We are Firestorm, and we like heavy metal. And therefore we play it. Inspired and influenced primarily by 'traditional' and 'classic' metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon and so on, we have taken different elements of heavy metal and honed them into our own modern and melodic sound. Well, we like to think so anyway. Most importantly, we are a band who likes to have fun! We are not fond of this "we're bringing metal back, yeah!" attitude that many metal bands seem to have these days, and we're not stuck up our own arse thinking we are the saviours of rock. How could we be with some of the ridiculous songs that we have...? We recognise the fact that good heavy metal has always been around, you just need to know where to find it, and we intend to have bloody good fun playing it! We are not aiming to "bring metal back to the masses" - it's already here, and it's been here for a long time, so we're just here to give you a bit more!
Whilst we started off in 2001 as 'timid Iron Maiden clones,' as one man put it, we are now beginning to develop our own sound and experiment a bit more, whilst retaining the melodic metal goodness we are so fond of. The fruits of our labour can be heard on our 'Twins of Fate' album that we recorded in early 2006, a fine showcase of our early sound, recorded by dedicated engineer Jamie Elton. However, the live Firestorm experience is what truly defines us as a band, and is where we really come alive. If you enjoy your metal fast, melodic, exciting and most of all fun, come and see us live, you won't regret it! We work our hardest to put on a good show and make sure people think it's worth coming to see a Firestorm show. After all, live music is what metal's all about really. If we can make people feel as great as I've felt watching bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest live, then we've done our job. So come and find out for yourselves!
UPDATE: The year is 2009, and the band have been out of action for a couple of years now. We've gone off on our own paths for the meantime, and who knows what will happen in the future. I can't imagine that you care, you're probably not even reading this, but if you are, hopefully you're at least having a laugh, as I am. Brilliant. Now go and listen to Saxon.
If you have any questions about how Firestorm became such a brilliant band, almost too brilliant that we had to stop what we were doing in case we made the human race implode with heavy metal force, send them to firestorm597@hotmail.com.
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