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Australian rockers Hellions have announced their new album ‘Opera Oblivia‘ will be released on July 29th via UNFD, and they will be taking it on the road at the same time on their Australian headline tour.

To coincide with the announcement of what will be their third studio album, the band have also released a video for their recently released first single ‘Quality Of Life‘.

Guitarist Matthew Gravolin says: “We would love for Opera Oblivia to be an escape for its listeners, but more than that, we want it to commiserate with people through our common unpleasantries and overwhelming hardships, and also celebrate alongside our inevitable victory.

"We want people to allow it to befriend them and remain with them long after its sounds fade out.”

The album sees Hellions collaborate with producer Shane Edwards, Northlane's Jonathon Deiley, Ocean Grove’s Sam Bassal and Duane Hazell of Heroes For Hire.

Gravolin says Edwards got the best out of him and vocalist Dre Faivre. He adds: "Shane has an affinity for pushing us beyond our perceived boundaries and knowing when we're selling ourselves short with a dead-end section.

"The biggest difference this time was the way he worked with Dre and I as vocalists. The grand nature of the music called for vocal melody and, recognising this, Shane put heroic effort into galvanising Dre and I out of our comfort zones, truly making for the success of this album that we are so proud to call our own.

“It would be remiss of me not to mention the heartfelt contributions made to Opera Oblivia by Jon, Duane and Sam. They each, in their own way, helped many of these songs to become what they are today.”

Hellions will announce a run of European dates soon.