RAISED BY RAPTORS

Very broad taste in the metal genre,

Thursday 19th November 2015
Support from Operation Kino & Attack but when it comes together it certainly
works well!
the Skyline
the
HELLO RAISED BY RAPTORS. LET'S START Alex and Joe knew each other beforewere
Craig
WITH WHO YOU ALL ARE, YOUR MUSICAL band was formed; and Sam and Ben knew
INFLUENCES, YOUR MUSICAL BACKGROUNDS already good friends. Poor after one
nobody! Ben had messaged Alex
AND HOW YOU GOT TOGETHER:
make
JOE (16): Always been a singer and also of Alexs friend thought he might
be
to
g
wantin
picked up a guitar aged 8. Northlane a good fit as a guitarist
onto
and Periphery are strong influences in in a serious band. Alex then went
asked
who
,
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throug
Sam
e
messag
vocals and writing guitar parts.
Craig if he wanted to join. We added each
d
CRAIG (24): 6 years of dedicated practice other on Facebook in March and starte
has paid off. Dimebag Darrell was a huge to gel with our musical similarities
impact on him. Bands like Pantera and and interests.
Avenged Sevenfold are major influences.
Our first rehearsal was very productive;
ALEX (17): Picked up a guitar at age 12 we all instantly clicked and wrote our
and hasnt stopped playing since. Mainly first song Cogs.
influenced by Iron Maiden and Bullet
for My Valentine, and more recently, WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GIG?
Bring Me The Horizon. Shredding since Our first gig was for a friend twho
hired out The Forum. They brough in
day one.
thrash metal Somerset based band Death
very
SAM (18): Been playing guitar since age by Ki who headlined. We werencet were
13, influenced by bands such as While nervous as most of the audien first
She Sleeps who use hard, stabbing riffs. our friends, but we still had that
show feeling! We really set the bar high
BEN (21): Playing drums for 12 years and for that night; we feel like we played
Mosh
been in bands for 3+ years including strongly and got the crowd going.
g
talkin
the
were
death
of
walls
and
local rock trio In Tyler We Trust. pits
Sorry,
tooth.
a
lost
friend
Influenced heavily by Hundredth, Bring point, as one
Me the Horizon who use fast beats and Kieran!
fills.

YOU
SUPPORTED
CANADIAN
BAND
COUNTERPARTS IN OCTOBER HOW DID
THAT GO?
It was great! Definitely heaps more
nerves to be playing with a high profile
band like Counterparts. Again a bunch of
friends were there to calm our nerves
with the high pressure from the other
bands and their crews.

We are doing as much writing as possible.

Meeting weekly and putting in the
dedication to the band is getting more
intense. Everyone has great ideas that
we are slowly getting round to working
on.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR HEADLINE

SHOW, FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN YOU
BEFORE BUT IS THINKING OF COMING
WHAT'S HAPPENED FOR YOU AS A BAND ALONG WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT?
SINCE THAT GIG?
Loud and fast paced with a bunch of
Its really brought us together as a band. energy! Expect mosh pits and a great
We have a lot more drive to find shows deal of crowd interaction.
outside of Tunbridge Wells to broaden
our fan base to other areas. Hopefully ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?
its opened up a few gig opportunities Big thanks to everyone weve worked
next year.
with so far.
Our producer Rob Harvey from Audio
YOU HAVE GATHERED A GOOD FOLLOWING Sorcery, photographer Rich Broome, and
LOCALLY; DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS AFTER a massive thumbs up to the famous and
THIS HEADLINE GIG?
brilliant Andy Cuthbert from The Forum
It seems that way! Were extremely for all his help!
grateful to our friends and fans for the
continued support over the last very Thanks, see you on the 19th!
busy 7 months.
We plan to release an EP early next year Vocals - Joe Perry,
- Craig Hills & Alex Barnett,
and looking into a tour for it soon after. Guitars
Bass & Vocals - Sam Smith-Davies,
We have more than enough material, just Drums - Ben Wells
focussing on perfecting each track now.
WITH SO MUCH HAPPENING IN A SHORT
SPACE OF TIME, ARE YOU GETTING TIME TO
WRITE NEW SONGS, AND WHERE DOES YOUR
INSPIRATION COME FROM?

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