Carpathian is a Hardcore band from Melbourne, Australia. Half of the band members are Straight edge . The band played the 2007 Australian Taste of Chaos, along side The Used, Rise Against, Aiden, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Bled, and Gallows. They are also in the 2008 line-up for the Australian Soundwave Festival and the 2008 Killerfest in New Zealand.

The band have had frequent line-up changes over the past few years, replacing two guitarists in late 2006 . Former I Killed The Prom Queen singer Michael Crafter joined Carpathian in 2006 soon after the release of their debut album Nothing to Lose. Vocalist Martin Kirby then moved to guitar, although Crafter left seven months later in February 2007, after which Kirby resumed his position as frontman .

Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 - September 9, 1981) was an American jazz and blues singer. Helen was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She moved to New York and became a recording vocalist with Harry James big band in 1937. Her swing recordings with Harry James included “Jubilee”, “I Can Dream Can’t I”, “That’s The Dreamer In Me” and “Song Of The Wanderer”. Helen Humes became one of the vocalists with Count Basie’s band in the late 1930s. Her vocals with Basie’s band included “