Ravens Creed was formed in late 2006 by Steve Watson (ex IRON MONKEY/CEREBRAL FIX/CONSUMED/HELVIS/DESECRATOR) and Jay Graham (ex-UNDERGROOVE/SKYCLAD/RETURN TO THE SABBAT and former session drummer for TONY IOMMI). The pair locked themselves away in their own TENKO studios and wrote and recorded over 20 songs, dismayed at the local scene and lack of like-minded individuals to take the task to the live arena, Steve contacted long-time friends -ORANGE GOBLINS' Ben Ward and Martyn Millard- and asked them if they fancied climbing aboard the sturdy bullet-ridden tank and melting brains with riffs, the pair agreed and RAVENS CREED was born/hatched, the foursome recorded the Militia of blood sacrifice 7" and it was released worldwide by Land O' smiles records (ltd to 500 80mg copies). The band rehearsed whenever possible (due to ORANGE GOBLINS' commitments) and it sounded like a lead fire door being attacked by crazed escapees from a lunatic asylum, one piece of the thrash jigsaw was missing, a 2nd guitarist, the band didn't have to look long as it became obvious that James Kiely was the obvious choice,this young fella having cut his teeth with CUDAMANTRA and being occasional tour guitarist for the legendary G.B.H. Now with the nest working at full capacity it is time for all and sundry to take cover from the carpet bombing assault that is to follow. Martyn Millard left in January 2008 due to lack of time to rehearse and he was replaced by Frazer Craske (ex-Sabbat) The band are currently ready to record 3rd release on Land O' Smiles records and have just completed their first ever full UK tour. Shortly after the Albion Thunder tour was completed the band decided to revert back to a four-piece thus parting company with lead guitarist James Kiely. Ravens Creed have recently been added to the bill for this year's premier extreme metal festival, Bloodstock, which takes place at Catton Hall in Derby on 15th, 16th and 17th August. The band were also hand picked to support Turisas at the Barfly in London on 20th August as part of the Kerrang! Awards special week of shows.
Have a good Bloodstock! There's a big posse of Welshies going up to see all the ghey nu-Power Metal bands, so I'm hoping they catch you guys and you can blow their minds with some proper Metal!!
Mantus have 3 gigs in Derby this month. First up is an all-day benefit gig for the S.O.P.H.I.E cause on Saturday 9th Aug. All proceeds on the night will go directly to the charity. We'll be onstage at 7.30pm but the gig starts at 3pm so it's well worth arriving earlier.
Next up we'll be playing in the final of the battle of the bands event held at The Royal on Saturday 16th Aug, along with Elmo must die, Dark abyss, With silent eyes and 2 more bands tbc. We went through on the judges vote in our heat so please show your support. It's totally free too!
Finally we'll be playing with our buddies Razorwire on 27th Aug, again at The Victoria Inn. Their 3rd album has received great reviews (8/10 Metal Hammer : KKKK Kerrang!) and it's about time they caused a stir in Derby. Also with us are Alaizabel cray (fresh from supporting The Berzerker) and Ashes of empires.
As usual you can pick up a copy of our 7-track ep for free at any of these gigs.
ALUNA - FALL TO EARTH...OUT NOW and available from HMV. co. uk, play. com & myspace. com/alunatheband "Ah yes, those in need of a fix of psychedelic blues doom with seductively sleazy female vocals need look no further than this Birmingham mob" Kerrang! top ten tracks you must hear
...for fans of Sabbath, St Vitus, Cathedral, Acid King & all decent music.
31st July Redditch Tardebigge 1st Aug Fiddlers Elbow Camden London 2nd Aug The Monument Newbury
Rock poster show includes the work of: Chaos vs. Cosmos, Drew Millward, Jacknife, Luke Drozd, Kate Kamikaze, Michael Cowell, Graham Pilling, Jemma Treweek, Tom A, Jamie McGregor, Two Ducks Disco, Rhyfer Inc. - Rhys Wootton, 3D Glasses, Droid.
Psych – Blues – Doomsters Aluna are touring the UK in support of their debut release “Fall To Earth”, if you’re in the area come on down. If you have an available slot for the missing dates, please get in touch.
The ”Fall To Earth” E. P is released Monday 23rd June on Catacomb Records and is available from all good record stores, pre-order your copy now by following the links below…
Just dropping by to let you know we have 5 brand new tracks on our music player from our free 7-track 'Denied our rights' ep.
If you'd like a copy you can grab one at a gig or from one of us personally. They'll soon be knocking around in selected shops around the midlands too...we'll list those places on our page once everything is confirmed for future reference. Otherwise we'll soon be setting up a page to download it from for just £1.
Please have a listen to the tracks on our page and let us know what you think, good or bad.
