High Tension was an Australian extreme metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, from 2012 until 2021.
Formed in 2012,[1] the band's original line-up featured Karina Utomo and Ash Pegram from Young and Restless with Matt Weston from The Nation Blue[2] and Damian Coward from Love Like...Electrocution.
Only Utomo and Weston remained from the original line-up throughout; the final line-up of the band featured guitarist Mike Deslandes (also of YLVA), and drummer Lauren Hammel.
[citation needed] Their debut album, Death Beat, was released in October 2013[3] and was nominated for best hard rock / heavy metal album at the 2014 ARIA Awards.
[5] The track "Guillotine" was used in Warwick Thornton's 2021/2 vampire TV series, Firebite.