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A five-piece outfit whose members all hail from the same village in Kent. Not only that, we ALL attended the same primary school, so we have literally grown up together.
You could even say that "Circle of Rage" was formed way before we even held any instruments. Through a mutual passion for Hardcore music coupled with a recognition for strong, indicative lyrics, it seemed the next logical step to decide that...
..."We can do this!" "Let’s make a band.....so...who wants to play what?"
So that’s exactly what we did. We all had to learn to play and six years later, here we are!
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From the moment we committed to the idea, we have worked tirelessly to hone our sound to what we KNEW we wanted. As a band, we are true believers in the "power of words". Furthermore, that Hardcore music should be a form of poetry set to hard-edged, aggressive, yet exciting and powerful music. It is this that we try to accomplish.
Our words reflect the punk/political clout of bands such as "Anti-Flag" and "Bad Religion" whilst our music takes a range of inspiration from 80’s metal i.e. "Megadeth", "Metallica", "Pantera" to more recent Hardcore offerings in the vein of "Refused", "Death by Stereo".
Instead of mere imitation, we try to marry our influences with more original structural concepts, so retaining that musical genuineness and independence.
So far, in the last three months, we have played in Brighton (also appearing twice on the live radio station JUICE FM), we’ve headlined at the Purple Turtle bar in Camden, London, and played shows at Canterbury and Ashford too. Basically we can’t wait to play everywhere and anywhere- time to start saving for a van!
Bands we have played with so far include: "Rise and Fall" (Belgium), "Lakes", "Killing the Dream" (California), "Flyin Ike", "Jealous", "Black&Blue", "Zettasaur", "Sparrows", "Orchards", "Son of Robot", "Azbo", "MeanTime", "Dan Williams All-Stars", "Scar my Eyes", "Apnia", "Avenge Thee", "Rise of the Simians", "Pig Iron", "Halide", "Thorn", "Downfall", "Dragnerve", "Entropy", "Snakebite" and a few more besides.
We have recently completed a 4-track demo, which we recorded and produced ourselves. We would love to know what you think of our work. Any help/shows/feedback/contacts you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading,
Circle of Rage
"Circle of Rage: A truly exciting, unique act with their own character and their own creative methods."
- HardRockHaven.net
"Their crunching, politically-charged offerings leave many in the crowd mightily impressed."
- Rockmidgets.com
