the 2004 Live 'n Local unsigned bands competition on Channel Ten's Video Hits. That group released a single, "Turn the Page" and an album called Life featuring music videos for the songs "Get Off Me", "Waste of Time" and "Golden Skies". After a few shows and a small push by the band for this album they decided to go their separate ways, leaving both Side Effect X and Segression up in the air with no plans for either band to tour or play shows again. Since the disbandment of Side Effect X, "Life" has been subsequently included within Segression's discography. 2009: Return and current In mid-2009 a new Myspace and Facebook page became active, and rumours went around that the band was back together. This was later confirmed with an official Facebook page post stating that singer/bass Player Chris Rand, guitarist Shane Partridge and drummer Adrian had in fact reformed the band and in October 2009 the band announced on their Myspace that they will be playing a return show at Sydney's Gaelic Club. Segression's return show on 30 November 2009 was completely sold out. After the success of this show the band decided to return full-time adding guitarist Michael Katselos (Fozzy) with long term guitarist Sven Sellin opting out of the reformation (as he was concentrating on his two other bands, Veil and Sentient). In November 2010 Segression were confirmed as the "Special Guests" on the December 2010 Australian east coast tour by Fozzy which features WWE star Chris Jericho and Stuck Mojo guitarist Rich Ward. A new album titled "Never Dead" was released through Riot/Warner on 22 April 2011 and was preceded by a special iTunes only single, "Hero Anthem" on 18 March 2011 which debuted at #2. According to the band's Facebook and Myspace postings," this album is just us being us completely" and it was produced by singer/bassist Chris Rand. "Never Dead" was possibly one of the band's most critically acclaimed albums and sold very well , reaching Number 1 on iTunes charts and selling out in retail outlets. The band then proceeded to play selected shows to great crowds , although the number of shows has been limited. The music video for "Blood Lace Black Day" was ranked #21 in the ABC's RAGE top 50 clips of 2011. 2012 – Guitarist Sven Sellin returned to the band replacing Shane Partridge. In January 2013 the band