{{Short description|Australian hardcore punk band}}{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mindsnare | background = group_or_band | image= | image_size= | genre = Hardcore punk<br>Metalcore | origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | years_active = 1993–present | associated_acts = Frenzal Rhomb, Toe to Toe, Blood Duster, Within Blood, Demonother, Blister, Mid Youth Crisis | label = Trial & Error, Resist, Goodlife Recordings | website = [http://www.myspace.com/mindsnarehc www.myspace.com/mindsnarehc] | current_members = Matt Maunder<br>Nigel Melder<br>Beltsy<br>Gordy Forman | past_members = Bomber, Brad }}
'''Mindsnare''' are an Australian hardcore band from Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 1993 under the name '''Mad Circle''', their music is a blend of traditional "old school" hardcore punk and crossover metal,<ref>[http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/alternative/disturb-the-hive/275814 DISTURB THE HIVE - Mindsnare] ''JB HI-FI''. Accessed: 2 December 2009.</ref> and as such has seen them play alongside metal bands like Kreator and Ringworm,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091016050410/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/415/iv-MS.shtml Mindsnare]}} ''dbMagazine''. Accessed: 2 December 2009.</ref> as well as more straightforward hardcore acts like Agnostic Front, Sick of it All and Australia's Toe To Toe.<ref>[http://www.last.fm/music/Mindsnare Mindsnare] ''Last.fm''. Accessed: 2 December 2009.</ref> In its genre, Mindsnare have been described as "one of the most influential bands of the past decade " by Missing Link Records.<ref>[http://www.missinglink.net.au/search.php?item=Mindsnare Mindsnare Disturb The Hive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111122/http://missinglink.net.au/search.php?item=Mindsnare |date=23 July 2008 }} ''Missing Link Records''. Accessed: 2 December 2009.</ref>
==Discography== * 1995: ''Under Fire'' LP * 1996: ''Credulity'' LP * 1996: ''Split with Toe To Toe'' EP * 1997: ''White EP'' EP * 1998: ''Under Fire (93-96)'' LP * 1999: ''Split with Congress'' CD * 2001: ''Downside Eastside'' CD/EP * 2004: ''1997-1999: The Bootleg'' CD * 2004: ''Hanged, Choked, Wrists Slit'' CD * 2004: ''The Death'' CD/LP * 2006: ''Gasman'' 7" * 2007: ''Disturb the Hive'' CD/LP * 2011: ''Split with Ringworm'' EP * 2017: ''Unholy Rush'' CD/LP
==See also== *Trial & Error Records
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==External links== *[http://www.myspace.com/mindsnarehc Mindsnare on MySpace]
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Category:Australian hardcore punk groups Category:Musical groups established in 1993 Category:1993 establishments in Australia
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