The Dirty Nil

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his Dundas, Ontario (a part of the city of Hamilton) act formed in 2006 while they were still in high school. In 2011 with their 7" release this metal/punk rock hybrid began to get noticed. Three 7" and a 10" EP and some cassette EPs followed before they got public notice with Little Metal Baby Fist EP (2012), Smite EP (2014), Higher Power (2016) and Minimum R&B (2017).

Of note was their singles Cinnamon/Guided By Vices (2014) and No Weaknesses - limited edition 7" (2015) test pressing featuring the line-up of Luke Bentham (guitar/vocals),Dave Nardi (bass/vocals) and Kyle Fisher (drums).

They went relatively unknown until this point except for one major incident... their surprise Juno Award nod in 2017!