Starseed is a melodic hard rock band originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, now based in London, United Kingdom formed in 2000. Starseed's latest release "Peace Machine" has seen a significant rise in the band's UK popularity with the album receiving rave reviews and acclaim from the UK music industry from Kerrang Magazine to XFM. Starseed had a successful 2010 playing an XFM Live Session in Feb 2010 as well as playing Download Festival 2010, Maesteg Metal Festival and Hard Rock Hell IV. Starseed also supported Senser on their O2 Academy tour in June 2010.