AWAKE

The Band 'HUMANITY' was formed at Cambridge Regional College in 2000 where the six original members attended the Contemporary and Popular music course. The guys spent the next 3 years writing and performing songs which took them all around the UK metal scene. Demand led to the first EP being released in 2001, with a follow up in 2002. A reputation was quickly claimed for being a very professional live stage act with a huge wall of sound and energetic stage show.
In 2003 the debut album ‘When silence calls’ was recorded with Pete ‘Pee-wee’ Coleman (AC/DC, Rush & Paradise lost), and the album was released under the Carbon 13 label. The album received 8/10 across the board by reviewers. HUMANITY’S sights looked upwards as they played a series of high profile gigs with the likes of EVERGREY, BREED 77, DRAGONFORCE, BLAZE BAYLEY, JEFF SCOTT SOTO and CHILDREN of BODOM
In 2005, Humanity played Bloodstock open air with Paradise lost and Evergrey . Meeting Tom Englund (Evergrey) and striking up a friendship, started the next chapter for the band, new heights were just around the corner.
2007 Humanity changed their line up and name to AWAKE and the second album was recorded and produced by Tom Englund at his studios in Sweden. AWAKE went straight into an extensive UK and European tour with EVERGREY, with a huge crowd response every time. LION MUSIC based in Finland released ‘Illumination’ worldwide and AWAKE embarked on another UK tour, this time with MAGNUM.
The journey for the follow up started around a year after ‘Illumination’ was released. The bands former guitarist left and the group were keen to move on with new members when writing the new album. After thorough and extensive auditioning Andy Coles joined around June 2008 and the early ideas for the new album were formed. ‘Release Me’ was the first song written and came from a keyboard ‘riff’ that Craig came in with. Steven Coles joined the band by February 2009 and a break in writing was taken for the band to go out on the road with Magnum again. After this writing resumed and the album took shape over the next year or so. Pre-production took place in February 2010, final adjustments were made (including the inclusion of female backing vocals-Jennifer Hardy), and full recording took place April/May 2010. Over the next few months the album saw completion and 'Forever More' was released on Lion Music in October 2011.