Superheist are an Australian nu metal band formed in 1993 by mainstay guitarist and backing vocalist DW Norton. They have released five studio albums, the first two, The Prize Recruit and Identical Remote Controlled Reactions, reached the top 20 on the ARIA albums chart Four singles, "Crank the System", "Bullet", "7 Years" and "A Dignified Rage" peaked in the ARIA singles chart top 50. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 their producer-engineer Kalju Tonuma was nominated for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year for The Prize Recruit. At the 2002 ceremony, Norton and Adam Rhodes were nominated for Engineer of the Year for "A Dignified Rage". They disbanded in 2004. After a twelve-year hiatus, Norton reformed Superheist with new members. Their third studio album Ghosts of the Social Dead reached No. 3 on the AIR Charts. They issued two non-charting studio albums, Sidewinder and MMXX. Founding drummer Sean Pentecost died in 2020.