In a world being asked to “socially distance“, nothing unites a community like music and The Faction’s Hardest 100 countdown did just that, rolling out today with the biggest 100 tracks of 2019 as voted by listeners and galvanizing the metal community together in a country-wide celebration.  

2019 was a massive year for heavy music in Australia & the world – and as the results shook out, it was Aussies to the front with Polaris‘ Masochist taking out the top spot, followed closely by The Amity Affliction‘s All My Friends Are Dead in #2 spot – an epic battle that played out from day 1 of voting.

Polaris‘ drummer and songwriter, Daniel Furnari, spoke with Browny and Pricey just after the win was announced and expressed his surprise at the win saying “I was not expecting that! I thought we might do ok, but this is incredible, thank you so much to all the people who voted!” The song was the first single released from their recent record The Death of Me, which debuted in the Australian charts at #1 AIR record, #1 ARIA Vinyl Chart, #2 ARIA Australian Artist Chart, #3 ARIA album and has begun storming the US and EU charts as well.