Liliths Army are a 3 piece rock band from the UK. The band's material combines English punk influences with heavy rock drumming, grunge-style guitar playing, thumpin' bass lines and dark melodic vocals to produce an interesting blend of rock music.
TOUR DATES
Liliths Army are off on tour with Lani Ford (from Stark) from the 10th - the 20th November. Tour dates are as follows:
10th November @ The Bridgehouse 2, London
12th November @ The Rhythm Factory, London
13th November @ Molly’s Bar, Northampton (Battle of the bands round 2)
14th November @ Dusk Till Dawn, London
15th November The Hope & Anchor, London
16th November @ The Cavendish Arms, London
18th November @ Sawyers, Kettering
19th November @ The King Billy, Northampton (with Blank Minds)
20th November @ St. Anne’s Castle, Chelmsford
MERCHANDISE
Liliths Army merchndise, t-shirts, hoodies etc. are available for purchase at: www.cafepress.com/lilithsarmy
The album "Drain me" is availalbe for purchase by clicking the banners below:
BIOGRAPHY
Originally formed in 2004, the band has played over 100 gigs around the UK including: The Hope & Anchor, The Dublin Castle, The Camden Underworld (London), The Charlotte, The Shed (Leicester), Edwards No. 8, The Rainbow Warehouse (Birmingham), The Soundhaus (Nothampton), The Sno-Zone @ XScape (Milton Keynes) & Esquires (Bedford) amongst other venues. The band have also played a number of festivals and events including Glastonbury and attained a top 40 position in the UKs Alt Rock Charts in 2008.
The band have recorded three albums: "Feel The Rage" (2005), "Liliths Army" (2006) and "Drain Me" (2008). In 2006 the music video "She's a Schizophrenic" (Feel the Rage) was aired in the USA. Resulting from their albums and performances the band received a wealth of reviews from fanzines and magazines including; Devolution Magazine (UK), Dive Music Magazine (UK), Diva Magazine (UK), Zabadak (France), Bubblegum Slut (UK), and radio play from stations such as Kerrang radio (UK), Total Rock Radio (UK), Wolf Radio (UK), 9th Floor Radio (California, USA) and WTSR (New Jersey, USA).
During 2008 the band hit the states with the track "Drain Me" regularly aired by the North American Broadcasting Station throughout May and June, subsequently the track was aired by other stations throughout the US which attracted numerous newspaper and fanzine features on the band. Following their successful debut at Glastonbury in June of 2008, the band appeared at Party In the Park in July. In September of 2008 the band entered the top 40 in the UKs Alt Rock Charts, a week later the band moved into the top 10.
Sylvie Truman, lead vocalist of Liliths Army toured New York with Lani Ford (From Stark) playing acoustic shows in New York, Brooklyn & New Jersey in the spring of 2009. During May 2009 the band signed a non-exclusive deal with Dark Sound Records and commenced work on their next album which is expected to be released at the end of this year. During 2009 the band also featured at a number of music festivals including Brighton Live and are on a UK tour with Lani Ford (from NYC based band Stark) this November.
Any interested promoters / venues / festivals please get in touch.
