bones, was released in October and was named Blunt Magazine's EP of the Year for 2014.[4][5] On 27 December, Void of Vision released a new music video for their track "Persist // Perceive" from their EP, Broken // Bones, featuring Mason Bunt from the band Pridelands. The video contained live footage from Void of Vision's performance at The Resolve Tour with Hand of Mercy and Hellions.[6]

On 5 March 2015, a music video for their track "Nightmare" was released via Elevnth Records.[7] On 18 June, Void of Vision released a new single "Sunrise" alongside an accompanying music video.[8]

In 2016, the band was signed on to the UNFD record label and later that year released the singles, "//" and "Ctrl Freak". Their debut studio album Children of Chrome followed on 30 September.[3]

In February 2017, Void of Vision marked their first international tour supporting Chelsea Grin on the Self Inflicted European Tour.[9] On 9 November, the single "Ghost in the Machine" was released alongside an accompanying music video.[10] Their second EP, Disturbia, was released a day later under UNFD.[11][12] The band recorded a rendition of the 1995 song "Israel's Son" by Silverchair for Spawn (Again), a tribute album to Silverchair released on 17 November.[13] From 17 to 25 November, Void of Vision co-headlined with Woolongong metalcore band Graves for their farewell tour. They performed at venues across Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Adelaide and Melbourne.[14] On 11 December, bassist Matt Thompson played his last show with the band before leaving for unknown reasons.[15]

On 12 January 2018, Disturbia received a limited physical release of 500 vinyl EPs.[16] On 29 November, Void of Vision released a new standalone single, "Kill All My Friends", alongside an accompanying music video.[17] "Kill All My Friends" was described as being a new level for their sound, incorporating more industrial and experimental elements that frontman and vocalist Jack Bergin called "110% classic VOV with a new edge."[18] In December, Void of Vision joined the lineup for the inaugural Good Things festival.[19]

On 28 June 2019, during an all ages show in Croydon, Void of Vision unveiled new music.[20] On 23 July, their sophomore studio album Hyperdaze was announced alongside the new single "Hole in Me". The album was set to release on 13 September.[21] On 16 August, Void of Vision released a cover of Slipknot's "Psychosocial" featuring Marcus Bridge of Northlane, Sean Harmanis from Make Them Suffer, and Ryan Siew from Polaris. The cover was included on the Slipknot cover compilation album, March of the Maggots, by Metal Hammer magazine.[22] On 3 September, Void of Vision released their second single, "Babylon".[23] On 9 September, their third single, "If Only", was released alongside an accompanying music video.[24] On 14 September, they performed in the Amity Affliction's mini-festival Heaven & Hell.[25] From October to December 2019, Void of Vision joined Northlane on their Australian and European legs of their Alien World Tour.[26][27]

On 9 July 2020, the band released a music video for "Decay", the fourth single from Hyperdaze. The music video was created by the AV Club on no budget and was completely home-made. In a press statement, Bergin revealed that as his rental lease was finishing up they were left with an empty house to shoot the video in.[28]

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