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News : Parkway Drive claim first ever ‘Heavy Metal’ ARIA

By on November 7, 2010

Byron Bay’s Parkway Drive this week were announced as the inagural winner of the ‘Heavy Metal/Hard Rock’ ARIA Award. The five-piece outranked bands such as Airbourne and Dead Letter Circus in the peer-voted award.

“After two well received albums, 2004’s Killing With A Smile and 2007’s Horizons (the latter achieving Top 6 ARIA Album Chart success), 2009’s Parkway Drive: The DVD was met with a typically rabid response. It debuted at 2 on the ARIA Music DVD Chart and achieved Platinum status within weeks. By year’s end it was Australia’s biggest selling local artist DVD and was crowned “Best Music DVD” at the 2009 Rolling Stone Awards. Their third album Deep Blue debuted at No 2 on the ARIA Album Chart and has cemented their reputation as one of the most dominant exponents of heavy music on the planet.“

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