Hamerex was formed in August 2004 by Steve Blower and at the time consisted of Steve Blower, Tom Parkin and Shane Cartwright with Elliot Fleet joining shortly after on bass. Come 2005 the band played their first gig at Pontefract New College without Tom and with Steve on vocals. Chris Moules joined the band after seeing the gig. Hamerex began playing gigs as a 5 piece in Wakefield with their 3rd gig headlining at Bradford Rios. The Hamerex Demo was recorded in August 2005 and released in September at a gig at the Snooty Fox. The end of 2005 saw Elliot leave the band giving Hamerex a fresh start to the New Year.
In 2006 Hamerex released The Best Of Live 2005 as a free gift for the support from the previous year. The band also followed up in April by recording 'The Gates Of Hades Demo' with Elliot back on bass. Rob Butcher joined in June in time to prepare for the 2 week 'Tour Of Insanity' which also featured Hallowed Point and Icarus. Come September Rob left the band which saw Andy Firth step in to help out until a replacement was found. Shane left in November after a Halloween gig in Pontefract and Claire Williams quickly joined with Andy joining in December.
Tom after his long dedication to the band left in January 2007 and filled in for a few gigs when possible. Hamerex started the year gigging heavily with a return to Bradford Rio and a stunning set as a 4 piece at the Snooty Fox. The search for a new guitarist began and Phil White replied and straight away was given a tryout gig to which Phil was announced as the new guitarist. The band continued playing gigs around Yorkshire and from May onwards Claire started to lose interest and announced she was leaving. After a few cancellations Hamerex played the remaining gigs left of the year and played their last gig with Claire in August. Hamerex began recording their 3rd CD in October without a drummer. Darren Kelsall replied to an ad and began rehearsing with the band until eventually joining in November.
Hamerex began 2008 rehearsing until April where they played at the Snooty Fox with Obzidian and Dark Entity. Hamerex continued the year playing gigs in Wakefield, York and even played their first gig in Leeds at The Packhorse while getting a couple of decent reviews along the way. Phil left the band in July leaving Hamerex to continue as a 4 piece again, with the band playing at Leeds Rios and The Jockey in Wakefield. Through August the band began the search for another guitarist. Joe Wilson tried out and after a number of practices the band asked him to join. The last few months saw the band return to the Snooty Fox to play a terrific set with Narcotic Death, supporting Power Quest at the Strafford Arms and another Snooty Fox supporting Obzidian again.
In 2009 the band was eager to release thier new CD the “Into War E.P.” which was finally released on Saturday 4th April. The band played in York and for the very first time Leicester and Doncaster with both gigs going down extremely well.
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
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Sons Of Merrick With Special Guests eySaw Live In The Cellars Of The New Beehive Inn . This Friday The 13th November 8pm till midnight . Entry £3. Plus DJs Playing The Music Of Dimebag Darrell. Welcome To The Great Northern Trendkil
About eySAW ."eySaw hail from good ol’ ’ Manchester, England, but based on their music you’d think that they had been Southern born and Southern bred right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. Watch out, Rednecks – the Red Coats are comin’, and they want your beer". - Metal Review.com 30/09/08
About Sons of Merrick These are severely mentally impaired and damaged people making this kind of music…however, it was rather good!’ Bruce Dickinson on his BBC6 radio show'...it's deep, dark grooves will be lapped up by disciples of Down, Kyuss and COC.' Metal Hammer magazine
Welcome To The Great Northern Trendkill. No CoverBands . No Indie pop.. All You Get My Friends Is ROCK Lets Get Ready To Trendskill ........HELL YEAH!
To celebrate the arrival of Producer Russ to the Fallen team, we're offering a massive 35% discount off all weekday recordings between 10am till 6pm until the end of December !!
Hey guys just lettin you know we haven't forgotten about you, obviously we're not long up and running, we're still tryin out new places and when we manage to land a descent gig at a wknd around these here shores we will be in touch and get you to drag your arses down here and let you do another awesome show.
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