DISCOGRAPHY
Liliths Army - "Feel The Rage" (2005) 10 track special edition demo
Liliths Army - "Liliths Army" (2006) 14 Track Album
Liliths Army - "Drain Me" (2008) 9 Track Album
"Liliths Army" and "Drain Me" are available for purchase online through Dark Sound Records. www.darksoundsrecords.co.uk
RADIO PLAY
Top Rock Radio - UK
Total Rock Radio - UK
Kerrang Radio - UK
Wolff Radio - UK
BBC Radio - UK
Last FM - UK
Energy Radio - UK
Connect FM - UK
9th Floor Radio, California - USA
WTSR, New Jersey - USA
North American Broadcasting Station - USA
Radio Springfield - USA
KTXR 101.3 FM - USA
BR Grunge Radio - USA
Blackout Rock Club Radio - Italy
TELEVISION
The Unsigned Channel - USA
RAW TV - Australia
PRESS / FANZINE REVIEWS & ARTICLES
Vibrations Magazine - UK
Devolution Magazine - UK
Dive Magazine - UK
DIVA Magazine - UK
Zabadak - France
Bubblegum Slut - UK
Tastes Like Rock Music Magazine - USA
Time Out - UK
Chonicle & Echo - UK
The Herald & Post - UK
New Pollution Music Fanzine - UK
ALBUM REVIEWS
[Tastes Like Rock Music Magazine, America - Review of "Drain Me" album]
"Lilith's army launches a full force kick to your head with every note of Drain Me. The UK based trio keep their sonic assault strong with hard and heavy guitar riffs, pile-driving drums, and incredible rage fueled vocals! Lilith's Army delivers one hell of a great album, worthy of their moniker, in Drain Me. Frontwoman Sylvie Truman's growling vocals and heavy guitar pull you into the massive "fuck you" that the eight tracks, plus an acoustic cut of the title track, of Drain Me spell out.
Back all that up with a great rhythm section and you get one ballsy album, with a lot of punk attitude wrapped in garage metal, that TLR! highly recommends you check out! Drain Me is "Sweet Nitemare", "Sick of it All", "Drain Me", "Indecision", "Favorite Sin", "Fugue", "Get Out", "The Devil Within Me", and "Drain Me" acoustic. Recommended tracks are "Sick of it All", "Indecision", "The Devil Within Me", and the acoustic cut of "Drain Me".
[Zabadak Fanzine, France - Review of "Drain Me" album]
"LILITHS ARMY 'Drain Me' (CD) (31m02s) (2008) UK: The ghost of 25 Records lives on via Osmosis re-invention Liliths Army and one Sylvie Truman…and thanks for that (the first track I ever heard from Osmosis was now way back in 1998 on 'Ooer Missus' and was called 'Now I Can Fly'). This is Liliths Army's 3rd affair after 'Feel The Rage' (2005) and 'Possessed' (2006) and yes I like this CD which is again a blitzkrieg of grunge punk rock metal with even sometimes a hint of pop. At the time of reviewing the band were preparing to tour NYC in 2 weeks time with a current line up of Sylvie (guitar & vocals), Rob (drums), Jamie (bass), though the musicians on this here recording were Yan (bass) and John (drums). Their first two releases had other guys in Chris & Adam and so the rhythm section is quite a revolving or rotating affair. In any case it is essentially Sylvie with her lead vocal & guitar. Sylvie wrote all the tracks (they were recorded April 2008 at Fit Dog Studios in Northamptonshire) & are a collection of her own thoughts / feelings / experiences. 2nd track 'Sick Of It All' sounds like Eleanor Rigby…and come to think of it so does 3rd 'Drain Me'…which can't be bad.
There's an acoustic version of 'Drain Me' which shows that Sylvie's voice is strong enough to carry things. Please check out their website for info & photographs: www.myspace.com/lilithsarmy."
[Devolution Magazine issue 18 - Review of "Drain Me" album]
Long time readers will be aware that we have a weak spot for female-fronted rock here at devolution towers. We're not necessarily an easy bunch to please, and we're not for knee-jerk reactions, but theres something about spiky female vocal over a layer of guitars and rhythm that will make us sit up and pay attention. The reason for this meandering deviation from the point? Drain me is one such collection of songs, a handful of traditional hard rock enthems that will have your fingers tapping and head nodding in no time at all, without setting the world alight in process.
One for fans of love and .45 and thier ilk though there is very little levity to be found with liliths army, the gender of their vocalist incedental as opposed to a focal point.Anybody whos taste encompass the traditional melodic British rock sound will have a whale of a time with numbers such as 'sick of it all'.
[Bubblegum Slut Fanzine issue 31- Review of "Drain Me" album]
"Imagine if Kittie's Morgan Lander hadn't had a rich daddy and so really had some cause to scream and shout and so you're not far from the sound of snarling singer / growler Sylvie Truman and her grunge / metal influenced boy bandmates. The final acoustic reprise of the title track "Drain Me" shows they are not one trick pussy cats either".
