'Harpies are a British four piece that come in like Daisy Chainsaw if they were powered by a love for grindcore.' ALTERNATIVE NATION
'harpies scale new cranium-busting heights with their aggresso-guitar ambush...its only a matter of time before they start to draw blood..' KERRANG!
'if slipknot heard harpies they would f**k of back to america with their tales between their legs' ROCKSOUND
'extreme to f**k... the kind of aural assault that makes Mudvayne sound slightly limp wristed' METAL HAMMER
'harpies are the band sugarcoma breifly threatened to be ... the full on twisted metallic aggression of a raw-as-hell slipknot, they have that hint of vital X-factor' ORGAN
'harpies take polar opposites and run them full pelt at each other just to watch the carnage. i confidently proclaim nicky honey as possessing the dirtiest and sweetest voice on the planet' LOGO
'they make slipknot sound like newborn baby kittens pissing on perfumed cotton wool.way more subtle,layered and interesting...think amen,sick of it all, raging speedhorn and this mortal coil' METAL HAMMER
2004 saw harpies release debut album 'bleed, believe' to extremely favourable reviews and embark on an extensive uk tour. After recording a peel session and a brief absence spent writing material for the second album, harpies released the single 'waitless' in feb 2006, the second album will be released 28th may 2007............
*repeated plays on BBC radio one; rockshow, john peel, zane lowe, steve lamacq, vic galloway, huw stevens,radio six bruce dickinson, XFM, KERRANG radio, totalrock and various regional stations
*double page feature in metal hammer nov04
*multiple reviews in Kerrang, metal hammer, rocksound, terrorizer, classic rock and various fanzines off and online including, organ, rock midgets, drowned in sound, big cheese, siren, devolution, suicide rock, enough, rocksomething, lets just pretend, punk and oi in the uk, onemetal, bp mag, the fly, the wire 2004/2006/2007
*3 tracks recorded for BBC radio one 'live evening session' with steve lamacq 2003
*4 tracks recorded for a live john peel session 2004
*live interviews on kerrang radio, totalrock 2007
*gigs with bands from a wide variety of genre's such as mad capsule markets, sikth ,farse, murder one, mistress, breed 77, sugar coma, enter shikari, rsj, raging speedhorn, fony, number one son, reuben, die so fluid, beecher,days of grace, little hell, send more paramedics, ghost of a thousand, profane, abominable iron sloth, vanilla pod, 3 stages of pain, orange goblin, panic cell ,aconite thrill,......
..........RELEASES..........
'DEEP/JUST LIKE YOU AA single feb 2003
'LIE DOWN' single feb 2004
'BLEED,BELIEVE' debut full length lp jul 2004
'WAITLESS' single feb 2006
'ECHOES' single sept 2006
'LILY WRY' album may 2007
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hell, i'm so fuckin'glad to see you online!! you're just great and awesome!! your music rock my world!!! love your metal sound, very nice songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you!! stay alive as long as possible!!! xoxo
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again THANK U for U'r interest in KNOW BS ROCK oN! Blake "Drummer" KNOW BS
Hey, yeah im still in London. I deleted my profile but i am back on here now. WHats going on with the band??. I'm still hoping for a My Ruin & Harpies tour at some point. That would be amazing. :)
aye,i remember....glad ye like le tune,try again an' it should be workin' for the other songs!!Give us a shout sure if ye ever this way,might even play a bit o Black Sabbath!!;-)Yeo!!oRGy
With the approach of Halloween, we have had a rather Dark turn...! Spooky Burlesque and Sorcery! Tickets on sale now! £6 in advance or £7 on the door. See Myspace/ Website for how to buy tickets and latest news. Hope to see you there!
Meltdown Records presents a three way release launch party at Scruffy Murphy’s - Weds 21st Nov 2007.
I AM COLOSSUS will be launching the Monolithic/Revelations’ box set. SLAB will be releasing the ‘Betray the past………’ album. GODSIZE will be releasing the ‘Hymns for the fallen…’ album.
All three bands will be performing sets,and…all releases will be available for purchase on the night, A limited supply of signed copies will be available.
A night of pure sludge,doom and frantic post hardcore rage……….