[New Pollution Fanzine issue 16 - Review of "Drain Me" album]
"Sweet Nitemare has hooks waiting to catch you from the start. With raw, edgy guitars reminiscent of Nirvana. Liliths Army invite you into a dark world paved with heartbreak. Combine this with Sylvie's smokey vocals and rumbled bass lines, you've got an album oozing with dark grunge riffs a plenty".
[Bubblegum Slut Fanzine issue 22- Review of "Liliths Army" album]
"Post-riot girl, when a woman's place in heavy rock seems to be pouting up the front of styled Goth metal acts, Northampton's Liliths Army, led by grungey growler Sylvie Truman are a real raw shot of guitar fueled girl power. It's all a bit rough round the edges but you get the feeling that's kind of the point when Sylvie rasps out abuse for everything under the sun, ex-es in particular. Tact and grace are not Lilith's strong point as they hit with an abrasive mix of scuzzy punk and metal on numbers like 'Possessed' ("you're fucking possessed!" , runs the most poppy, hook-line bit) - expect to find no sugar and spice here".
[Dive Music Magazine - Review of "Feel The Rage" album]
Another great female fronted band, I have seen this band live but was pretty drunknow I regret my alcohol intake! This album is very well done, theres no fillers, each song is great and the music is so tight. This 10 track CD has some very good guitar riffs and powerful drumming, not to mention the voice of Sylvie. Theres some great screeching on the albums title track Feel The Rage. Overall, a heavy rock album, Im now looking forward to checking them out when Im sober!
**** (four stars)
LIVE GIG REVIEWS
[Stephen Hudyba live gig review: Surface Unsigned, Birmingham - March 2008]
"A strong heavy-rock sound; the band is fronted by excellent front woman Sylvie, she’s got a great voice that works well with their sound and beamed confidence and charisma onstage. At their best when going full-out, the band seems to have found a direction which works for them and should hopefully serve them well."
[Neon Promotions live gig review: the Hope & Anchor, London - February 2008]
"Liliths Army make a powerful start to the evening. Vocalist Sylvie's compelling, devilish voice is accompanied by rock solid bass and drums while her guitar produces hard, dark chordwork that has a grungy delivery and a dark angry tone. With Sylvie at the helm there's bound to be a riot grrrl influence in the mix, and such acts as L7, Babes in Toyland come to mind. There's not a duff song in the set - it's action packed stuff from start to finish. Excellent."
[Neon Promotions live gig review: the Hope & Anchor, London - 24th April 2007]
“Liliths Army take to the stage with their fiesty, grungy punked up vibe. A trio, with the female singer on guitar - working away very effectively puting in some good solid grunge chord work while delivering a great vocal. There’s plenty of Hole/L7 influences here too - with the songs being racause yet well crafted and highly effective. Drums put some spanking good fills in, bass is gutsy and dark. The small, ballsey singer even has time to pull a few good rock ‘n’ roll poses “Listen to this” she shouts as they finish off with an excellent improvised number. Cracking. “
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
Liliths Army - "She's A Schizophrenic"
Promotional music video from the album "Feel The Rage" (2005)
Liliths Army - "Indecision" (Live @ Sawyers)
Promotional music video filed during a live set @ Sawyers (2009)
LINKS
CONTACT
Promoters interested in booking the band can either send the band a msg via myspace or e-mail: lilithsarmy@hotmail.co.uk
Hey Sylv - hope u and the band r still going well. I'll be back at the end of september and we shall have to hook up for a beer. I may try and catch a gig with u guys too cos I fancy a good night. I'll text when I get back x
Hey you lot, thanks a bunch for the add :) Loving your sound, nice and original - I see you play in Northampton, maybe one day we will have a gig together :)
Hi Guys! Glad everything is going OK - we've had major changes since the surface unsigned last year! Was honoured to share a stage with you. Best wishes! Claire [primer]
Hey, u guys were awesome last night... I mean F*kin awesome... when I said you guys kicked ass... I ment it!!! (Unlike some Northampton promoters) I want you guys back.
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